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BATTLE OF THE ALMA. 89 regiment had been again got together, wlien, the CHAP. Light Division coming on, it appeared that its right ' regiment was overlapped by the 95th. Lacy Yea did notclioose to stop; and, the 95th being halted at the time, he with his Eoyal Fusiliers passed through it. But the ' Derbies ' could not endure to be thus left behind, and soon the regiment rushed forward, bearing so strongly towards the left that the fortunes of the corps theucefortli became con- nected with the exploits of Codrington's brigade. The 55th Eegiment, whilst advancing in line over open ground, came under so crushing a fire that it staggered ; and, though the line did not fall back, it was broken. But Colonel Warren soon rallied his troops, and carried them forward. Afterwards, when he reached a spot which yielded shelter to a man lying flat on the ground, he ordered his men to lie down ; but he himself kept his saddle and remained steadfast in the centre of his regiment until the moment returned when acain he could lead it forward. The kind of struggle in which Evans was en- gaged could not be long maintained without in- volving heavy loss. Evans liimself received a severe contusion, and almost all his Staff were struck ; for Percy Herbert, his Assistant Quarter- master-General, was dangerously hit ; and Captain Thompson, Ensign St Clair, and Captain A. M. M'Donald were severely wounded. Of the officers of the 30th, 55th, and 47th regiments, Major Eose, Captain Schaw, and Lieutenant Luxmore were killed. Colonel Warren was wounded, and so