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 456 THE BATTLE OF INKEKMAN. CHAP. The French stated that their loss on Mount ' lukerman comprised 13 officers and 130 men Fre*nch killed, and 36 officers and 750 men wounded* We saw that General Canrobert himself received a wound in the arm, and that Colonel de Camas was killed. The piece of French cannon which the enemy took was left on the battle-field, and recovered after the close of the action. No gun, Russian, English, or French, was definitively lost. Outline of The outliues of the fight — like those of Mount ^ Inkerman itself — are indented and jagged, but well marked. 5.45 a.m. First Period. — From the west under Soimonoff, and from the east under Pauloff, 40,000 assailants moved forward in early morning to achieve the ascent of Mount Inkerman, and the silent bat- talions approached under so thick a cover of dark- ness and mist, that by no greater effort than that of driving in an outlying picket. General Soimon- off was able to lay his grasp on Shell Hill, plant- ing there at the outset some powerful batteries supported by heavy bodies of foot. Whilst six- teen battalions remained to guard the ridges thus won, twenty other battalions with a strength of full 15,000 men were thrown forward to attack General Pennefather along his whole front, •}* and the right wing of these assailant forces (where morrow of the hattle. t 15,420.
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