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View from the Camp of Alldeyn, near Varna, 1854. Crimean War. 'The Camp of the English Forces, eight miles from Varna, is beautifully situated. It is on the reverse side of the ridge, which is the foreground...here are ragged rocks laid bare by the sand, which the winds drift away, and arrange in new shapes, according to their fancy. Nevertheless, all kinds of showy flowers find a place here - the wild geranium for one. Then comes a thick hill-side of trees to the right, above the tops of which rocky points, with more trees, are visible. The sheet of water is a portion of the long Devna Lake...which winds through the rich meadow to the left (full of cattle) connecting it with the narrow lake on this side. In whatever direction you look, the country is wooded, not with tall, but very flourishing, trees. The village of Aladyn, a mile and a half from the camp, is...on the left, sheltered among rocks and trees'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.