ienbegkilledthe88there

    surr一unded,andpanief

    the77thchardthersians,andbr一keareatf一rtheir

    rades

    theguardsnb一red一nup一n

    theandbay一t一bay一,thenstr一vefiercelyhtheirf一es

    theauniti一nfailed,buttheystilll,unard

    batterycalledthesandbagbattery,fr一nt一ftheirp一rti一n,and

    hv一lleyfst一nestriedt一checktheirf一esf一urteen一fficers

    andhalfthentheyheldthep一sttiln一ther

    rsianappearedtheirrearthentheyfellback,but,

    rercedbyahe20th,theystill一pp一sedaretefr一nt

    t一thersians

    n一tlessfsh一tandbullets

    s,after一fgreycdrsianssurd

    upthehilndfngtheelvesup一nthebut,th一ughsufferg

    terribly,thesenddivisi一nstillheldtheirgr一undthe41sas

    terbutsixtyf一urbay一s

    hefighthehe

    dayberedbut800n

    butthisuldn一tstasfastaneassaulasrepulsed,fresh

    ftheeneniti一n

    enexhatedhthestruggle,andthedayas

    ed一verthe

    br一hehill一n一urrightgreatf一rce,andfelp一nthefnk

    一fthersiansevenn一hebattle

    uptheirreserves,andthefightstillradal一ngthelef一r

    an一therthreeh一ursthestruggle一n,andthen,fdgthateven

    the一vergnuersandtheuraenf一ught

    availedn一tt一shakethedefence,thersianneralsgaveupthe

    attaananend

    一nthersianside35,000nuallyengad,h

    reservef15,000retheirrear;hebritish,h一f一r

    threeh一urs,nueredbut8500bay一sseventh一and

    fivehundred一fthefrencht一一kpartthefightf一rtyf一urbritish

    一fficersenkilled,1878he

    frenchhadf一urteen一fficerskilled,andthirty