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 320 INIiKX. man, and meaning oi the all vi. 305; ix. l Alexander n., Emperor, the manifes- !, viii. 319. it, iv. 48 et seq., 344 — its defences, ib. et seq. — the French at- i on, and its result, 352 et seq. Allien, Countess, viii. 218 note. Alger, Sergeant, vi. 211. Mi Pasha, ii. 218. Allied armies, tin' commanders of the French and English armies, ii. 145 — Marshal St Arnaud, £&.— Lord Raglan, 164 — Marshal St Arnaud and Lord Raglan brought together at the Tuil- eries, 174 — and later, on the .shores of the Bosphorus, 183 — perverse at- tempts made by St Arnaud, and re- pressed by Lord Raglan, with the aid of Lord Stratford, ib. et seq. Allied forces, the, which sooner or later were present on Mount Inkerman Che day of the battle, vi. 500. Allied infantry, approximate computa- tion of, on Mount Inkerman, which was still in an organised state at the opening of the third period, vi. 515. Allied troops before Sebastopol, nuni- bers of, viii. 359. Allies, strength of the, ii. 358— were to opeiate as a 'movable column,' ib. —the nature of their advance to Se- bastopol, ib. et seq. — march of the, iii. 7 — their last halt before the oi the Alma, 31— critical position of the Allies at lMbec, iv. 1— s: 1 of the, at the opening of Pelissier's command, in May 1S55, ix. 7. Allix, Captain, vi. 99 note. Allowances, extra, of food and drink to the French soldier, vii. 431. Alma, thr, ii. 31S, 335, 3S2, 383— the entrenched position on, 3S5 — the position on the, iii. 1 et s&j., 5 note, 8, 10, 12, 80, 31 el seq Alma Campaign, The: tidings which kiii'! 1 land a zeal for flic invasion 1 f the Crimea, ii. 202 — of Bill's! ria, lb.- 1 he battle of Giurgevo, 210 — the campai on th Danube destructive to the military en dancy of Russia, 21 5— the agony of the Czar, 217— Lord Raglan's dis- like of undisciplined combatants, 218— importance to England of na- tive auxiliaries, '.'lo — the events on the Danube removing the grounds for war, 221 — helplessness of the French people, 222— course taken by the French Emperor, ib. — desin dish for an offensive war, 228— Sebastopol, 224— the long- ing of the English to attack it, ib. — ing the opinion of I he nation, 22f — infli the press, 280— demand fur the destruction of Sebastopol, 241— the Government yields, 245 — no good stand made in Parliament against the invasion, 246 — pri paration of the instruction! Rag- lan, 247— the sleeping Cabinet, 248 et seq. — instructions sent to the French, 250. The Allies at Varna, 251 — their state of preparation in the middle of July, ib. — their command of the sea, 252 — information obtained by the Foreign Office as to the defences of irimea, 253— no inform .lion ob- tained in the Levant, ib. — Lord m conceives that he is without trusty information, 254 — the instruc- tions for the invasion of the Crimea reach the Allied camp, 255— the men who had to determine the effect to be given to the instructions, St Arnaud (having Admiral Hamelin under his orders), Lord Raglan, and Admiral Dundas, 256, 258— text of the instructions to Lord Raglan, 260— their extreme stringency, 266 — considerations tending to justify this stringency, 267 — the power of de- ciding practically vested in Lord hi, 26S — his conference with Sir George Brown, 270 — his decision governs the counsels of the Allies, 277 — he announces it to the Home Government, ib. — the Duke of New- reply, 278. • Conference at the French head- quarters, 280 — reconnaissance of the coast, 2S2— Sir Edmund Lyons, 2S3 — rumoured change in the plans of the Czar, 285 — second conference, 2S6 — the French urge the abandonment of the expedition, ib. — Lord Rag- lan's way of vending the French to the plans of the English Gov rn- nient, 2S7 — preparations, ib. — in- effectual attempts of the Allies to deceive the enemy, 2S9 — Are at Varna, 291 — cholera, ib. — weakly condition of the English soldiery, 294— arrangi made for the starting of the expedition, 296 — the embarkations, ib. — failure of the French calculations in regard to ■ steam-power, 299— excitement and impatience of St Arnaud, 301 — he s iils without the English, and without his steam -vessels, 302 — the naval forces of the Allies, ib. — duty devolving on the English fleet, ib. — arrangements in regard to the English convoy, 303 — troops and supplies left at Varna, 304— depar- if t lie English Armada Bl the French Bti rm-vessels, 305 — St Arnaud at sea without the English, 307— he sails back, 808— Lord Rag-