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INDEX. 321 lan's reproof, 309— its good effect, ib. — his increasing ascendancy, ib. — the whole Allied Armada together at sea, ib. — the fleets again parted, 310 — step taken by French officers to stop the expedition, ib. — conference on board the Ville de Paris, 311— St A maud disabled by illness, 312— un- signed paper read to the conference, ib. — St Arnaud leaves all to Lord Raglan, 313 — conference adjourned to the Caradoc, 314 — Lord Raglan's way of dealing with the French re- monstrants, 316 — his now complete ascendant, ib. — the English fleet at the point of rendezvous, 317 — Lord Raglan's reconnaissance of the coast, ib. — he chooses the landing-place, 31S — the whole Armada converges upon the coast of the Crimea, 319— St Ar- naud's sudden recovery, 321 — the pro- gress made by Lord Raglan during St Arnaud's illness, ib. — our ignor- ance of the country and the enemy's strength, 322 — gives to the expedition the character of an adventure, 323. Unopposed seizure of Eupatoria, 324 — the whole Armada gathers to- wards the chosen landing-place, 327 — the landing-place, 328 — step taken by the French in the night, 329 — destroys the plan of landing, 330 — Sir E. Lyons's way of dealing with the emergency, ib. — new landing- place found for the English at Kam- ishlu, 331 — position of the English flotilla adapted to the change, 334 — position of the inshore squadrons, 335 — of the main English fleet, ib. — plan of the landing, 336 — General Airey, ib.— the first day's landing, 342 — zeal and energy of the sailors, 345 — wet night's bivouac, 346— con- tinuance of the landing, 347 — its com- pletion, 348 — by the English, French, and Turks, ib. — deputations from the Tartar villages to the English head- quarters, 350 — residt of exploring expeditions, 351 — freedom of the English army from crime, 352 — kindly intercourse between our sol- diery and the villagers, ib.— the duty of sweeping the country for sup- plies, 353 — Airey's seizure of a con- voy, 355 — the forces now on shore, 358. Nature of the next intended opera- tions, 358 — comparison between re- gular operations and the system of the ' movable column,' 359 — the Allies to operate as a movable column, 365 — perilous character of the march from Old Fort, 367 — the fate of the Allied armies dependent upon the firmness of the left, 36S — the French take the right, 369 — their trustfulness and good sense, VOL. IX. 370 — the advance begun, the order of march, ib. — the march, o"3 — sickness and failing strength of many of the soldiers, 375 — the stream of the Bul- ganak, 376— the affair of the, 377— apparently dangerous position of the English army, 383 — Lord Raglan causes it to bivouac in order of battle, ib. — position on the Alma, iii. 1 — Mentschikoff's plan for availing him- self of the position, 9— his forces, 10 —disposition of his troops, 14 — forces originally posted in the part of the position assailed by the French, 15 — in the part of the position assailed by the English, 16 — forces of the Allies, 20 — the tasks taken by the French and the English respectively, 21 — conference between St Arnaud and Lord Raglan, 22 — the French plan, 23 — the part taken by Lord Raglan at the conference, ib. — French plan for the operations of the English army, 25 — St Arnaud's demeanour, 26 — result of the conference, ib. — march of the Allies, 27— causes de- laying the march of the English army, 28— the last halt of the Allies before the battle, 31— meeting be- tween St Arnaud and Lord Raglan, 33. The Battle : Bosquet's advance, 35 — he divides his force, ib. — disposi- tion of the main body of the French army, 36— of the English army, ib. — the leading divisions of the English army deploy into line, 38— the Light Division not on its right ground, ib. — the march continued, 40— spectacle presented to the Russians by the ad- vance of the Allies, 41 — notion which the Russian soldiers had been taught to entertain of the English army, 42 — surprise at the sight of the Eng- lish array, ib. — fire from the ship- ping, 43 — movement of Russian troops without orders, ib. — cannon- ade directed against the English line, 44 — men of leading division ordered to lie down, 45 — cannonade against Lord Raglan and his staff, 49 — the Allies could now measure their front with that of the enemy, 51 — the village of Bourliouk set on fire by the enemy, 54 — effect of this mea- sure on the English line of battle, ib. — General Bosquet's operations, 55— after a momentary check, he estab- lishes himself on a cliff, 60 — measures taken by the Russians, ib. — the effect of Bosquet's turning movement upon Mentschikoff, 61 — his measures for dealing with it, 63 — cannonade be- tween Mentsehikoffs artillery ami that of Bosquet, 64 — Bosquet's posi- tion, 66 — the order into which the Allies fell, 67 — artillery contest, 6s. X