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 BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. 233 and beloD'Mii'f to the force which "ave its name chap. I Y to the hills, Lord IJaglau found means to garrison the works on the jNIarine Heights, ])rovidiiig at the same time for the defence of the gorge of ]klachiva by placing at Kadikoi the 93d High- land liegiment, with a tick! -battery withdrawn from the 3d Division ; and he eked out the de- fence of the town by assigning for guard duty there some four or five score of men who were in too weakly a state to be competent to harder labours. The chain of redoubts which our en- gineers destined for the ' outer line ' of defence was to be constructed and manned by some bodies of Turks newly placed under Lord Rag- lan's orders.* Lord Lucan with his cavalry and horse-artillery sirCoiin was stationed in the plain to the north or iiala- clava, with orders to patrol to the Tchernaya, and also in the direction of the gorges leading into the valley of Baidar. With the exception of this division of cavalry, the whole of the scant forces entrusted with the defence of Balaclava was placed under the orders of Sir Colin Campbell. -f- The appointment elicited Lord Raglan's disposal by the courtesy of General Canrobert ; and the remainder, amounting to about 3500, was a force which, at the instance of Lord Stratford de RedclifTe, the Sultan had consented to place under Lord Raglan's orders. f The various arrangements described in this chapter wera not, of course, all made at the same time, and were not per- manent, for they were altered after the battles of Balaclava and Inkennan. They were carried into eflect between the 27th of September and the middle of the following month. The ap-
 * A portion of these — two battalions — had been placed at