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 200 THE DEATH OF GENERAL BIZOT. CHAPTER VII. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL (WITH EXCLUSION OF THE APRIL BOMBARDMENT, ALREADY NARRATED) FROM THE 9TH OF APRIL TO THE MIDDLE OF MAY. I. chap. Simultaneously with the great cannonade, and • with those troubled counsels which lasted until the middle of May, there took place not only some fights, but also some other occurrences that must not be left unobserved. On the 11th of April, the French — and indeed I will say the Allies — sustained a painful loss. Whilst making his way along one of our unfin- Bizot ished trenches, General Bizot was struck by a wounded, shot, and the wound, some days later, proved mortal. Commanding the French Engineers, he had pursued his huge task with a zeal that never relaxed. So habitually a scorner of danger that he always had seemed to be courting it, he pre- served in the most trying moments a noble seren- ity of mind, with besides that serenity of temper which was one of the characteristics of his kindly