They had cut the railroad four miles below the town, but they had been beaten off by the Confederate cavalry; and the engineering corps, sweating in the broiling sun, had repaired the line.
Они перерезали железную дорогу в четырех милях от города, но были отброшены кавалерией конфедератов, и инженерные войска под палящим солнцем восстановили путь.