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 38 Tlir, FL.VNK MAllCir. CHAP. Lord IJa'-lau tlius wrote, lie had not become ac- ' quaiiited with the contents of the despatch which jNIarslial St vVrnaud had thought tit to address to the Emperor on the morrow of the Alma.* After learning the contents of the despatch, Lord Eaglan, in very warm terms expressed Ids approval of the indignant remonstrance on this subject whicdi our And)assador, as we sliall_ see by-and-by, had made to the French Government ; "I* and it will therefore, of course, be inferred that his ])erusal of the IMarshul's narrative must have more or less changed his opiinon of the writer. TiiP, troubles Among the troubles to Avhich Lord Raglan re- Wiirslial St i-T 1 1, i'iT/r Aniaudhad ferred as having been brouglit upon Inm by Mar- ticcasioned, ^ i , i • i t i to Lord shal St Arnaud, there were some which iuul tlireatened to shake the Alliance, and others to mar the campaign ; but, however much it might be owing to his own peculiar gifts that Lord Eaglan, in the face of these dangers, was able to ward off all fatal disagreement liom the camp of the Western Powers, and to prevent the invasion from collapsing, it was the generous (piality of the jMarshal's temper which made it possible for the English General to achieve these results without leaving bitterness in the heart of his colleague. Whether the feeling with which St Arnaud t He speaks of the connnunication narrating the remon- strance and the grounds for resorting to it as ' perfect ;' and ccusidering how choice Lord Kaglan was accustomed to be in his language, this word coming from him wa.=( a strong one.— Private letter from Lord IJaglnn, 3d November 1S54. Ibid,
 * Invasion of the Crimea, vol. v. of Cabinet Edition.