New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-04-03
a Visit To stOpOI.

I'm officer Of the British navy, who IN.
Just visited the battle-ground of the CriuIca
thus writes to the Il. John q. 81 Pgly
Telegraph:
The town is almost deserted and in nin,
Shot-holes and dents are to be seen ia any
thing that remains standing; very little at-
tempt has been made at rebuilding: the
place reminds one OF Pompcii, nothing bat
stone walls and rootless wrecks of houses.
Nothing whatever remains of the fine
docks they had here, their destruction hay
ing been SO complete "a to leave very little
| trace OF them; one would hardly believe thcy
| extsuded 50 far as they did, as the ground j.
grown over aud looks quite natural, a. if il
had never been disturbed. OF the old bar.
racks and hospital the only portion STANDING
are parts of the wall at intervals, all telling
tales of the bombardment
'Thc Malakon tower is situated ON n hill
behind the dock yard, commanding the town
ana surrounding country. a portion of the
tower Is still standing, and inside - The tomb
Of the Admiral who defended il. The ,ur-
rounding earthworks were blown up. and
the extent OF them il is quite impossible 10
| Judge.
! ITO the right is the Rcdan, where 50 many
OF our poor fellows fell. In front is erected
! an obelisk to their memory, which is in avery
good state of repair.
! To the left Of the MalakoG', and nearer
lnkerman, Is the Mamelon, "A large earth
work commanding very good position. CO.
Ing up the side of ii picked up several PIECES
of steel and parts of rifle
! The next place visited was the battle
field OF lnksrman, the two-gun battery, and
| the graveyard on the way. The graveyard.
are ia as good state Of repair as one could
! expect. Some Of the walls have been pulled
! q fallen IpSn anI IA. 4
is they are filled with sheep aud cattle.
Most oil the monuments that have hecn IN
| the shape Of cross or had crO., on then,
have been defaced. We must put that down
to Mohammedans, not Rrssians. The ODE
| lisk erected at Inkerman To- the English
French, and Russians is quite perfect On
| the Held where the armies cuCaMpcl are still
10 be seen the remains Of coOE 'ag utensils
broken bottles, etc, scattered about m MI
I directions
| THE twO-gun battery which lie Guard,
held, and where tho harde.t lighting tODk
place, still exists, aud in very good order.
On the slope leading 10 il, where the Ru.-
slams came up in such force, picked up scy-
eral spherical bullets and Russian button.
They we're not buried in the ground a. one
| would suppose, but ying quite on the surlaCc,
under small bushes. II Is quite n rare Og-
currence 10 pick anything Of the kind 10, a.
| the Inhabitants are constantly digging and
looking Tor such relics % sell. The ircnche.
round the town arc very distinctly marked
one can follow them for a long vav IN some
places they have been filled upt form n road
or crossing.
THE officer visited the field Of Bl.lA,aya,
! where occurred the famous dash o. tie s.y
hundred. An obei.k marks the place, AMI
a second obelisk aud small grave ward tell
where many Of the ak hundred fell.
Tho town Of Balaklaya is small az /!
principally inhabited by Greeks. Tho LarbCr
is quite land-iocked, the smallest vessel could
ride out the heaviest storm, blow in what d.
rectlon II would. II was OFF the entrance
that our vessels go; 50 much knocked abou.
in the gale Of November 81. The Russian.
are now going 20 convert Il into a military
port, which with very little defense chnid De-
made impre2nable, the entrance being atgu.
two hundred yards wide with sharp Turn u
the right directly after entering