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 198 TRANSACTIONS CHAP, into execution, without consulting his English 1- colleague. How France was saved from this humiliation, and how the great alliance was preserved, will now be seen. On the day following the interview with Mar- shal St Arjiaud, Colonel Trochu came, as had been agreed, to Lord Raglan's quarters. After repeating what Marshal St Arnaud had stated the day before — namely, that Bosquet's Division was already in march for Adrianople — the Colonel pressed the advantages of the position which Marshal St Arnaud had proposed to take up in rear of the Balkan. Lord Raglan Lord Raglan heard all, and then simply re- l*Bt'USG3 to i.iaceany qucstcd Coloucl Trocliu to iufomi Marshal St jiail of his urmy i.eiiiiid Amaud that he, Lord Raglan, objected to place tilt Balkan. . o ' J f any portion of Her Majesty's army in Roumelia, Lord Raglan added, that the movement which seemed to him the best was an advance to the front with a view to join Omar Pasha in an effort to relieve Sili.stria ; and he said that if the Mar- shal were not prepared for such a movement, he (Lord Raglan) would keep his divisions on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, and hold them ready to embark at any moment for Varna. 8t Arnaud Fiminess conquered. On the morning of the abandons ills 10th of Juuc, Colouel Rosc came to the English i.osition headquarters, and announced that Marshal St licliilid tlic 1 1 T 1 • 1 n Uaikan, and Amaud uow conscntcd to abandon Ins plan of CDnsenls lo. iiitu move Ilia takinfr UD a defensive position behind the Balkan, aiiny lu o i. j. Varna. aud that, rcvcrtiug to the original determination