ABSTRACT
A fortnight later carne the news of Abercromby's death; and, about the same time, of the death of Lieutenant James Brown in front of the Green Hill on 13 March. James's death was broken to his parents in Cheshire in a letter from his company commander, Captain Phillips of the light company of the 44th, who had sat down to write it ten days after the battle. He told them that their son had known his wound was mortal, and had said, 'If this is death I die happy, I feel no pain, write to my mother but break the news of my death as tenderly as possible'. 'I offer my best wishes', Phillips continued, 'that you may be able to bear up against it with the same fortitude and resignation to that power which governs the fate of us all, as your late esteemed and gallant son preserved even to the last moments of his life, and be assured, Madam, that no one ever fell more gloriously, or more deeply regretted by all who knew him.'2
