human
He preferred death to joining my cause, he said, with a sigh.
gpt
This victory saddens me as if it were a defeat.
human
We must attempt a general sortie to-morrow, he replied.
gpt
All the remnants of the various armies assembled in the city make a sum total of about sixty thousand men; to which we must add the garrison of the fortress, the ten thousand men still left of my command, and the ten thousand volunteers that you have collected. We may venture to undertake the struggle.
human
Shall you return to the city?
gpt
It will be better, I think, for me to keep my advanced position on the hill. When the army is set in motion I will attack the enemy from another point, so that he may be obliged to divide his forces.