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 358 THE JLVrTLK OF INKKRMAN. CHAP, to deliver one iinirderous blast of luitrail into the VI ' thick of the advancing mass, and then, with such 3d Penod. j^[i^i^q command as was given in the words, ' Stick ' to that!' lianded over the writliing column to the mercies of canister-shot no longer wasted in air, but tearing through flesh and blood. By the time he had regained his saddle, the soldiery of the stricken mass were retreating down the hill- side. As before, when advancing, so now also, whilst falling back, they moved parallel with the great trunk column, which had been receiving its final overthrow at nearly the same moment. VIII. Tlius the enemy was not only worsted at every point he assailed, but driven back signally and with slaughter, and followed down into the lair from which he had made his spring. Boussiniere, we saw, had come up with a splendid and power- ful force of horse -artillery, and, to sustain the Allies in their victorious advance, he now, with great spirit and alacrity, pushed forward some of his guns. However momentous in character, the opera- tions we have seen taking place in the course of this Third Period filled no great compass of time ; and when they came to a close it was only about a quarter past nine.