Editing Battle of the Alma (section)

===Attack at the greater redoubt===
In the meantime on Bousquet's left, Canrobert's 1st Division and to Canrobert's left Prince Napoleon's 3rd Division were unable to cross the river in the face of heavy fire coming from Telegraph Hill, and their advance stalled. Prince Napoleon sent word to Lieutenant-General [[George de Lacy Evans]], [[2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Division]]'s commander on his left, calling on the British to advance and take some pressure off the French. Raglan was still waiting for the French attack to succeed before committing British troops, and at first told Evans not to take orders from the French, but under pressure from Evans, he relented. At 14:45, he commanded the British Light, 1st and 2nd Divisions to advance, although without further orders. The British army was arrayed in two lines; the first consisted of the [[Light Division]] on the left led by [[Sir]] [[George Brown (British Army officer)|George Brown]] and Lacy Evans' 2nd Division on the right. Behind them was a second line - the 1st Division under [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge|Duke of Cambridge]], consisting of the Highland and the Guards Brigades, which were deployed to support the first line's advance. The remaining British troops were held in reserve.{{sfnp|Figes|2011|p=210}}
[[File:2nd-Rifle-Brigade-leading-the-Light-Division-at-the-Alma-by-Louis-Johns.jpg|thumb|250px|2nd [[Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]] at the Battle of Alma]]
The Light Division had not extended itself far enough left and advanced at an angle. Soon, the troops on the right of the Light Division and the left of the 2nd Division began merging. The strategic formation of the British line was lost. Once they had crossed the river, all order was also lost. Companies and regiments became jumbled together, and where the lines had been two men deep, now just a crowd resulted. The Russians, seeing this, began to advance down the hill from either side of the great redoubt, firing on the British below. Mounted British officers galloped round their men, urging them to reform their lines, but were unsuccessful in persuading them to move from the shelter of the riverbank. Some sat down and took out their water cans; others began to eat. Aware of the danger of the situation and unable to reorganize, Major-general [[William Codrington (British Army officer)|William John Codrington]], commander of the Light Division's 1st Brigade, ordered his troops to fix bayonets and advance.{{sfnp|Figes|2011|p=212}}

The densely packed Codrington's Brigade started to advance uphill in a thick crowd. Without time and unable to put the soldiers in formation, the officers gave up and urged them to charge toward the Russian guns in the redoubt. As Russian artillery opened fire, the British continued scrambling upward until some of the Light Division's advanced guard tumbled over the walls of the greater redoubt. As the Russians were trying to redeploy their cannons, soldiers clambered over the parapets and through the embrasures, capturing two guns in the confusion. However, realizing their lack of reinforcements, and as the Vladimirsky Regiment poured into the redoubt from the open higher ground, British buglers sounded the withdraw order. Russian infantry charged with fixed bayonets, driving out the British and firing at them as they retreated down the hill.{{sfnp|Figes|2011|p=213}}