18 THE BATTLK OF INKEKMAN. CHAP, 'army is filled with entlnisiasm. General Lip- ' randi, whose coolness and resolution I cannot
- sufficiently praise, has caused to be thrown up
' some armed works (strong redoubts) on the right ' flank of the enemy, and he threatens the enemy ' in rear. The enemy cannot effect his retreat ' without exposing himself to immense losses. If ' the weather should favour us, nothing can save ' him from a complete disaster. Future times, I ' am confident, will preserve the remembrance of ' the exemplary chastisement inflicted upon the ' presumption of the Allies. When our beloved ' Grand-Dukes shall be here, I shall be able to
- give up to them intact the precious deposit which
' the confidence of the Emperor has placed in my ' hands. Sebastopol remains ours. ' Heaven visibly protects Holy Paissia. ' Have the kindness, Prince, to bring this to ' the knowledge of our august Sovereign for the
- great satisfaction of his magnanimous heart.' *
- The authenticity of this paper was not, I think, much
doulited by those to whom it became known. Upon .seeing it the French Emperor ordered the immediate preparation of 20,000 troops more; bnt by that time — though France and Kugbuid did not quite know of it — the great battle had been fought.
