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THE MAIN FIGHT. 195 conceived, but he chafed at the wholesome re- chap. straint when he saw the beaten column enjoy ' its immunity, and re-form at the bottom of the 2d Period, hill. The column when restored to order advanced Tiiiici charg* - . , „ of the same once more up to the crest, and again, as before, force. Colonel Walker undertook to meet it with the remains of liis Scots Fusiliers. The Fusiliers delivered their fire, but the Russians, though scathed, did not turn. "Walker ordered his bat- talion to charge. Colonel Blair, riding onward before the line — that horse of his, for its singular beauty, is still curiously remembered — was struck down mortally wounded, and Drummond the ad- jutant (dismounted), who also had come to the front, received a shot through the body ; but already the Scots Fusiliers had sprung forward with their bayonets down ' at the charge,' and the enemy, shunning their steel, was driven pell-mell down the hill. Walker, this time, was suffered to continue the pursuit as far as his own judgment warranted, and he afterwards brought back his battalion to the left of the Sandbag Battery. His successive defeats did not end the enemy's trust in great numbers, nor hinder him from re- newing his efforts ; but the Duke of Cambridge The Duke ot at this time rode back towards Home Ridge in expedition* , n ■ r 1 1 1 f • in search quest 01 reinforcements ; and, beiore going on ofreinforce- with the story of all these fights on the Kitspur, we must see how his efforts resulted.