Record

Document Reference	Ne C 9905/5-6
Title	Copy of letter from [Fitzroy J.H. Somerset], 1st Baron Raglan, [Camp] before Sevastopol, [Ukraine], to [Stratford Canning], 1st Viscount Stratford de Radcliffe; 12 Nov. 1854
Date	12 November 1854
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Has modified his opinion regarding the best possible use of the troops under Omar Pasha; believes that these troops should now 'be landed in the Crimea, say at Eupatoria' [Yevpatoriya]; discusses the validity of intelligence reports regarding the size of the Russian force at Bessarabia; questions Omar Pasha's decision not to 'clear the Dobrezza'[?]; believes that Omar Pasha should command these Turkish troops himself; comments that General Canrobert and Sir Edmund Lyons concur in this strategy; requests that Lord Stratford communicate with the Turkish government on this issue. Enclosed at Ne C 9905/1-2
Term	wars, Crimean 1853-1856
	armies, British, intelligence reports
	armies, Anglo-French, strategy
	diplomacy, with Turkey

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA16179	Omar Pasha; - (1806-1871); commander of Turkish forces during Crimean war; real name Mikail Lattas; Austrian	1806-1871
NA16206	Canrobert; François-Antoine C. (1809-1895); Marshal; Marshal of France; general in command of French troops in Crimea following death of Marshal Saint-Arnaud	1809-1895
NA6054	Lyons; Edmund (1790-1858); 1st Baron Lyons; admiral	1790-1858
NA991	Somerset; Fitzroy J.H. (1788-1855); 1st Baron Raglan	1788-1855
NA5991	Canning; Stratford (1786-1880); 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe	1786-1880