And the The Welcome to Russian History Retold, episode 147,

Crimean War Part 7.

Last time we covered the battles of Balaclava and Incerman.

Today we will cover the stalemate at the siege of Sevastopol and the grave human suffering

that went along with it.

As I mentioned last episode, the weather in the Crimea began to deteriorate.

What I failed to mention was the huge storm that struck the peninsula with gill force winds that was to wreck havoc with both the ground forces and the sailors on the ships in the harbor.

While the army was beaten down by the storm, the Navy suffered far greater.

Even on the supposed safety of the harbor, many a ship went down, and with it the men on board.

One of the ships that sank, the ste ship Prince, lost 144 of the 150 men on board.

And to make matters worse, 40,000 winter uniforms and boots went down with the ship as well.

Just imagine the suffering of the men in the trenches without winter clothing in the Crimea.

Raglan, for his part, went into action and ordered one of his staff officers, Captain Weatherall, to go to

Constantinople at once and purchase as many coats and warm clothing as possible with post haste.

Now he had another problem and it was food.

But not getting the food, but getting it to the men in the field.

The problem was the organization sent to deal with the

distribution of rations and other needs of the soldiers was

abominable. Then, as if they needed more problems, the three-mile road from

the harbor to the front lines was almost completely impassable.

The French were in far better shape.

They lost fewer supplies to the storm, and their logistics were vastly superior to their British

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