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 322 THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN, CHAP. ,<iuiis iu pursuit, again defeated their enemy ^^' when they found him striving to rally, and thus 3d Period, finally made good their recapture of the three English guns.* We now move along the crest towards our right till we come to the bulge which marks the western extremity of the crest-work. There, there lay Thp57tiL the men of the 57th f so placed, that upon receiv- ing — as they would presently do — an order to advance beyond the crest, they must either climb over the parapet, or else fall back a few paces in order to get out to the front by passing round the shoulder of the work ; and accordingly, if we soon hear their buglers sounding the "retreat," it must be understood that, though momentarily retrograde, the march thus enjoined is the first stage of a forward movement. Within the bulge also, Colonel Warren com- The55ih manding the 55th was at this moment present on horseback, and beside him — on foot, for his charger had been lately shot under him — there stood Lieutenant-Colonel Daubeney of the same regiment, whilst on ground to the right of the bulge, but closely adjoining it, there ranged that small renmant of about one hundred men which of disci] iline, it was to be expected that French authorities might observe a rigid silence on the suliject ; and I cannot state the numbers of the valiant culprits, nor even mention with certainty the battalion to which they belonged. Time, how- ever, effaces the reasons for silence ; and I am not without hope that these pages may elicit a tardy avowal. + See ante, pp. 300, 315.
 * Since this brilliant exploit involved an outrageous breach