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236 THE OPK.XlNa OF THE SIEGE. CHAPTER X. CHAP. After making wharves for the purpose, the __Ll__ Allies weut on in all haste with the toil of land- of the AVue"3^ ^^S their siege-trains, and entered upon the yet harder task of bringing up from the shore to the front heavy guns, great stores of amniuuition, and the loads and loads of material required for the business of siege work, besides all the usual sup- plies which were needed for the support of their armies. The French had spacious landing - ground in their Bay of Kamiesh, with an easy approach to the ground where their siege-corps was camped ; and it does not appear that they encountered any great difficulty in bringing to the front their stores and their battering-trains. It was other- wise with the English ; for now there came to be felt the first stress of that want which was des- tined to be the cause of cruel sufterings to their army, and to wring the hearts of their brethren at home with a grief which soon turned into anger. I Our forces, encamped on the Chersonese, were near, it is true, to their port of supply, but not in