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THE FLANK MAKCIf. Allied army; and the effect of the cliaii'ie soon chat. sliowcd itself in the speed and the firmness with ' Mhich the flank marcli was executed. As at sea, ooodeprcct after the 10th of September the illness of ^Marshal froma -, . . temporary bfc Arnaud gave a great momentniu t(j the invasion, ponccnii^i. ny placing the virtual guidance oi the armada in r"»cr. tlio hands of Lord Kaglan during several critical days, so now, when, from similar causes, the virtual leadership of the Anglo-French army fell once more, for a time, to Lord IJaglan, it instantly felt the advantage which results from undivided command IlL The night the French lay on the Tchernaya, jNlarshal St Arnaud ceased to hold his command. Katurally, the policy of the French Emperor had inclined him to })ut the army, as far as was possible, under officers concerned in the slaughter which placed him on his throne ; and it must bo ac- knowledged that in this respect General Canrobert Gencr.ii was but too well qualified by the part which he had had the misfortune to take in the massacre of the Boulevard : but it is also true, as we have seen, that the brilliant reputation which the General had established in African warfare gave him a more honourable, though not more cogent, title to be trusted with high command. To him the French Emperor had secretly confided a dor- the dor- mant commission which was to put him at the miUion'"* head of the French army, if any event arising out toiiim. of sickness or war should prevent the Marshal