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 316 APPENDIX. NOTES TO MIAPI ER XIII. NOTB i. — Grace run/ arness of style. — Of this any one acquainted with Lord Raglan's .stylo may judge, for the despatch was published (Sayer's Collection, p. '21!)). 1 may here mention that the contents of this chapter are based upon the above and other despatches and official papers, upon the ' Letters from 1 1< ad- ' quarters,' vol. ii., upon communications from Lord Airey, from Archdeacon Wright, and from Dr Fowle Smith. Note 2. — Was no worse. — It is stated that that day, the 28th, there issued a General Order in the name of the Commander-in- chief (Letters from Headqui 1. ii. p. 3G4), hut I observe signs of mistake in the date ; and at all events the act was not one that would require more than simple assent on the part of Lord Raglan. Note 3. — Appeal to Heaven.— In a sense, others were present — that is, the Chief of the Staff and other members of the Head- quarters Staff, and the whole of the personal Staff, and besides, Lord George Paget; but the bedroom being small, these stood, it seems, outside its open door.* Note 4. — Fresh disappointments and losses. — See Memorandum by our Chief Engineer, dated ' Headquarters before Sebastopol, ' 29th June 1855/ Journal Royal Engineers, vol. ii. pp. 332, 333. I ! is words were : ' It is not desired to abandon the attack of ' the Redan if it can be done with a chance of success and without ' sacrificing the lives of men uselessly. It is therefore desirable ' to know whether the French wall give any aid by directing a ' heavy and steady fire upon the batteries in the Jardin (of Bas- ' tion) du Mat and Garden batteries, whilst the English batteries ' in the Left Attack will assist in that important object, and at ' the same time bring a heavy fire upon the works on the right ' of the Redan and H.irrack Battery; or in what way the French 1 and English attacks can be combined for the success of the one ' grand object each have in view.' Far from involving a return to determined attacks (i.e., attacks culminating, if necessary, in assaults) on the town front, this re- quest only pointed to assistance from the French artillery — a matter of course — and one is therefore well justified in treating our Engineer's consent to go on against the Redan as substan- tially absolute. It is true that our Chief Engineer some time afterwards, that
 * Letters from Headquarters, vol. ii. p. 362. Private MSS.