two o'clock
And they resumed their firing from among the trees of the low hill where they were deployed in skirmishing order . Rochas himself had picked up an abandoned musket and was blazing away with the rest . But the plateau of Illy was lost to them by this time beyond hope of recovery ; the Prussians were pouring in upon it from every quarter . It was somewhere in the neighborhood of two o'clock , and their great movement was accomplished ; the Vth corps and the Guards had effected their junction , the investment of the French army was complete . Jean was suddenly brought to the ground . `` I am done for , '' he murmured . He had received what seemed to him like a smart blow of a hammer on the crown of his head , and his _ kepi _ lay behind him with a great furrow plowed through its top .