The tents in the distance on the right are those of the 39th regiment and parts of the 3rd and 4th Divisions; the 48th are grouped round the cluster of huts and marquees a little to the right of the centre of the drawing; while the Rifle Brigade occupy the ground in the middle distance, on the extreme right of the picture.
PLATE L.
CAVALRY CAMP, July 9th, 1855.
A very few words will suffice to explain the details of this bustling and animated scene presented by the Cavalry Camp, which was situated in one of the most picturesque spots of the plateau occupied by the Allies. The tents in the foreground are those of the Enniskillens; immediately behind are the 4th Light Dragoons; and cresting the hill above them the 10th Hussars. The 11th Hussars are on the incline of the hill, below and to the right of the 4th Light Dragoons — next to these in the same direction are the Royals. The regiment drawn up on parade is the 13th Light Dragoons — next to these the 8th Hussars and 5th Dragoon Guards, and in the middle distance, on the extreme right, is Major Brandling's troop of Horse Artillery. The huts and tents of the Scots Greys and Enniskillens occupy the whole front of the picture. The officers, whose portraits the artist has preserved, are, counting from the left of the spectator, Colonel Peel, of the 11th Hussars, Major Fellowes, A.Q.M.G., Major Conolly, General Scarlett, Colonel Scarlett, A.D.C., and Colonel Yates of the 11th.
PLATE LI.
CAMP OF THE LIGHT DIVISION FROM THE WORONZOFF ROAD.
This view is taken from the Woronzoff Road, about a mile and a half from Sebastopol, looking a point or so south of east. "By placing," says Mr. Simpson, " the view of the Fourth Division on the right of this one, and the Third to the right of it again, you will have a slight panorama of the camp upon the heights. The foregrounds are all different, being from different localities, but the distance of each is partly repeated in the other." The ridge in the foreground, on which two English soldiers are conversing with a Zouave, and some goats and a sheep are browzing, leads up to the picket house, and the ridge immediately beyond it to the Victoria Redoubt — beyond this again are the Heights of Inkermann, where the second Division was encamped prior to the 5th November. Beyond Inkermann to the right is Mackenzie's farm, above which in the far distance towers the colossal form of the Tchatir Dagh, the highest mountain in the Crimea. Following the lower range of heights to a point somewhat beyond the centre of the drawing, the eye catches the opening of the Baidar Valley, the romantic beauty of whose scenery has been the favourite topic of almost every tourist in this country. The different regiments whose camps fill the centre of the picture, and extend from the extreme left to the Woronzoff Road, are in this order — the 2nd BattaUon of the Rifle Brigade; the 33rd Regiment; the right wing of the 7th; the 23rd; the 97th; Siege Train, right attack; 19th Regiment; left wing of the 19th; the 83rd, drawn up in line; the 90th; and the 77th.
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PLATE LII.
CAMP OF THE THIRD DIVISION, July 9th, 1855.
Mr. Simpson describes the principal features of this drawing, and the circumstances under which it was taken, as follows: —
" As the point from which I took this gave a very pretty peep of Sebastopol, I extended my drawing on the right to include it. I was still further tempted to do this, as it shows a road which must be too familiar to every one in the Third Division, leading into the trenches of the English left attack. You also see tha principal part of Chapman's Battery. The storm which I have introduced occurred while I was sketching, and I had to finish my work in one of the tents of the 63rd.
" The rahi came down obscuring the horizon, and casting a black shadow over the water, so that Sebastopol came out clear and white. I have introduced a relief going down to the trenches. As you pass through the camp now you are sure to find the men at the game I have shown in the foreground, and which is the more characteristic from its being played with cannon-balls. The green and blue tents are canteens. This view shows all the ground occupied by the Third Division through the winter."