She thought that in all her life she had never seen soldiers so uncertain on their feet: they were always tripping over something or other, and whenever one went down, several more always fell over him, so that the ground was soon covered with little heaps of men.
Pentsatu zuen bere bizitza osoan ez zuela ikusi hain oin makaletako soldadurik: etengabe behaztopatzen ziren elkarrekin, eta bat erortzen zen bakoitzean, beste asko erortzen ziren horren gainean, eta horrela zelaia laster egon zen giza-pilez estalirik.