. Battles of the nineteenth century . , but by this time the opponents weremore equal in numbers. Bosquets Frenchmenhad come up to support, and we had gained thehelp of the two celebrated i8-pounder guns underCollingwood Dickson, which 150 artillerymenthemselves dragged from the ist Division campto the field. This, with tvv-o batteries of FrenchHorse Artillery, pushed gallantly forward to the bare slopes fronting the enemy, had re-adjusted the balance of artillery fire ; and at lastthe Russians fell back, sullenly, overmastered, butthey- were followed by no final charge. When. CHARGE OF CAVALR
. Battles of the nineteenth century . , but by this time the opponents weremore equal in numbers. Bosquets Frenchmenhad come up to support, and we had gained thehelp of the two celebrated i8-pounder guns underCollingwood Dickson, which 150 artillerymenthemselves dragged from the ist Division campto the field. This, with tvv-o batteries of FrenchHorse Artillery, pushed gallantly forward to the bare slopes fronting the enemy, had re-adjusted the balance of artillery fire ; and at lastthe Russians fell back, sullenly, overmastered, butthey- were followed by no final charge. When. CHARGE OF CAVALRY THROUGH THE BREACHES ATSOBRAON (/. 7). hopeless of success, the enemy seemed to meltfrom the lost field ; the English were too fewand too exhausted; the French too little con-fident in the advantage gained to convert therepulse into a rout. The victory at Inkermanwas but the prelude to terrible sufferings duringthe long-protracted siege, but these could be borne-with patience, because Inkerman had provedthat we were more than a match for the Russiansin the open field. Had we not won the battle,,the whole of the allied armies, taken in reverse,,would have been swept off the plateau in frontof Sebastopol right into the sea. The fortress itself proved a ver}- hard nut to-crack, and although frequently assaulted, was-never actually taken by force of arms. Thewinter troubles, the inclement weather, thedifficulties of supply which starved the troopsand reduced the siege into a mere blockade,,forbade attack. On the contrary, the besiegecrdisplayed such activity under the in
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