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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
CHAPTER I.
-
Departure from England - Gibraltar - Fortifications
Gallipoli Golden Horn
Malta
Constantinople · Pera
Kululi Scutari barracks Review of British troops
Arrival of Lord Raglan — Ditto of Prince Napoleon Lord
Raglan's house
Mr. Filder, &c.
French embassy
Fire at Stamboul
· Baggage animals
· Arrival of Sir George Brown - Ball at
- Presented to Marshal St. Arnaud, &c.
Arrival of the Duke of Cambridge - Loss of cavalry horses
"Sweet Waters"
Sultan's
- Inspection of divisions
banquet to allied commanders Officer drowned Visit to
Varna of allied generals
Varna - French and English commissioners Newspaper
reporters Grand dinner at English embassy Loss of
General Beatson and Colonel Lloyd
Cholera Despatches
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
Dinner at Marshal St. Arnaud's
- Arrival of Omer Pasha at Varna · - Review Re-
turn of cavalry from the Dobrudscha
Lord Raglan - Sir
George Brown Lord De Ros · General Estcourt Com-
missary-General - Kustendje — Difficulties - Death of Cap-
tain Hyde Parker Projected expedition to the Crimea
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tion of the French to the Dobrudscha - Horace Vernet
Fatima Hanoum · "Fury" reconnoitring - Admiral Dundas
- Cholera French losses
Dreadful mortality - Illness of heads
- Theatricals
General Canrobert
Preparations
of departments, &c.
War Fire at Varna
--
Cholera in allied fleets Council of
Austrian Commissioners 'Times'
Continued cholera - Mr. Calvert, chief interpreter -
Baldjick Bay Accident to Zouaves Distress of Canrobert
Sir George Cathcart
General Airey, &c.
Embarkation
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"
- Col. Lagondie - Bivouac
Disposition of divisions
French
- Malamak
army pass the mouth of river under cover of fleet
Sharpshooters Bourlick Marshal St. Arnaud's orders
Advance of Sir George Brown's division Lord Raglan
crosses the Alma
- Turner's battery Attack of Light and
2nd Divisions 23rd regiment - Brigade of Guards and
Rout of Russians
Highlanders Delay in arrival of artillery
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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
- Dr. Thompson Katcha - Casualties
war - Propositions Sir John Burgoyne -
View of Sevastopol - Khutor Mackenzie - Surprise of Russian
baggage
castle
Night bivouac
Genoese
Surrender of Balaklava - Arrival of Sir Edmund
Lord Raglan's house -
Lyons Women Prisoners
Har-
bour · — “Agamemnon” — Hospitals — Resignation of Marshal
Departure for France - General Canrobert -
St. Arnaud
Head-quarters
Encampment of army
"Berthollet" - Allied camps · - Recon-
naissance on heights of Inkermann - Death of Marshal St.
Arnaud Alarm Breaking ground - Redoubts - Trenches
- Batteries Naval Brigade Accurate aim - First parallel
Turkish works - Morning in
Garden Battery, &c. Statistics - English attacks - French
works Bombardment of 17th October
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
Position of the Allies, Oct. 25th, Balaklava - - Eastern heights
cavalry turn tail - Charge of heavy brigade - Lord Cardi-
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-
sians retire Reinforcements for Balaklava · -Sir De Lacy
Evans's action, Oct. 26th-Russian rejoicings in Sevastopol -
Flag of truce "Nous sommes Chrétiens" - English prisoners
Progress of siege- Russian reinforcements - "Sanspareil"
- English extreme right Cold nights Information from
Russian deserters Zouaves and horseflesh Russian can-
nonade Illness of Sir De Lacy Evans Movement of light
cavalry
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CHAPTER VIII.
Grand Council of War 4th Nov. Russian reinforcements
Morning of 5th Nov.- - Advance of the enemy on 2nd Division
camp Lord Raglan · Cossack Hill Sandbag Battery
captured by Russians - - 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
placed at Lord Raglan's disposal - Final capture by the
Guards of Sandbag Battery 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
- Sir De Lacy Evans's extraor-
dinary advice to Lord Raglan - Sortie against French trenches
Forces of the enemy
- Council
Their plan of attack, &c.
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.
Redoubts
the allied generals
CHAPTER IX.
Change of weather - Prince Menchikoff's letter to
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
Losses in cavalry horses
- Sufferings of the troops from the inclemency of the weather