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44 THE RENEWED EXPEDITION TO K HUTCH. CHAP. IV. Sir George Brown's measures on shore. Haron Wrangel's destruction of his Coast batteries. Retreat of Russian troops place chosen in the hay of Kamish Boroune. Under the immediate direction of Admiral Hous- ton Stewart (whose arrangements were held to be perfect) the process continued all day and through- out the following night without being delayed or obstructed by any kind of mishap. The French and the English infantry were the first to land, and Brown placed them in position, the French on the right, the English on their left, and pro- vided that, when disembarked, his Turks should take the ground he assigned them in support to the other allies. Soon afterwards, General d'Aute- marre at the request of Sir George moved forward towards the Coast batteries established near the Cape of St Paul. Exactly as he had intended to do when the first expedition was threatening, Baron Wrangel soon began to destroy his Coast batteries by blowing up their magazines and spiking their guns. Be- ginning with those near Cape Paul, the Baron went on — at intervals — with this work of de- struction, and by his orders sooner or later, though not with precipitate haste, and not in every case with such promptitude as to prevent the discharge of some shots, his Coast batteries were, all of them, ruined. Followed by the gunners of the Paul batteries then already destroyed, that part of Baron Wrangel's land-force which he called ' the Detach- ' ment of Kertch ' retreated in a westward direc- tion by the great Theodosia Road. These, how- ever, with most of his troops in the east of the