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 412 APPENDIX. ' height, from which the enemy retired ; and they remained ' there, partially engaged, till the Eussians rallied and ad- ' then began to show themselves, and no wonder. A mass ' saw their comrades driven out of the Eedan upon their ' left : they distrusted their own ability to keep the ad- ' vanced position which they had won, and tlmj loavercd. ' he was, trying to rally the 19th and 23d in their retreat : ' he rode over to the height and did his best to stop the S'id ' and 1th ; hut they wouhi not attend to him. It has been ' said that a bugle sounding the retreat misled them. For ' this the evidence is, to say the least of it, very incom- ' plete ; but whether by sound of bugle or not, they turned ' round and moved hack, slowly and doggedly, just as the ' Grenadier Guards came upon the ground and were formed ' Having opened to let the 7th and 33d j/ass, the Gren- ' adiers re-formed line and advanced against the Eussian ' columns in their immediate front. Sir George Brown 'went with the Grenadier Guards.' — ' Quarterly Eeview,' No. 22G, p. 566. Thus, according to Sir George Brown and the ' Quarterly,' the 7th Fusiliers and the 33d Eegiment advanced side by side up the slope, attacked ' the Eussian infantry which ' protected the battery and the Eedan,' and obtained a temporary success, but then, under pressure of an advanc- ing column, ' wavered,' and fell back, — fell back in such a state that when the divisional General tried to stop them, ' they would not attend to him,' and continuing to fall back, retreated through the Grenadier Guards. On the other hand, my statement is that Lacy Yea and his 7th Fusiliers did not move up at all with the rest
 * the JRussians and planted themselves on the brow of the
 * vanced to recover the Redan. Symptoms of unsteadiness
 * of Eussian troops came towards them in front. They
 * ■ Sir George Brown observed this from the point where
 * and ready for action.