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 THK MAIN FIGHT. 89 both should live till the juiictiou) would be his OHAP. coinuiaudiug officer He chose the last alteriia- tive."f- Rejecting both the sets of instructions useffest. addressed to hiui by Danneubeig, he not only resolved to follow the old design, but to follow it in his own way ; and since Pauloff's arrangements, however severly dislocated by the interference of Dannenberg, were not after all inconsistent with Soimonoff's purpose, there re-enierged in the end, out of all this confusion, the originally accepted plan of throwing upon Mount Inkernian alone the whole might of the two army-corps. Accordingly Soinionoff, leading the whole of The ascent his own forces over the viaduct, and following lukerman the west part of the Sapper's Road up to the top be actually of St George's Brow, would thence march straisht on to Shell Hill ; and, Popoft' with his seamen undertaking to restore the Inkermau bridge some time before break of day. General Pauloff, after sending 6000 of his light infantry to ascend the Mount at its north-eastern angle, would follow the eastern part of the Sapper's Eoad with all his remaining battalions and the whole of his artil- lery. Passing thus along the shore of the road- stead, he would thence bend up to the ground of right to command Soimonofi", stated in his desjiatch that he had ordered him to attack with his left on the left or western bank of the Cai'eenage Ravine, but that, instead of doing so, Soimo- noff's force had advanced on the right or eastern side of the ravine ; and this statement naturally generated the idea that Soimonoff had made a mistake, the truth being, however, sp stated in the text.
 * Dannenberg assuming that, before the junction, he had a