430 APPENDIX. I was so often on board his flag-ship off SeLa3to})ol, that you will easily su])pose that there is little iu it which is new to nie ; indeed I can corroborate from other sources of infuriuation a great deal of it. What is related in page 20 struck mo with j^^rsuiial in- terest. It was done under secret instructions from me, scut (most irregularly of course, but, as I thought, justifi- ably on account of the imminent danger) without the know- ledge of my colleagues. Tliis must be known to Kinglake, as he no doubt has my letter. — I am, yours sincerely, (Signed) KEWCASTLE. NOTE XII. Argument for avoidinq tue Attack of the NoRTU Side.* ' The north front was exceedingly strong by nature, and
- extended across a ridge of buld and rocky heights, inter-
' sected by steep ravines. A permanent fort, consiiicuously ' situated in a commanding position, occupied its centre, ' and was supported on either side by earthen entrench- ' ments and batteries. The entire fruiit was exposed to ' enfilade liom the right of the position, where heavy guns 'could nuulily and securely be placed; and all the ap- ' proaches were cuuimanded by the men-of-war and steam- ' ers in the harbour. This position was, moreover, defended ' bv an aimy, which, although recently defeated, had re- • It might Ije assuinuJ that tliis argument (extracted from the Official Journal of our Siege Oiieratioiis) is substantially Sir John Burgoyno's ; but those who prefer looking to his ])ublicly avowed words will find the name argument iu p. '23b tl ntq. of his ' Military Opiuious.'
