CONTENTS. XXI Chapter Yl.— continued . VIII. The Cxap Imprudence of reinlorcing the Guards without also securing the Gap, ......... Reinforcements nevertheless obtained, . Succours drawn from the 2d Division, From the 4th Division, ...... The waste of power caused l)y drawing these succours Kitspur, ........ Failure of the Duke's application to Cathcart, Arrival of two French battalions, .... Their reception on the battle-field. Failure of the English endeavours to make them advance. Impatience of our people with the two Itattalions, The Duke's return to the Kitspur, . The results of his expedition in search of reinforcements, to the 196 106 196 197 198 198 199 199 200 200 201 202 202 IX. Dannenberg's preparations for his next attack, Fire of Russian artillery, .... Advance of the assailing battalions, Comparison of numbers, .... The great column advancing from the north, . The fire of the Scots Fusiliers, Continued advance of the column, . The Colonel of the Scots Fusiliers, . His two first wounds, ..... His visit to the Sandbag Battery, ... Selinghinsk troops on the top of the parapet, . Colonel Walker's third wound. Devolution of the command to Colonel F. Seymour The measure he took, ..... Relinquishment of the Sandbag Battery by the English, Their change of position, .... The Sandbag Battery entered by the Ru.ssians, This the 6th capture, ..... The opposed forces standing at bay. The Coldstream approaching, 203 203 204 204 204 205 206 206 207 207 207 207 208 208 208 208 209 210 210 211