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Part 39

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Eyre, Brigadier, 25; appointed to the command of the third division, 311; his excursion in the interior of the Crimea, 479

Fatigue parties, severe duties of the,

Fatima Hanoum, the Kurdish chieftainess, 54

Ferguson, General, 7

Fidonisi, French rendezvous of, 71

Fighting, love of, an anecdote, 434

Filder, Commissary-General, 40; his office in Varna, 59; his instructions, 67

Fire, a disastrous one, 380

Flagstaff Battery, contentions for the,

Flank march of the Allies, 134

Fleet of the Russians, its submergement, 472, 473

Flowers of the Crimea, 233

Food, prices of, at Varna, 41

Forey, General, his bravery at the Alma, 103

Fort Coustantine, in Sebastopol, 138

Forts of the north side of Sebastopol,

Fourth division, General Bentinck's testimony to their services, 392

France, her political interests as regards Turkey, 1

French camp, sickness in the, 218; their superiority in cooking, ib.

French fleet, conveying the expedition,

French Spahis effect a landing at Eupatoria, 83

French forces, their arrival at Malta, 6; their superior arrangements, 15, 16, 21, 47; their accommodations at Gallipoli, 17, 18 j their police regulations, 18; their mode of making purchases, 17; number of, at Gallipoli, 16, 21; their cordiality to the Euglish, 18, 48; their uniforms, ib.; their methods of dealiug with the Turks, 17; review of, at Gallipoli, 28; staff of the, 29; first land on the Crimea, 82, 83; their successful bravery at the Alma, 102; their landing at Kamiesch, 138; their siege and bombardment of Sebastopol, 140 et seq.; their order of battle at Inkerman, 174, 175; road made by the, 198; important reinforcements received, 205; their sufferings, 209; their conflicts with the Russians, 239; their contests for the rifle-pits, 253 - 255; their gallantry, 259; their capture of the Mamelon, 284, 285; their unsuccessful attack on the Malakoff, 290, 291; great losses sustained thereby, 292-294; their second attack, and capture of the Malakoff, 343; engaged at the battle of the Tchernaya, 316, 319; amount of their ordnance on their last bombardment of Sebastopol, 336; their works for storming the Malakoff, 361; their operations after the fall of Sebastopol, 375 etseq; review of the, 422; their system of mines, 493

Frost-bites in the Crimea, 202, 205, 22 L

Fury, the, her reconnaissance of Sebastopol, 59

Fusileer Guards, their arrival at Malta, 5; their severe losses, 357

Gallipoli, departure ot the English and French troops for, 8, 9; arrival at, 13; description of, 13, 14; wretchedness of, 14; population or, ib.; its bad quarters, 15-17; difficulties of the commissariat at, 17, 21; high price of provision?, 22; police regulations at, 18; alarming lire at, 24; coufusion arising tlierefrom, 24, 25; climate and scenery of, 25, 26; arrival of generals at

Gambier, Lieut. Colonel, commander of the siege train at Sebastopol, 146, at Inkerman, 170

Generals of the army, deficiency of, 190

German colonists of the Crimea, 496

Genitchi, attack on, 270

Gibb, Captain, 9

Golden Fleece, the, 8, 9, 10, 12; her arrival at Gallipoli, 13

Golden Horn, t:ie, 37

Goldie, Brigadier-General, at Inkerman, 169; slain, 170

INDEX.

Goodraro, Samuel, blown up, 434; ancedotes of, ib.

Gordon, Captain, 42; at Sebastopol,

GortschakofF, Prince, 101; his operations, 437; his intended plan of operations, 441

Grant, Captain, of the ambulance corps, 199

Greece, localities of, 10, 11

Greek and Latin Churches, their quarrels in Turkey, 1

Greek hermit, 11

Greeks, their religion, 16; their apathy, 29

Grey?, their charge on the Russians,

Guards, their departure from London, 3; their arrival at Malta, 4, 5; their difficulty of obtaining provisions, 6; their arrival at Varna, 47; leave Yarna for the Crimea, 67; their gallantry at the Alma, 110, 114, 120; their heroism and severe losses at Inkerman, 171, 175; Queen Victoria's presents to the, 212; their magnificent appearance in line, 115, 116

Hall, Dr., his letter to Dr. Smith, 385

Hallewell, Captain, 15, 31

Hamelin, Admiral, 41

Hammersley, M«jor, his tour in the north of the Crimea, 494

Handcock, Colonel, killed, 346

Harbour discipline at Balaklava, 450

Highland Brigade, their condition, 64; leave Varna for the Crimea, 67; their gallantry at the Alma, 110, 120; steadiness of their movements inaction, 115; their biavery at the Tchernaya, 156; their kilt, 202

Hill, Captain, shot, 247

Himalaya, the, her arrival at Malta, 5; at the Bosphorus, 23; her enormous cargo of horses and men, 90

Hoey, Colonel, his bravery at the Alma, 118