| Description | Written from Camp Sebastopol.
Receipt of letters, including a mis-directed one of 29 July: expectation of imminent arrival of the "Imperatrice" at Balaklava and his things: request to send out treatise on surveying and trigonometry: Russians appearing to hold the north side of Sebastopol for the winter: belief of the docks going to be blown: review of the Sardinian army (not seen): getting on well with the adjutancy: meeting the French officers rarely: running his pony in races, but not for gambling purposes: not understanding postcript on his being gazetted as adjutant: farewell divisional orders of General Codrington, who is to command the whole army: no news apart from "shop". |