Siege of Sebastopol Dispatches Report Troop Actions
Lord Raglan reports progress near Sebastopol with parallel work by British and French forces, casualty returns, and notes on naval and artillery fire. Officers and privates from multiple regiments suffer varying injuries as operations continue under adverse conditions.
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Sebastopol
Craigie
Royal Engineers
Engineer Park
Simpson
John M'Neill
Tulloch
Balaklava
Panmure
Raglan
Lord Raglam
A. D.craigie
Royal Engineere
J. B. Forster
62Nd Foot
John ‘Widows
97Th Foot
John McGuire
55Th Foot
William Callaghan
34Th Foot
Patrick Cunningham
41St Foot
Owen Whelan
18Th Foot
Thomas Gately
Wiles Heritage
Francis Burfoot
Thomas Saddler
44Th Foot
John Connors
Timothy Connell
77Th Foot
James Clarke
Hugh McBride
Royal Artillery
St. Marchi
Francis Haynes
38Th Foot
John Singleton
John Navin
James Downes
James Lawrence
George Miller
Patrick Guering
John’ Hough
William Huntley
Jeremiah Ward
Francis Carty
James Hargreaves
Joseph’ Peverett
Michael Farrell
Hugh Reilly
William Grange
Destruction of the Djimiteia Tower by Viper
Royal Albert off Sebastopol March 17 reports Sir Edmund Lyons on HM vessel Viper destroying the Martello Tower and Barracks at Djimiteia built to defend the Anapa to Kertch route. Lieutenant Armytage led the operation praised by Captain Giffard and officers for effective fire and support from Le Bris Moore Crausura and others.
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Edmund Lyons
Diamithia
Viper
Royal Albert
Sebastopol
Gifford
N.M
Leopard
Armitage
H.M
Djimiteia
Anapa
Kertch
Sir Edmund
Armytage
Giffard
le Bris
Moore
Crausura
Attack on Soujak Bay by Circassians and Russian forces
Rear Admiral George Dundas reports Leopard and Highflyer engaging at Soujak Bay on March 12 13 1855. Circassians attack the fort driving out garrison. Russians suffer casualties while ships damage fortifications and guns. Casualties listed. morale boosted by destruction of Gromonosetz and Zouaves guard flag pledge.
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Soujak
Leopard
Soujak Bay
Ghelenjik
Monsieur le Bris
Fulton
Stant
Soujak Kalé
Moore
Craufurd
Armytage
Anapa
Georce Girrarp
Edmund Lyons
Bart
David Marchment
Royal Marine Artillery
George Davis
William Brewert
Royal Marines
Highflyer
Soujak- Kalé
James Rickard
A. B
Jeremiah O'Brien
Lord Raglan Complaints Over Newspaper Intelligence
The Duke of Newcastle reports Lord Raglan’s protest at published war intelligence. He urges editors to supervise letters from correspondents and officers to home friends, expunge details aiding the enemy, and warn editors to vet content before publication.
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Lord Raglan
Duke of Newcastle
Certidin
Crimea
War Department
Raglan
Lam
Despatch from General Canrobert on Crimean trenches
General Canrobert reports from Crimea dated March 17 on night operations against enemy ambuscades before the Mala koff Tower and efforts to extend parallels near the Malakoff, noting Captain Guilhot’s death and praised troops for energetic assaults despite heavy musketry and grape shot.
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Crimea
Monsieur le Maréchal
Malakoff
Guilhot
Bosquet
Niel
Bizet
Malakoff Tower
Suil
Spring return lifts besieged army near Balaklava camps
The Times correspondent reports springlike warmth and new health among allied troops near Balaklava. Vegetation blooms amid camp life as drafts, convalescents, and fresh supplies bolster numbers, with rail lines advancing, sanatoriums improving, and huts rising at Balaklava. Siege works continue with mixed attacker and defender advances and renewed artillery activity around Sebastopol.
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Times
Au Couleur de Rose
Balaklava
Keene
R.J
Major Hall
Lord Raglan
McMurdois
Simpson
John McNeil
Sebastopol
Eupatoria
Iaid Sebastopol
Siege Reports from Balaklava and Inkerman Earn Mixed Outcomes
The dispatch describes French and allied actions near Balaklava and Inkerman with counterattacks by Cossacks, heavy artillery additions, and naval movements. It notes uncertain Russian pressure, occasional repulses, and mounting camp fever as conditions at the siege persist.
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Camelon
Tower of Malakoff
Kamara
Gabions
Ee Ragnar
Lord Panmure
Adin
Foreign’ Legion
Foot Chasseurs
2Nd Regiment
The
Foreign Legion
Imperial Guard
Army of the
East
Marshal
Army of the East
Canrodert
Newcastle
Canrobert
Isis
Tlevald
Woronzow
Inkerman
Kumiesch
M‘neille
Commissariat
Ali Bey
Sinope
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