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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
CHAPTER I.
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Malta
Lord
Departure from England - Gibraltar - Fortifications
Gallipoli Golden Horn Constantinople Pera
Kululi Scutari barracks Review of British troops
Arrival of Lord Raglan- Ditto of Prince Napoleon
Raglan's house - Fire at Stamboul Baggage animals
Mr. Filder, &c. - Arrival of Sir George Brown - Ball at
French embassy Presented to Marshal St. Arnaud, &c. ·
Arrival of the Duke of Cambridge Loss of cavalry horses
"Sweet Waters Inspection of divisions
banquet to allied commanders Officer drowned
Grand dinner at English embassy-Loss of
Tiger" Varna General Beatson and Colonel Lloyd
Pravadi Shumla - Herr Walski - Turkish Pasha Ge-
neral Cannon Silistria - Mr. Nasmyth
Captain Butler
Defences of city Omer Pasha - View of Russian army
Danube Interview with Omer- Start for Varna
Bashi-Bazouks Cossacks Deserted village Forest
Country de-
scribed - Arrival of Omer Pasha at Varna Review Re-
turn of cavalry from the Dobrudscha Lord Raglan
George Brown - Lord De Ros
Sir
Com-
- Death of Cap-
Projected expedition to the Crimea
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CHAPTER III.
Naval reconnaissance Health of army
tion of the French to the Dobrudscha
General Canrobert
"Fury" reconnoitring - Admiral Dundas
Preparations - Cholera - French losses -
Dreadful mortality
Illness of heads
of departments, &c. - Cholera in allied fleets Council of
War Fire at Varna - Austrian Commissioners
Continued cholera
Baldjick Bay
- 'Times'
Mr. Calvert, chief interpreter
Accident to Zouaves Distress of Canrobert
Sir George Cathcart General Airey, &c.
of horses, &c. French hospitals Left Varna Plan of
transports Mail from England - Off Eupatoria Con-
ference of allied Generals - French Navy Reconnaissance
of coast Katcha river - Allied fleet off Cape Tarkan, &c.
"Old Fort" Summons of Eupatoria
French pillage - Sak - March - Order of divisions
Bulganak - Cavalry encounter Col. Lagondie
Disposition of divisions French
army pass the mouth of river under cover of fleet
Sharpshooters Bourlick
crosses the Alma
2nd Divisions 23rd regiment - Brigade of Guards and
Highlanders Delay in arrival of artillery Rout of Russians
Capture of guns Enthusiasm for Lord Raglan · Ex-
citement - Sir Colin Campbell - Flight of enemy --- General
Shokanoff wounded Horrors of battle-field General Tor-
rens Sir G. Brown General Pennefather - General Cod-
rington - Kindness to wounded - Russian prisoners - Sailors
Katcha
Dr. Thompson
Casualties
Lyons - Women Prisoners
bour
"Agamemnon'
St. Arnaud
Har-
Lord Raglan's house -
Hospitals - Resignation of Marshal
Departure for France - General Canrobert
French cupidity - Encampment of army
Head-quarters
Recon-
before Sevastopol – "Berthollet" Allied camps ·
naissance on heights of Inkermann
Death of Marshal St.
Arnaud — Alarm — Breaking ground — Redoubts — Trenches
Sevastopol - Malakoff tower Redan Bastion du Mât
Garden Battery, &c. Statistics - English attacks - French
works Bombardment of 17th October Explosions
French fire silenced-Lancaster gun-Naval brigade- Rus-
sian sortie Artillery-Superiority of English engineering
Allied fleets - Admirals Hamelin and Dundas - Bom-
bardment by fleets Casualties French disasters - Lord
Dunkellin - Death of Colonel Alexander, R.E. Captain
Peel, R.N. -"Vladimir " - British daring Description
of Russian fleet sunk
Position of the Allies, Oct. 25th, Balaklava Eastern heights
- Field-work, Kadikoi - Turkish redoubts - Enemy ap-
- Captain Maude Lord Raglan and General Can-
Flight of the Turks Capture of redoubts by the
enemy Ship, Johnny, ship” — 93rd regiment — Russian
cavalry turn tail - Charge of heavy brigade Lord Cardi-
pears
robert
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gan's respect for orders - Captain Nolan and Lord Lucan
Charge of light brigade Masterly retreat of the General
Colonel Shewell Chasseurs d'Afrique Casualties - Rus-
Sir De Lacy
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sians retire Reinforcements for Balaklava -
Evans's action, Oct. 26th Russian rejoicings in Sevastopol -
Flag of truce "Nous sommes Chrétiens"
- English prisoners
'Sanspareil'
- Progress of siege Russian reinforcements -
- English extreme right Cold nights Information from
Russian deserters Zouaves and horseflesh-Russian can-
- Illness of Sir De Lacy Evans Movement of light
nonade
cavalry
Sandbag Battery
Four guns taken by the enemy -
Retaken Advance of the Guards, and recapture of Sandbag
Battery - False attack on Balaklava — Arrival of 4th Division
Mistake of Sir George Cathcart — His death
Russians
again take the Sandbag Battery Barbarous treatment of
our wounded by the enemy His Royal Highness Duke of
Cambridge and Staff - General Bosquet's reinforcement of
Zouaves and Tirailleurs General Canrobert- French troops
disposal Final capture by the
Russian artillery and steamers
- Desperate fighting, four English generals wounded - Death
of General Strangways General Canrobert wounded - Two
18-pounders brought into action - Sang-froid of Lord Raglan;
his indifference to fire Panic of French troops - General
Pennefather "Quel bon Général!". Reserve of French
troops Sir De Lacy Evans Enemy begin to retire
Their artillery limber-up Lord Raglan's desire to pursue
the Russians "Les Black Caps" Field of battle after the
action Numbers of dead- Sir De Lacy Evans's extraor-
dinary advice to Lord Raglan-Sortie against French trenches
- Forces of the enemy · Their plan of attack, &c. Council
of War 6th Nov. Russian losses Letter from allied Gene-
rals to Prince Menchikoff Interment of Generals Cathcart
and Strangways Losses of the English on 5th Nov.-
Council of War 7th Nov. - Russian wounded..
CHAPTER IX.
Redoubts Change of weather Prince Menchikoff's letter to
the allied generals Court of inquiry - Reinforcements
Dreadful state of roads - Deserters from the enemy - False
alarm "Shaves" in Russian camp · - Lord Raglan's accu-
rate calculations Anecdotes of the battle English force
engaged at Inkerman - Dreadful hurricane, November 14th
Tents, &c., blown down Sick and wounded exposed to
the storm Sufferings of the troops in the trenches
Losses of transports off Balaklava · - The Prince goes down
with warm clothing, &c. &c., on board Damage to English
and French fleets - Losses at Eupatoria — Russian deserters
Numbers of English generals incapacitated or dead
Polish deserters Capture of the "Ovens" by a party of
Rifles Death of Lieutenant Tryon Dreadful weather
Lord Raglan visits all the camps Losses in cavalry horses
Sufferings of the troops from the inclemency of the weather
Lord Raglan visits the
- The cholera again breaks out
different hospitals Council of war of the English generals
of division - Three sorties on French trenches
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