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APPENDIX. NOTES TO CHAPTER 1. Note 1. — Allies of the Sultan. — This was done by bringing about the dismissal of Riza, the Minister of War, who was be- lieved to have been always intriguing against Omar Pasha. — Lord Raglan to Secretary of State, Secret, 5th June 1855. Note 2. — Feared to displease. — There is nothing in history more certain than this. At the fatal Cabinet of July 1870, the Emperor had actually congratulated his Ministers on the diplo- matic victory that he had achieved by bringing about the with- drawal of the Hohenzollern candidate, aud all seemed to promise both peace and contentment, when Lebceuf interposed, and pro- nounced that the avoidance of war (after all the excitement stirred up) would cause an ill feeling in the army. NOTES TO CHAPTER II. Note 1. — Once more recaptured the Work. — That this was the ending of the fifth fight is asserted with precision by Niel (p. 254) ; and Todleben, with the statement before him, does not really and effectually deny it, nor substitute for it any narrative of a Russian victory. He indeed writes in one place as though he understood that the retreat of the French a little before dawn was a movement caused by their being ' worn out ' (epuise), but he elsewhere says in terms that the fifth fight resulted in a cap- ture of the counter-approach ; and, as he also shows that the fourth fight had left it in possession of the Russians, it follows that the fifth capture was a capture by the French. — Todleben.