The Crimean War as Covered in “Illustrated London News”, Vol. 25 (July-December, 1854) (original) (raw)

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30 September

• Encampment of the Grenadiers, p. 320
• British infantry at Gallipoli, p. 321
• Sebastopol Harbour, p. 325.

7 October

• Lloyd's Merchants' Room, p. 333•••
• The Fleet at Varna, p. 349
• Plan of the Relative Positions of the Russians and of the Allies, The Bay of Kalamita, Sebastopol, p. 351.

14 October

• St. Arnaud, Battle of Alma, p. 357
• Balaclava prisoners, p. 359•••
• Gaol at Lewes, in which the Russian prisoners are confined, p. 360
• New Cavalry Corps. — The Mounted Staff, p. 372•••
• Official list of those killed and wounded at Alma, p. 373•••
• Toula encampment, p. 376.
• The Heights of Alma: Grand Charge of the Guards, pp. 388-89•••

21 October

• Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly explaining his sketch of Sebastapol to the Sultan, 302

4 November

• Siege of Sebastopol — Dr. Smith's New Ambulance Waggon, p. 448•••

11 November

• A Picturesque Map of the Seat of the War, showing The Danubian Provinces, Turkey, Asia Minor, Southern Russia, and the Crimea, p. 451•••
• The Siege of Sebastopol, p. 469: Camp of General, Sir De Lacey Evans. . . (above); British encampment (below).•••
• Crimea, pp. 476-77.

18 November

• The Battle of Balaclava: The Charge of the Light Cavalry, p. 501•••
• Siege of Sebastopol. Part of Captain Wodehouse's Battery, p. 508
• The Siege of Sebastopol, p. 509.

23 December

• The Charge of the Light Cavalry, p. 676
• The Charge of the Light Cavalry, p. 677•••
• The Charge of the Light Cavalry, p. 676-77•••
• (with transcribed Commentary, "The Battle of Balaclava," p. 678).

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