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THE RUSSIAN DEFENCE. 209 Todleben received a wound in the head, which, chap. vii. however, he treated as slight. It proved that the ' missing ' comprised in the returns of the Allies were, some of them, prisoners in the hands of the enemy, whilst others were men killed and wounded who could not be all at once found. Of prisoners other than those who died of their wounds in Sebastopol, the enemy took 287 Frenchmen, including 17 officers ; and from the English only six, including one officer.* Even of those six, all or some, if not all, when made prisoners, had been probably wounded. Of the six French and English commanders who led the six attacks, we saw no less than four killed in action ; whilst also a fifth one — Eyre — received a wound that disabled him.f XX. By the high-couraged energy with which they The high had restored their batteries to perfect efficiency Russian de 8 in the night of the 17th of June, the Eussians acquired or regained priceless means of defence ; and when afterwards engaged in the action, they went through the easier task of using their re- covered power with a steadiness, spirit, and vig- our which, with only the exception we marked — f See in the Appendix a highly interesting private letter from Lord Raglan on the subject of these engagements of the 18th of June. ( 5 ) VOL. IX. fence.
 * Todleben, vol. ii. p. 331.