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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.
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.
— Foreign Legion - Flag of truce
..
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
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-