A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks: Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863Gowing, T. (Timothy)
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A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks: Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863
Gowing, T. (Timothy)
Crimean War, 1853-1856 -- Personal narratives
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|| Officers. | N.C.O.'s || Officers. | N.C.O.'s || Grand
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Disease, &c. || 5 | 177 || 115 | 15866 || 18647
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THE CRIMEAN ARMY.
The following was the composition of the various Divisions of the
Crimean Army:--
_Cavalry Division._
1st, 4th, and 5th Dragoon Guards, 1st, 2nd, and 6th
Dragoons--Heavy Brigade.
6th Dragoon Guards, 4th and 13th Light Dragoons, 12th
Lancers, 8th, 10th, and 11th Hussars, and 17th Lancers--Two
Light Brigades.
_First Division._
3rd Batt. Grenadier Guards, 1st Batt. Coldstream Guards, 1st
Batt. Scots Fusiliers Guards--First Brigade.
9th, 13th, 31st, and 56th Foot--Second Brigade.
_Highland Division._
42nd, 79th, 92nd, 93rd--First Brigade.
1st-2nd Batt. 1st Foot, 71st, 91st and 72nd--Second Brigade.
_Second Division._
3rd, 30th, 55th, and 95th Foot--First Brigade.
41st, 47th, 49th, 62nd, and 82nd--Second Brigade.
_Third Division._
4th, 14th, 39th, 50th, and 89th Foot--First Brigade.
18th, 28th, 38th, and 44th Foot--Second Brigade.
_Fourth Division._
17th, 20th, 21st, 57th, and 63rd Foot--First Brigade.
46th, 48th, 68th, 1st Batt. Rifle Brigade--Second Brigade.
_Light Division._
7th Royal Fusiliers, 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 33rd, 34th,
and 2nd Batt. Rifle Brigade--First Brigade.
19th, 77th, 88th, 90th, and 97th Foot--Second Brigade.
_Artillery._
Royal Horse Artillery, A. C. and I. Troops.
Batteries A. B. E. F. G. H. I. Q. W. Y. and Z.
_Engineers._
Companies 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.
Loss of English Horses in six months, during the winters of
1854 and 1855--Strength, 5048, Died, 2122.
AFTER THE SIEGE
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