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 X*f °(0 v.S CONTENTS. CHAPTEE I. THE SIEGE OF SKBASTOPOL FROM THE 6TH OF NOVEMBER ]S."4 TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ENSUING FEBRUARY. I. PAGE The Allies now committed to what might prove a long siege, . 1 The predicament in which they had placed themselves, . . 2 The duress they suffered, ....... 2 The bearing of this duress upon their power as combatants, . 3 The task of defence now weighing upon their energies, . . 4 And defence under hard conditions, ..... 4 No idea of raising the siege could be well or even prudently harboured, ......... 4 II. The double task now pressing upon the Allies, ... 5 Their defensive works, ........ 5 III. The designs of the French, though postponed, still pointing to the Flagstaff Bastion, ........ 6 Checked in carrying forward their approaches, ... 6 They resort to mining, ........ 6 Kxtension towards their left of siege-work carried on by the French, 7 The part taken at this time by the English in the work of the siege, ........... 7 The great strain put on their fortitude, ..... 8 >5