The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: crumpled back upon its center!
Here the enemy made a determined stand; but just be-
fore dark a great shouting arose from the heights to their
left, where the bulk of their artillery was stationed. Both the
Luthanian and Austrian troops engaged in the plain saw
Austrian infantry and artillery running down the slopes in
disorderly rout. Upon their heads came a cheering line of
soldiers firing as they ran, and above them waved the battle-
flag of Serbia.
A mighty shout rose from the Luthanian ranks--an an-
swering groan from the throats of the Austrians. Hemmed
 The Mad King |