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 68 BATTLE OF THE ALMA. naturally, if so one may speak, from Bosquet's turiiing movenieut, from the extent of the front which the enemy was now seen to present, and from the character of the ground. Just as the Marshal had kept back his 1st and 3d Divisions till he saw that Bosquet could gain the height, so Lord Eaglan, according to his conception at this time, had to see whether Canrobert and Prince Napoleon could establish themselves upon the Telegraph Height, before he endangered the con- tinuity of the order of battle by allowing the English army to advance. During the first forty minutes of the cannonade directed against the English infantry, there had been no corresponding fire upon the left of the Artiiieiy Frencli ; but artillery missiles discharged from twi'finUie the Telegraph Heights, and passing over the Russian and,. nii n^ i- ii •^■ • ^ the French hcads 01 the iaroutuie and the nnlitia bat- talions, now began to molest the divisions which were led by Canrobert and Prince Napoleon. On the other hand, the artillery belonging to the Divisions of Canrobert and Prince Napoleon came down to a convenient ground above the edge of the vineyards, and opened fire upon the columns of the 'militia' battalions, now posted much farther up than before on the opposite height. And with effect ; for although the range did not admit of great slaughter, some men were struck, and the rest, though they did not yet move, began to be displeased with the grouud on which they stood.'* batteries.
 * Chodasiewicz.