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2 may be regarded as the centre. His left ap-
3 peared still to occupy its ground in the circular
4 entrenchment; his right was brought forward
5 and occupied the ridge. I immediately deployed
6 the cavalry into line, and moved on. As I
7 neared the enemy, the ground became most fa-
8 vourable for the troops to manceuvre, being open
9 and hard grass-land: I ordered the cavalry to
10 take ground to the right and left by brigades,
11 thus displaying the heads of the infantry co-
12 lumns, and as they reached the hard ground
13 I directed them to deploy into line. Brigadier
14 Godby’s Brigade was indirect echellon to the
15 rear of the right, the Shekawattee infantry in
16 like manner to the rear of my left; the cavalry
17 in direct echellon on, and well to the rear of,
18 both flanks of the infantry. The artillery massed
19 on the right, and centre, and left. After deploy-
20 ment I observed the enemy’s left to outflank me,
21 I therefore broke into open columns and took
22 ground to my right: when I had gained sufii-
23 cient ground, the troops wheeled into line: there
24 was no dust, the sun shone brightly. These
25 manceuvres were performed with the celerity and
26 precision of the most correct field day. The
27 glistening of the bayonets and swords of this
28 order of battle, was most imposing, and the line
29 advanced. Scarcely had it moved forward 150
30 yards when at 10 o'clock the enemy opened a
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