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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.

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,

AND CHARING CROSS.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

Russian sortie

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CHAPTER X.

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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 - Lord

Raglan is made a field-marshal More sorties - General

Airey Constant rain - Desertions Snow Sir John

Burgoyne and French engineers Attack upon our trenches

- Railway Christmas weather Continued sickness.

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— Foreign Legion - Flag of truce

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CHAPTER XI.

Strength of the English army, January 1st, 1855

connaissance

Sufferings of troops from cold

- Bashi-Bazouks "Rows" in Sevastopol -

Omer Pasha

Russian convicts

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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

right at Inkermann - Fine weather - Grumbling letters from

the camp Their false accusations against Lord Raglan con-