278 THE BATTLE OF 1^'KEUMAN. CHAP, be-damned * Sixth of the Line' — did good, loyal ^^' service, which will long be remembered in Eng- 2d Period, lo^j^^ Its fixed attitude of expectancy had been owing to no other cause than the want of due sanction for a forward movement, and was con- verted at once into opportune action by the authority of General Bourbaki, now apparently giving impulsion to this part of his brigade.* Retreat of The Eussians in their eager pursuit of the colours battalions, had been so led to shape their course that at this moment they were laying open their right to the French battalion, and De Camas began to advance against their exposed flank. Thus all at once threatened, whilst moving, with an attack on their flank from a fresh, strong, and organised force, the Russians, it seems, first endeavoured to form up a new front with which to oppose their new enemy, and next — as though discontented with the result of their efforts — began to turn and retreat, f Extrication Captain Burnaby, with the rest of the seven and hTs'in'Jn. survivors, was still where we saw him in the wake of the enemy's columns, when he found that the ebb had set in, and that those of the Eussians around him who had not yet moved off were going nevertheless to retreat. Hill, Troy, and James Archer acting all three together at a well- chosen niouient, rescued Pullen and Turner from
- 80 I gather ; but tlu; language on which I have to rely is
not so distinct as I could wish. + Apparently the deploying movement before mentioned Wiie a jiart of that cHoit fo show a new front which was made when the French ap])uared.
