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gate, while his centre occupied the crest where the main road (A B), the eastern arm of the B
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D runs between Trebolgan lodge and Goyleen—the same road by which the enemy had advanced to capture Fort Carliske—Lord Redhill drew up in order of battle along the slopes opposite to the invader’s high ridge, the hostile armies having between their respective centres that part of the same road which runs from Trabolgan to Whitegate along the bottom of the valley [ref. Chap, XIII.]. It was dark on the 12th October by the time the various corps were in their appointed places on the field, and under the clear starlight the blazing camp fires and flashing signals of the opposing hosts marked their respective positions along the two hills.
