194 COLONEL YEA'S ATTACK.
chap. In the course of the retreat, A'Court Fishei
. himself, and many of the people obeying him,
laid hold of yet one more occasion for the exer-
cise of their daring and firmness by toiling pro-
tractedly — toiling under strong fire — in order to
save wounded men.
just praise Lieutenant A'Court Fisher's chief reported him
bytheau as one who had ' displayed great coolness, judg-
thorities on , , , . . , . .
A'Court nienfc, and decision under very trying circum-
Fisiier.
' stances.' *
The loss When, after the peace that had lasted scarce
of Colonel , ., „ . r.
Yea; less than forty years, our new generation of
islanders took up ' the great tradition,' we saw
Colonel Yea on the Alma at the head of his
Eoyal Fusiliers ; but also we afterwards saw him
encountering the stress of 'the winter troubles'
with a rare force of will that protected his
cherished regiment from no small share of the
hardship endured by other troops ; and to his
power so exerted, no less than to his ' gallantry '
in action, Lord Raglan in terms referred when —
in sorrow— announcing to England the loss of this
resolute chief.!
In their choice of the moment ordained for the
end of his life whilst advancing at the head of his
stormers, and already on the verge of the Abattis,
the Fates, one may say, proved kind. He was
- General Hairy Junes to Lord Raglan, 20th June 1855.
t Lord Raglan to Secretary of State, 19th June 1855. A published Despatch.
