Balaklava, 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, 180 et 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, 71
Barnard, General, appointed chief of the staff, 305; his meeting with the Russians, 458
Bashi-Bazouks, their military characteristics, 51; their encampment, 52; disbanded, 57
Batteries before Sebastopol, 214, 215; relative position and strength of the, 336 et seq.
Bayonet, sanguinary charge with the, at Inkerman, 169, 170; contests N N
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■with the, 255, 259; reluctance to charge with the, 347 Bazancourt's strictures on the Allied forces, 97-100 Beatty, the engineer, his death, 250 Belbek, the river, 132; scenery of the,
ib.; barrier of the, 133; arrival of the Allied troops at, ib.; false a'arm at, 135; deliberations at, 136;
march from the, ib.; heights of the,
484; cantonments on the, ib. Bell, Captain, his gallantry at Alma,
Bentinck, Major-General Sir H., lands at Eupatoria, 86; his orders relative to the services of the fourth division,
Berdiansk, attack on, 270 Birds, crowds of, on board ship, 9, 10;
Crimean varieties, 233 Bizot, General, killed, 252 Black River, the, 133; gorge of the,
Black Sea, entrance of the expedition into the, 39 Blane, Major, 183 Bombardment of Sebastopol, 250 et seq.; terrible effects of the, 335,
338 et seq. See Sebastopol Bomb-shells of the Russians, 248, 343 Bonaparte, Emperor, his intended visit to the Crimea, 260 Bono Johnnies, 53, 54, 175 Bosphorus, arrival of the British troops in the, 23; scenery of the, 37, 38 Bosquet, 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, 172 Bouljanak, affair at, 94 et seq. Bouet Willaumez, the French Admiral,
Boussiniere, his bravery at Alma, 103 Boxer, Admiral, commander of Balaklava, 210; his improvements at
Balaklava, 239 British soldiers, their devoted heroism,
2,3 British troops, their disembarkation at
Eupatoria, 84. See Soldiers Brown, 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, 265
Bruat, Admiral, 27; death of, 447; high mass celebrated for the soul of, ib.
Bucharest, captured by Omar Pasha, 55
Bug, river, expedition up the, 413; scenery on the banks of the, ib.; conflict with the Russians, 414; it? confluence with the Dnieper, 415; operations in the, 416, 417; raising of the blockade, 419; difficulties of ascending it, ib., note
Bulair, town of, 16, 21; military works at, 23; fortifications at, 27
Bulgaria, peasantry of, 43, 44; immense forces assembled in, 48, 49; the natives forsake their homes, 46
Buller, Brigadier-General, 42
Burgoyne, Sir John, proposes the flank march, 132, 134; his departure for England, 243
Burliouk, ruins of, 489, 491
Burrell, Dr., 8
Cafes at Gallipoli, 17, 18
Calvert, 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, 169
Camel, anecdote of one at Sebastopol,
Cameron, General, of the Highland division, 324
Camp-followers in the Crimea, 449, 450
Camp life, 48
Campbell, General Sir Colin, 25; his military experience, 114
Campbell, General Sir J., of the fourth division, 242; his military operations, ib.; death of, 292
" Canards," hatching of, 215
Canrobert, 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,
Canteen-keepers, their rapacity, 445
Carbuccia, General, death of, 56
Cardigan, Lord, his difficult reconnaissance, 54; his early operations, 94; at the Tchernaya, 155; his desperate cavalry charge at Balaklava,
Careening Bay, Sebastopol, 143
Casualties, number of, 324, 432