. Battles of the nineteenth century . would have morethan sufficed to stiflFen our hold upon the GreatRedoubt ; but it came too late, and otheruntoward events had also occurred. The Russians, of whom there were eighteenbattalions in these parts, could not brook the. MARSHAL ST. ARNAUD. loss of the Redoubt to what seemed only ahandful of redcoats, and they came forward againin great strength to recover the work. TheVladimir regiment, approaching close, was mis-taken for a French column, and no one fired atit ; then some misguided English bugler soundedthe retire —by whose orders it was never as
. Battles of the nineteenth century . would have morethan sufficed to stiflFen our hold upon the GreatRedoubt ; but it came too late, and otheruntoward events had also occurred. The Russians, of whom there were eighteenbattalions in these parts, could not brook the. MARSHAL ST. ARNAUD. loss of the Redoubt to what seemed only ahandful of redcoats, and they came forward againin great strength to recover the work. TheVladimir regiment, approaching close, was mis-taken for a French column, and no one fired atit ; then some misguided English bugler soundedthe retire —by whose orders it was never ascer-tained—but the call was taken up and repeated,till at length, most reluctantly, Codringtonsmenin possession of the Redoubt prepared to leave clung for a time to its reverse slopes, butpresently gave way, and under a murderous fireretreated down the hill. Only indomitable LacyYea, with his bold regiment, the 7th Fusiliers,refused to withdraw, and, in line against acolumn double his strength, alone maintainedthe fight. All this time the French were not still clung, isolated, upon the westcliff; Canrobert had climbed it, but had madeno forward movement ; Prince Napoleon stoodhalted, irresolute, on the safe side of the
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