THE MAhN KIGJIT. 87 troops, which they accordingly iiuiiied, were ac- chap. cepted without disapproval by the Commander- '. in-Chief.* Although Dannenberg's appointment in strict- interposi- uess would take no effect till the morrow, it yet nenberK. <rave him of course from the first a certain incho- ate power, and he himself plainly judged that he was already entitled to command the two lieuten- ant-generals."f" For their guidance, accordingly, nis first n T • 1 • 1 •!• -n setofin- he drew up a set oi du-ections, which, it ili con- strucuons. ceived and inapt, and therefore embarrassing, still did not apparently seek to extend the field of the enterprise. I But later in the evening, Dannenberg conceived ffis sub- . . sequent the idea of insisting that Soimonoff should deliver attempta to , , _ overturn the his attack on the Victoria Eidge instead of Mount accepted
- =■ plan,
Inkei-man, and he went on to press his new plan by the use of peculiar language, which, although indirect and unfit, and at first sight confounding, still had clearness enough, when studied, to show what his meaning must be. Besides making a second alteration in Pauloff 's arrangements, § and cause he despatched a paper to Soimonoff, in which, to attack without openly saying that he had resolved to victoria supersede the hitherto accepted plan, he pro- (which see in the Appendix, Note VI., under the heads of ' First ' and 'Second Papers'), and by Prince Mentschikoff's tacit a])- proval of those arrangements.
- 'First' and 'Second Papers,' ubi ante.
+ 'I made the following disposition.' — Dannenberg's de- spatch, 8th November 1854. J See this Paper iii the Appendix, Note VI. § This alteration is fully recited in the 'Third Taper,' «6/ ante.
