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358 THE ?LA2^ OF THE ENTERPRISE. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAP. XXIV. The forces now on Btore. The nature of tlio operation by which the Allies were to make good their ailvanco to Subastoiiol. There were now upon the coast of the Crimea some 37,000 French and Turks,* with sixty-eight pieces of artillery, all under the orders of jNIar- shal St Arnaud ; and we saw that 27,000 Eng- lish, including a full thousand of cavalry, and to- gether with sixty guns, had been landed by Lord Eaglan. Altogether, then, the Allies numbered 63,000 men and 128 guns. These forces, partly by means of the draught animals at their com- mand, and partly by the aid of the soldier himself, could carry by land the ammunition necessary for perhaps two battles, and the means of subsistence for three days. Their provisions beyond those limits were to be replenished from the ships. It was intended, therefore, that the ileets should fol- low the march of the armies ; and that the invad- ers, without attempting to dart upon the inland route which connected the enemy with St Peters- burg, should move straight upon the north side of Sebastopol by following the line of the coast. • 30,204 Frenchmen and 7000 Turks, ncconling to the French accounts. Lord Raglan, I believe, thought that the French force was less, and put it at 27,600.