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64 SEBASTOPOL BEFORE THE BATTLE CHAP, field-work connecting the Flagstafl' and tlio Cen- ^"' tral Bastion.s, but except in regard to the progress their stat.^, thus making at a singh3 point, the land defences Sept. ' contiinied to be, for some time, in the state already described. Distribution When Prince Mentschikoff had established aisebis-' "^ himself on the Alma, he entrusted the defence of thristh"" Sebastopol on its North Side to licar- Admiral Istomin, and the defence of the South Side to Eear-Admiral Panfiloff, at the same time enjoin- ing these seamen to apply to Lieutenant-General ]loller, the Commander-in-Chief of the land forces at Sebastopol, for special instructions. Prince Mentscliikoff also directed that, in the absence of Vice- Admiral KornilofF, the connnand of the fleet, and any troops on board it, should be assumed by Yice-Admiral Nachimoff, the senior officer in the roadstead. Means were taken for perfecting the telegraphic communication between Sebastopol and the cover- ing army. stron-tii When Prince jMentschikoff's orders for assem- frarrison bliug liis troops ou the Alma had been carried Sebastopol into effect, the only portion of the 'active' Eus- sian army then left at Sebastopol was a l)ody of four militia battalions. The rest of the comba- tants who helped to ibrm the garrison were the gunners attached to the batteries of the coast defences, the local companies belonging to Sebas- topol, the 2G00 stationed marines, and the 18,500 seamen. If, to all these forces, there be added the 5000 workmen, it would result that when