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THE MAIN FIGHT. 251 Kitspur, and were now coming back in a reor- chap. gauised state, to take part once more in the figlit. '__ By firing across the gorge to its opposite bank ^'^p^'"'^- Percy's men caused the force there appearing to bend away to its right, and vanish for a time in the dimness ; bnt the columns, thus deflected in their course, inarched round the head of the gorge, and when next they emerged into sight, they were not only found to be advancing towards the Uift flank of the Sandbag Battery, but already drawing near to their goal. Percy, seeing that lie was cut off from the crest above him by the eohnnns which had thus got round his left flank, formed up his men in line, with their front to- wards the interposed mass ; l:)ut, his people say- ing they had no ammunition, he was obliged to abandon the idea he had entertained of attempt- ing to cut through, and resort to the more feasible plan of moving past under the ledge where the enemy had appeared, and afterwards regaining the topland at a point further south. He had the good fortune to strike a bridle-path which led him in the direction reqmred. Besides the troops seen by Percy, a lakoutsk Movement battalion was moved, as we shall after^^'ards see the bulk ^ more particularly, to a part of the heights further soidierj- whe south, and when — in the midst of their chase — outhe our people looked up to the crest behind them, they saw that the enemy had come into their vacated places on the high ground. In this strait there were some — chiefly men of the 95th, under Vialls and Sargent — who remained near the