9 a.m.
With a wild burst of enthusiasm , the allies , intermingled , raced forward , and once again the foe was driven down the hill . At the same time his flanking columns were met and forced back on the left by the 21st and the 63rd . The Barrier was again re-occupied by our troops , and the third , the chief and most destructive Russian onslaught , had also failed . The day was still young ; it was little past 9 a.m. , and the battle as yet was neither lost nor won . The Russians had been three times discomfited and driven back , but they still held the ground they had first seized upon the crests of the Inkerman hill , and , seemingly , defied the allies to dislodge them . The English were far too weak to do this . Our whole efforts were concentrated upon keeping the enemy at bay at the Barrier , where Blythe , now in chief command , managed with difficulty , and with a very mixed force , to beat off assailants still pertinacious and tormenting .