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ciiap. officer who had given the caution, addressing
. him in his rough, playful way, as ' Mr Timorous.'
Those two brigades were the forces that received
their orders too late, and did not come up in good
time. *
From that mishap, it resulted that Pelissier's
original plan of holding back all his reserves
on ground widely distant from the enemy's lines
remained practically in force long enough to
encounter the test of experience ; and, whether
the Commander-in-Chief or the gibe-stricken ' Mr
' Timorous ' proved to be of those two the more
skilled disposer of troops, we shall not be without
means of judging.!
To ensure the simultaneous outset of the three
attacks, they were all to be launched by one
signal, that is, by a bright jet of rockets thrown
up at Pelissier's bidding from a spot that formed
nearly the summit of the lofty Victoria Eidge.
Including the great reserve, but not counting
the two brigades ordered up from the west, the
whole force allotted for the enterprise comprised
four Divisions, and was placed, as we have seen,
under the orders of General St Jean d'Angely.
III.
rr>st chosen For his post of observation, Lord Eaglan had
Ragian. chosen the Mortar Battery of the 3d Parallel
- The brigades of Faucheux and Monteynard. See ante, p
152. t See post, p. 201, and Note.
