Bombardment Recommenced at Sebastopol in War Coverage
Reports from Monday papers confirm the French and English batteries opened on the 9th near Sebastopol. Gen Robert notes that allied fire was superior day one, while Russian accounts say the cannonade caused heavy losses to attackers. An envoy from Schamul is to visit the allied camp as alliances form with France England and Turkey.
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Sebastopol
Canrobert
Menschikoff
Vienna
Schamul
Caucasus
France
England
Turkey
Dorcas Society
Bull runs amok as guards kill wounded beast in Asia Minor notice
April 21 242 Weekly Chronicle describes a bull rampage near huts in Asia Minor where soldiers pelted it with stones. The animal charged assailants as frantic groups shouted for shots. A rifle from a Guards officer finally ended the ordeal, with stray firing injuring a private.
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the Weekly Chronicle
Asia Minor
Scraps From Camp Letters Amid War Observations
Reports from the camp detail observers from England on sanitary efforts and fuzes from 1798 to 1804. Descriptions include shells, depots on the Danube, and Russian exchanges. Balaklava’s transformation with railways, ships, hospitals, and semaphore signaling.
Balaklava Dispatch Reports Sanitation and Spies
The Leander’s crew join the Naval Brigade at Balaklava while the Sanitarium overseen by Dr Jephson expands with huts and a water supply system. A Russian woman spy is captured after inquiry by General Canrobert, and Balaklava hosts a wild bull episode as residents chase the animal through the town.
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Naval Brigade
Union
Blue Jackets
Jephson
Scutari
Abydos
Smyrna
Balaklava
Lord Raglan
George’ Brown
Gavin
Sanitary Commission
Black Sea
Canrobert
Boninoff
Prince Menechikoff
Malta
Asia Minor
Prisoners of War Promotions Rule Amid War Court Orders
The Crimea General Order dated March 15, 1855, ends promotion withholding for officers captured in war. Captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels may receive substantive rank and ante-dated commissions after exchange. A court of inquiry will assess each capture, with sworn declarations by the president and members.
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Horse Guards
Court of Inquiry
C. D
Chueh
Viscount Hanoincz
A. Werneratt
The Bashi Bazouks at Eupatoria Stand of Plunderers
A Daily News correspondent reports Eupatoria hosts a large mixed force of bashi bazouks from Anatolia Kurdistan Egypt and Tunis praising their gear and riding skills. The piece notes their uniforms bedding and weapons including lances yataghans and curved sabres and mocks Western cavalry limitations.
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Eupatoria
Daily News
Dobrudacha
Ele
Anatolia
Kur- Gistan
Crimea
Egypt
Tunis
Desert
Scutari Letter Details Reinforcements for Crimea Hospitals
A Times letter from Scutari reports ongoing reinforcements for Bosphorus and Crimea hospitals. It notes Nightingale’s corps gaining eight nurses with twelve more expected, thirty more arriving for Kululee, and five civilian surgeons aiding Bosphorus facilities. Chaplains, Presbyterian ministers, and Catholic clergy numbers are listed alongside deaths of Ludlow and Ludlow’s nurse-attendant.
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Scutari
Misa Nightingale
Kululee
Bosphorous
Crimea
Huilicart
Malta
Esprest
Smyrna
England
Drennan
O'Dwyer
Butt
Abydos
M’grigor
Austrians in the Principalities Reported Crimes
A private letter from Bucharest quoted by the Times details Austrian excesses in the Principalities. It cites Croat soldiers entering Craiova, murdering the wife of a private home occupant and wounding her husband, with authorities slow to act. Further, an Austrian officer assaulted a woman and killed her husband, provoking widespread horror.
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Bucharest
Times
Fokshanj
Plojeshti
Cmjova
Saya
Craiova
Stirbey
Criiova
Crien
Soma
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Danube
Edmund Lyons
Constantinople
St. Hilda
Orient
George Pollock
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