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 irinv ]!•- KuMiiluti'. Hi^uilicuiii 15G IIKROIC KKSISTANXK OF SEBASTOPOL CHAT, of the iinny until the eveuiii;^. Then theie cania ^^' a despatch iVoni Headquarters to Kornilotf, an- Kvenin- of uouncinrr tluit the advanced-guard of the fiehl 29Ui St'i.t., , , 11/1 1 T 1 coinmmii- amiy, under the command ot (jenerai Jabro- the'fieid""" kritsky, would be on the north side the next morning ; hut the rest of the note went to show that Prince Mentschikoff was persisting in his I'esolve to hold his army ahjof from the defence of Sebastopol ; for it directed that the heavy baggage of the army (which had been left in the town when Prince Mentschikoff undertook his flank march) should now be transported to the North Side. The measure was one which could itscaiiifui only be accounted for by supposing — a jiainful hypothesis for the garrison to have to adopt — that the separation of the field army from Sebas- topol was now meant to be lasting. XIV. Moniin;,'of Wlicu momiug broke on the 30th of Septem- Th'e Allies ber, it showed that the Allies were still abstaining stainhig from any attack. This was the sixth of the days uttack."" which had passed since Prince Mentschikoff's army had been withdrawn from Sebastopol. TheadvHM. In the course of the day the advanced-guard of ofVife'ui'is- the Pussian army, commanded by General Jabro- unuic"""^ kritsky, appeared on the North Side ; and the sight of his troopers imparted great joy to the garrison and inhabitants of Sebastopol, by causing them to imagine that the field army was return- ing at last to share in the perils and the glory of sian army uii the KmiH.' Si.l