322 THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN, CHAP. ,<iuiis iu pursuit, again defeated their enemy ^^' when they found him striving to rally, and thus 3d Period, finally made good their recapture of the three English guns.* We now move along the crest towards our right till we come to the bulge which marks the western extremity of the crest-work. There, there lay Thp57tiL the men of the 57th f so placed, that upon receiv- ing — as they would presently do — an order to advance beyond the crest, they must either climb over the parapet, or else fall back a few paces in order to get out to the front by passing round the shoulder of the work ; and accordingly, if we soon hear their buglers sounding the "retreat," it must be understood that, though momentarily retrograde, the march thus enjoined is the first stage of a forward movement. Within the bulge also, Colonel Warren com- The55ih manding the 55th was at this moment present on horseback, and beside him — on foot, for his charger had been lately shot under him — there stood Lieutenant-Colonel Daubeney of the same regiment, whilst on ground to the right of the bulge, but closely adjoining it, there ranged that small renmant of about one hundred men which
- Since this brilliant exploit involved an outrageous breach
of disci] iline, it was to be expected that French authorities might observe a rigid silence on the suliject ; and I cannot state the numbers of the valiant culprits, nor even mention with certainty the battalion to which they belonged. Time, how- ever, effaces the reasons for silence ; and I am not without hope that these pages may elicit a tardy avowal. + See ante, pp. 300, 315.
