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. BEEOEE SEVASTOPOL. 235 Both the French and the English headquarters cijaf', M'ere established on the Chersonese — the English L_ in a farmhouse a little to the north of the pass Induir"' which led up from Balaclava, and the French Held-*' at a spot farther west. * Lord Baglan was ad- "'" '^'*' vantageously placed ; for whilst he could com- municate quickly both with his besieging forces and with Balaclava, as also with General Can- robert, he was also so near to the crest of the Sapouu6 Heights as to be able in a few minutes to obtain a commanding view of the plain of Balaclava, the valley of the Tchernaya, and those neighbouring heights towards the east and north- east, from which, if bent on an enterprise, a Eussian field army might come. created enabled a reader of the Wellington despatches and let- ters to feel the force of those expressions of the Duke's, in which lie used to speak of himself as dependent for his repose upon the presence or absence of some one man — upon the pre- sence, for instance, of Murray, as his Quartermaster-General, or upon the absence of ilassena as his opponent. Lord Raglan seemed much gratified by hearing of the moral effect produced by the appointment, and then said that he had been greatly pleased at the way in which Campbell accepted the charge. He said that upon his asking Campbell to take charge of Balaclava, Campbell, though he supposed at the moment that he was to be subordinated to Lord Lucan, replied, without the least- hesitation, ' Certainly, sir ; I will place myself at once under ' Lord Lucan's orders.' Lord Raglan said he immediately explained to Sir Colin that his was to be an Lndependeut com- mand. ters were moved up from Balaclava to the heights.
 * It was on the 5th of October that the English Headijuar*