. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . hening the defences on the south. Onthe 30th of September, he returned to the town,and set his engineers busily to work. At thisjuncture, reinforcements arrived westward fromKertch and southward from Perekop, effectingan immediate and important augmentation of thegarrison. A brigade of light cavalry, underLieutenant-general Ryjoff, took up a position nearthe high road over the Katcha, to maintain acommunication with Simferopol; while light detachments were sent to the mountains nearTchorgouna, the Tchern
. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . hening the defences on the south. Onthe 30th of September, he returned to the town,and set his engineers busily to work. At thisjuncture, reinforcements arrived westward fromKertch and southward from Perekop, effectingan immediate and important augmentation of thegarrison. A brigade of light cavalry, underLieutenant-general Ryjoff, took up a position nearthe high road over the Katcha, to maintain acommunication with Simferopol; while light detachments were sent to the mountains nearTchorgouna, the Tchernaya, and the Valley ofBaidar, between the Allies and the interior ofthe country. A detachment of regular cavalry,Cossacks, and field-pieces, was sent to thevillage of Baidar, to prevent the Allies fromobtaining cattle, fodder, or provisions. Anotherdetachment started for Eupatoria, to ascertainwhat the Allies had effected there ; when it wasfound that the town had been put into a state ofdefence, and garrisoned by a small force of English,French, and Turks, backed by a squadron at Kamiesck Bay. In order to observe the Allied position betweenSebastopol and Balaklava, a force of cavalryadvanced to the Tchernaya, and made a recon-naissance. During these movements in the field,which occupied the first week in October, picketsand bodies of skirmishers were planted whereverthey might annoy the Allies during the progressof the siege-works. Meanwhile, the strengtheningof Sebastopol progressed rapidly. Menchikoffobtained the valuable aid of an engineer namedTodtleben or Todleben—a young man who, bornof poor shopkeepers at Riga, had risen to thepost of captain in the engineers at the age ofthirty-two. When the siege was about to com-mence, Menchikoff is said to have asked the head-engineer how long a time it would require toplace Sebastopol in a state of defence : the answerwas two months; whereupon young Todtlebenstepped forward and undertook to effect the Avorkin two weeks, if
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