Miscellaneous items

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Military Force of G^t. Britain in 1813

Population of Gr. Br. & Ireland in 1813 - rather more than 18 millions. - Parl. Debates vol. 21, p. 286

T.O.

Naval force of G.B. in 1813

Ships in commission 613 out of 1000 forming then the Br. Navy

For above (& other side) see
Alison, Vol. II p. 430 & Appendix A. ch: 76 —& Parl. Debates vol. 24 p. 346

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Indian Army - 1853

The Government has at its disposal, in round numbers, about 310,000 fully disciplined troops, of which about 22,000 are regular contingents under European Officers, paid by nation States, & 288,000 constitute the British Indian Army. Of this latter force the numbers attached to each Presidency are nearly as follows -

The different arms of the service are as follows.

The Army comprises

T.O.

The Europeans are classed as follows -

and the different arms are thus composed

The above is taken from Campbell's India "India as it may be" p.337

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Tel El Kebir

Colonel Sterling's Journal

"During the night between the 12^th & 13^th the whole force marched in line of columns at deploying interval.

The interval between the 1^st & 2^nd Divisions was nearly a mile but this was more or less occupied by artillery.

The special formation of the Highland Brigade was line of quarter columns of double companies of ½ battalion at deploying interval; thus the men were only 4 deep.

In the leading Brigade of the 1^st Division the Marines were in attached formation but their supporting companies were in column.

I saw nothing of the 84^th & 18^th regiments, as they were far to the right but the Guards Brigade formed the Coldstreams & Grenadiers for attack & kept the Scotch Guards in reserve.

At the first glimmers of dawn, the Highlanders found themselves within 200 yards of the position they were intended to attack & immediately went at it. The fire from the entrenchments was very heavy but luckily not over well directed.

The 3 regiments forming the right of Highland brigade made good their way up to & into the entrenchmts using more of the bayonet than of musketry fire. The left regmt was brought to a standstill their supporting this regmt the 46^th passed through them & carried the position before they did. The Highlanders lost somewhat heavily but their execution once in the redoubt & over the long ditch was portentous. I heard it estimated that they killed 6 or 700 men in a few minutes.

S's first perception of the battle was hearing a dozen shots on his left fired at or by the Highlanders. Then the flash of a big gun from a 25^lb shell pitching close alongside a cavalry vedette on our left front, then the musketry fire opened from the whole of the long line of the enemy's entrenchments. This confused [?] sound [?] at intervals by [?] fire from shell guns.

S. ordered to form his company for attack & advance. Advanced in open order with another company on the left about 200 yards "& then saw clearly the Marines on our right flank pushing their attack home. I was anxious to advance on their left as for a moment they were checked but I was just then struck by a bullet wh exhausted its small remaining force agst my revolver. I recovered my wind after a few minutes & then received orders to retire & form column in rear of the Grenadiers preparatory to making a turning movement to the right, & beyond the 2^nd Brigade. This movement of which I thoroughly disapproved was exted very slowly & steadily. The Marines began to gain ground again & we were re-extended in our old position & began the advance wh never stopped till we had occupied the enemy's entrenchments & passing through his 2^nd & 3^rd lines at w^h he failed in making any stand we arrived at the hill overlooking the bridge of Tel-El-Kebir & the railway station 3 miles Westward of his 1^st Line. As we travelled over the platform we ????? great numbers of ?????? & still more black Arabs.

The Cavalry passed rapidly round our right & crossing the ???? & the Canal by Tel El Kebir bridge they pushed on in pursuit along the further side of the Canal first to Bulbec's [?] & immediately afterwards to Cairo itself a matter of 60 & odd miles wh they or some of them did without any long halt.

The infantry wh had started on the S. side of the canal made good their way to the important Railway junction of Zagazig [?], a brilliant march of 32 miles.

Ditch of 1^st line 7 feet deep but I know one officer who led his horse over the ditch & parapet therefore it must have been broken down in some places.

We remained 24 hours at Tel El Kebir & then took Railway for Cairo

English losses

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Reports - plans - returns

Sick returns L^t. Divⁿ. Aug^st. /54

 do.    do.    D^r. Hall Aug^st. /54

Cr. Expⁿ. of 1855

Documents

Maps

Gen^l. Cator's acc^t. of resistance of Martello Tower at P^t. Licosa on Calabrian Coast in 1806.

Butcher's estimate of quantities & depôts of reserve ammⁿ., small arms, f^d. Art^y. & Battering train, & quantities fired at S^t. Sebastian. March 16/54

(N.B. "to open Filder's eyes")

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Rider to p. 458

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Wellington to Earl Bathurst July 8, 1815

"At all periods up to French Revolution, the actors in it have not scrupled to resort to falsehood either to give a colour to, or palliate their adoption or abandonment of any line of policy, & then they think that provided the falsehood answers the purpose of the moment they are fully justified'.

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Wolseley's Pocket book

4^th. Edition, p. 286

"Never for one moment suspend any movement or operation you may be engaged in because the enemy has sent you a flag of truce: his object may be to gain time for the arrival of re-inforcements or for the execution of some flank or turning operation."

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98 St George's Square
SW
10 March 1877

Dear Mr Kinglake

During leisure moments at the War Office I have been looking over your "Balaclava" volume. Should the new edition still be under revise you may think it desirable to make a note of the slight corrections as regards names & ranks held at the time, which I have put down on the enclosed list.

Yours very truly
J W Armstrong

Volume 4 - Balaclava

JWA

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Map showing the course we took in one of our rides near Sebastopol Sept. '69

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War Office

24 April 1872

My dear Kinglake

I write now just to thank you for your letter.

I have no doubt I shall apply to you again; but officially the graves in the Crimea belong to the Foreign Office, and I have asked Enfield to put that mighty body in motion.

My province is to grovel to the Treasury every now & then, which I have done to perfection.

Very truly yours
Edward Cardwell

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4 Nov 90

My dear Kinglake

Last spring I had a request from a publisher to write a volume which was to be the first of a series "Events of Our Time" and my subject "The War in the Crimea." I had long intended to write a single volume on that subject, and altho' the time for the work was that of the Parliamentary Session, and consequently the most inconvenient for me, yet I was so glad to be spared all the trouble of publishing for myself that I agreed to undertake it. It is on the eve of publication and you will receive a copy tomorrow, which I beg you to accept. You will, of course, find your authority quoted in many cases. The space of one volume will not admit of much detail and your brilliant history must always be resorted to by those who want to know more of the war than the general course of it.

Since the close of the session I have been much away from home, or I should have been out to see you. I hope you have enjoyed the fine autumn.

With kind regards
Yours sincerely
Edward Hamley

15 Jan 1890

My dear Eothen

At last I've found an Eothen (book) of 1846 (Galignani's edition). The bit about L^y. Hester is exactly as it is in mine & y^rs. So you must have been the omitter not the printers devil.

Alas, my story!

I do hope you are keeping clear of Influenza? Here it exists in a very slight form. But my poor sister-in-law who left us on the 26^th Dec^r. has it badly in Paris, mixed with bronchitis. She w^d. go.

Our weather is simply divine. No fire in the middle of the day, open windows & a brilliant sun.

I am making a large new vineyard, & had a tremendous row because the men cut the roots of a fine olive tree. After I had blown them all up they confided to my own pet man that I was "terribile", when angry, & got scant comfort from him, because he said they were in the wrong, & I in the right. The consequence has been that they have say [sic] it will blow away the Influenza. I hope it will. Lacaita is better & goes out, he talks of going to Amalfi to his sister-in-law M^rs Reade whose husband has a beautiful Villa there which was a convent in old days.

My sister-in-law poor love, is still very ill in Paris. I wish she were here.

Give my love to Miss Alice, & forgive such a stupid letter. I am still a miserable creature.

Yrs ever Affectl^y
Janet

3 Feb.

My dearest Eothen

Oh dear I hope you have not had the Influenza! I have had such a time of it. First Henry had it sharply & was very unwell, he is still shut up. Then I had it in a rheumatic form & walked about all one night & all next day in agonies of pain. Then 3 contradini had it in one house, & 4 in another, & then all the remaining contradini had it, & 2 of the four last had relapses, & I had to go & make poultices & insist on hot milk & wine being taken & quinine, which they declared w^d. affect their brains & make them mad! We are all like old rags & so weak. But the worst of all is that a real good friend of mine M^r. Middlemore came here on his way to Rome, very well & full of his work & died in 3 days of it! at an hotel. I never even knew he was ill poor fellow or s^d. have gone to Rome to see after him.

I have sent part of my M.S. to Murrays Magazine, we'll see if they'll take it. Hy. Reeve said I s^d. make more money in a Magazine; and as that is my immediate object, I followed his advice.

We have been enjoying a tremendous gale. I hate wind, but they worked doubly hard.

My dear old friend Lacaita is I hear very ill at Leucarpide, so I've written to offer to go & do sicknurse if he is alone there. How I wish c^d. kill off some of the many useless young scions of Florentine families & give their blood & years to him. The best & truest of friends & advisers. No one can ever replace him. Such acute sense & sound judgement & such kindness.

Give my love to Miss Alice & please bring out at once a new edition of Eothen with L^y. Hester's prophecy in it.

Ever my beloved Eothen
Y^rs Affect^ly
Janet

Sunday Morn^g

My dear Grove

The Bearer Frances Melody served under my command in the Fusiliers for a considerable period & afterward went to the 6^th Rifles making a service in the whole twenty four years. He has two Boys who he is desirous of getting into the Hibernian School, one eleven years old & the other six. Could you manage to get them in the Establishment, if so instruct him what he is to do.

Yours very sincerely
Edw Blakeney