Then he set his mind to sweeping away all traces of the sense of complete defeat which had swamped him a few minutes before.

然后他下定决心要一扫几分钟前淹没他的彻底失败感的所有痕迹。

He knew them for his own battalion of the Royal Americans, and flying to their head, soon swept every trace of his pursuers from before the works.

他知道他们是他自己的皇家美洲人营，飞到他们的头上，很快就从工程前扫除了他的追击者的每一个踪迹。