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 INDEX. 361 ■ Peace party,' the, its mission to St Petersburg, ii. 53— its share in bring- ing about the war, 84 ; ii. 53-75, 129, 141 et seq. Pearson, Captain, iii. 221. Peel, Captain William, iv. 23S et seq. — feat of, 442 ; vi. 273 ; ix. chap. vii. Peel, General, vii. 317, 472 note. Peel, Sir Robert, the Minister, his con- ference with Nicholas I., i. 70; vii. 370. Peelite' connection, the, vii. 2S2. Peelite Ministers, secession of the four, vii. 307 — their successors, 3 S — effect of the change, ib. Pelissier, General, ii. 159, 314 note — appointed to command of 1st Corps d'Armte, viii. 41 — his victorious lights for Cimetiere Lodgments, 207 — and the Sousdal Counter-guard, 209, 210 — command of Siege Army bv, 247, 2S5, 287— his letter of 5th May and his growing ascendant, 288 — requested by Canrobert, in conformity with Dor- mant Commission, to assume com- mand, 29G, 297 note — request declined by, ib. and note — command trans- it red to, 298, 305. Pelissier, the new French commander, ix. 1 — the nature of the man, 1-4 — comes at once to complete accord with Lord Raglan, 4 — his resolves, 10 — by ' irrevocably ' adopting and maintaining these resolves, he throws himself into a state of violent conflict with liis Emperor, 12, 13— the fights that, at gieat cost of men, he victori- ously maintains against some new counter -approaches, chap. ii. — the strife rages between him and Louis Napoleon, he maintaining his pur- poses rigidly against the Emperor, and silencing the Imperial emissary, that is, General Niel, chap. iii. — In defiance of the Emperor, he concurs with Lord Raglan in despatching the new Expedition to Kertch, and re- sists the prohibition by which his sovereign strove to prevent an attack upon Anapa, chap. iv. — in like de- fiance of the Emperor's will, he, in concert with Lord Raglan, executes the third bombardment, and victori- ously storms all the counter- ap- proaches thrown out in the Karabel- naya, chap. v. — the rage and anta- gonism of his sovereign continuing, and inflicting upon him great tor- ment, he loses during some days the full command of his powers, makes huge, mistakes, and brings on himself the discomfiture of the ISth of June, chaps, vi. and vii. — though suffering under all circumstances a more than common load of distress, he meets the trial with courage, and proves himself great in adversity, 239 et seq. — he maintains himself in the confi- dence of Marshal Vaillant, the War Minister, and still, though with rather more caution than before his misfor- tune, fends off the irksome dictation attempted by Louis Napoleon, 242, 243— thrown by Lord Raglan's death into a frenzy of grief, he records the event in his celebrated General ( >r- der addressed to the Army of the East, 2SS, 297. Pennycuick's, Captain, battery, vi. 9S note, 357 — his guns, 144. Pennefather, General, at the Alma, iii. S5 note, 87, 9S, 119 note, 197, 421, 453, 456, 462 — at Inkerman, disposition of his troops before the battle, vi. 9, 15, 29 et seq. — in charge of Mount Inker- man, 34, 37, 38, 44— the enemy's de- sign to overpower, 47, 49 — his line of pickets, 58 note, 70, 76, 81, 99, 100— the plan of defence adopted by him, 101, 102 — his control not superseded by Lord Raglan's presence on the field, 105 — the Russian troops he had to encounter, 112, 118— the Under- Road column closing upon his camp, 119 et seq.— the decisive fighting on his left, 152, 154, 157, 163, 164, 165, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 176, 185, 197— his failure to get French troops to move, 200, 225, 229, 231, 252, 2S6, 290, 292, 300, 306— his losses on the Home Ridge, 30S, 311 note, 314— he is as- sailed on his own ridge, 317, 326, 328 note, 332, 335— his disposition of the Anglo-French force, ib. 340, 344, 345, 350, 361, 369 and note, 3*4— the ruins of his camp, 385 — and the ' Gap,' 3S8 — message to Lord Raglan, 413 — his interview with Lord Raglan and Can- robert, 414 — his proposed advance, 439, 456 — the strength thrown against his column, ib., 460 — his outpost system, 472, 473, 479, 4S1 note. Pennefather's report, extract from, to the quartermaster-general, dated the 6th October (meaning November) 1S54, vi. 515. Peninsula, the, ix. 260. Pepys (Sub.), v. 149. Pera, vii. 131. Percy, Colonel Henry, iii. 239, 418 ; vi. 211, 213, 246— his measures, 250— his return from the fight, 253, 264 et seq. Percy, Mr Joscelyne, vii. 3S2. Percy Smith, Lieutenant, v. 229. Perekop, ii. 253— Isthmus of, 322 ; iii. 12. Peressip, the, iv. 46, 310, 326 ; ix. 167, 206. Perrot, General, i. 244. Pcrsigny, i.235 — his intimacy with Louis. Bonaparte, 243. ' Personal King,' the, vii. 50. Personal Monarchy, the fall of, under George III. in 1809, vii. 417.