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 182 THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN. c H A ?. and the wound proved mortal.* He was a man much honoured and loved by the troops which VI 2d Period, formed his brigade.-f* IV. Arrival of Captain Hamley had come up with three guns,j Haniiey and lie HOW SO placed them in battery on the guns, g^g^g^j^ slope of Mount Head, that whilst com- manding a great sweep towards the front, their left was well covered from the fire of the enemy's His success- artillery by the crown of the hill. When our the pieces, soldiciy had so far drawn off as to leave a clear front for the gunners, it appeared that the troops which had fought against Adams were more or less hanging back, for none, or scarce any of them, as yet could be seen moving up towards Mount Head. Therefore bending his mind for the time to a column 600 yards off on the farther side of the Quarry, Captain Hamley plied it with round-shot, and presently saw the force break, then turn to its left, and drop hurriedly down into the shelter indeed, he conmiuiiicated) that Adams was disabled. + The brigade called in camp the 'Forties,' comprising the 41st, 47th, and 49th Regiments. J Captain (now Colonel) Hamley was adjutant to Colonel Dacres, commanding the two batteries attached to the 1st Divi- sion, and it was with three guns forming the half of Paynter's battery, that he thus opportunely appeared. The above description of Captain Hamley's functions was challenged in one of the public journals, but is strictly accu- rate. ' In the battle, I was adjutant to the batteries of the 1st • Division commanded by Colonel Dacres.' — Letter from Colonel Hamley, 16th February 1875.
 * It was not till after the arrival of Hamley (with whom,