Pond's brigade, to which had been assigned the special duty of guarding along Owl Creek against any advance around Johnston's left flank, constituted the extreme Confederate left.
The long line of Wood's brigade then largely outreached Colonel Raith's left flank.
His plan is said to have contemplated a movement of his right wing against the Federal left flank, for which the ground afforded great advantages.
He proposed that Stuart should retire toward Warrenton with Hampton's division, while he, with his own division, remained on the enemy's left flank.
The road from Keedysville through Smoketown to the Hagerstown turnpike crossed the Antietam in a hollow, out of the line of fire, and a march around Lee's left flank could be made almost wholly under cover.
In this battle the heaviest loss fell on Hill's left flank.
After Smith's charge had commenced, McClernand and Wallace were ordered to assume the offensive on the enemy's left flank, which resulted in driving the Confederates back to the works from whence they had emerged in the morning.
While preparing for an advance, I discovered what appeared to be a considerable body of cavalry forming for a charge on my left flank.
This I had been enabled to do when not threatened on my left flank.
I saw at once that the enemy designed to pass my left flank, and fall upon Generals McClernand and Prentiss, whose line of camps was almost parallel with the Tennessee River, and about two miles back from it.
Indeed, McClernand had already sent three regiments to the support of my left flank, and they were in position when the onset came.
Hindman, Cleburn, and Wood advanced into the gap between Sherman and Prentiss, and swung towards the northwest upon Sherman's left flank.
But all the while the centre brigades of Hardee were pushing into the gap, and, without serious opposition, were gaining Sherman's left flank.
Left flank attacked by a few Boers as we were going into camp.
Middleton located the enemy on left flank en route, who opened with heavy rifle fire, and then retired.
Middleton, occupied, under shell and rifle fires, commanding position on enemy's left flank, and remained holding it all night.
Company B, reinforced by the platoon from the Cannon Company, moved out to destroy the enemy force on the regiment's left flank.
Company K did not fare so well, since it was operating at little more than half strength and there were only nineteen men in the platoon that guarded the draw on the company's left flank.
The 3d Battalion, 17th Infantry, which had been guarding the divisional left flank south of Dao since A Day, was brought forward by truck to rejoin the regiment.
A determined Japanese counterattack forced back the left flankof the 2d Battalion and exposed Company K.
The right and right rear of the position were almost enveloped and an attack was being launched against the left flank.
The immediate result of this gas attack was that the left flank of the Canadian Division was in the air and was in imminent danger of being entirely cut off.
In this great operation the Fourth and Third Armies and the right of the First Army advanced with their left flank on the Canal from Cambrai to Mons and their right flank covered by our French Allies.
About this time came reports that a large cavalry force of the enemy had passed around our left flank, evidently to strike this very railroad somewhere below Chattanooga.
The French were surprised, and lost a detachment in the town of Vereia, on Murat's left flank.
There remained nothing to do but to turn Lee's left flank; and this could only be accomplished by stratagem, for Lee had strengthened every part of the river by which Hooker could attempt a passage.
He promised to obtain sanction from his army commander to act on my left flank, but said that his horses were too tired to move before the next day.
He also told me of the formation of the Sixth French Army on my left flank, composed of the Seventh Army Corps, four reserve divisions, and Sordêt's corps of cavalry.
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