Alphabetical Index of Names, Places, and Regiments

Adams, Brigadier-General, at Inkerman, 169 Adelaide, the, her arrival in Balaklava, 201 Agamemnon, the, her orders for sailing, 81; enters Balaklava, and attacks the fort, 137 Airey, General Sir R., his encampment, 42; superseded, 423 Aladyn, encampment at, 42, 46 Alexander, Colonel, 128 Alexander, Dr., 8 Allied armies, assembled at Varna, 50; military review of the, 51; their great losses in killed and wounded, 341; their preparation for winter quarters, 379; error of their campaign, 494, 495. See French, and Soldiers Alma, the river, halt of the Allied forces at, and preparations for the battle of, 98; account of the battle, 102 et seq.; position of the Russians on, 106; the Allies victorious, 120; retreat of the Russians from, ib.; military conduct of the battle of, 121; state of the battle-field, 483; telegraph at, 486; position and attack at, 486, 487; bitter reflections on the battle, ib.; graves at, 489; frightful losses at, 490; its entrenchments, ib.; monument at, 491 Aloupka, visit to, 482; the Colonel of, ib.; dinner at, ib. Aloushta, 476; visits to, 479 Ambalaki, capture of, 268 Ambulance corps, wretchedness of the, 199; disbanded, 378 Ambulances, their great utility, 363; superiority of the English ones, 439 Anderson, Captain, 42, 87 Araba drivers, their disappearance from Roumelia and Bulgaria, 201 Arabas, arrival of, with provisions, 97 Arabat, Spit of, 277, 496; unsuccessful attack on the fortress of, ib. Armies of the Russians and the Allies, condition of the, 303; their respective positions before Sebastopol, 305; general state of the, 469 Armistice, for the burial of the dead, and interchange of civilities during the, 228, 246, 267; sad scenes during the, 295; news of, from the respective governments, 457; mutual visits after the, 458 et seq.; agreed to, 462; followed by peace, 467 Arms, a gallant feat of, 258, 259 Army, British, its distressed position at Varna, 62; its different divisions, and General Commander, 87; its improved condition, 238; its concentrated attack on Sebastopol, 351 et seq.; its amount of armament in the bombardment of Sebastopol, 336 et seq.; jealousies in the, 385, 386; preparations for its winter encampment, 420. See Crimea, and Soldiers Artillery, duel of, 249; its powerful effects, 463 Athens, Gulf of, 12 Athos, Mount, 12 Autemarre, General d', the French Commander in the Sea of Azoff, 265. Azoff, expedition to the Sea of, 265; capture of Yenikale, 268; operations in the, 270 et seq.; destruction of the Russian shipping, c., 280; complete success of the expedition, 281; purity of its water, 496 Baidar, miserable state of, 475 Bakschiserai, retreat of the Russians to, 131; visit to, 472; miserable state of, 474 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 with the, 255, 259;{546} 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 alarm at, 135; deliberations at, 136; march from the, ib.; heights of the, 484; cantonments on the, ib. Bell, Captain, his gallantry at Alma, 114 Bentinck, Major-General Sir H., lands at Eupatoria, 86; his orders relative to the services of the fourth division, 392 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, 166 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 Bouljanæk, affair at, 94 et seq. Bouet Willaumez, the French Admiral, 487 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; its 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 Cafés 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, 439 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, 260 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, 159 Careening Bay, Sebastopol, 143 Casualties, number of, 324, 432 Cathcart, Sir G., commands the fourth division, 87; at Balaklava, 139;{547} 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, 138 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, 111 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, 381-385 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 of, 444 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 manœuvres 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 Eupatoria, 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 Sebastopol, 362;{548} 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; armistice 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 Desaint, 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 Diarrhœa among the troops at Varna, 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, 451-453 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, Duc 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, 82 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 Espinasse, General, 56 Estcourt, General, 129; death of, 299 Etesian wind, 11 Etonnoirs of the French, 255, 494 Eubœa, 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, 190 Evans, General Sir de Lacy, arrives at the Dardanelles, 25; commands the second division, 87; lands at Eupatoria, 86; his bravery at the Alma, 107, 115;{549} his report of military operations at the Alma, 116; his despatch from the heights of the Tchernaya, 161-163; his illness, 165, 175 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 détour round the Belbek, 132 et seq.; its march from the Belbek to Balaklava, 136, 137. See Crimea, and Sebastopol Explosions, disastrous ones, 328, 361, 380, 429-433; causes, 433 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, 197 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, 191 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 Constantine, in Sebastopol, 138 Forts of the north side of Sebastopol, 472 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, 73, 74 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; their police regulations, 18; their mode of making purchases, 17; number of, at Gallipoli, 16, 21; their cordiality to the English, 18, 48; their uniforms, ib.; their methods of dealing 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, 364; their operations after the fall of Sebastopol, 375 et seq.; review of the, 422; their system of mines, 493 Frost-bites in the Crimea, 202, 205, 221 Fury, the, her reconnaissance of Sebastopol, 59 Fusileer Guards, their arrival at Malta, 5; their severe losses, 357 Gallipoli, departure of the English and French troops for, 8, 9; arrival at, 13; description of, 13, 14; wretchedness of, 14; population of, ib.; its bad quarters, 15-17; difficulties of the commissariat at, 17, 21; high price of provisions, 22; police regulations at, 18; alarming fire at, 24; confusion arising therefrom, 24, 25; climate and scenery of, 25, 26; arrival of generals at 27, 30 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, the, 37 Goldie, Brigadier-General, at Inkerman, 169; slain, 170{550} Goodram, Samuel, blown up, 434; anecdotes of, ib. Gordon, Captain, 42; at Sebastopol, 142 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 Greys, their charge on the Russians, 157 Guards, their departure from London, 3; their arrival at Malta, 4, 5; their difficulty of obtaining provisions, 6; their arrival at Varna, 47; leave Varna 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, Major, 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 in action, 115; their bravery 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 Horses, difficulty of getting them on shore, 90; great havoc among, 206 Hospital quarters at Gallipoli, 17 Hurricane at Balaklava, 180; its violence, 181-186; distress caused thereby, 184, 185; miserable state of Balaklava after the, 187 Hussars, arrival of the, 255 Hut of the author, 440; its situation, 441 Huts, decorations of the, 439, 448; robberies of the, 439; complaints against the, 448 Ida, Mount, 12 Inkerman, the British force taken by surprise at, 168; sanguinary battle of, 169-172; a series of sanguinary hand-to-hand fights, 170; review of the dreadful battle-field, 173; the frightful slaughter at, 174-176; ghastly relics of the battle, 257 Isarkaia, ruined chateau of, 478 Jack Tar at his tricks, 238; his playbill, 329 John Bull at a nonplus, 326-328 Jones, General Sir H., replaces Sir J. Burgoyne, 243, 305 Kadikoi, encampment at, 144; road made from, 198; its administrative government, 445 Kamara, village of, 166 Kamiesch, landing of the French at, 138; amusements at, 440 Kara-Bournou, destruction of the magazines, at, 267 Karaguel, town of, 67 Kariakoff, the Russian commander, 101 Kars, fall of, 447 Katcha, mouth of the, 59; valley of the, 129-132; river of the, 130; Russian vessels sunk in the harbour of the, 132; march from, 134 Keppel, Captain, commander of the naval brigade, 302 Kertch, expedition to, 263; return of the expedition, 264; second expedition, 265; town of, 268, 269; capture of, 268; plunder of, 269, 270, 279; its inhabitants, 272, 273; hospital at, 274; dreadful ravages in, 275, 276; peninsula of, 419, note Kinburn, expedition to, 406; description of, ib.; plan of the attack on, 407-409; bombarded by the Allied fleet, 410; surrender of, 411; fort described, 412; refortified by the Allies, 419; Cossacks in the neighbourhood of, ib. Koran, not adapted to the civil law of Turkey, 20 Kostendji, village of, laid waste, 57 Kurds, chieftainess of the, 54 Lancaster gun, destroyed by a shot, 252 Laspi, the French doctor, plundered by the Turks, 313 Lawrence, Colonel, 9, 111, 112 Leblanc, Mr., accidentally shot, 241 Leander, frigate, 12 Leslie, Lieutenant, wounded, 119 Letters from head-quarters, 31 Levinge, Major, death of, 60 Levinge, Captain, 42 Liège muskets, used by the Russians, 178 Light Cavalry Brigade, its desperate charge at Balaklava, 159; ordered to embark for Eupatoria, 393{551} Light division, its heroic gallantry, 109, 111, 112; its severe losses, 357; its casualties, 432; its attack at the Alma, 491 Lights, short supplies of, 440 "Looting" at Kertch, 272 Lucan, Lord, commander of the cavalry division, 33, 87; at the Tchernaya, 154; his desperate cavalry attack, 159; his recall, 220 Lüders, General, 457 Luggage of the English and French armies, 30 Lyons, Admiral, his opinions on the flank march of the expedition, 134; commands the expedition to the Sea of Azoff, 266; his operations in Cherson Bay, 413 et seq. Machines, for exploding, 278 Mackenzie's Farm, 133 Macnish, Lieutenant W. L., drowned, 34 Malakoff Tower, 207; French preparations for attacking, 215; unsuccessful attack on the, 290, 291; great losses sustained, 292-294; a second attack on the, left to the French, 303; the French advances towards, 308; assaulted and captured by the French, 343; contest in the rear of the, 350, 351; its capture causes the loss of Sebastopol, 365; strength of its works, ib.; terrible scenes of the, ib.; number of guns captured in the, 383 Malea, Cape, 10, 11 Malta, arrival of the Guards at, 4; busy scenes in, 5; cordial reception of the British troops at, 5, 6; arrival of the French troops at, 6, 8 Mamelon, attack on the, 243; contest for the, 244; firing from the, 249; capture of the, 284; continued struggles for the, 285; interior of the, 297 Manilla, her arrival at Malta, 5 Mansell, Captain, 24, 54 Markham, General, assumes the command of the second division, 305 Marmora, Sea of, 14, 16, 25, 37 Marmora, General della, the Sardinian commander, 264; his departure from the Crimea, 492; honours paid to, ib. Martimprey, General, 6 Matapan, Cape, 10 Maule, Colonel, death of, 60 May-day, in the Crimea, 262 Medals, distribution of, at Sebastopol, 372 Medicines, utter want of, in the Crimea, 208 Mediterranean, storm in the, 9 Mehemet Kiprisli Pasha, 34 Memorials of the brave in the Crimea, 494 Menschikoff, Prince, the Russian commander, at the battle of the Alma, 101; his military force, 123; his military genius, 436; satirical songs on, 470 Michael, Grand Duke, at the battle of Inkerman, 168; his reconnaissance of the Allied armies, 191 Middle Packet Ravine, 246, 296 Military spectacle, a grand one, 260 Military matters, criticisms of civilians on, 447 Mines, explosion of, 255; of the French and Russians, 493 Minié rifle, its destructive effects, 171, 172 Miskomia, valleys of, 448, 475 Mitylene, 12 Mixed commission for dividing the spoils of Sebastopol, 381-385 Monastir, town of, 64, 67 Monetary arrangements, intricacy of, 22 Money, waste of, 326 Money-changers, Jew and Armenian, 32 Montezuma, her arrival at Malta, 6 Monument at the Alma, 491 Morea, coast of the, 10; arrival of the troops at, 12 Mortar-battery, contest for the, 245 Mounted staff corps, disbanded, 378 Mud, of the Crimea, 444; of Balaklava, 445 Mule-litters of the French, 199 Muscovite character, type of the, 490 Muscovite infantry, a bad lot of, at Kinburn, 412 Music, military, influence of, 141 Musketry, affair of, between the Russians and the French, 210 Napoleon, Emperor, his Christmas presents to the Crimean army, 198 Napoleon, Prince, arrives at the Dardanelles, 27; reviews the troops, ib.; his arrival in Bulgaria, 48 Naval brigade, their attack on the Redan, 291; their severe losses, 294; their admirable practice, 336 "Navvies," their rapid progress, 214; their industry, 232 Newbury, Mr., death of, 60 Newspaper correspondence in the Crimea, 188; its difficulties, 189 Newspapers, effect of their statements, 209, 210 Nicholaieff, its situation in the bay, 404; dockyards of, 418; its ship-building and arsenal, ib.{552} Nicholas, the Czar of Russia, his menacing pretensions, 1; his ideas respecting the campaign, 65, 66; death of, 236 Nicholas, Grand Duke, at the battle of Inkerman, 168 Niel, General, the French engineer, 214 Night attacks, difficulty of describing, 261 Nightingale, Miss Florence, her devoted labours at Scutari, 24 Nixon, Lieutenant, his bravery at the Alma, 111 Nolan, Captain, killed at Balaklava, 160 Norcott, Colonel, 105; his bravery at the Alma, 109, 111, 114 November, anniversary of the month, 429; favourable change of circumstances in the, ib.; its seasonable mildness, ib. Oczakoff, fort of, destroyed, 412 Odessa, threatened by the Allied fleets, 398; the alarm of the inhabitants, 399; reasons for not attacking, 401, 403; description of, 398, 402 Old Fort, selected for the landing-place for the expedition, 81 Omar Pasha, his military appearance, 50; his review of the troops, 51; at Varna, 33; his conference with Lord Raglan and Marshal St. Arnaud, 34; his proposed plans, ib.; his arrival at Sebastopol, 197; his visit to the Crimea, 217; undertakes to send 20,000 Turks to Sebastopol, 239; is tired of his inactive position in the Crimea, 306; his expedition in Asia Minor, 447 Order of Merit, suggestion respecting, 296, 451 Osmanli, their military courage, 49; their want of discipline, ib.; their military appearance, ib.; their temperance and spare diet, 145; their kindness to the sick, 165 Out-posts, good-fellowship of the, 211 Ovens, combat for the, 191 Paget, Lord G., ordered to Eupatoria, 393 Pashas of Turkey, their adherence to ancient usages, 20 Paskiewitch, General, his bombardment of Silistria, 34 Patton, Captain, death of, 139 Paulet, Lord, W., his promotion, 420 Pavlovskaia, fort of, 268; occupation of, 277 Peace, rumours of, 325; proclamation of, 467 Pelissier, Marshal, succeeds General Canrobert, 264; created a marshal, 372; his review of the British troops, 454-456 Pennefather, Brigadier-General, 25, 169 Pera, district of, 38 Perekop, its defences, 495 Peroffsky, mined chateau of, 475 Phoros, visit to, 475; obstacles at, 476, 477 Pickets, affair of, 187 Piedmont, political situation of, 310; character of her army, 311 Pluton, the, 8 Polish deserters, 191, 234, 387 Post-house, imperial, in Sebastopol, 130 Potteries district, 252 Powell, Captain, 55, 166 Press, its faithfulness and ability, and its support of the ministry, 2, 3 Promotions of officers, 420 Provisions, prices of, at Gallipoli, 24; general depôt for, 201; dearness of, at Balaklava, 213; want of apparatus for cooking, 478 Purchase system, evils of the, 465-467 Quarantine battery, contentions for the, 191 Quarries, capture of the, 284; continued contests for the, 285; batteries of the, 338 Races in the Crimea, 234, 265 Rafts, Russian, capture of, 517 Raglan, Lord, the British Commander-in-Chief, his arrival at Gallipoli, 27; his conference with Omar Pasha at Varna, 34; visits the Turkish encampment, ib.; his head-quarters at Scutari, 32; his review of the troops, 94; his want of communication with General Evans, 98; his strong political feelings and aristocratic prejudices, 104; an accomplished gentleman, but no general, 105; his operations against Sebastopol, 140 et seq.; his orders at Balaklava, 158, 159, 161; his despatch after the battle of the Tchernaya, 163; his death, 299; his qualities, 300; succeeded by General Simpson, 301 Railway road, its formation in the Crimea, 213, note, 214; brought into use, 232 Railway train, accident with the, 249 Railway works, 441 Ranken, Major, death of, 458 Rations, ill supply of, 17; scarce supply of, 440 Reade, Mr., death of, 139 Reconnaissance, preparations for, 220; frustrated, 222 Red tape and routine business, 208, 212{553} Redan, defences of the, 253; unsuccessful attack on the, 291, 292; great losses sustained, 292-294; final attack on the, 346 et seq.; plan of assault, 344, 345; description of the interior, 349 et seq.; failure of the English attack, 350; detailed account of the conflict 351 et seq.; causes of the repulse, 356; tremendous losses sustained thereby, 354, 355, 357-359; ruin and desolation of the, 367; number of guns captured in the, 383; melancholy accident in the, 433 Redschid Pasha, the Turkish commander in the Sea of Azoff, 265 Reid, Sir W., 7 Rifle-pits, position of the, 241; attacks on, and severe contests for the, 242, 243, 244, 253-255, 259 Riza Pacha, 34 Road-making, 375, 421; difficulties of, 388 Roads, 198; round Sebastopol, 441; one from Balaklava to Kadikoi, 442 Rocket practice, its effects, 258 Ros, Lord de, quartermaster-general, 27; his interview with Omar Pasha, 33 Rose, Brig-Gen., commissioner for the British army, 88 Round Tower of Sebastopol, defences of the, 253; desperate contests for the, 285 Russia, causes of the war with, 1; her spirit of aggression, 1, 2; her armies on the Danube, 33; and their siege of Silistria, 48; death of the Emperor of, 236 Russian forces in the Crimea, 60; their encampment bombarded by the Allied fleet, 89; first encounter with the, 94, 95; their determined bravery at the battle of the Alma, 103, 107-109; their position, 106, 123; their defeat, 113, 114, 125; their retreat towards Simpheropol, 120; their numbers, 123; their loss in the battle, 126; their defences on the north of Sebastopol, 133; their movements ib.; their defence of Sebastopol, 149 et seq.; their manœuvring, 155, 159, 193; their attack from the Tchernaya, 151, 193; their cavalry defeated, 155; their retreat from Balaklava, 160; their fortified position, 166; surprise the British at Inkerman, 168; their desperate attack, 171; defeated, 172; formation of the army, 177; their uniform and weapons, 177, 178; their general appearance, 177, 178; their devotion to their officers, ib.; their barbarity to our men, ib.; their furious conflicts, 214, 216, 227, 239, 242 et seq.; receive reinforcements from Sebastopol, 243; their great losses, 246; their contests for the rifle-pits, 253, 254; their movements towards the Tchernaya, 263; their furious attack, and defeat, 263-265; destruction of their ports, corn, and shipping, in the Sea of Azoff, 270; continue to receive supplies of men and food, 306; defeated at the battle of Tchernaya, 318; the divisions engaged in the battle at Tchernaya, ib.; concentration of the, 330; their distressed condition, 339; lose the Malakoff, and retreat to the north side of Sebastopol, 343; their retreat after the capture of the Malakoff, 360, 361; ability of their engineers, 362; their operations after the fall of Sebastopol, 372, 373; their defences and activity on the north side of Sebastopol, 376; their firing, 380; their miserable state after the capture of Sebastopol, 387; their continued firing, 388; capture of their immense rafts in the Dnieper, 417; apprehensions of their renewed attacks, 435; their threatening movements, 443, 446; their attempt to surprise, 446; their continued firing, 451; their military music, 471; their fleet submerged, 472, 473; their mutual intercourse with the Allies, 465; their mines, 493; their immense losses in the Crimea, 496, 497 Russian New Year, opening of the, 200 Russian officer discovered at Eupatoria, 84 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 Sailors' batteries, their activity, 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, 94; 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{554} 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. Saros, Gulf of, 16 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, life at, 72 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 manœuvres, 151; its continued defence, 186; its great strength, 211; the tales of the siege, 193 et seq.; during the winter, 195 et seq.; reconnaissance of, 206; Russian defences of, 206, 207; furious contests 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 last 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 the, 236, 308, 322 Sievernaya, the, 133, 309; defence of the, 133 Silistria, bombardment by the Russians, 34; siege of, raised, 48 Simeis, Tartar village of, 481 Simoom, her arrival at Malta, 5 Simpheropol, typhus-haunted streets of, 473 Simpson, General, succeeds Lord Raglan as Commander-in-Chief, 300; not suited for the position of Commander-in-Chief, ib.; his order of the day announcing his appointment to the command, 301; his personal staff, ib.; receives the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, 372; his despatch respecting the operations on the 8th of September, 390; his failure as a commander, 424; suspended, ib.; his farewell address, ib.{555} Sinope, slaughter of, avenged, 370 Sivash, waters of the, 495 Snow-storm, effects of one, 221-223 Social vultures, 445 Soldier, his hardships, 72 Soldiers, British, their devoted heroism, 2; their departure for Gallipoli, 9; their voyage, 9 et seq.; their arrival at the Dardanelles, 12; quartered at Gallipoli, 15; deficiency of accommodation for the, 16; their difficulties at Gallipoli, 17; their arrival in the Bosphorus, 23; their uniforms, 18; their complaints 46; their disposition, 33; their games and amusements, 35; their sufferings at Varna, 62; their landing at Eupatoria, 84; want of accommodation for, 89; sickness among, 91; their operations and bravery at the battle of the Alma, 107 et seq.; enter Balaklava, 137; their siege and bombardment of Sebastopol, 140 et seq.; surprised at Inkerman, 168; their want of clothing, 179; their distressing position, 180 et seq.; their heroism, 199; continual drain of, 209, 210; effect of the author's statements, ib.; their armament, 305; their severe losses, 354, 355, 357-359; not equal to the French as labourers, 389; their increased comforts, 437, 441; grand review of the, 454; their splendid appearance, 455, 456 Soyer, M., at the Crimea, 328; his system of cookery, ib. Spahis, their capture of cattle, 91, 92 Spencer, Hon. General A., commander of the expedition to Eupatoria, 394 Spirit vendors, their abominable articles, 445; expelled the Crimea, ib. Sports of the camp, 234 Spring, sports of the, 234; its genial influence, 239 Spy, Russian, in the trenches, 210; his information trustworthy, 216 Squadrons, English and French, their formidable array before Odessa, 399, 400; their plan of operations in the expedition to the Bay of Cherson, 406-409; their attack on Kinburn, 407 et seq.; compel its surrender, 411; their departure from the Bay of Cherson, 417, 419 Strangways, General Fox, slain at Inkerman, 171 Staff of General Simpson, 301 Stanislaff, threatened attack on, 417 Star fort, in Sebastopol, 138, 309 Steamers, Russian, sunk at Sebastopol, 370 Stewart, Admiral Houston, 7; his operations in Cherson Bay, 413, 414 Storms, in the Mediterranean, 9; in the Dardanelles, 26; their fatal effects, 33, 34, 180-186; in the Crimea, 449 Sullivan, Colonel, 15 Supplies received by the Russians, 306 Surgeons of the Crimean army, official neglect of, 385 Suttlers, their rapacity, 445 Surgery of the English, its skill, 439 Taganrog, attack on, 270 Taioutine regiment, 133 Takli Bournou, Cape of, 266 Taman, coast of, 266 Tarkan Cape, promontory of, 73, 77 Tartar race of the Crimea, 88, 475; their friendliness, 92; their ruined villages, 478, 479 Tartars of Kertch, 272 Tchernaya, the river, 133; occupied by the Russian infantry, 152; the adjoining country, 153; the Russians advance from the, 154, 155; despatch of General Evans after the battle, 161-163; attack on the, 315; position of the, ib.; battle of the, 316 et seq.; the Russians defeated at, 318; a review of the battle-field, struggle between the French and the Russians, 319; fire of the English battery, 320; last effort of the Russians, ib.; their retreat, ib.; memorials of the fight, 322; excursion to the, after the armistice, 483 Tchongar, its defences, 495 Telegraph, information by, 421; at Alma, 486 Tenedos, Mount, 12 Thaw, effects of a, 199, 200 Theatre, play-bill of the, 329; acting in the, 329, 330 Therapia, number of wounded officers at, 311 Thomas, General, at the Alma, 102 Thompson, Dr., 129; death of, 139 Tice, Dr., 42 Times, commissioner, various articles sent by the, 196; his valuable supplies to the troops, ib. Timoyoieff, General, his negotiations respecting the armistice, 459; characteristics of, 461 Tornado, its violence, 368 Torrens, Brig.-General, at Inkerman, 169 Traktir, hamlet of, 137 Traktir bridge, novel scene at the, 458 et seq.; armistice signed at the, 462{556} Transport, want of, at Varna, 46 Transports to the Crimea, 70 Trenches, terrible state of the, 197; conversations in the, 261; service in the, 331 Troad, the, 12 Trochu, Colonel, 56 Truce, flags of, 389; See Armistice Tryon, Lieut., death of, 190 Turco-Egyptian troops at Varna, 49 Turkey, her independence menaced, 1; protection of her Christian subjects, 2; her need of reform, 20 Turkish commission, its difficulties, 19 Turkish forces, strength of the, 34 Turks, their opinion of the English and the French, 18; their apathy, 29, 35; at Sebastopol, 145; their redoubts, 153; their flight from the Russian attack, 154; employed in the trenches, 165; their inefficiency, 165, 166; their dreadful state in Balaklava, 192; their removal from Balaklava, 235; 15,000 infantry join the besiegers before Sebastopol, 254; their dress and appearance, ib.; reconnaissance by the, 256; their position in Asia Minor, 306; their plundering disposition, 313, 314 Turner, Commissary-General, 15 Tylden, Brigadier-General, of the Engineers, death of, 128 Unett, Colonel, killed, 346 Uniforms of the French and English, 18 Upton, Mr., capture of, 138 Valetta, arrival of the British troops at, 5; of the French troops, 6, 8 Valetta, the transport, 8 Varna, conferences at, between Omar Pasha and the Allied generals, 34; departure of the troops at, 36; arrival at, ib.; town of, described, 40, 41; march from, 41; improvements at, 43; surrounding country of, ib.; animals of, ib.; natives of, ib.; inconveniences at, 45; further arrival of troops at, 48, 49; council of war at, 55; cholera at, 57; great fire at, 61; council of war at, 63; determine on invading the Crimea, ib.; the army embarks from, 70 Varnutka, valley of, 475 Vatika Bay, landing at, 11 Vegetables and fruits, mismanagement in their supply, 217 Veliki, Lake of, 495 Vicars, Captain, killed, 245 Victor, Colonel, 9 Victoria, Queen, celebration of her birthday in Turkey, 35 Vivandière, the, 21 Wallachia occupied by Omar Pasha, 54 Walpole, Mr., leader of the Indian Osmanli, 55 Walsham, Lieutenant, 119 War, its false economy, 36, 45; dreadful picture of the horrors of, 97 et seq.; havoc of, 360 et seq. Warren, Colonel, his bravery at the Alma, 118 Weare, Captain, 119 Weather, improvements in the, 214; state of the, 217; returning mildness of the, 235; effects of the, 251 Wellington, Duke of, his circular to commanding officers in 1812, 390-392 Wells of the Crimea, 484, 494 Welsh Fusileers, monument to their officers slain at the Alma, 491 Wetherall, Colonel, 185 "Whistling Dick," 165 White buildings of Sebastopol, destruction of the, 457 Whitmore, Captain, 15 Wild-fowl shooting in the Crimea, 203, 234 Wild-fowl of the Crimea, 233 Windham, Colonel, bravery of, 346, 349, 350; goes for assistance, 349; his promotion, 420 Winter of 1855, four months of, 440; its severity, 445 Winter encampments round Sebastopol, 193 et seq.; requisitions, c., evil system of, 194, 208 Winter quarters, preparations for, 166, 438 Wolff, Admiral, 270 Woronzoff, Colonel, palace of, 483 Woronzoff Road, 144, 310, 340, 342, 343 Wrangel, General Von, his hospitality, 495 Yalta, visit to, 476 Yea, Colonel, 118 Yellon, Deputy-Assistant-Commissary, killed, 432 Yenikale, capture of, 267; town of, 270; destruction and plunder at, 267-269 Yursakova, town of, 67 Yusuf, General, 51, 57 Zouaves, their dress and appearance, 22; their martial bearing and equipments, 27, 28; their pillaging propensities, 91, 195, 223; their bravery at the Alma, 102; at the Tchernaya, 155; at Inkerman, 171; our gay and gallant friends, 195; their activity and bravery, 242; review of the, 260; their capture of the Mamelon, 284