GENERAL MAYRAN'S PREMATURE ATTACK. 159
advance at the cost of effecting it under a destruc- chap.
VII
tive /ire. General Mayran was wounded, then .
presently wounded again, and the second blow
brought him his death. By storms of mitrail and his death.
of musketry the columns were again driven back, Repulse of
i vi » . -i ,. ii .i /> i p , the column
and a like late beiell the Iresh troops of not only
Saurin's brigade, but also one of the two Voltigeur
battalions brought up to renew the attack. Soon,
however, under Failly (who had succeeded to
Mayran's command) the remains of the Division
were rallied on sheltered ground whence they
plied the embrasures, and the men on the ram-
parts with fire.
All this while, the Division engaged looked in
vain towards its left for the expected co-operation
of Brunet. The premature onset of Mayran had
dislocated all the arrangements for securing sim-
ultaneous action.
The Commander-in-Chief directed General St
Jean d'Angely to support the repulsed troops of
Mayran's Division with four battalions of the
Guard ; but it was not found possible to renew
the attack.*
When Pelissier at length reached the post he peussier
had chosen, that is, the Right Lancaster Battery, launching
i i i ■ • i , i • i liis signal.
he soon caused his signal to dart up into the air
from the lofty Victoria Ridge; and the whirlwind
of rage that soon burst on this choleric man may
well be imagined; for, whilst still writhing with
anger because General Mayran's Division had
sprung into premature action, he now suffered
- Niel, p. 317.
