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- uing of the regiment did not at any time fall hacl We
' were opposed to a heavy Russian column, which had come ' down the hill and /tailed in our immediate front, tlirowing
- out numerous skirmishers. The Guards did not pass us
' until this column had turned, and iras in full retreat. I ' cannot say much about the left wing, Imving seen but ' little of it during the engagement, owing to the smoke, ' and ray position on the extreme right. — Yours sincerely, (Signed) 'R. W. ALDAVORTH, Coi, ' Lt.-Col. Commanding Ist Battalion ' Tth Roijal Fusiliers.' Of Colonel Aldworth Sir Thomas Troubridge thus writes: — 'The steadiness with which the men held their ' ground on the right, under a very heavy fire, was in ' great measure due to the example and coolness of this ' officer.' iS'or is it only from the officers of the 7th Fusiliers that the proof of what the battalion did at the Alma is to be found. The regiment next on the right of Colonel Lacy Yea's Fusiliers was the 55th. The 55th Avas commanded at the Alma by Colonel, now General, Warren. In a nieniorandum by him now lying before me, there is this passage : —
- Sir John [Pennefalher] allowed the 55th Eegiment to
- follow Colonel Warren, who crossed the river and formed
- the regiment in line under the cover of a spur of the
- heights of the Alma, up which they advanced in line
- (Major-General Pennefather leading in front the battalion
- which was parallel to the Alma) ; then, having ascended
- this spur, they formed themselves in presence of a column
' of Russians who fired into them. This column of Rus- ' sians was at that time engaged with a part of the light ' Division iindtr Colonel Yea, and the 55th were directed ' by their Colonel to bring forward their right shoulders
