General Todleben's History of the Defence of Sebastopol, 1854–5
A Review

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Our first victories
2. The early and late histories
3. The Russian history
4. The march of Russia
5. The ascent of the Czars
6. Menschikoff's mission
7. Declaration of war
8. Siege of Silistria
9. Defenceless Russia
10. The Russian armies
11. The forces of the Allies
12. The condition of Sebastopol
13. The state of Sebastopol
14. Menschikoff surprised
15. Selection of the Alma
16. The choice of landing-places
17. The night before the battle
18. The Russian position
19. The English order of battle
20. The Russian left engaged
21. Canrobert and Bosquet
22. The English begin to move
23. A check to the French
24. The English on the right
25. The English fire
26. The capture of the Epaulement
27. The second attack on the Epaulement
28. Retreat of the Wladimir Regiment
29. The retreat of the Russians
30. Russian reasons for their defeat
31. Causes of the defeat
32. Delay after victory
33. Condition of Sebastopol
34. The works of Sebastopol
35. Menschikoff's flank march
36. The sinking of the fleet
37. The Allies on the Belbeck
38. State of the North Fort
39. The flank march
40. Manschikoff's flank march
41. Sir John Burgoyne's vindications
42. Sir John Burgoyne's remarks
43. Sir John Burgoyne's policy
44. An advance northward
45. Surrender of Balaklava
46. State of the north side
47. Preparations to resist
48. Reinforcements for Sebastopol
49. Korniloff's influence
50. The first trench opened
51. The new works
52. Opposite the English
53. The English works
54. Reasons for and against an assault
55. The first day's fire
56. The Russians recover spirits
57. The French again succumb
58. The economy of Matériel
59. The actions before Balaklava
60. Rout of the Turks
61. The first Russian advance
62. The light cavalry
63. The French chasseurs
64. The results of the action
65. The effect at Sebastopol
66. 'Little Inkerman'
67. General Sir De Lacy Evans' despatch
68. The French batteries
69. Peril of the flagstaff bastion
70. Probable issue of an assault
71. The opposing forces
72. The allied strength and position
73. The nature of the ground
74. Dispositions for Inkerman
75. Soïmonoff's advance
76. Attack the camp
77. Attack Adams's Brigade
78. The precision of the British fire
79. Retreat of the 17th Division
80. The relative numbers
81. Dannenberg's advance
82. The Guards rally
83. Cathcart's disaster
84. The artillery conflict
85. The French are summoned
86. The Russians defeated
87. The pursuit
88. Escape of the Russian artillery
89. The losses
90. The superiority of English fire-arms
91. Close of the first period of the siege
92. The Redan and the British
93. Moral effect of Inkerman
94. The great storm
95. Russian philanthropists
96. Good Samaritans
97. The winter begins
98. British insouciance
99. The rifle pits
100. Increase of lodgements
101. Comparison between French and English
102. Information to the enemy
103. The Russian commissariat
104. The chaos of Balaklava
105. Russian supplies
106. Russian transport
107. Cost of the war
108. The war of mines
109. The French take our light attack
110. Fears for Perekop
111. Attack on Eupatoria
112. Todleben's opinion of our troops
113. The result of delay
114. Want of forethought
115. Concluding remarks
Appendices.

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