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 ON THE SEBASTOPOL l-'UON'J-. 65 found it vacated by the depavtnn' fur lidveimaii CHAP. of the troops under Oathcart, lie prudently re- ! — placed it by a portion of his own force. With the remainder, consisting of two battalions under Sir John Campbell,* who commanded the brigade, Sir Kichard England continued his march towards the east. He rightly conceived it his duty to atch the two miles of ground which lay between the front of his camp and that of the Light Divi- sion ; but whilst remembering that part of his task he so placed the main part of his two bat- talions near the head of the Dockyard Eavine that, if needed, they might be able to support General Codrington in the defence of his position. Sir George Oathcart commanded the 4th Division. He himself, no less than his people, had long sorely chafed at the destiny which assigned him on the day of the Alma a less stirring task than he liked, and now it was with undisguised joy that he welcomed the first sound of battle alight- ing upon the ear of the camp, and put his troops there under arms. He directed that the newly- relieved troops just come or coming up from the trenches, should remain in camp ; but, as regards that part of his order, he was quietly disobeyed by the greater part of the troops to which it ap- plied ; and when he rode off to the Windmill, he was speedily followed by nearly 1700 men, as well as by Townsend's battery.^)" When after- t These 1700 men marched in six separate bodies (4 hatlal- iond and 2 wings), but at very short intervals, and without
 * The 1st Royals and the 50th.