Note 170 — CONTINUATION OF THE SIEGE.

“The gallant old 7th. Fusiliers had to run the gauntlet of a large body of the enemy, whom they drove back à la fourchette. The 34th. regiment had an enormous force to contend against, and their Colonel, Kelly, was carried off by the enemy. In the midst of the fight, Major Gordon, of the Royal Engineers, displayed that cool courage and presence of mind which never forsook him. With a little switch in his hand, he encouraged the men to defend the trenches, and standing up on the top of the parapet, unarmed as he was, hurled down stones upon the Russians. He was struck by a ball, which passed through the lower part of his arm, and at the same time received a bullet through the shoulder. All rejoiced that he was not dangerously wounded.”—The British Expedition to the Crimea, by W. H. Russell, L.L.D.