INDEX. 359 Nicholas, Captain, vi. 141. Nicholas, Grand Duke, vi. 32. Nicholson, Captain, vi. 141. Nicolayeff, iv. 78 note, 312. Niel, General, his 'Siege de Sevasto- pol' referred to, iv. 290 note, 320 note, 432 note — arrival of, in the Crimea, viii. 30— his mission, see the whole of chap. v. — at council of 4th March, 75, 117 et seq.— his position at French Headquarters, 118 — his plan of campaign, 119, 120, 365— its execution, 122— change of plan caused by, 127, 131 — assumes command of French Engineers, 202, 224, 225, 227, 232— proposes consideration of Em- peror's plan, 283, 297, 304, 365— esti- mate of the Russian strength, ix. 7 note, 14, 28, 33 — although represent- ing the Emperor, he suffers an entire loss of power, 34, 88, 91, 139— quoted, 152, 163 note — on the French loss on the 18th June, 208 note, 242, 244, 245, 251, 269, 276, 280, 281, 294— 'Journal des Operations du Genie' referred to, iv. 296. Niel's ' Mission,' duration of harm done by, viii. 296. Nightingale, Miss, her wholesome sway over the management of the military hospitals, vii. 366 — the sources and growth of her power, 368 — her devo- tion to a painful enterprise, 369, 371, 372, 376, 377— the result of her sway, 384. Nikonoff Battery, the, ix. 143. Noddall, Mr, iv. 356. Nolan, Captain, ii. 356; iii. 84 and note — his training, v. 190 — the bearer of Lord Raglan's ' fourth order ' to Lord Lucau, 191 — his arrival with the ' order,' 197 — altercation with Lord Lucan, 201, 211 — his appear- ance and eager gesture in front of Cardigan's brigade, 21S — his probable object, ib. — his fate, 220 — question as to the degree in which blame justly attached to him, 221, 265 — his letter to his mother, 323, 332, 347. Norcott, Major, iii. 37 note, 77, 94, 100 note, 114 note. Norris, Troop-sergeant-major, v. 150. Northern forts, the, iii. 338 et seq. — the strength of the works, 347. North or Star Fort, the, ix. 259 et seq. North side, iii. 369 et seq. ; iv. 156, 220 etseq. ; vii. 193; ix. 219. North Side Lodge, iv. 157. North Valley, v. 34 et seq. — position of the Russian cavalry in the, 73, 77, 78, 85, 87, 170 note, 1S1, 1S6, 193 et seq., 210 note, 21S et seq.— the fatal, 246. Novolsilsky, Vice-Admiral, iv. 310. Nugent, v. 117. Numbers at Inkerman, author's author- ity for his statements as to the. vi. 525. Ochterlone, vi. 451. O'Connor, Sergeant Luke, wounded while carrying colours, iii. 124 note — receives thanks on the field, ib., 221. Odessa, ii. 289 — the governor of, and the Russian wounded, iii. 335 et seq.; iv. 90. Officers and men, quality of the English, vi. 4S9. Officers killed and wounded at Inker- man, nominal return of, vi. 520. Ogilvy, Colonel, ii. 210 et seq. O'Hara, Sergeant, v. 267 note, 269, 2S5, 324 note. Okhotsk Regiment, the, vi. 162 et seq. Old City Heights, vi. 20 et seq., 35, 90 proposed seizure of ; viii. 24S ; ix. 24. Oldershaw, Captain, arms No. VII. ad- vanced battery, viii. 146 — maintains in it afterwards the nearly five hour's' fight of the 13th of April, 153, 158, 159, 163— his battery wrecked, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171— the touching request made to Oldershaw by the survivors of the fight, 172, 173, ISO, 368, 369, 370, 371. Oldfield, Captain, order of, at April bombardment, viii. 153, 169, 369— death of, 153 and note, 369. Old Fort, ii. 319, 327, 328, 331 and note, 335, 365; iii. 321, 346; iv. 183; vii. 210; ix. 296. Oldham, Captain, v. 213, 229, 236, 327. Oliphant, Laurence, his instinctive power to see from afar where fields of action were opening, iii. 3S0 — his report of the state of the land de- fences of Sevastopol, 381 — the effect it produced, 3S2 — his ' Russian Shores of the Black Sea,' ib. note — Lord Baglan sees him, ib. Oliphant, Mrs, her 'Chronicles of Car- lingford ' referred to, vii. 4S5 note. Oltenitza, ii. 217. Omar Pasha, i. 75— his forces in Monte- negro, 76, 411 — his opposition to Russia in Wallachia, ii. 39, 182— his army, 1S5, 192, 195, 197, 19S, 203, 207, 20S, 217, 258, 265, 2S6— in Eupatoria, viii. 47, 56, 77, 7S — arrival of, at the Chersonese, 109 — reconnaissance by, 216, 285, 290— refusal of, to guard English trenches, 292 ; ix. 7, 92, 254 — feeling of, on the death of Lord Raglan, 297. Orange enthusiasm, warlike, v. 114. Orders of the day and other papers issued by Russian generals on tho eve of Inkerman, vi. 500 et seq. Ordnance, Board of, vii. 40, 43 et seq.— Department, 13, 38— the clerk of the, 125, 403. 'Ordnance,' the, vii. 25, S9.