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CONTENTS. Vtl Chapter I. — continued. Step tending in an opposite direction immediately taken by Canrobert, .......... 25 Sis official letter to Lord Raglan, ...... 25 Lord Raglan's way of dealing with it, . . . . .25 The French ultimately reverting to the decision of the ' Three, ' tl And on certain conditions agreeing to assail the Malakoff front, 27 The gravity of the dangers thus averted, .... 28 The envoy sent by Lord Raglan to the French headquarters, . 29 Long delay, .......... 30 1st and 2d February. Modified plan put forward by the French, 31 And approved by Lord Raglan, . . . . . .31 But now known to have masked another design, ... 32 VII. Import of the change of plan as first understood by the French, VIII. The French mining operations, .... Todleben's skill and power in the science of mining, His countermines, ....... Progress of the mining and countermining operations, Their result, ........ IX. The peremptory part of the besieger's design now shifting from the Flagstaff Bastion to the Malakoff, ..... X. Dispositions consequent upon C'anrobert's resolve to operate against the Malakoff, ........ 38 The Allies commencing works destined to aid a meditated attack on the Mamelon, ....... 38 XI. Various movements and changes, ...... 39 On the part of the Russians, ....... 39 On the part of the French, ....... 40 Their reconnaissances, ........ 40 The treatment experienced by Forey, ..... 41 32 33 34 34 34 37 87