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A PERSONAL JOURNEY
THROUGH THE CRIMEAN WAR

with John Barham

CHAPTERS 1-27: CONTENTS

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Introduction ◄ ● ► Chapter One

Chapter	Contents
Chapter 1	The Eastern Question - Monks at War - Diplomatic Game - Vienna Note - War on the Danube - Omar Pasha - Sinope.
Chapter 2	Troops send off - Wives - Voyage Out - Battle of Citate - Russian Strategy - Front Build-Up - French Move - Minié Rifle - Staging Camps - Russell - Raglan - Emperor's Policy - Silistra - St Arnaud - Council of War.
Chapter 3	Opposing Armies - British - French - Zouaves - Turks - Russians - Artillery Ammunition - British and French Orders of Battle.
Chapter 4	Chaos at Varna - Climate - Intrepid Wives - Silistra - Lucan - Cardigan - 'Soreback' Reconnaisance - Nolan - Cholera.
Chapter 5	War at Sea - State of Navies - Baltic Expedition - Odessa - White Sea -Petropavlovsk - Bomarsund - Baltic Fleet Return - War in the East - Background - 1853 Operations - 1854 Seaborne - On Land - Battle of Kurukdere - Changes at Top.
Chapter 6	Preparation for Crimea - Interlude at Sea - Mrs Duberly - Where to Land - An Army of Occupation at Last - Russian Response - Menshikov - The Allies Bogged Down - Mrs Duberly Ashore - A Ragged March - Prelude to Battle - At the Bulganak - 'Senior' Moments?
Chapter 7	Battle of the Alma - The Ground - Russian Order of Battle and Deployment - Allied Chaos - French Attack - British Indecision - Actions at the Redoubts - Raglan Forward - Kurgan Struggle - Highlanders Advance - Russian Withdrawal.
Chapter 8	Frustration for the Cavalry - The Butcher's Bill - Raglan Found Wanting - Clearing the Field - More Cavalry Problems - AThe Advance Resumed - A Risky Patrol - A Sketchy Plan - A Look at Sevastopol - Russian Activities in Sevastopol - Totleben - Which Way? - The Flank March - Unexpected Encounter - Loss of St Arnaud - More Trouble with the Earls - Tenacious Mrs Duberly.
Chapter 9	Nature of Ground - How & When Attack - Russians Dig In - British Blunder - Allies New Plan - French Settle In - Supply Problems - Distance to Lines - Yalta Incident - False News and Low Morale - Handling Guns - Navy Ashore - Lancasters - Breaking Ground - Russian Morale - Positioning Guns - Guns Details - First Bombardment - Allied Fleet Pounded - Death of Kornilov - Assault Abandoned.
Chapter 10	The Battle of Balaklava - An Open Flank - The Ground - Russian Initiatives - The Balaklava Defences - Saved in extremis? - False Alarms - The Russian Plan of Attack - The Russian Attacking Formations - The Battle Plan - An Unsettled Feeling - The Fall of the Redoubts - The Thin Red Line Established - British units involved - French Reactions - Lack of Urgency - An Ambiguous Order - The Harbour Cleared - Russian Cavalry Attack - The Attack Thwarted - Another Puzzling Order - The Heavy Cavalry Brigade - A Solid Command Structure - The Light Cavalry Brigade - The Light Brigade Anchored - A Pregnant Pause - Charge of the Heavy Brigade - A Wheeling Melée - Recriminations and Controversy - The Formula for Disaster - A Lack of Control - Knee Jerk Reactions - Incomprehension and Insolence - Preparations for Sacrifice - The Charge of the Light Brigade - The Valley of Doom - Formation not Maintained - Ordeal By Fire - Into the Battery - Behind the Guns - Cardigan and the First Line - Retreat on the South Side - Help from the French - Retreat on the North Side - Survivors Come In - After the Charge - Was the Charge Sounded? - What Was Achieved? - The Fall Guy - Final Word.
Chapter 11 [coming soon]	The Battle of Inkerman - Ground - British Picquets - Menshikov's Plan - Into Battle - British & French Units Engaged - Russian Delays - Hand to Hand Fight - The Sandbag Battery - The False Victory - Cathcart's Doomed Charge - The 0845 Attack - Allies in Trouble - Guns to the Rescue - Bosquet's Blunder - Sally from the Town - Stalemate on the Ridge - The Russians Withdraw.
Chapter 12 [coming soon]	Medical Resources - Shortage of Supplies - Evacuation Stages - Base Hospitals - The Barrack Hospital - Miss Nightingale - Nursing Group - Icy Welcome - Making the Best of it - Improving the Diet - Flood of Casualties - Nightingale's Abilities - Struggle for Repairs - Controlling Nurses.
Chapter 13 [coming soon]	Pigheaded Administrators - The Hurricane - Sea Disaster - Sudden Winter - Harbour Chaos - Appalling Suffering - Raglan's Responsibility - The Postal Service - Trench Warfare - Russian Sorties - Camp Life - Filth - Corruption and Incompetence - Help from the French.
Chapter 14 [coming soon]	The Besieged - Russian Psyche - Everyday Life - Menshikov Unpopular -Wives Support - Lack of Nurses - Sevastopolskaya - Pirogov's group - Getting Organised - Kornilov Missed - Defences Strengthened - Everyday Problems - New Year Celebrated.
Chapter 15 [coming soon]	The Home Front - Crimean Railway - Recruitment - On the Way - Parliament Recalled - Collective Literacy - Neglected Wounded - Voluntary Contributions - Hero of Balaklava - Blame and Challenge - Government Falls - Patriotic Public - Music Halls - Palmerston Elected - Raglan & Panmure - Investigations - Lucan Sacked - Recreation - 'Crimean' Winter.
Chapter 16 [coming soon]	Scutari and Hospitals - 'Stanley' Party - Religious Conflict -Kulalee Chaos - Nightingale's Administrative Problems - Railway Disorderly Navvies - Stage One to Kadikoi - Stage Two to the Col - Final Stretch - Battle of Eupatoria - Turks Reputation - Their Build-up - Russian Attack - Artillery Duel - Further Russian Attacks - Beaten off - Russian Withdrawal - Ugly Scenes - Neglected Importance - Scutari Kitchens - Soyer - Accepted by Panmure - Careful Preparation - Slow Route Out.
Chapter 17 [coming soon]	French Public Opinion - Emperor's Battle Plan - Niel & Pelissier - French Acquire British Ground - Fleet Changes - Menshikov Sacked - Tsar Dies - Sardinia - Tchernaya Clearance Aborted - White Works & French Attack - Allies Dither - Istomin Killed - Hand to Hand Fights - Sardinians Arrive - Their Order of Battle - Soyer at the Barrack - Williams - Mistakes at Kars - Plot Foiled - British and Continentals at Kars.
Chapter 18 [coming soon]	Balaklava Clean-up - Fenton - Transport Organisation - Plentiful Stores -Commission at Scutari - Shocking Findings - Savings Scheme - Seacole - British Hotel - Recreation - Railway Accident - 'Secret' Plan - Russian Garrison Depleted - 2nd Bombardment - Hand to Hand - Emperor in England - The Telegraph - Trench Warfare Increases - Railway Completed.
Chapter 19 [coming soon]	Russian Advances - French May Day Counter - Kersch & False Start - Canrobert Resigns - Pelissier in Command - Soyer and Nightingale to Crimea - Medical Minefield - Nightingale Holds Court - Hostility - Illness - Soyer Makes Progress - Pelissier & Raglan - Joint Strategy - Emperor Thwarted - Ebb and Flow in the Trenches - Kersch Expedition - Sardinians Settle in - Cholera - Balaklava Plain Retaken - Baidar Reconnaissance.
Chapter 20 [coming soon]	Concentration on Siege - Russian reinforcements - 3rd Bombardment - 'White Works' Attack - Mamelon Attack - Quarries Attack - Casualties Deplored - Volatile Pelissier - Cholera Again - Nightingale Back to Scutari - Planning the Endgame - Bosquet Transferred - 4th Bombardment - Tchernaya Diversion - Timings Changed - Failure of Assaults on Malakov and Redan - Casualties and Collection - Russian Rejoicing - Raglan and Blame - Pelissier Threatened - Sickness figures - Death of Raglan - Simpson Appointed - Death of Nakhimov.
Chapter 21 [coming soon]	Inside Sevastopol - Gloomy Allies - The Tunnellers - Sardinians Consolidate - Reporting Problems and Sensibilities - Omar Departs - Tsar Commands - Russian Doubts - Battle of the Tchernaya - Ground - Orders of Battle - Battle - Good for Sardinuians - Mary Seacole aids wounded - Sagging Russian Morale - 5th Bombardment - Russian Gunners - Soyer Stoves - Soyer in Crimea and Trials - Nightingale Recovering.
Chapter 22 [coming soon]	War in the Baltic - Kronstadt - Sveabourg - Sea War in Pacific and Arctic - Home Front - Vienna Conference - British Royals to France - War in the East - Garrison Shortages- Omar Setbacks.
Chapter 23 [coming soon]	Russian Patrols - Simpson Resigning - Renewed Assault Plans - British Not Close to Redan - French attack the Malakov - Initial Success - Russian Fightback - Traverse by Traverse - British Too Early - British Reverses - Malakov Taken - Failure Elsewhere - Russian Withdrawal from South Side - Loot - Seacole in Sevastopol.
Chapter 24 [coming soon]	Initial Celebrations - Balmoral - British Dismay at Defeat and Casualties - French Support Lacking and Cover Up - Use or Destroy Port - Rusians Fight On - Simpson Final Resignation - Preparations for Winter - Eupatoria Action - Kinburn Expedition - Mme Bazaine - Ironclads - Family Support for Nightingale - Inkerman Cafe - Nightingale Against Hall in Crimea - Muraviev Defeated at Kars - Garrison Starved - Omar Delayed by Superior Enemy Force - Kars Surrenders.
Chapter 25 [coming soon]	Speculation over Promotions - Preparations for Winter - Allied Reviews - Massive Explosion - Russian Gunfire - British Winter Kit Issue & Cavalry Evacuated - Relaxation & Diversions - Christmas Day - French Administrative Breakdown - Typhus Epidemic - Port Destruction - Musketry Practice - A Parade.
Chapter 26 [coming soon]	Just a Campaign - Vengeance Needed - Napoleon wants Peace - Austria Intermediary - British Sabotage - Agreement to Confer - Participants and Personalities - British Isolated - Russians Skilful - Treaty Signed - General Satisfaction - Scapegoats for Crimea Required - Board of Enquiry - Exonerated Generals - Whitewash Claim - Activities in Crimea after Truce - Hospitals Hard at Work - Nightingale Back in Crimea - Clashes with Hall - Repatriation and Celebration.
Chapter 27 [coming soon]	Legacies for (1) Alexis Soyer (2) Mary Seacole (3) Florence Nightingale (4) Fanny Duberly (5) The Sardinians (6) British Army Reform.
Sources	Sources, arranged chapter by chapter and linked from each chapter to the appropriate section in the page. An excellent resource in its own right for chasing down publications about the war.

Introduction ◄ ● ► Chapter One