Janus: Christopher E. Blackett: Letters to his parents from the Crimea

Manuscripts/MS Add.9587 contains:
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12	Letter to father, Steamship 'Hydaspes', Balbeck Bay, near Sebastopol
13	Letter to mother, encampment, Balaklava
14	Letter to father, encampment, Balaklava
15	Letter to father, encampment, Balaklava
16	Letter to father, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
17	Letter to mother, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
18	Letter to father, [Camp, redoubt before] Balaklava
19	Letter to mother, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
20	Letter to father, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
21	Letter to father, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
22	Letter to mother, [Camp, redoubt before] Balaklava
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Christopher E. Blackett: Letters to his parents from the Crimea

Title	Letter to mother, [Redoubt before] Balaklava
Reference	MS Add.9587/17
Covering Dates	7 Nov. 1854

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Reporting battle two days ago [Inkerman], heroism of the French, terrible carnage, "but by the goodness of God who knows that we fight in a righteous cause, the day remained with us. My Regt, in fact none of the Highland Brigade were engaged, but a time will come for us to avenge the deaths of so many of our gallant countrymen".

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