15ATTLE OF THK ALMA. 85 left of the Light Division, rose alert from the chap. ground, dressed well their ranks, and then, hav- ' ing a front of two miles with a depth of only two men, marched grandly down the slope.* XVII. Sir De Lacy Evans, commanding the 2d Divi- Evans 1 1 1 p 1 • 1 • 1 detaches sion, had before him the blazing village. In that Adams ' . . with two conflagration no man could live ; and in order to battalions, ° , , ' and with make good his advance on either side of the flames, tl"^r'**:"' ^ his Divisu.n he had split his force by detaching General Adams fi^'-i'-f ■•^^, ■>■ JO towards IL; to his right with two regiments-f- and Turner's ^"'^o® battery. With that force Adams, driving before him some Eussian skirmishers, marched down towards the ford which divided the French and English armies. Evans himself, with four bat- talions| and Franklin's battery of field-artillery, § had to assail the defences which Prince Mentschi- koflf had accumulated for the dominion of the Pass and the great road. Soon, however, Evans was a good deal strengthened in the artillery arm ; for an opportunity of rendering service in this part of the held was observed and seized by Captain Anderson with a battery belonging to the Light
- Computing from the right of the -iTth Regiment, the Eng-
lish front was a little short of two miles ; but, computing it from the ground on which Adams was advancing, the front was more tlian two miles in extent. t The 41st and 49th. J The 1st brigade, under Pennefather, ;ind the 47th Regi- ment, belonging to Adams's brig;ide. § Fitzmijyer commanded both this and Turner's battery.
