laniTues: VilUiS ABANDONED DY THE ARMV. 133 quence of that peculiar kind which touchesj liie ckap, Ijeart of the soldier. " When the religious ceremony had ended, hisha- Korniloif, arrayed in the brilliant uniform of an Adjutant-General,* and followed by a numerous Staff, rode along the lines ; and to every separate body of men he addressed some words of ha- rangue. As might be expected, the words of these brief speeches were from time to time varied, but each of them, it is said, had words to this effect : ' The Czar hopes that we shall ' not give up Sebastopol. Besides, we have ' nowhere to retreat to. We have the sea be- ' hind, the enemy in front. Prince Mentsehikoff ' has deceived our enemies, and got round them ; ' and when they attack us, our army will fall ' upon their rear. Eemember then — believe in ' no retreat. Let the bands forget to play the ' retreat ! Let him be a traitor who sounds the 'retreat! And if I myself give the order for ' retreating, kill me with the bayonet!* In his addresses to the men of the land service, he added words to this effect : ' Your business will ' be at first to receive the enemy with a well- ' directed tire of musketry ; and if they should
- try to mount the batteries, receive them in the
' Russian style. You well know the work — at ' the point of the bayonet ! ' do in a rugged, mountainous country. Certainly I had not the least concejition of what was possible in that way until 1 saw what the Bedouins could do in the ranges of tho Atlas.
- As is well known, it is customary in Russia to give anny
rank to men of distinction wlio are not Ijy profeiwiou solJiera.
