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 192 BATTLE OF THE ALMA. C 11 A P. ]. The two f;uiis which Lord Raghm had called (or aie brought to the to]) of the knoll. Their tire enfilades the Cause- way bat- teries, and e;iuses the enemy to withdraw uis guns. Adye, upon hearing the commander's words, had galloped down to the river, and there had i'ound Turner's battery making its way across the ford. Adye's manner and words carried with them, if so one may speak, the exceeding eagerness of Lord llaglan ; and, the commander of the battery (Cap- tain Turner) being a determined and most able officer, two of his guns were dragged up to the top of the knoll with extraordinary despatch. Captain Turner came up in person wath the part of his battery thus hurried forward. The two pieces, when once on the top, were soon un- limbered ; and one of them — for the artillerymen had not all been able to keep pace — was worked by Colonel Dickson with his own hands. The o-uns were pointed upon the flank of the Cause- way batteries. Every one watched keenly for the result of the first shot. The first shot failed. Some one said, ' Allow a little more for the wind ; ' and the words were not spoken as though they were a ciuotation from ' Ivanhoe,' but rather in a way showing that the speaker knew something of artillery practice.* The next shot, or the next shot but one, took effect upon the Causeway bat- teries. It struck — so men said — a tumbril drawn up close in rear of the guns. It presently became a joyful certainty that the Causeway batteries, exposing their flank to this from one who 'knew something of artillery practice,' for, as I now know, the speaker was Captain, now Colonel, Turner him- self, the officer commanding the battery
 * I might well say the words sounded as though comiug