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 226 THE ALLIES SITTING DOWN CHAPTER IX. CHAP, In adapting the disposition of tlieir troops to • what was now their design, the Allies had two Dispositioji objects before them : they sought to provide for armies : the dutics of the intended siege ; and to secure themselves as well as they could against any in- terrupting attack. its twofold With this twofold purpose in view, General purport. Canrobert divided his army into two bodies, or army-corps, each consisting of two French divi- Forccs sions. Of these two army-corps, one only — con- with^sk^go sisting of the 3d and 4th Divisions, and placed under the orders of General Forey — was charged with siege duties. Forey's army-corps encamped with its front towards the town of Sebastopol, its left resting on the sea by the gulf called Streleska Iky, and its right extending to the Harbour ravine. The French forces drew their supplies from the bays of Kamiesh and Kaz- atch. English. On the other hand. Lord Eaglan devoted every one of his infantry divisions to the business of duty Fionch