A visit to the camp before Sevastopol . e avidity, beingabout the first arrival of any kind of book literature. Of ammunition the supply at Balaklava was reallyenormous. A large dock and yard was constantlyfilled with round shot, shells, and powder, nearly allof the vessels bringing some as ballast on their voyagefrom England. The Niger (man-of-war) landed twen-ty tons of powder and five thousand shot and shell inone day. The French were constantly engaged in conveyingshot and shell from Balaklava to the English twelve sturdy horses or athletic mules attachedto one of their grea
A visit to the camp before Sevastopol . e avidity, beingabout the first arrival of any kind of book literature. Of ammunition the supply at Balaklava was reallyenormous. A large dock and yard was constantlyfilled with round shot, shells, and powder, nearly allof the vessels bringing some as ballast on their voyagefrom England. The Niger (man-of-war) landed twen-ty tons of powder and five thousand shot and shell inone day. The French were constantly engaged in conveyingshot and shell from Balaklava to the English twelve sturdy horses or athletic mules attachedto one of their great artillery wagons, they never daredto venture upon the roads with more than twelve ofthe largest sized shells, and those not loaded. Large numbers of Frenchmen would come fromtheir camp at an early hour, marching in irregularorder, each with a long handspike upon his loaded shells were snugly encased in pine boxes ofperhaps a cubic foot in size, the weight and class ofthe shell being plainly marked on the outside. Through. BEFORE SEVASTOPOL. 131 a strong rope loop attached to the top of each box thehandspike was quickly run, and once suspended fromthe shoulders of two men the load was speedily totedoff. I saw whole columns of French soldiers thus car-rying up food for the hungry guns of their Englishallies. Many of the round shot also fell to the trans-portation of the French. Small but strong bags wereprovided, into each of which a single shot was man seized a bag with its iron enclosure, threwit over his shoulder and was off in an instant. Thegreatest good-humor and energy characterized theseobliging aUies. The Zouaves were among .the most active and im-petuous fellows that I found in the camp. They areFrenchmen picked principally from regiments whichhave served in Africa, and chosen for their courage,daring, energy, and powers of endurance. Many ofthem have been Gamins de Paris. They may be said to excel in every sleight ofcamp life. Climbing over p
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