The Powers of Europe and Fall of Sebastopol
CHAPTER XII.
TREATY OF ALLIANCE.
The Five Articles of the Treaty--War on the Danube--General Luders--The Pestilence--Decree of the Czar--Governor of Moscow --Loss of the frigate Tiger--Captain Gifford--Black Sea fleet --Duke of Cambridge--Arrival at Varna--Captain Hall--Admiral Plumridge--General Bodisco--Silistria--The Siege--Mussa Pacha --Evacuation of the Principalities by the Russians, 309