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52 THK BATTLE OF INKKRMAN. CHAP. V. Troops remaining with Forey at 9.30 A.M. at a moment's notice with the two battalions, which there remained to him, and follow the march of his other troops towards Inkerman. So at the time of the sortie, now about to be spoken of, Forey had with him the whole of his siege- corps except the three battalions under Monet, then marching in the direction of InkermaiL TimovipfTs •ortie. II. At half-past nine o'clock, General Timoviefl", with some 3000 foot * and four guns, issued from the lines of Sebastopol at a point near the Quar- antine Bastion, passed between the bay and the cemetery, advanced upon the flank of the siege- works on Mount Rodolph, drove before him the outposts of the French, broke into their batteries, overthrew the guards of their trenches, and spiked a number of their siege-guns.-f* By this rapid attack Timovieff drew upon himself the whole of the troops remaining- under Forey ; for De Lour- mel's brigade advanced against the front of the assailants, and D'Aurelle's brigade against their right flank, whilst Levaillant's Division moved forward in support, and the exigency was even judged so grave as to warrant a departure from General Canrobert's orders ; for instead of con- tinuing to hold himself in readiness for the march ♦ The four 'Minsk' battalion.s, with a strength of 3075.— Todleben, p. 483. + Eight guns acconling to the French ; according to the Russians fifteen.