ABSTRACT
N e w A k h o u lg ó was connected with Sourkhai’s rock, just as Old Akhoulgó with the Ashiltä terraces, by a ridge only wide enough for one man to pass at a time. The siege works on this side were gradually advanced, until one night a company under cover of darkness succeeded in occupying a sheltered position at the near end of this ridge, and the rock was then surrounded on all sides. But the brave defenders continued each night to descend to the Betl for water, and as nothing decisive could be hoped for while this key to the whole position held out, Grabbé determined to storm it.
