338 CRIMEAN SERVICES OF “l” TROOP, NOW “ 0 ” BATTERY, R.H.A. 
for two days, then proceeded on their way, made a good voyage, 
and arrived at Scutari in June, when men and horses were landed 
at Kulalie. The “ Rubicon ” beat steadily down channel and also 
arrived safely at Constantinople in June. The “ Harkaway,” after 
beating about for some days and not making any way, the Naval Agent 
decided on putting into Tor Bay, in doing so we struck on a wreck or 
rock off “Froward Point,” [sic] 1 this rendered it necessary to work the 
pumps to keep down the water, which we were making at about nine 
inches the hour. From Tor Bay we were ordered to Devonport to 
have the ship examined and any damage repaired. On arrival we were 
taken into Keyharn Docks, when the injuries were quickly made good, 
and we again sailed on the 9th May. On the 13th, we were obliged to 
anchor in Peniche Bay, north of Lisbon, in consequence of the wind 
falling suddenly, and, a heavy swell setting in, although we had out 
two anchors, we were slowly drifting on shore, when providentially 
towards evening a land breeze set in, and we slipped anchor and got 
out to sea. During this dangerous period a Portuguese steamer passed 
within three miles of us, but took no notice of the guns of distress (75) 
that we fired. We reached Malta on the 30th May, and, having taken 
in water, sailed the same day and arrived in the Bosphorous on the 14th 
of June. We did not land but proceeded next day to Yarna, here we 
disembarked on the lGth of June, 1854. The whole of the Troop re¬ 
assembled the following day, the 17th, when we marched from the 
landing place to the camp before Yarna, and we encamped outside the 
town, tip to this period there had been very little sickness in the 
Troop, and the cases were of a mild character. I never received any 
returns of the sick on board the other ships, but any cases we had were 
few and trivial, and I shall take no further notice of them. 
Having thus rapidly glanced at the causes that led to our coming to 
the Crimea, and slightly sketched our proceedings until the 16th of 
June, 1854, when we disembarked at Varna, I now continue the account 
of our wanderings, as I may call the marches through Bulgaria and in 
the Crimea. 
Yarna is situated on the north-western shore of the Black Sea, and 
towards the head of a small Bay which here indents the Bulgarian coast, 
being about three miles in length and the same breadth, affording a 
safe anchorage, except with N.E. winds. On the south the shore is 
precipitous, and on the headland a small mud fort protecting the 
entrance of the Bay, from this point the mountains stretch inland in a 
south-westerly direction, forming the lesser Balkan range, until they 
join the greater Balkan mountains near Shumla, thus forming a barrier 
against the hot winds of the South. After a short distance the hills 
gradually slope to the sea, and at the first point of divergence the 
cavalry and artillery were disembarked. The shore then makes a 
gentle curve to the northern side, and at this position a low, narrow 
sandy beach separates the Bay from the Devna Lakes. At the north¬ 
west point the town is situated, resting on both the Bay and the Lake, 
1 I have given the name as written, but I cannot find that such a place exists. IN'aval officers to 
whom I have referred at Plymouth consider the name was one in use among the local fishermen of 
that time.— F.A.TT. 
