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 THE 17T1I OF OCTOBElt. 329 iu<^ It occurred to Korniloff that the <frouiid CHAP. XIII floor of the tower would be suitable for an am- '_ bulance or field-hospital, and he gave directions accordingly. After this he was going to mount the upper lloor of the tower, but Admiral Istomin dissuaded hiui from doing so, saying that no one would be found on the top. Korniloft' remained for some time at the foot of the tower. His aide- de-camp begged him to return home ; and in answer he pointed to the ground where the Bou- tirsk and Borodino regiments were stationed, say- ing, 'We will just go to those battalions, and after ' that we will go home by the hospital road.' He still loitered for a few minutes longer, but at lengtli — it was then half-past eleven o'clock — he said, 'Now let us go.' He moved towards the spot under shelter of the breastwork where the horses were awaiting him ; but had scarcely yet taken four steps when the uppermost part of his left thigh was shattered by a round-shot, the wound li6 rGccivcil Gendre raised the head of the wounded chief, and the other officers near coming up and lifting him in their arms, they together laid their Admiral under the shelter of the breastwork, between two of the guns. For a moment, Korniloff was able to speak, and he so used his waning power of utterance as to say, 'Defend Sebastopol!' lie then became senseless. Korniloff was carried to one of the nearest ambulances ; and having, when there, recovered full consciousness, he took the sacrament of his Church. He knew that he was to be taken to