Just as the British and Russian armies were in a deadlock on Kurgan Mountain, the Russian soldiers of the Moscow Corps, Minsk Corps, and Kiev Cuirassier Corps on the left wing of Kurgan Mountain at Telegraph Hill high ground had no idea that an imminent surprise attack was about to descend upon them.
At this moment, the majority of the soldiers from these three corps, under the leadership of their foolish, drunken commander, Admiral Kiriyako, were routinely standing guard on Telegraph Hill high ground, waiting for orders from Prince Menshikov on Kurgan Mountain, while a few soldiers were dispatched by Kiriyako to the cliffs to monitor the French Army on the South Shore.
