26 THE BAITLE OK INKEllMAN. CIIA.P. 14,200, with 50 guns;* and — because of the ^^- losses too surely sustained in the interval — we may have to see them fighting for their very existence with infantry forces increasing from only 3000 at first to less than 1?.,000 at the last.f Of course, the alarming predicament in which the Allies had thus placed themselves was one which mainly resulted from the disproportion long existing, and now immensely increased, be- tween their huge task and their numbers ; but in
- Undor the greatest stress short of defeat that could well be
put upon them, we shall find the English able to move to the aid of the 2d Division the following infantry and cavalry:— The Guards, 1,331 Light Division, troops moved to Jlount Inkerraan, 649 3d Division, do. do., . 281 Do., do. Victoria Ridge, . 619 4th Division, do. Mount lukerman, 2,217 Cavalry under Lord George Paget, . . 200 Total English reinforcements liorse and foot, ) with besides 26 guns, . . i 5,297 French infantry brought up and engaged ) „^y^ ^r Mount Inkerman, . . . ) Gf.vulry, do., 700 French infantry brought up later and not ) .„., actively engaged, . . • ) Total French reinforcements of horse ) 8,919 and foot, besides 24 guns, . . ) Total English and French reinforcements of horse | ^^ ^jg and foot, with besides 50 guns, . • ) ' t See in Appendix the components of the French and Eng- lish forces i)resent on Mount Inkerman, from which it results that the English had there first and last 7464 infantry, and the French, 8219, of whom 3575 were actively engaged. A letter now open before me, when compared with the above number of 7464, gives an interesting proof of Lord Raglan's master)' in (jucstions of wliat may be called military bu.siness. Writing
