Cathcart, Sir G., commands the fourth division, 87; at Balaklava, 139;
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slain at Inkerman, 170; his advice while living disregarded, 436 Cathcart's Hill, its position, 248, 249, 252; view of Sebastopol from, 334; present state of, 375 Cavalry brigade, British, criticisms on the, 152; its charge on the Russians, 157; relics of the, 257
Cemetery, struggle for the, 292; its capture, 294 " Chambers of horrors," 367
Chapman, Captain, at Sebastopol, 151
Charges at night, difficulties of describing, 261
Chasseurs, at Inkerman, 171; review of the, 261
Cherson, Cape, lighthouse of, 13&
Cherson Bay, cruise up the, 413
Chersonese, Cape, 76; memorials of the brave at the, 494
Cholera, its violence in Bulgaria, 56; at Varna, 57, 58; horrors attending it, 58, 61, 62; its ravages at Balaklava, &c, 138, 139, 447
Christian subjects of Turkey, their right to protection, 2
Christmas of 1854, its dreariness in the Crimea, 196; of 1855, 447
Church, desolated interior of a, 257
Civilians, their criticisms on military matters, 447
Classical fictions, 10
Clifford, Hon. Mr., 115
Climate of the Dardanelles and surrounding country, 25, 26
Clothing, terrible deficiency of, 196, 197; supplied by the Times' commissioner, 196; general supplies of, 202, 441
Codrington, 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, 492
Coffee, wretched supply of, 204
Colborne, Major, 31
Cold, destructive effects of the, 205, 206; paralyzing effects of, 221
Colville, Captain, his bravery at Alma,
Comet, appearances of the, 9
Commissariat 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, 437
Commission, mixed, at Sebastopol, for distributing the prize captures, 381-
Cooking, want of apparatus for, 478 Cooking rations, receipts for, 219 Corn, destruction of, in the Sea of Azoff, 270; quantity of, issued to the English army, 375; great waste
Cossacks, appearance of the, 80, 84; first encounter with the, 94, 95; their indefatigability, 202; their cunning, 212; a brush with the, 258; their sly manoeuvres at Kinburn, 420; their appearance and habiliments, 459, 473, 480; their horses, 480, 481 Councils, divided, evils of the, 426 Crimea, causes of the expedition to the, 1; preparations for the campaign, 2 et 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, 73 et seq.; landing at Eupaloria, 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, 83 et seq.; battle of the Alma, 97 et 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 (see Sebastopol); 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. the Times'' 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, 244 et seq.; Kertch expeditions, 263, 265; expedition to the Sea of Azoff, 265; severe fighting before Sebastopol, 284 et 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 Sebaston i 2
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