OF THE SIEGE DISPOSITIONS. 277 June, General Niel did not think himself bound chap. xii to impart its contents to his chief* . 1_ In one of the four despatches — the one marked words from 1 - Lord Raglan 'Secret' — that Lord Raglan sent home, as we showing the course he know, on Saturday the 23d of June, he said to {™ a e ntt0 the Secretary of State: — 'General Pelissier has ' not yet announced to me his ultimate intentions ' as regards the assault of the place, and I fear he ' may still contemplate confining the attack to ' the faubourg, leaving the town itself unassailed, ' notwithstanding that he is fully aware that his ' own Engineer Officers, as well as those of the ' British Army, are satisfied that the more certain ' and readier way of success would be by assail- ' ing the whole of the enemy's front. I shall ' take an early opportunity of conferring with ' General Pelissier, and will inform your Lord- ' ship on Tuesday what course he is disposed to ' take.' The 'early opportunity' indicated was taken, The Confer- J x J J ence of the as we saw, by Lord Eaglan on the very morrow 24th held; of the promise, that is, on Sunday the 24th of June, when, pursuant to his proposal, the two Commanders met. At their meeting, what ques- tions were broached ? One of course was, the question which asked two of the i twi • ■ i i • subjects what Pehssier designed m the wav of assaulting known to ( ° . have been Sebastopol ; t and it also is true that, when this there 1 ' ' brought forward;
- See Lord Raglan's note of the 24th of June to Pelissicr.
given post in footnote to p. 280. + Because that was stated by Lord Raglan (see the above
