A History of the Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895Ross, J. (John)
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A History of the Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895
Ross, J. (John)
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901; Great Britain. Army. Coldstream Guards
Sir E. Hamley, in his _War in the Crimea_ , p. 129, estimates these
forces at 110,000 to 115,000, including the enemy’s sailors. He has,
however, apparently omitted to include men whom he previously counted
as part of the garrison at the end of September (see _ante_, p. 185).
Footnote 265:
See Map, No. 7, p. 216. Properly speaking, Inkerman was on the other
side of the Tchernaya, called by us Old City Heights.
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On the evening of the 4th, Prince Menshikoff established his
head-quarters near the mouth of the Tchernaya, and his troops were
posted as follows: The garrison was not increased beyond the numbers it
contained towards the end of October. General Dannenberg, head-quarters
on the Old City Heights, midway between Mackenzie Farm and the head of
the roadstead, commanded a corps of 50 battalions, 1 squadron, and 134
guns (of which 54 were guns of position). This corps was divided into
two columns, namely, General Soimonoff, 19,000 infantry and 38 guns (22
of position), whose troops were temporarily sheltered in the lines of
the fortress in the Karabelnaya; and General Pavloff, 16,500 infantry
and 96 guns (32 of position), concentrated on the Old City Heights. To
the left of Pavloff, there was another force of 16 battalions, 62
squadrons, and 88 guns (15,000 infantry), composed mostly of Liprandi’s
column, but now under Prince Gortchakoff, whose head-quarters were at
Tchorgun. Lastly, there was a body of 4000 infantry and 36 guns guarding
the road to Bakshiserai, somewhere near Mackenzie Farm. Thus, besides
the garrison which amounted to nearly 60,000 men, placed in what was now
a secure stronghold, amply covered and well armed, there was a force of
54,500 infantry, a powerful body of cavalry, and 258 guns available to
operate against the undefended flank of the Allies.
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