Elements of Military Art and Science / Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.

by H. W. Halleck

"Assuming the progress of the attack to have been as rapid as it was

under existing circumstances, the besiegers, on the 8th of September,

would not yet have been in a condition to crown the covered way, the

siege would certainly have extended into the winter; and it may even

be doubted whether the place would eventually have fallen, until the

allies were in sufficient force to invest the north as well as the

southside."

General Neil remarks:—

"Struck by the length of the siege of Sebastopol, certain foreign

officers have expressed the opinion that masonry-revetted scarps are not