Chapter 35

Adams, Brigadier-General, at Inkerman,169Adelaide, the, her arrival in Balaklava,201Agamemnon, the, her orders for sailing,81;enters Balaklava, and attacks the fort,137Airey, General Sir R., his encampment,42;superseded,423Aladyn, encampment at,42,46Alexander, Colonel,128Alexander, Dr.,8Allied armies, assembled at Varna,50;military review of the,51;their great losses in killed and wounded,341;their preparation for winter quarters,379;error of their campaign,494,495.SeeFrench, andSoldiersAlma, the river, halt of the Allied forces at, and preparations for the battle of,98;account of the battle,102et seq.;position of the Russians on,106;the Allies victorious,120;retreat of the Russians from,ib.;military conduct of the battle of,121;state of the battle-field,483;telegraph at,486;position and attack at,486,487;bitter reflections on the battle,ib.;graves at,489;frightful losses at,490;its entrenchments,ib.;monument at,491Aloupka, visit to,482;the Colonel of,ib.;dinner at,ib.Aloushta,476;visits to,479Ambalaki, capture of,268Ambulance corps, wretchedness of the,199;disbanded,378Ambulances, their great utility,363;superiority of the English ones,439Anderson, Captain,42,87Araba drivers, their disappearance from Roumelia and Bulgaria,201Arabas, arrival of, with provisions,97Arabat, Spit of,277,496;unsuccessful attack on the fortress of,ib.Armies of the Russians and the Allies, condition of the,303;their respective positions before Sebastopol,305;general state of the,469Armistice, for the burial of the dead, and interchange of civilities during the,228,246,267;sad scenes during the,295;news of, from the respective governments,457;mutual visits after the,458et seq.;agreed to,462;followed by peace,467Arms, a gallant feat of,258,259Army, British, its distressed position at Varna,62;its different divisions, and General Commander,87;its improved condition,238;its concentrated attack on Sebastopol,351et seq.;its amount of armament in the bombardment of Sebastopol,336et seq.;jealousies in the,385,386;preparations for its winter encampment,420.SeeCrimea, andSoldiersArtillery, duel of,249;its powerful effects,463Athens, Gulf of,12Athos, Mount,12Autemarre, General d', the French Commander in the Sea of Azoff,265.Azoff, expedition to the Sea of,265;capture of Yenikale,268;operations in the,270et seq.;destruction of the Russian shipping, &c.,280;complete success of the expedition,281;purity of its water,496Baidar, miserable state of,475Bakschiserai, retreat of the Russians to,131;visit to,472;miserable state of,474Balaklava, march of the expedition to,137;a poor village,ib.;surrender of the town,ib.;cholera at,138;intended attack of the Russians on,156;fortified earthworks thrown around,166;hurricane at,180et seq.;miserable condition of,191,192;dreadful scenes among the Turks in,192;false alarm at,193;improvements in,235;general state of,250;movements in front of,325;its singular aspect,375;discipline in the harbour of,450;improvements in,ib.Baltschik, rendezvous of the expedition in,70,71Barnard, General, appointed chief of the staff,305;his meeting with the Russians,458Bashi-Bazouks, their military characteristics,51;their encampment,52;disbanded,57Batteries before Sebastopol,214,215;relative position and strength of the,336et seq.Bayonet, sanguinary charge with the, at Inkerman,169,170;contests with the,255,259;reluctance to charge with the,347Bazancourt's strictures on the Allied forces,97-100Beatty, the engineer, his death,250Belbek, the river,132;scenery of the,ib.;barrier of the,133;arrival of the Allied troops at,ib.;false alarm at,135;deliberations at,136;march from the,ib.;heights of the,484;cantonments on the,ib.Bell, Captain, his gallantry at Alma,114Bentinck, Major-General Sir H., lands at Eupatoria,86;his orders relative to the services of the fourth division,392Berdiansk, attack on,270Birds, crowds of, on board ship,9,10;Crimean varieties,233Bizot, General, killed,252Black River, the,133;gorge of the,166Black Sea, entrance of the expedition into the,39Blane, Major,183Bombardment of Sebastopol,250et seq.;terrible effects of the,335,338et seq.SeeSebastopolBomb-shells of the Russians,248,343Bonaparte, Emperor, his intended visit to the Crimea,260Bono Johnnies,53,54,175Bosphorus, arrival of the British troops in the,23;scenery of the,37,38Bosquet, General, commander of the second division of the French,56;his command at the Alma,98;his bravery,102,103;at the Tchernaya,155;at Inkerman,172Bouljanæk, affair at,94et seq.Bouet Willaumez, the French Admiral,487Boussiniere, his bravery at Alma,103Boxer, Admiral, commander of Balaklava,210;his improvements at Balaklava,239British soldiers, their devoted heroism,2,3British troops, their disembarkation at Eupatoria,84.SeeSoldiersBrown, General Sir G.,8;visits Rustum Pasha,15;his quarters,16;cordiality of the French towards,16;a strict disciplinarian,23;proceeds to Varna,36;his landing at Eupatoria,85;his danger,ib.;commands the light division,87;his gallantry at the Alma,113,114;at Inkerman,169;his operations,242;commander of the expedition to the Sea of Azoff,265Bruat, Admiral,27;death of,447;high mass celebrated for the soul of,ib.Bucharest, captured by Omar Pasha,55Bug, river, expedition up the,413;scenery on the banks of the,ib.;conflict with the Russians,414;its confluence with the Dnieper,415;operations in the,416,417;raising of the blockade,419;difficulties of ascending it,ib.,noteBulair, town of,16,21;military works at,23;fortifications at,27Bulgaria, peasantry of,43,44;immense forces assembled in,48,49;the natives forsake their homes,46Buller, Brigadier-General,42Burgoyne, Sir John, proposes the flank march,132,134;his departure for England,243Burliouk, ruins of,489,491Burrell, Dr.,8Cafés at Gallipoli,17,18Calvert, Mr., the consul at Gallipoli,15;his active efforts,ib.Cambridge, Duke of, his arrival at Gallipoli,30;dines with the Sultan,33;lands at Eupatoria,86;commands the first division,87;his gallantry at Alma,114;at Inkerman,169Camel, anecdote of one at Sebastopol,439Cameron, General, of the Highland division,324Camp-followers in the Crimea,449,450Camp life,48Campbell, General Sir Colin,25;his military experience,114Campbell, General Sir J., of the fourth division,242;his military operations,ib.;death of,292"Canards," hatching of,215Canrobert, General,6;at Gallipoli,15;arrives at Varna,41;his bravery at Alma,102;assumes the command of the French troops,139;at Inkerman,172;his order of the day after the battle of Inkerman,190;his address to the troops,260Canteen-keepers, their rapacity,445Carbuccia, General, death of,56Cardigan, Lord, his difficult reconnaissance,54;his early operations,94;at the Tchernaya,155;his desperate cavalry charge at Balaklava,159Careening Bay, Sebastopol,143Casualties, number of,324,432Cathcart, Sir G., commands the fourth division,87;at Balaklava,139;slain at Inkerman,170;his advice while living disregarded,436Cathcart's Hill, its position,248,249,252;view of Sebastopol from,334;present state of,375Cavalry brigade, British, criticisms on the,152;its charge on the Russians,157;relics of the,257Cemetery, struggle for the,292;its capture,294"Chambers of horrors,"367Chapman, Captain, at Sebastopol,151Charges at night, difficulties of describing,261Chasseurs, at Inkerman,171;review of the,261Cherson, Cape, lighthouse of,138Cherson Bay, cruise up the,413Chersonese, Cape,76;memorials of the brave at the,494Cholera, its violence in Bulgaria,56;at Varna,57,58;horrors attending it,58,61,62;its ravages at Balaklava, &c.,138,139,447Christian subjects of Turkey, their right to protection,2Christmas of 1854, its dreariness in the Crimea,196;of 1855,447Church, desolated interior of a,257Civilians, their criticisms on military matters,447Classical fictions,10Clifford, Hon. Mr.,115Climate of the Dardanelles and surrounding country,25,26Clothing, terrible deficiency of,196,197;supplied by theTimes'commissioner,196;general supplies of,202,441Codrington, General Sir W., his gallantry at Alma,111,112;at Inkerman,169;his justification,353;appointed commander-in-chief,423;his various promotions,424,425;his career,425;his general orders,425;his grand review of the British troops,454-456;his general orders respecting the departure of the Sardinians,492Coffee, wretched supply of,204Colborne, Major,31Cold, destructive effects of the,205,206;paralyzing effects of,221Colville, Captain, his bravery at Alma,111Comet, appearances of the,9Commissariat department,8;its difficulties at Gallipoli,20,21;its pressure of business,59;its supplies,179;its deficiencies,191;improvement in the supplies,238;favourable changes in the,437Commission, mixed, at Sebastopol, for distributing the prize captures,381-385Cooking, want of apparatus for,478Cooking rations, receipts for,219Corn, destruction of, in the Sea of Azoff,270;quantity of, issued to the English army,375;great waste of,444Cossacks, appearance of the,80,84;first encounter with the,94,95;their indefatigability,202;their cunning,212;a brush with the,258;their sly manœuvres at Kinburn,420;their appearance and habiliments,459,473,480;their horses,480,481Councils, divided, evils of the,426Crimea, causes of the expedition to the,1;preparations for the campaign,2et seq.;influence of the press on the,2,3;early difficulties, and imperfect arrangements for the war,15,17;orders for attacking the,56;preparations for invading the,ib.;Russian forces at the,ib.;departure of the expedition,70;its shores and anchorage,73et seq.;landing at Eupatoria,84-86;first encounters with the Russians,89,94,95;amount of the invading force,87;Tartar race of the,88;march of the Allied army,83et seq.;battle of the Alma,97et seq.;advance from the Alma,129;movements of the Russians,133;advance on Belbek,134;capture of Balaklava,137;arrival at Sebastopol,138;and its investment, 141 (seeSebastopol);battle of Inkerman,169;hardships of the campaign,179;attack on Eupatoria,190;attack of the French on Sebastopol, and the progress of the siege,200;great hardships,203;climate,ib.;theTimes'fund sent to the,196;commencement of active operations in the spring,231;railway in the,232;birds and flowers in the,233;sports of the camp,234;march of improvement in,235;severe fighting before Sebastopol,244et seq.;Kertch expeditions,263,265;expedition to the Sea of Azoff,265;severe fighting before Sebastopol,284et seq.;death of Lord Raglan,299;General Simpson appointed Commander-in-Chief,301;battles of the Tchernaya,155,315;the Sardinian contingent,310;capture of the Malakoff,343;retreat of the Russians,361;capture of Sebastopol,362;review of the great struggle,370et seq.;state of the two armies,387;ruins of Sebastopol,387-389;General Simpson's despatch respecting operations in,390;mildness of the weather in November, 1855,427,429;disadvantageous position of the Allies in the,427;winter of 1855,440;mud of the,444;Russian forces in the,446;a second Christmas in the,447;winter in the,ib.;storm in the,448;camp followers in the,449;destruction of the Sebastopol docks, 451-453;the British forces in the,454-456;armistice takes place,462;peace proclaimed,467;preparations for evacuation,468;review of the great struggle,468-471;excursion into the interior,472;tour through the, and general aspect of the country,473;departure of the Sardinian staff from,492;memorials of the brave,494;tour in the north of the,ib.;its outlets, and the difficulties these presented to the Russians,ib.;wells of the,ib.;salt waters of the,495;German villages of the,496;reflections on the campaign,ib.Crimean Flora,477Croat labourers, their physical strength and endurance,232"Crow's Nest," battery so called,338Cuddy, Lieut.-Colonel, his bravery and ill-treatment,466;his death,ib.Dardanelles, arrival of the British troops at the,12;coasts of the,ib.;climate and scenery of the,25,26Dead, armistice for the burial of the,228,246,287,295Death, the valley of,64,67Demur Kapu,476Desaint, Colonel,56Deserters from the Allied forces,204;from the Russians,204,234;their accounts from Sebastopol,204;stories of the,387;their miserable plight,ib.Devno, march to,50; the Valley of Death,64,67Diarrhœa among the troops at Varna,46Dickson, Colonel,24;at Balaklava,139;


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