CHAPTER XII

TO THE CRIMEA AGAIN (SEPTEMBER 1855-JULY 1856)

Fall of Sebastopol: Miss Nightingale's second and third visits to the Crimea. Hardships of her work in the Crimea--Her "carriage"-- The hospital huts on the heights above Balaclava--Her Extra Diet Kitchens. II. Opposition to her in military and medical quarters-- Sir John Hall's opposition--Difficulties with the nuns--Miss Nightingale's authority disputed. III. Her appeals to home for support--Correspondence with Sidney Herbert--Dispatch from the Secretary of State defining her full authority in the Crimea promulgated in General Orders--Exhausting labours in the Crimea: testamentary dispositions. IV. Hard work at Scutari--Letters from the aunt who was with Miss Nightingale--Christmas Day at the British Embassy--Colonel Lefroy 283