five o’clock
It was a lieutenant from Normandy who took the body of the vicomte on his shoulders and carried it back to the lines . The advantage was , however , pursued , the regiments took the reserve with them , and the enemy 's palisades were utterly destroyed . At three o'clock the fire of the Arabs ceased ; the hand-to-hand fight lasted two hours ; it was a massacre . At five o'clock we were victorious at all points ; the enemy had abandoned his positions , and M. le duc ordered the white flag to be planted on the summit of the little mountain . It was then we had time to think of M. de Bragelonne , who had eight large wounds in his body , through which almost all his blood had welled away . Still , however , he had breathed , which afforded inexpressible joy to monseigneur , who insisted on being present at the first dressing of the wounds and the consultation of the surgeons . There were two among them who declared M. de Bragelonne would live .