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 198 BATTLH OF TlIK ALMA. C H A V. I. The ent'iiiy does iiul further resist tliis aclviin(« with his infantry. Evans, joined liy Sir Ricliard England in person, now lias with himtliirty guns. (Uoluiiul Wari'c'ii) to lolluw u more sunimary iiietliod. Colonel WiUTeu instantly crossed the river, and formed the battalion in line under cover of a S[mr or risiii^Lj-yround at the base of the hills. When the line had been formed, it moved forward, General Pennefather leading in front. At that time the line of the 55th was parallel with the river. From first to last the enemy, so far as I know, had done but little with the formed battalions of his Borodino regiment disposed in this ])art of the field ; * and he now began to draw in the multitude of skirmishers which had hitherto swarmed in the valley. "f" He did not engage his iufautry in further endeavours to bar the mouth of the Pass, nor even show one of his Ijatt aliens in this part of the great road ; but upon the hillocks, a good way in rear of the ground just abandoned by the Causeway batteries, he again established his guns ; and from this new position, though not with great effect, he opened fire upon our advancing troops. To this fire General Evans was presently able to reply with a strong force of artillery ; for Sir Pilchard England rode up, proposed to accompany him in the advance, and offered to place both his batteries at Evans's disposal So the two divi- lliu Borodino battalions dragged away the guns of the Cause- way batteries, but I cannot find any other distinct statement of tilings done by the regiment in the course dI" the battle. t Skirmishers drawn partly from the four Horodino battalions, and partly also from the No. 6 Rifle battalion.
 * General Kiriakoll" says, as we have already mentioned, that