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 13 TiiH hattlk ok inkekman. CHAP, ing them until he should have fetched his last • inau from ground nearly live miles distant. cauK.hMfs Next to Bosquet, but on the southern side of auxiliaries, the Col, there was the entrenched camp of Caii- robert's Turkish auxiliaries, who, posted on high commanding ground overlooking the road, contri- buted to the defence of the Pass.* The troops hitherto spoken of lay all on the top-lands of the Chersonese ; but, as we saw, it had been judged necessary to retain Balaclava ; f and accordingly, after passing the heights occu- pied by the Turkish auxiliaries, the line which would trace the direction of the whole encamp- ment must descend all at once in an easterly direction to lower ground near Kadikoi. There, close overlooking the road by the Col, and front- ing straight across it, there lay the brigade of viiioy's General Vinoy.j Lastly, and on the extreme right rear of the whole encampment, there were the lines of Balaclava defended by Sir Colin Campbell with his Highland Brigade, with a part of the 2d EiHe battalion, with a body of Royal Marines, with a number of sailors, and besides, some convalescents and others detached from various regiments. was a part of the force constituting Bosquet's Corps d'Arniee. + 'Invasion of the Crimea,' vol. V. of Cabinet Edition, chap. iv. + The Turkish auxiliaries phiced at Lord Kaglan's disposition were not suffered to take part as combatants, but some of these brave men were employed in a service not less perilo;is — namely, that of bringing up ammunition to our people fighting in front, and they devoted themselves to this task with nns]iariiig vahmr. brigade.
 * Ilia brigade (the 2d brigade of the 1st or Bouat's Division)