220 liATTLK OF TIIK ALMA. CHAP, iiisinoro, find Ilngli Aiinesley* and 13 sergeants, '• were wonnded ; and of the rank and fde 17 were killed and 137 wounded.
The Grenadier Guards
When Colonel Hood consented to move forward his battalion against the column just defeated by Lacy Yea, he at once caused his men to ascend the bank which had hitherto sheltered it ; f and, as soon as the battalion was on the top, its left wing began to incur a good deal of fire from men acting with the Vladimir column. Burgoyne, carrying one of the colours, was w^ounded ; and, the charge of the colours then devolving on Lieu- tenant Robert Hamilton, he also in the ne.xt minute was struck down by shot ; but he quickly rose from the ground, recovered las hold of the standard, and w^as able to carry it to the end of Tiieir the battle. Under this fire, the battalion dressed Uie'sioj'Io! its ranks with precision, and marched forward in faultless order.| This perfect order it kept till its left wing encountered some of the clusters of
- It happened tome afterwards to see and wonder at the higli
courat^e and composure with which Annesley bore liis dreadful wound. A musket-shot had entered his jaw, and passed, tear- ing its way through the moutli. The wound was of such a kind that it seemed as lliough nothing but death coukl be of use to him. Yet lie was not only uneoiiijilaining, but able to think and act for others. + Colonel Hood had not failed to seize the precious opportu- nity which was offered to liis battalion by the sheltering steep- ness of the bank. In a private letter he writes: 'Under the ' steej) bank of the river, we closed in to our centre ; and to 'this manoeuvre our after-success was mainly attributable.' 'We formed in perfect and compact order on the top of the bank, and then advanced steadily up the intrenched position.' —Colonel Hood, private letter.
