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 BETWEEN THE CZAR AND THE SULTAN. 55 ' redress, we shall take a less summary course, chap. ' ... It may happen that France, perceiving IJ1, ' any hesitation on the part of the Porte, may ' again have recourse to menace, and press upon 1 it so as to prevent it from listening to our just ' demands. . . . The Emperor has therefore ' considered it necessary to adopt in the outset 1 some precautionary measures in order to support ' our negotiations, to neutralise the effect of M. 1 Lavalette's threats, and to guard himself in any 1 contingency which may occur against a Govern- ' nient accustomed to act by surprises.'* Nor were these empty words. The same Advance of authentic page-f- which tells of this triumph of forces?" 1 Church over Church goes on to show how the Czar was preparing for vengeance. ' Orders,' says Sir Hamilton Seymour, 'have been despatched to ' the 5th corps d'armde to advance to the frontiers ' of the Danubian provinces without waiting for 'their reserves; and the 4th corps, under the ' command of General Count Dannenberg, and ' now stationed in Volhynia, will be ordered to ' hold itself in readiness to march if necessary. ' General Luder's corps d'armde, accordingly, ' being now 48,000 strong, will receive a rein- ' forcement of 24,000 men soon after its arrival ' at its destination ; and supposing the 4th corps ' to follow, the whole force will amount at hast, ' according to official returns, to 144,000 men.' Ibid. p. 61. t P. 56, ' Eastern Papers,' part i.
 * Count Nesselroile to Baron Brunnow, 14th January 1853.