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or, I'KLISSIEU C1IKKUED BY OUR TKOOPS. C II A P. V. ing, and it resulted that not only on the 6th, but also down to the evening of the 7th of June, the strength and disposition of the_ garrisons con- tinued to be such as we have seen. Boml'ard- nient of the 6th ol June. Pelissier warmly ■ m , ted by the English troops. III. In the afternoon of the 6th, at about three o'clock, the siege batteries of the Allies opened fire against most, if not all, of the works which defended the Karabel Faubourg. Well answered at first by the garrison, this third and most powerful of all the yet delivered bombard- ments was unrelentingly pressed until the day closed. When Pelissier not long before night-time had left the Victoria Ridge, and was riding back to- wards his headquarters, he encountered a happy surprise. Our soldiery knew, although vaguely, that after acceding to the command of the French army, its new Chief refusing to shrink from even terrible sacrifices had peremptorily met the en- croachments attempted from Western Sebastopol by hard, victorious fighting, that he had placed himself in full concert with the English com- SJgniflcanca maiider, taking part in that Kertch expedition cheers. which had brought mighty joy to the camp, that he and the English Commander had already begun a new enterprise, that so early as even the morrow his troops and those of Lord Raglan would storm all the counter-approaches then left to affront the besiegers; and, if our soldiers