the drums are beating meaning in English

鼓在咚咚地响

The drums are beating .
鼓在咚咚地响。
The drums were beaten rather loudly by the rest of the press for a few days, but it is pretty much of a dead cat now .
其他报纸也密锣紧鼓闹了几天，但现在几乎是鸦雀无声了。
As ms andreas says , “ the drums are beating
正如安德列夫人所言“战斗的鼓点已经敲响” 。
During the hour in which pierre watched them they all were swept out of the different streets with the same one desire to get on as quickly as possible . all of them , alike hindered by the rest , began to get angry and to fight . the same oaths were bandied to and fro , and white teeth flashed , and every frowning face wore the same look of reckless determination and cold cruelty , which had struck pierre in the morning in the corporals face , while the drums were beating
皮埃尔连续观察了一小时，所有的人都抱着赶快通过的愿望从各条街口涌出来他们无一例外地相互冲撞着，相互发怒，相互打斗他们个个都牙咧嘴，皱着眉头，相互对骂，所有人的脸上都流露出不顾一切的往前赶和冷酷无情的表情，这就是那天早晨在鼓声中班长脸上露出来的，令皮埃尔吃惊的那种表情。