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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 16, 1855
Page
1
Dispatches from Varna dated June 8 to June 11 1855 report 62 cannons taken in the redoubts and 13 officers captured with substantial losses. Reports describe enemy demonstrations failing and new batteries being prepared while cholera admissions decline among several dispersed units.
The report lists 122 non commissioned officers drummers and privates killed 510 wounded and 15 missing across the English forces on June 7 8. Officers killed include Muller Lawrence Stone Shearman Dickson Machell Forster Bayley Corbett Wray Lowrey and several others from 62nd 88th and 34th Regiments with many wounded backs up the losses and service histories.
A detailed report describes the capture of the Quarry Work between Frenchman's Hill and the Redan during the third bombardment. It notes its strong parapet and linked rifle pits, the need to seize the Quarry and Mamelon simultaneously, and the heavy casualties suffered by approaching troops.
A reader’s letter recalls Sardinian troops near Kamara drawing Russian spy accusations after two navvies were detained. It praises Sardinian camp design, oven fashion, and shading bows, notes their strict picquet routine, and recounts a near-marooned sortie where the writer rode past unchallenged before finding the outposts were in Coasack hands.
A correspondent notes Zouaves perform nightly in the French camp near the Old Windmill behind the Light Division. He planned a Thursday visit but found many performers in the trenches and the show postponed.
A reporter describes entering a large canvas tent theatre used by soldiers. The stage measures about 20 by 10 feet with a green room behind and an amphitheatre for officers. Painted panels show arms, armour, ice and female figures, while a comic Zouave learns his part with a prompter.
Letters from Kertch and Yeni Kale recount misery in Sebastopol and port areas. Miss Nightingale weakened, Rifle Brigade sharpshooters stationed, and regiments cheered as Kertch was captured. Signals mention new batteries, raiding craft, and cautious fronts along Tchernaya with Cossack outposts nearby.
A friend crossing below the aqueduct bridge was halted by sentries who refused passage. He secured his box and crossed the stream where the water ran high and the horse swam. On land the Sardinians forced him to swim back and retrace to the crossing point despite his protests.
A Courrier de Marseille letter from before Sebastopol describes French troops in the Tchernaya Valley enjoying green fields and fresh water. The piece details encampments, fortifications, and the two batteries Gringalet senior and junior renamed Gringalet and Bilboquet. It notes the left town chapel of the cemetery captured, its valuables saved for headquarters.
Official reports detail allied flotilla actions against Taganrog Marienpol and Geisk with fires gutting Russian store magazines and minimal casualties. Sir George Brown’s detailed account of the Kertch expedition notes successful landing at Yenikale and rapid establishment of positions under fog and coastal bombardment, while enemy batteries were blown up and evacuated.
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