The dark hour came for the 6th Scottish Rifles on June 15th, and in
it Captain Lusk found his great opportunity for the service which he
was at all times so ready to give. It was for that service that the
French Government afterwards honoured him, and for it he is
remembered by many in the Regiment and beyond it.
His own account is contained in a letter to Colonel Kay, who was
wounded at an early stage of the engagement:--