nine o'clock
Not less were the second division pressed ; storms of shot and bullets swept through them , column after column of grey-clad Russians surged up the hill and flung themselves upon them ; but , though suffering terribly , the second division still held their ground . The 41st was well-nigh cut to pieces , the 95th could muster but sixty-four bayonets when the fight was over , and the whole division , when paraded when the day was done , numbered but 800 men . But this could not last . As fast as one assault was repulsed , fresh columns of the enemy came up the hill to the attack , our ammunition was failing , the men exhausted with the struggle , and the day was well-nigh lost when , at nine o'clock , the French streamed over the brow of the hill on our right in great force , and fell upon the flank of the Russians . Even now the battle was not won . The Russians brought up their reserves , and the fight still raged along the line . For another three hours the struggle went on , and then , finding that even the overwhelming numbers and the courage with which their men fought availed not to shake the defence , the Russian generals gave up the attack , and the battle of Inkerman was at an end .