Read’s Orders On Mount Sapoune And Fediouchine Heights
The document outlines Zin Read’s defensive posture at Mount Sapoune with guns flanking both directions. It details holding right hills with first line troops and assigning sappers to irrigations and bridge work for rapid artillery and cavalry redeployments across the Tchernaya. It notes Read to stay on Fediouchine heights awaiting orders and fortify post-battle positions.
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Mount Sapoune
Read
Tchernaya
Fediouchine
Mount Gasforte
Emperor Napoleon writes to General Pelissier on Crimea victory
The letter praises the Tcher-naya victory and allied superiority in open field fighting. It congratulates Pelissier on his measures and predicts Sebastopol will soon fall. The emperor orders regiments in France to relieve those in the East for rest and renewed efforts.
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Tchernaya
Sebastopol
Crimea
France
Palace of St. Cloud
Napoleon
Affair of Hango Udd Letter Between Dundas and Dolgorouk
The Journal de St Petersburgh publishes Admiral Dundas's protest to Prince Dolgorouky over the retention of Cossack crew survivors. Dolgorouky replies that Geneste landed without proper flag of truce and defends Russian officers while closing the correspondence. St Petersburg, July 25, 1855.
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de St. Petersburgh
Dundas
Prince Dolgorovky
Prince Dolgorouky
l’Amiral
Hango-Udd
Geneste
Royal Navy
Denmark
M. l'Amiral
Prince Docorovuky
St. Petersburg
Battle of the Tchernaya Report Reveals Losses
Prince Gorchakoff’s official battle dispatch details heavy Russian losses at Tchernaya. Generals Read Weimann and Dverchky are among the dead. He blames the defeat on impetuousness of the right attack columns.
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the Tchernaya
Hamesure
Gortschakoff
King demands Kalergi dismissal amid Russian influence
Dispatches from Sebastopol dated August 28 indicate no major events as Berlin reports a plan to expand the Russian Black Sea fleet with thirteen gun ships in Nicolaies. Some doubt the Berlin claim given Russia’s lack of funds and sailors. News from Constantinople says many French reserve troops may sail to the Crimea. The Invalide Ruse on the 21st details Sveaborg bombardment fires and assigns three hundred to the casualties.
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Sebastopol
Berlin
Black Sea
Nicolaies
Russia
Constantinople
Crimea
Sveaborg
Kamiesch Moves to Cleared Status for Doubtful Characters
The Presse d Orient reports Kamiesch will purge doubtful characters and expel anyone unable to prove a well defined occupation. The measure targets residents lacking clear employment or role in the community.
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Presse d’ Orient
Kamiesch
Queen Victoria Returns from Paris Amid Enthusiastic Reception
The Queen left Paris on Monday with the Prince of Wales and suite after a grand farewell at St. Cloud. Crowds cheered as the Imperial carriages moved through Rue Rivoli to the station, where officials welcomed them before the train departed. The visit impressed Parisians, with scenes of generosity and a poignant moment when the Emperor awarded a wounded Guard cross.
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England
Paris
Queen Victoria
St. Cloud
Strasbourg
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Earl of
Rivoli
Rue de la Paix
Place Vendome
Napoleon
Cent Guards
Emperor
Prince Albert
Vaillant
Magnan
Canrobert
Tuileries
Northern Railway
Baron James. Rothschild
Seine
Loewenstine
National Guard of
Majesty
Persigny
Walewski
Billault
Rouher
Hamelin
Fould
Prince Napoleon
Hervoix
St. Germain’s
James
Neuilly
Duke of Orleans
Voltiteur
Sebastopol
Legion of Honour
Spectacular Imperial Departure Through Paris Boulevards
Monday's sunlit procession escorted by National Guard and regular army marked a formal Versailles to Paris departure. The Imperial carriage led by eight horses, with Magnan and Loewenstein nearby, moved at a foot pace past Rue Castriglione to the Boulevards and station amid drums, trumpets, and shouts of Vive la Reine.
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National Guard
Garde de Paris
Sergens de Ville
St. Cloud
Tuileries
Strasbourg
Rue Castiglione
Place Vendome
Rue de la Paix
Paris
Prince Albert
Princess Royal
Marshal Magnan
Loewenstein
Prince of Wales
Prince Napoleon
V. A
M. de Baroche
M. de Persigny
Lord Cowley
Count Walewski
M. Fietri
M. Haussmann
Seine
Baron Rothischild
Northern Railway
M. Petit
M. ‘Perrier
Count de Segur
Duc Des Galliers
M. Sayr
M. "Roux
M. Bossange
Edwards, Sauvage
Vinguer
Strasburg
Queen
Amiens
Duhamel
Boyer
Arrival of Her Majesty in France with Royal Party
The royal train brought Queen Victoria Prince Albert the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal with a French imperial party to the hotel. Salutes of 101 guns fired from the heights answered by ships in the roads as troops lined the route for a ceremonial review of about 50 000 by four camps at Wimereux Honvault Ambleteuse Equihen. The procession featured lancers dragoons carabineers and Cent Gardes and rockets traveled two leagues after the review.
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Prince Albert
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Prince Napoleon
Marshal Buraguay d’Hilliers
Comte de Montebello
Colonel Fleury
Baron James Rothschild
Mons
Achille Adam
France
Marchioness of
Ely
Emperor
God Save the Queen
Honvault
Ambleteuse
Equihen
Wimereux
Grand Dinner With Royal Guests At Hotel du Pavilion
At eight o clock the royal party dined in the Hotel du Pavilion Imperiale. Fifty covers were laid. Distinguished attendees included Queen Victoria, the Emperor of the French with Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Napoleon, and high-ranking nobles and officers.
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Hotel du Pavilion Imperiale
Queen Victoria
Prince Albert
Prince of Wales
Princess
Royal
Prince Napoleon
Comte de Montebello
Fleury
Marshal
Baraguay D’hilliers
Marquis Belmont
Marquis de la Grange
Madame de Laceyere
Madame Rayneval
Empress
Earl of Clarendon
Embarkation of Her Majesty and Royal Seacraft Sightings
The Emperor accompanied the Queen to sea in the Royal yacht at 11:15. He later returned to Bologna aboard the Ariel, the French steamer, by 12:30. Illuminations were splendid.
Versailles fete marks epoch in Victoria visit to France
The Moniteur reports Queen Victoria's reception in Paris and Versailles as a symbol of cordiality between nations. Versailles glowed with festive light as Emperor's guests entered by the Prince's staircase while their Majesties used the marble stairs, signaling a milestone in royal relations.
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Versailles
Louis XIV
Queen Victoria
France
Chateau
England
Prince Albert
Marie
Antoinette
Strauss
Dufresne
Albert
Mathilde
Prince of
Bavaria
Princess Royal
Napoleon
Louis XV
Eau Des Suisses
Count Bacciocchi
Windsor Castle
Fen
Fairyland
Paris
Versailles Ball for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
The article describes a lavish state entertainment at the palace of Versailles for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Emperors and empresses, a thousand musicians, elaborate lighting, water features, and a grand mirror gallery set a fairyland scene. The event included fireworks, a grand supper, and a late-night ball as guests departed for Paris.
Arrival of Her Majesty at Osborne
This morning the royal yacht Victoria and Albert was sighted twenty miles beyond the Nab light ship at seven thirty. By eight ten the hull appeared and by nine Osborne, with the Vivid following, arrived after a royal salute from Spithead. Weather was beautiful.
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PortsMouth
Turspay Monninc
Royal Yacht
Spithead
Osborne
Vivide
Victoria and Albert
Vivid
Queen in Paris Sends Thanks for Paris Reception
Lord Clarendon quotes Queen Victoria expressing sincere thanks to the Prefect of the Seine and Paris municipal corps for a splendid reception. The monarch notes the arts and war memorials, mutual alliance, and enduring ties between France and Britain forged through a war justly undertaken and now yielding lasting friendship.
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Seine
Lord Clarendon
Paris
Monsieur le Prefet
France
Clarendon
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