pol, 362; review of the great struggle, 370 et 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; armii-tice 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, 477
Croat labourers, their physical strength and endurance, 232
"Crow's Nest," battery so called, 338
Cuddy, 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, 26
Dead, armistice for the burial of the, 228, 246, 287, 295
Death, the valley of, 64, 67
Demur Kapu, 476
Dcsaint, Colonel, 56
Deserters 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, 67
Diarrhoea among the troops at Yarna, 46 *
Dickson, Colonel, 24; at Balaklava, 139; at Sebastopol, 146; at Inkerman, 170
Dinner, a Crimean one, 219
Discipline, relaxation of, 427
Divisions of the British forces, and their commanders, 87; their landing at Eupatoria, 85, 86; their order of march, 93
Djemel Pasha, commander of the Dardanelles, 19; his learning and intelligence, 19, 20
Dnieper, entry of the united squadron into the, 415; its blockade raised, 419; difficulties of ascending the, 419, note
Dobrudscha, campaign in the, and losses experienced thereby, 56
Docks, of Sebastopol, destroyed, 451-
Dog-hunting in the Crimea, 235
Dogs and cats from Sebastopol, 439
Doyne, Mr., the head engineer, his vigorous labours at Sebastopol, 388, 421, 441
Dragoon Guards, their charge on the Russians, 157
Drainage, operations of, 442
Dress of the British soldiers, 18
Drummers of the Crimea, 450
Drunkenness, punishment of, 445
Dundas, Admiral, 41; his orders, 76
Egerton, Colonel, his bravery at the Alma, 116
Egyptian troops at Varna, 49
Elchingen, Due d', death of, 56
Electric telegraph laid down, 236; its tendency to mischievous consequences, 443
Electricity, agencies of, 278
Eman, Colonel, killed, 353
Emperor, the guiding star of the fleet,
Engineering works, scarcity of men for, 243, 244
England, her commercial interests as regards Turkey, 1
England, Sir Richard, arrives at the Dardanelles, 25; commands the third division, 87
English. See Soldiers, and Army
Enniskilleners, their charge on the Russians, 157
Enos, town of, 15
Entrenchments, advance of the, 308
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Estcourt, General, 129 j death of, 299
Etesian wind, 11
Etonnoirs of the French, 255, 494
Eubcea, 12
Eupatoria, survey of the coast of, 59; coast of, 75, 76; town of, 80; selected for the landing-place, ib.; inhabitants of, 82; landing of the French at, 82, 83; resolution to garrison it, 91; Russian attack on,
Evans, General Sir de Lacy, arrives at the Dardanelles, 25; commands the second division, 87; lands at Eupatoria, 86; his bravery at the Alma,
INDEX.
107, 115; his report of military operations at the Alma, 116; his despatch from the heights of the Tchernaya, 161-163; his illness, 165,
Expedition, Crimean, its departure, 70; its extent, 71; vastness of the armada conveying it, 73; its voyage from Varna to the Crimea, 73-75; its uncertainties, 75, 76; account of its disembarkation, 84-88; military force of the, 87; marches into the interior, ib.; its order of march, 93; its halt at the Alma, 96; at the Katcha, 132; accession of forces at the, ib.; makes a detour roupd the Belbek, 132 et seq.\ its march from the Belbek to Balaklava, 136, 137. See Crimea, and Sebastopol
Explosion?, disastrous ones, 328, 361, 380, 429-433; causes, 433