Rations curtailed and cholera hit Piedmont troops in camp
The letter details reduced rations for soldiers, severe cholera losses for the Piedmontese, and high sickness among Russians. It notes officers appointed to support Constantinople operations, the need for disciplined leadership amid mixed French and English influence, and vivid observations on field conditions and combat at the Quarry.
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Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar
Grenadier Guards
Neville
Royal Regiment
Constantinople
Shearman
Forster
62Nd Regiment
Grenadiers
Coldstreams
Scots Fusilier Guards
Omer Pacha
Airey
Fortifications of Erzeroom A French style plan
A letter from a well informed correspondent describes General Williams proposing city fortifications at Erzeroum to protect depots. Surveying and mobilization succeed with 1000 men daily, Colonel Calendrelli supervising and Williams driving efforts. Three redoubts near completion will mount fifteen piege guns for defense.
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Erzeroum
Vassif Pacha
Williams
Calendrelli
Turko-Russian War Era Redoubts In Erzeroum Inaugurated
A crew of 2000 men fills the new fortifications at Erzeroum as three redoubts named Abdul Mjedrabiya Vassif Pachatubia and Williams are inaugurated with a state ceremony. A Turkish artillery review follows with praise for the gun crews and a large crowd celebrates the defenses against further Russian attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voujouks
Consis
Williams
Abdul Mejidrabia
Suri Nichan
Vassif Pachatubia
Erzeroum
Russia
Culinary campaign of nurse Nightingale’s ally in Crimea
In a letter to the editor the author recounts accompanying Miss Nightingale to the Crimea to organize hospitals and teach cooking to soldiers, detailing plans to dispatch a civilian cook and establish bivouac cookery using 24 ration meals, with receipts prepared for distribution. The writer notes readiness of a new staff of warrior-cooks and a planned second voyage to Crimea from Scutari, Barrack Hospital, June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mons. Sover
Crimea
Smm
Bracebridge
Sisters of Charity
Miss Nightingale
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Iam
Kulalee
Scutari
Commissariat
Tehall
Regulation on private stores aboard transports at Balaklava
Captain Heath directs master dispatches to allow limited private stores on private spec, with prices kept near shore rates. A list of private goods must be presented on arrival, and stewards warned not to charge more than the set markups. Trading beyond limits will halt the ship’s operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Balaklava
Turkey
TL. G. Hearn
First Day of Bairam Observed in Constantinople
The article describes Ramazan ending at sunset and the first day of Bairam beginning at dawn in Constantinople. Crowds flood the Golden Horn bridge and streets as the Sultan and dignitaries parade from the Seraglio to the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet. Veiled Turkish ladies watch from elite houses along the procession route.
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Bairam
Ramazan
Constantinople
Pera
Golden Horn
Canaletti
Seraglio
Sultan's yearly homage amid Ottoman pageantry and European intrusions
The procession begins near a green and gold fountain with Armenian art and a gate, then the Sultan and ministers arrive at the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet. English visitors push into the sacred precincts, provoking a Protestant church remark, while guards and youths in Bairam attire mingle with veterans. The scene ends with a green and gold frocked Sheik ul Islam and a polka played as dignitaries pass before the throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamboul
Louis Quinza
Ottoman Empire
Redshid Pasha
Fuad
Fuad Pasha
Danube
Armenia
Sultan
Mussulmans
Seraglio
Sheik-ul- Aslam
The Austrians in Bucharest
A Bucharest correspondent reports ongoing Austrian conduct marked by pillage and killings. He cites a wine cask theft of 1 600 hectolitres and a fatal bayonet attack on a cabaret keeper, noting hushed incidents amid international silence and conflicting defenses.
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Bucharest
Transylvania
Meyer
London
Paris
Vienna
M.de Bourqueney
Telegraphic Link Planned Between Switzerland and Russia
Telegraphic communication between Switzerland and Russia will be opened on the first of next month. Reports note a number of Russian prisoners are employed on public works in the Dordogne department of France. Advertisements in St. Petersburg journals show plans of Sebastopol and its environs with clear depictions of siege works camps and lines of circumvallation.
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Switzerland
Russia
Dordogne
France
Fleet off Cronstadt reports destroyed infernal machines
Telegraphic despatch states the fleet is off Cronstadt. Forty six infernal machines were found and destroyed. One exploded on the Exmouth's poop injuring Admiral Seymour and Captain Louis. Lieutenant Pierce was slightly hurt.
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Cronstadt
Exmouth
Seymour
Louis
Pierce
Colonel Yea Remembered for Royal Fusiliers Service in 1854
Col Yea commanded the Royal Fusiliers through the Hastern campaign of 1854 and led the first brigade of the Light Division. He was made Colonel in December last and his corps suffered heavily at the Alma.
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Yea
Royal Fusiliers
Alma
Parliament Proceedings Narrowly Move Bills in Lords and Commons
In the Lords and Commons a slow progress of several bills was noted with limited debate. Government plans favor advancing Education Bills to a second reading and sending them to a select committee while other measures like Ireland related statutes may be abandoned. Adjournment came early.
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Mouse OF Commons
Monnay
Psiumeksron
Ordnance Board
Tenants’ Compensation
Ireland
Conduct of Austria in the Crimea War debated in Lords
Lord Lyndhurst argues Austria could have stronger Allied cooperation against Russia. He contends timid policy delayed advantage gained by Austria’s neutrality and asserts Vienna conferences ended without a harmful punishment of Russia. He notes Austria’s frontier actions and finances shape its stance toward future wars.
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Austria
Lynpuunrst
Vienna
Lord Lyndhurst
Russia
Aberdeen
Turkey
Europe
Sebastopol
Earl of Clarenton
England
France
Hess
Crimea
Prussia
Danube
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Transport. Service
Heath
Black Sea
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Dantsic
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Turspay
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