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516 APPENDIX. On the left, watching the Careenage Ravine, and the Mikriakoff Olen. Lord West's wing of 21st, Prince Edward's Com- pany, the remains of the 88th companies, of Fordyce's wing of the 47 th, and of Grant's wing of the 49th ; altogether about 1000 Fighting oxit in front of the Home Ridge. Remains of wing of 20th under Horn, say . , , of the 30th, say .... ,, of Hume's wing of 95th, say . ,, of left wing of Rifle battalion, say . On or near the Home Ridge. 140 200 150 110 Remains of Upton's 2 companies of the Guards, say 120 ,, of 57th, say . 170 ,, of 55th, say . 100 ,, of right wing of 47th, say 200 , , of Egerton's 77th wing (now ipproaching Home Ridge), say . 200 63d Regiment (fresh), . 466 Right wing of 21st (fresh), . . 201 French 7th Leger (fresh), . 908 600 say 2400 Total French and English Infantry, 5000 Of these 5000, 3000 only were on what was about to be the fighting ground during the Third Period j and of those 3000 908 were French, and the rest English. There was, besides, a ' truant body of Zouaves,' of which I cannot give the strength further than by saying that Pennefather computed the number of those Zouaves who fought undei his eye at ' about sixty.'