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 436 THE BATTLE OF INKKKMAN. CHAP, stress of battle as felt at the moment — by the _ ^^J ' murderous ' — so he expresses it — the ' murderous ethPcnod. < fl^.g of artillery.' * p.M? °'^ In some haste, as it would seem, and at all events ber£;'s orders without Consulting his ostensible chief (who was retrpat" '* sitting all tliis while in his saddle, within reach of a five minutes' canter), General Dannenberg at about one o'clock determined to retreat, and gave his orders accord ingly.-f He directed that the batteries which had suffered the most should first be withdrawn; and, to cover the retreat, he or- dered forward the Vladimir regiment, directing also that the light batteries should for the present retain their positions, supported by twelve of the battalions which he had hitherto kept in reserve. When the advance of the Vladimir regiment should be sufficiently pronounced, the eight brave battalions of Okhotsk and lakoutsk were at length to begin their retreat. So at last the battle was won. The begin- The Statement of the Russian narrator who fixed retreat "'*" ' about ouc o'clock ' as the time when Dannenberg codHnS- yielded, is supported l)y English testimony. We saw how at break of day General Codrington — always watchful and vigorous — gave the first ' traignit h, faire retraite sur la ville.' — Danncnberg's despatch. For proof that this expression referred to the fire of the 18- pounders, see extract from Piince Mentschikoff's despatch, qnoted ante in note, p. 417. t ' Vers line henre. '— Todlehen, p. 478. Lord Raglan says : ' pulsed and forced to retreat.'— To Dnke of Newcastle, Nov. <:, 1851.
 * ' P)ieiit6t le feu meurti-ier de Fartilleric enncinic nous con-
 * It was not till the afternoon that the enemy were finally n--