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ON gortsciiakoff's front. 49 important and brilliant share in its struggles ; c n a i» and the remainder of them, though never thrown J forward to take part as active combatants, were nevertheless on Mount Tnkerman some two hours before the close of the battle. Sir Colin Campbell and Vinoy were neither The power called upon to resist any actual attack on Bala- cainVbe'ii'" clava, nor to strike at the fiauk of any assailant neutralised. undertaking to force the Col ; but with Gortscha- kofPs force in the plain, they could not of course be withdrawn from the ground they stood charged to defend, and accordingly for Inkernian purposes their power on this day was neutralised. III. Jircum- stances On the whole we must see that Prince Gort- cii schakoff's operations were producing very little umkrwincj effect; but the actual truth is that his orders koff-rroree condemned him to a state of expectancy and paralysed. made his duty depend upon the uncertain for- tune of others. The designer of the enemy's plan had assumed that by the 40,000 men ad- vancing against Pennefather, the scant numbers of the English attempting to hold Mount Inker- man would, as a matter of course, be quickly thrust back to the ground near the Windmill, and that the crests along that part of the Cher- sonese would at once be swept clear of their defenders. For that event Gortschakoff was to watch ; and the moment it should take place he was to move up rapidly with horse, foot, and VOL. VI. D