Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-01-24
SUFFERINGS OF THE ALLIED
FORCES

FORCES
eW- A correspondent of the London Ne,os
and Herald as stated in an Exchange, gives the
following account of the horrible sufferings of
the allied forces in the Crmea.
We give some further extracts from the Cri-
mea correspondence of the London papers, in
relation to the sufferings of the eled forces:
Dec 1.-The army is suffering greatly; worn
out by night work, by vigil in rain and storm, by
hard labor in the trenches, they find themselves
suddenly reduced to short allowance, and the
excellent and ample rations they have been in
the habit of receiving cut off or miserably reduc-
ed. For nine days there has been, with very
few exceptions, no issue of tea, coffee, or sugar
to troops. These, however, are luxuries-not
necessaries of military lfe
Yesterday (Nov. 800 the issue of the meat to
the men Of the fourth division was restricted in
most instances to two ounces of meat and that
meat was salt pork. This division received a
part of its grog, or rations of rum. The gener-
al allowance of meat per man throughout the
army now is half ration, or half pound
Sometimes this allowance is reduced to one
third, or even to quarter of a pound Of salt
meat.
The cholera, which broke out on the night of
the 28th November, continues its ravages, and
we cannot estimate the number of deaths from
it, and its abettors in the destruction Of life
lower than 60 per diem. No less than IS men
died the night before last in camp, according to
the statements have received and believe and
the number of sick men is very large. Of the
marine officers in the trenches, only two are fit
for duty OF the naval lieutenants of the brig
AIDE of seamen, amounting to twenty, it is stat
ed five only are able to work.
Cor. London Times.
What the state of affairs will be four weeks
hence, who can tell! But certain it is that our
fresh troops will be decimated in their winter
quarters. The 9th have just arrived from their
comfortable quarters in Malta. We shall see
in fortnights time how well they can bear up
against salt pork, out post duty, and the sleep
ing in a morass. The 46th have already been
tried, and found wanting On the 25th that
regiment had buried 70 of their men, and 200
were in the hospital. 1t will take them two
months to give them the full benefit Of season.
ing; and after that how many will remain to
swell the number of our campaigners?
Cor. London News.
BALAKLAvA. Dec--* As to the
town itself, words cannot describe its filth, its
horrors, its hospitals, its burials, its dead and
dying Turks, its crowded lanes its noisome
sheds, it's beastly purleus, or its decay. In
spite of all our efforts, the dying Turks have
made of every lane and street a cloaca, and the
forms of human suffering which meet the eye
at every turn, and once were wont to shock us,
have now made us calous and have ceased even
to attract passing attention. Raise up the piece
of mating or coarse rug which hangs across the
doorway Of some miserable house, from within
which you hear wailngs and cries of pain and
prayers to the Prophet, and you will see in one
spot and in one instant mass of accumulated
woes that will serve you with Nightmares for
lifetime. The dead, laid out as they died. are
lying side by side with the living and the latter
present spectacle beyond all imagination. The
necessaries of hospital are want
ing there is not the least attention paid to de-
cency or cleanliness-the stencil is appalling
the fetd mir can barely struggle out to faint the
save through the chinks in the
walls and roof, and for all | can observe, these
men die without the least effort being made TO
save them. There they lie, just as they were
gently let down on the ground by the poor fell
ows, their comrades, who brought them on their
backs from the camp with the greatest tender
ness, but who are not allowed to remain with
hem. The sick appear to be tended by the
sick, and the dying by the dying.
Cor. London Herald.