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LETTERS FROM HEAD-QUARTERS;

OR, THE

REALITIES OF THE WAR

IN

THE CRIMEA.

BY AN OFFICER ON THE STAFF.

IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. II.

WITH A PORTRAIT OF LORD RAGLAN, AND PLANS.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1856.

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LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, AND CHARING CROSS.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

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CHAPTER X.

Russian sortie Dreadful state of trenches - Sufferings of

troops Council of war - Lord Cardigan resigns his com-

mand - Lord Raglan visits the hospitals - Cholera - Com-

missariat difficulties Lord Raglan's carriage Loss of

cavalry horses - Polish deserters - Sorties from the town

Russian steamers come out of the harbour of Sevastopol -

Colonel Simmons Effective strength of the army -

Raglan is made a field-marshal - More sorties General

Airey Constant rain - Desertions Snow Sir John

Burgoyne and French engineers

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Railway Christmas weather

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Lord

Attack upon our trenches

Continued sickness

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- Foreign Legion

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Flag of truce

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Strength of the English army, January 1st, 1855 — French re-

connaissance Sufferings of troops from cold Arrival of

Omer Pasha Bashi-Bazouks "Rows" in Sevastopol -

Russian convicts - Lord Raglan visits the camps - Mortality

in 63rd regiment — English and Russian sentries fraternize

Huts Article in the Times' of December 23rd - Sortie

of the garrison on the lines of the Allies Russian deserters

- Suicide of an English soldier - Flag of truce - Submarine

telegraph Grumbling of the Guards - False statement of

the Times'. Change of weather - Rather a droll story -

Lord Raglan's kindness - Sufferings of Russian troops —

Sortie The lasso The French relieve the English on the

Grumbling letters from