The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-11 00:00:00

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LETTERS FROM THE CRIMEA.

The following letter is from a corporal in the
and well deserves being placed iu jiiy_ta-
position with the unmanly letters of field officers
and other military croakers :

" Balaklava, Dec. 25, 1854.

" Dear sir,—A merry Christmas and, I hope, a happy
new year. I received your kind letter, dated the Bth of
this month, on the 24th. For the interest you take in
the welfare of myself and family I can never repay you.
Receive, sir, my most grateful acknowledgments. I
have read ono book 'All's Well.' Had an officer's name
been in no way on the book, I could have told it was
wrote by a soldier. I spent my Christmas morning
reading it. After receiving your letter and newspaper
in November, I answered a few days after, I think, to
the best of my recollection. lam very ill with diarrhcea;
in fact, the Crimea is the tomb of many gallant soldier
through this complaint ; medical men are not able to
stop its course. How much I wish this was from me.
The weather has been exceedingly wet, but to-day is
most fine and beautiful. We have found the winter
clothing most grateful and acceptable, but one great
thing wanted more especially than any other is a light
waterproof covering for oneself. How often could I
have withstood the most heavy rain without complain.
ing, had it not been for my dripping blanket reminding
me of its position, and I should have the pleasure of
sleeping the next night in my tent without anything to
cover me ; but all these troubles would be light if I
could but get rid of this disease.
" As I write, the booming of guns tells one there is
no very merry Christmas at Sebastopol ; our lines are
getting close to the walls; I believe our most advanced
works are 250 yards from the walls, and in a short time,
I hope in earnest, Sebastopol will have fallen. Us sol-
diers was in hopes that the fall of this place and the
winter would give peace to Europe ; but if such is not
the case, give us but our health and strength. Our duty
has been done, I believe, to general satisfaction, let us
but meet them out of a strong position, their numbers
no object, and a better account you will hear than you
have yet. Alma was taken almost without a trophy,
for from their position they could get them away ; they
would not stop at their guns until we got to them, or
more would have been sent to England than there was.
I can assure you their shipping in harbour annoy us
most ; neither can we possess the town until they are
destroyed. One little steam-vessel that was made a pre.
sent to the Russian Government by ours, often she has
thrown shell a few feet above my head, and many the
bitter curse I have heard the sailors give when a shell
came among them from her, for they manned the guns
in the battery, and it was here that the Russians fought
so desperate on tke sth. Unluckily, I was at Balaklava,
where four companies of the Rifle Brigade was expressly
sent to guard the trenches, as those lines are of great
importance ; but the 14th of November, when the great
storm was hare, I was taken very ill, and had to leave
the heights that we guarded and go into hospital. Here
they wished to send me to Malta, but I told them I was
better, and now I am much worse, and almost sorry I
did not go, for there I might have got well and strong.
Thanking you most heartily for the interest and benevo-
lence you take in us all, I remain gratefully and
_obe-
diently your humble servant,
"JOHN HAZLA."