THE BATTLE OF BALACLAVA. 55 close range, upon the work crowning Canrobert's chap. Hill.* L_ Nearly at the same time, Semiakine's forces Advance of J Semiakine: having advanced from Tchorgoun gained the slopes of the ridge on the north-east and north of Can- robert's Hill. With five battalions (besides a separate body of riflemen) and ten guns, General Semiakine in person prepared to operate against the work on Canrobert's Hill ; -f- whilst, on his right, General Levoutsky took up a like position ofLevout- with three more battalions and ten guns.t His goal was the Eedoubt Number Two. At the same time Colonel Scudery, who with ofscudery: the four Odessa battalions, a company of riflemen, three squadrons of Cossacks, and a field-battery, had advanced from the Tractir bridge, was now moving upon the Arabtabia.§ The main body of the cavalry under General ofRyjoc. Eyjoff, with its attendant troops of horse-artillery,
- This battery included, besides six light field-pieces of the
No. 6 Light Battery, four guns of heavier calibre belonging to the Position Battery No. 4 (Liprandi's despatch, October 26, 1854). The three battalions were the 1st, 2d, and 3d battalions of the Dnieper regiment. The squadron was one belonging to Jeropkine's Lancers. t With four battalions of the Azoff regiment, one — viz., the 4th — of the Dnieper battalions, the 2d company of the Rifle battalion, four heavy guns of the Position Battery No. 4, and six pieces of the Light Battery No. 6. X The three Ukraine battalions, four heavy guns of the Posi- tion Battery No. 4, and six guns of the Light Battery No. 7. § On Redoubt ' Number Three. ' The riflemen forming part of Scudery's column were of the 4th Rifle battalion, the Cog- sacks of the 53d Cossack Regiment, and the battery was No. 7 of the 12th brigade.
