88 MORAL EFFECT OF THE ACHIEVEMENT. chap. The severity of the contest which ended in IV. . J . — this good result may well have been masked by Pelissier's fierce, scornful way of alluding to any opposers like Niel and the Emperor; but in reality, the struggle was arduous, was full of danger, and must have cost the strong man anxious moments. This is why I have said that amongst the chiefs, naval and military, who firmly pressed to an issue this Kertch Ex- pedition, Pelissier was the one who conquered the gravest obstacle. Kir.-ctof It was scarce possible that the thorough suc- thc success . . . onthemind cess of an expedition undertaken against the ' • T 1 1 Napoleon; set will of Louis Napoleon should give him im- mense, unmixed joy. He, of course, had to say, as he did in six or seven cold words, he was glad the expedition had succeeded, hut he hastened in the very same sentence to protest against every such measure.^ ) on the camps of the Allies; cm the Russians. The tidings of what had been achieved by the Kertch Expedition produced a great moral effect. They spread joy in the camp of the Allies, where P&issier and Lord Raglan commanded;* and pro- portionally afflicted and disheartened the forces defending Sebastopol.f Those who know where the Czardom is weak',
- Lord Raglan to Secretary of State: 'These gallanl ex-
' ploita of the Navy have spread joy in our camps.' — June 5, 1855. + ' Impression defavoralile.' — Todlcben. vol. ii. p. 295.
