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CRIMÉE (Campaign of) and Italian Campaign. Manuscript. [Circa 1860]. Title and 37 ff. in-12 typeset in paperback. Diary kept by a captain of the 26th Infantry Regiment. - Crimean Campaign (ff. 1-21). The author of this manuscript served in the 1st brigade (General de Lourmel) of the 4th division (future Marshal Forey) of the Army of the East (Marshal de Saint-Arnaud). He reports on his actions and experiences between March 1854 and June 1856: crossing the Mediterranean via Malta and Constantinople, crossing the Black Sea... He recalls the cholera epidemic that broke out in Varna (on the coast of present-day Bulgaria). He then recounts his participation in the siege of Sebastopol, speaking of the actions of ambush snipers, but above all of the artillery duels ("the Russians open a terrible fire on our works, the earth trembles and the projectiles fall like hail"). He also reports on the battle of Inkermann on November 5, 1854, in which General de Lourmel was killed: "Today, the Russians made a general attack on the whole line to try to knock us into the sea. The cannonade was very intense between our observation army and the Russian army. The latter, after incredible efforts, was completely defeated in the Inkermann valley...". He also mentions the mythical charge of the British light brigade led by Lord Cardigan on October 25, 1855 (and later sung by Alfred Tennyson): "However, the English cavalry made a reckless charge against the Russians. They were very badly treated, our African chasseurs came to support them and enabled them to disengage after suffering very appreciable losses"). He never fails to remark on the places, the nature (quail and grapes near Balaklava, etc.), the people... - Italian campaign (ff. 2-37). His regiment took part in the campaign, but was not directly involved in the fighting, although its camp was subjected to enemy bombardment. As part of the Grandchamp brigade in the 2nd division (General Uhrich) of the 5th corps (Prince Napoleon), he left in May 1859, reaching Livorno by sea, then Mantua via Florence and Parma, before taking up a position facing the enemy at Peschiera. The author of the manuscript evokes the country, its beauties, the attitude of the population, very friendly to the French and hostile to the Austrians, even if he says he finds "the ladies... much more patriotic than the men". He returned via the Alps and Savoy.

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CRIMÉE (Campaign of) and Italian Campaign. Manuscript. [Circa 1860]. Title and 37 ff. in-12 typeset in paperback. Diary kept by a captain of the 26th Infantry Regiment. - Crimean Campaign (ff. 1-21). The author of this manuscript served in the 1st brigade (General de Lourmel) of the 4th division (future Marshal Forey) of the Army of the East (Marshal de Saint-Arnaud). He reports on his actions and experiences between March 1854 and June 1856: crossing the Mediterranean via Malta and Constantinople, crossing the Black Sea... He recalls the cholera epidemic that broke out in Varna (on the coast of present-day Bulgaria). He then recounts his participation in the siege of Sebastopol, speaking of the actions of ambush snipers, but above all of the artillery duels ("the Russians open a terrible fire on our works, the earth trembles and the projectiles fall like hail"). He also reports on the battle of Inkermann on November 5, 1854, in which General de Lourmel was killed: "Today, the Russians made a general attack on the whole line to try to knock us into the sea. The cannonade was very intense between our observation army and the Russian army. The latter, after incredible efforts, was completely defeated in the Inkermann valley...". He also mentions the mythical charge of the British light brigade led by Lord Cardigan on October 25, 1855 (and later sung by Alfred Tennyson): "However, the English cavalry made a reckless charge against the Russians. They were very badly treated, our African chasseurs came to support them and enabled them to disengage after suffering very appreciable losses"). He never fails to remark on the places, the nature (quail and grapes near Balaklava, etc.), the people... - Italian campaign (ff. 2-37). His regiment took part in the campaign, but was not directly involved in the fighting, although its camp was subjected to enemy bombardment. As part of the Grandchamp brigade in the 2nd division (General Uhrich) of the 5th corps (Prince Napoleon), he left in May 1859, reaching Livorno by sea, then Mantua via Florence and Parma, before taking up a position facing the enemy at Peschiera. The author of the manuscript evokes the country, its beauties, the attitude of the population, very friendly to the French and hostile to the Austrians, even if he says he finds "the ladies... much more patriotic than the men". He returned via the Alps and Savoy.

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