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 THK MAIN FIGHT. 405 men,* caiid could speak of no succour approaching chap. hiui, except indeed one small body, 150 sirong ; "f* [_ but, after a now long experience of combats 5"'^«"0'' upon combats, sustained during several hours, the English had become so well accustomed to the scantiness of their numbers, so strong in the sense of their past triumphs, and, besides, were so blissfully ignorant of what had befallen their Allies on the Inkernian Tusk, that — unconsciously and without any notion of acting a part — they so spoke and acted and looked as to convey the idea of stability. VI. Our people thus seeming to prosper, and iicturniut; (jreneral J)annenberg stilJ making no eiiort to of the French pursue his advantage, the despondency of the troops. French passed away ; and when D'Autemarre came up in person with three fresh battalions. General Bosquet resolved that he would make one great effort to retrieve his recent discom- fiture.J Trusting apparently to the elastic spirit weaken his force on the Victoria Ridge, had sent ofl' from it the wing of the 50th, under Major Wilton, with a strength of 225, and this force was now at hand. See ante, chap. v. sec. iv. t This was a remnant of the 57th, numbering 151 men, which ha'ing been in the trenches during the previous night had been prevented, by the terms of Cathcart's orders, from marching off to Mount Inkerman with the headquarters of the regiment under Captain Stanley. t The three fresh battalions numbered altogether 2304- -viz., 1st battalion of 3d Zouaves, 703 ; 50th Regiment, 1601. The
 * General Codiingtoii, Loiisideriiig that lie might venture to