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Indeed , one night he even opened his marble jaws , and told Sergeant La Croix that a watchful sentry was an important soldier , not to his brigade only , but to the whole army . Judge whether the maxim and the implied encomium did not circulate next morning , with additions . Sixteenth day of the siege . The round bastion opened fire at eight o'clock , not on the opposing battery , but on the right of the French attack . Its advanced position enabled a portion of its guns to rake these trenches slant-wise : and depressing its guns it made the round shot strike the ground first and ricochet over . On this our colonel opened on them with all his guns : one of these he served himself . Among his other warlike accomplishments , he was a wonderful shot with a cannon .