eleven o'clock
Leaping on the horse , Ned rode to the marketplace , and at once placed himself under orders of the governor . `` There is nothing much for you to do at present , '' Champagny said . `` The troops are all in their places , and we are ready when they deliver the assault . '' It was not until eleven o'clock that the Spaniards advanced to the attack -- 3000 of them , under their Eletto , by the street of St. Michael ; the remainder with the Germans , commanded by Romero , by that of St. George . No sooner did the compact masses approach the barricades than the Walloons , who had been so loud in their boasts of valour , and had insisted upon having the post of danger , broke and fled , their commander , Havre , at their head ; and the Spaniards , springing over the ramparts , poured into the streets . `` Fetch up the Germans from the exchange ! '' Champagny shouted to Ned ; and leaping his horse over a garden wall , he himself rode to another station and brought up the troops there , and led them in person to bar the road to the enemy , trying in vain to rally the flying Walloons he met on the way .