ACHIEVEMENTS OF FIELD ARTILLERY. 
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And the performances of the artillery were acknowledged in the 
unwonted warmth with which he thanked Collingwood Dickson, “ You 
have covered yourself with glory.^ 
It was thus that the English leader expressed his sense of what his 
artillery had done for him on that memorable day, and in the person of 
their commanding officer complimented the officers and men engaged. 
To his praise we may, in leaving this portion of our subject, fitly add 
the testimony of the great military genius who sustained the war on 
the side of our opponents 0 
In his history of the Crimean War, General Todleben pays a high 
compliment to our batteries, and has written that throughout the 
battle “the English artillery sustained its infantry perfectly. It fol¬ 
lowed it everywhere and opened a close fire upon the Russian columns. 
On the one hand the artillery of Codrington^s Brigade, established 
on the left side of the Careenage Ravine, swept our reserves, and took in 
flank the troops who advanced to attack the left wing of the English 
army. - ” 
(To be Continued). 
