When the duke of _Marlborough_ made a lodgment, ----my uncle _Toby_ made a lodgment too, ----And when the face of a bastion was battered down, or a defence ruined, --the corporal took his mattock and did as much, --and so on; ----gaining ground, and making themselves masters of the works one after another, till the town fell into their hands.

When the duke of Marlborough made a lodgment, my uncle Toby made one too. And when a bastion was battered down, or a defence ruined, the corporal took his mattock and did the same - and so on; gaining ground over the works, till the town fell into their hands.
