Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887 . k a positionat Cathcarts Hill during the forenoon, and later went to thepicket house near the Woronzoff road. Exactly five minutes before our watches indicated noon theFrench swarmed out of their trenches where they were nearestthe Malakoff, went up the face of the fort and through theembrasures almost in a moment. Their advance trencheswere only seven metres from the fort and consequently only afew moments at the pace they ran were required to carry themto their destination. They drifted out, battalion fo
Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887 . k a positionat Cathcarts Hill during the forenoon, and later went to thepicket house near the Woronzoff road. Exactly five minutes before our watches indicated noon theFrench swarmed out of their trenches where they were nearestthe Malakoff, went up the face of the fort and through theembrasures almost in a moment. Their advance trencheswere only seven metres from the fort and consequently only afew moments at the pace they ran were required to carry themto their destination. They drifted out, battalion followingclosely on battalion, and in a minute or so after the head oftheir column came out of the ditch their flag was flying overthe Korniloff bastion of the fort. They took the Russianscompletely by surprise. Very few of them were in the Mala-koff at the time. There was a very slight fire of musketry fora few minutes but the Russians were not long in recoveringfrom their astonishment and very soon fell vigorously on theirassailants. From a little past noon until nightfall the French. 148 DECISIVE BATTLES SINCE WATERLOO. were kept quite actively engaged in repulsing the attempts ofthe Russians to regain the position. The slaughter of theRussians was very great, and when night came the Russiancommander withdrew his forces very skilfully and prepared toevacuate the position. The French attack on the left was a failure and caused aheavy loss to the assailants. As scon as the French flag washoisted on the parapet of the Ma/akoff, rockets were sent upfrom the English advance trenche-, as a signal for the Englishassault on the Redan. The French had made their assault onthe Malakoff with four divisions of their Second Corps, twodivisions forming as storming columns. The English attackedthe Redan with only two divisions, one being held in reserveand practically not engaged. It was only a few minutes after12 oclock when the order was given for the advance upon theRedan. The troops were
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