Crimean War.- Letter from a lieutenant in the camp before Sebastopol unsigned, [1855], describing life in the camp, including his description of the explosion of the French Magazine; and a hand-colour

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Crimean War.- Letter from a lieutenant in the camp before Sebastopol unsigned, 4pp., 8vo, "Camp before Sebastopol", 14th November [1855], describing life in the camp, including his description of the explosion of the French Magazine, 15th November 1855, "suddenly we saw a sheet of flame rise up into the air... followed by a roar of noise...", folds; and a hand-coloured collodian positive of the Lieutenant in uniform, in a morocco case, v.s. (2).

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