The most conspicuous object in this drawing is the marquee of Captain Lushington, pitched in the centre of an enclosure thrown up for its protection, in one corner of which the " Union Jack," denoting the command-inchief, is displayed. To the right we observe a tall bell-shaped tent, which is the residence of Captain Peel, the darling of the dauntless Koh-i-nohrs. The group of officers in the foreground on the right consists of Mr. Maxse, the naval aide-de-camp at head-quarters; Captain Burnet, whom we have ali'eady seen in the society of our friend the 68 -pounder; Captain Peel; Captain Lushington, the gallant commander of the Naval Brigade; and Captain Moorsom, the ingenious inventor of the shell which bears his name. Knots of happy -looking tars are dispersed about the camp chatting and enjoying themselves, 3,nd one minute object on the left of the drawing proves that some habits of nautical life are still preserved on shore. This is the bell with which they make the hours as on board ship, and whose clear tones are responded to with equal alacrity, whether they announce the expected and well-earned repast, or utter the never-neglected summons to the perilous and wearisome service of the batteries.
CAMP OF THE FIRST DIVISION,
LOOKING ECOND DIVISION: N THE DISTANCE.
This view and that representing the camp of the Second Division have a special interest for those who had friends or relatives engaged in the great battle of the 5th November, the brunt of which was borne by these two divisions. It was from these tents, to which so many were never to return, that the brigade of Guards, roused from slumber by the sounds of a sharp musketry fire on their right, marched with dauntless hearts and unfaltering step into the very thickest and hottest of the fight. Their road lay past the tents of the Second Division, and, by carrying a straight line up from the left of the officer on horseback in the foreground to where the
QRIMEA,
high ground in the distance slopes down to the Tchemaya, the reader will obtain a correct idea of the exact spot where they entered the battle. The Second Division camp is just visible on the rising ground above the group of soldiers in the middle distance. The tents of the Grenadier Guards extend from the windmill on the extreme left to where these soldiers are standing; those of the Coldstreams are seen in the distance; those of the Fusiliers on the right, with two marquees, which are the hospitals belonging to the latter. In the foreground the skeleton of a horse tells the well-known tale of difficulty and privation, and a string of mules and a rough country cart, drawn by the patient and hardy buffaloes, are toiling through the snow, with their hardly-earned store of provisions from Balaklava. Outside several of the tents may be observed the bear-skins of the men, placed there to air; an attention which evinces the pride and appreciation of its usefulness with which the Guards regard their favourite headdress, the only one, it has been stated, which was never thrown away either on the march or in action.
This description of the picture under our consideration refers, of course, only to the French left attack, as distinguished from their works on the extreme right at Inkermann. Running the eye along the horizon, commencing on the left, will be seen the Flagstaff" Battery, or, as our Allies term it, the "Bastion du Mat;" next to this the Garden-wall Battery; then a portion of the town of Sebastopol, and the Dockyard Creek, at the entrance to which, on a tongue of land, stands Fort Saint Paul. Proceeding again to the right, on the high ground are the spacious and beautiful barracks, the battery in front of which is called the " Barrack Battery;" further on, the Redan; and, terminating the line, the Round Tower, oi-, as it is now generally designated, the "Malakoff*," and its batteries. Several of the ships of the Russian fleet, every one of which has since been burnt, sunk, or destroyed, are to be distinguished in the creek, or in the main harbour beyond. Below the barracks is the suburb
[fragment illegible in the scan of the first edition]
[fragment illegible in the scan of the first edition]