| Description | Written from the Camp before Sebastopol.
Receipt of letter of the 22nd: bombardment of town ineffective, inconveniently keeping them awake all night and preventing them taking their customary nap before breakfast: extent of damage not known, but unlikely to have been great, with the Russian guns still firing and repairs done in the night: supposition they have maps at home to give an idea of their works, but probably wrong from what he has seen: sapping up to the Redan, but the Mamelon (hill before the Malakoff Tower) needs to be taken before they advance: expedition of 10000 men and 40 ships sent to take Kertsch, with recall of the French and British fleets, leading to deductions about peace: counter-order to the Sardinians on their way up there: being potted meaning to be shot at, leading to pun of Sardines being potted: weather hot with nothing going on: his being late and his missing some French theatre acted by soldiers of the Zouave (put on weekly): reminder to chaff Adolphus about being afraid to call on the Thomases.
Sheet, with 7 pages of text, including 3 pages cross-hatched. |