Soldiers were already headed toward them from the Horse Guards' compound between the two Palaces: a few forerunners on horseback, but mostly formations of infantrymen that had spilled out too hastily to form up into proper squares. These were in outlandish fantastickal attire, with long peaked caps of a vaguely Polish style. * Daniel at first took them for dragoons, but as they marched closer he could see nippled cannonballs – granadoes! – dangling from their ox-hide belts and bandoliers, thudding against their persons with each step.