Russian song on the war, 470 Rustum, Pasha of Adrianople, 15 Sailor, his comparative comforts, 72 Sailors, British, their good-natured assistance to the troops, 86, 87 Sailor*' batteries, their activi ty, 247, 249 Sailors' brigade, their severe losses, 253 St. Arnaud, Marshal, his arrival at Gallipoli, 30; dines with the Sultan, 33; his conference with Omar Pasha, at Varna, 34; his vigour and coolness, 61; his declaration to the army, on embarking for the Crimea, 66; seized with illness, 74; reviews the troops, 91; explains his plan of battle, 97; death, 139 St. Laurent, M., death of, 248 Salt lakes of the Crimea, 266, 495 Saltmarshe, Lieutenant, death of, 65 Sanatorium at Balaklava, 240
INDEX.
Sappers and Miners at Varna, 43
Sardinians, their arrival at the Crimea, 264; their soldierlike equipments, ib.; their character as soldiers, 311, 492; their skill and bravery at the battle of the Tchernaya, 316-318. their departure from the Crimea' 492; general orders respecting, ib.'
Scarlett, Brigadier-General, 52; at Balaklava, 157
Schapan, on the coast of the Crimea, 79
Scutari, arrival of troops at, 23; the Alied forces at, 31, 32; departure from, 36
Sea-passage, the, 9 et seq.
Sebastopol, orders for besieging, 56; report respecting, 59; reconnoitring of, 76; forces of, 89; its northern defences, 133; south of, occupied by the Allies, 138; investment of, and commencement of the siege, 140; operations against, 141; first sortie, 143; the line of operations, 143, 144; difficulties of the ground, 146; the Russian defence, ib.; the first bombardment, ib.; effects of the fire upon, 146, 147; the Russian manoeuvres, 151; its continued defence, 186; its great strength, 211; the tales of the siege, 193 et seq.; during the winter, 1^5 et seq.; reconnaissance of, 206; Russian defences of, 206, 207; furious con tests before, 214; a good view of, 224; its general appearance, 225; cannonading of, 227; ships sunk in the harbour of, 228; active operations against, 229. 231; Russian reinforcements, 243; furious struggles for, 244; a number of officers killed and wounded, 244, 245; its general defences, 248, 249; desultory contests, 249; continued bombardment of, 250 et seq.; the various batteries brought against, 252; its ruinous condition, 253; renewed operations against, 282; preparations for the general attack, ib.; capture of the Mamelon and Quarries, 284; and further struggles, 285 et seq.; positions of the contending parties, 303 et seq.; principal events of the siege, 304-306; the writer's opinions as to its capture, 308; letter of a Russian lady respecting, 309; ominous preparations for the final assault, 312, 313; crisis of the siege, 330; commencement of the sixth and fast bombardment, 334; aspect of the city from Cathcart's
Hill, ib.: tremendous bombardment of, 335, 339; frightful state of the town, 339, 348; in flames, 341; the Russians retreat to the north side on the capture of the Malakoff, 343, 360, 361; visit to the city after its capture, 362; plunder taken from, 363; hospital of, 364: general review of the great struggle, 370; the Russian defences on the north side of, 376; the mixed commission appointed for adjudicating the spoils of, 381-385; materials and build of the forts of, 388; ruins of, 387-389; Russian account of its capture, 389; state of affairs in, 420; want of proper system and organization, 421; proceedings of the mixed commission on the division of the spoils, 381-385; how the city might have been taken, 436; spoils of, contribute to the comfort of the army, 438; sales of the different articles, ib.; destruction of the docks, 451-453; the city a mass of ruins, 454; reflections on the siege, 468 et seq.; northern forts of, 472 Seymour, Lieut.-Colonel, slain, 170 Shipping of the Russians, sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol, 228; on fire, 340; sunk and destroyed, 341 Ships of war engaged in the Crimean expedition, 67 Shumla, Turkish forces at, 34 Sick, comforts for the, 378 Sickness of the British troops, 196, 209. 217; in the French camp, 198, 209, 218 Siege works, formidable progress of