The Press. — London, England, 1854-12-09 00:00:00

DECEMBER 9, 1854. THE WAR. THE latest news from the Crimea is conveyed by a telegraphic despatch of November 2H, from General Caurobert, published in Thursday's Moniteur, as follows : The rain has ceased, and the weather seems disposed to improve. Our works will now exhibit fresh activity. Our reinforcements continue to arrive, and I have just received the Bth Regiment of Dragoons, the oth Battalion of Chas seurs, besides various detachments of different regiments. The enemy still shows no signs of activity, but continues to protect the town by repeated retrenchmeas. The Russians are stated in other despatches to have attempted two sorties, one against the French works, which was repulsed with a loss of 230 men, the French losing about 75. The second sortie was directed on the 25th ult. against the English in trenchments, but the Russians were so vigorously repelled that our troops got possession of a battery of nine guns, which they retained. The transport of Turkish reinforcements from Baltachik to the Crimea still continue. One hundred and forty-six ship-guns had been landed by the allies to be employed in the siege. A despatch from St. Petersburg of the sth inst. mentions that Prince Menschikoff, writing on the 27th of November, states : The allies continue their bombardment of Sebastopol ; but their fire is weak, and causes us scarcely any loss or damage. It is obvious that they are strengthening their position, and establishing new batteries, but the fire of the latter has not yet opened. A brief chronicle of the siege operations, for some days subsequently to the disasters of the 14th of No vember, appears in yesterday's Times as received from their correspondent in the camp. His letter is dated " Balaklava, November 21st:"— On the 14th a fearful hurricane passed over the camp. All the tents were blown down and the men exposed to rain and cold and hunger for the day. At night the Rus sians attacked the French lines and were repulsed. The gale and rain abated at night. On the 15th nothing was done, the siege progressing slowly. The Sampson, which shelled the Russians at Katseha when they came down to make prisoners of the crews, and forced them back, is dismasted, and will have to land her heavy guns. Admiral Lyons visited Lord Raglan, having come on shore from the d4gatneninon at Kamisch Bay. Several of our troops died from cold and exhaustion yesterday, and many horses perished. The camp is a sea of mud. The Russians are quiet and depressed. Lord Burghersh has arrived in the Colombo (laden with ord nance stores ). Nov. 10.—The mails have not arrived. The siege fire is very slack on both sides. A flue work is completed, overlooking the Inkermann-road. The French have re ceived reinforcements. The Jura completed landing troops and stores at Kamisch Bay. Nov. 17.--The Tonning left with Colonel Beatson, Dr. Dumbreck, &c., for home. Many officers are applying for leave. Lord Raglan has ordered that no officer shall be permitted to leave for Scutari without a medical board. Men and officers are beginning to hat themselves for the winter. Nov. 18.—The weather is finer and more temperate. The Russians in the valley are said to have received rein forcements. Arrangements are made by the English and Russians for the exchange of Lord Dunkellin with a Rus sian captain of artillery taken at Mackenzie's Farm. The Czar declared, through Prince Menachikoff, that he had no desire to detain his lordship. Nov. 19.—The Medway left for Constantinople, with sick, under charge of Dr. Tice. The French made a re connoissance en force this morning, and saw the Russians repairing a great quantity of tumbrils, gun-carriages, Sc., damaged by our fire on the sth of November. More rein forcements have arrived. Nov. 20—The Orinoco has arrived in the harbour, with the 97th Regiment on board, and landed them. It has been raining all day. The Queen of the South arrived this evening wih draughts of various regiments, Guards, &c. There was a good deal of firing to-day on the French and on our lines, which we both replied to very briskly. The French are landing men and stores every hour at Kamisch Bay. Further advices from before Sebastopol, of the 22nd, state that the defensive works of the English, between the right of their line of attack and Bala klava, were nearly completed. An English regiment, from the Piraeus, arrived on the 20th, and the next day detachments from the Guards, lst., 7th, 2:trd, and 95th Regiments, to the number of 1,200 men, landed at Balaklava. French reinforcements were also con tinually arriving. The firing from the batteries was kept up. BATTLE OF INKERMANN.—OFFICIAL DES PATCHES. The following supplementary despatch, singling out for commendation the officers who had displayed especial gallantry and performed noteworthy services during the battle of November 5, was received from Lord Raglan by the War Minister and published on Saturday night : Before Sebastopol, Nov. 11,1854. When, on the Bth instant, I reported the gallant and successful repulse of the very formidable attack THE PRESS. made upon the position occupied by onr troops above the ruins of Inkermann, I stated that I would in a subsequent despatch lay before your grace the names of the officers whose conduct upon the occa sion bad been brought to my notice. I now proceed to discharge that duty. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re ports most favourably of the exertions of Colonel the Honourable George Upton, of the Coldstream Guards; Lieutenant-Colonel Reynardson, of the Grenadier Guards; and Colonel Walker, of the Scots Fusilier Guards ; as well as of Colonel Cunynghame, Assistant-Quartermaster-General, and Lieutenant-Colonel Brownrigg, Assistant-Adjutant- General ; Captain the Honourable Percy Fielding, Acting Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General,who was severely wounded ; and of Captain Butler, Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General, who was unfor tunately killed ; and here I may pause to mention that he was the brother of Captain Butler, who so distinguished himself at Silistria, and fell just before the siege was raised. The Duke of Cambridge likewise recommends Lieutenant-Colonel Dacres, of the Royal Artillery, who commanded the field batteries of the Ist division, which were admirably served by Captains Paynter and Woodhouse, Captain Hamley, of the Royal Artillery, acting as staff officer to that branch of the service; Captain Ellison, the Brigade Major to the Guards; and Major the Honourable James Macdonald (whose conduct particularly attracted my attention), and the other officers of his personal staff His Royal Highness speaks also in the highest terms of the spirited exertions of Assistant-Surgeon Wilson, of the 7th Hussars, who at a critical moment rallied a few men, which enabled them to hold the ground till reinforced. In the 2nd division, which, as I have already in formed your grace, received the first attack, and was engaged throughout the day, the officers whose names I have to bring forward are very nume rous. Those who commanded the regiments of which it is composed were, without exception, either killed or wounded; and, in many instances, those who suc ceeded were wounded. Major-General I'ennefather commends them highly. Colonel Warren, of the 55th, in command of the Ist brigade, and Lieutenant-Colo nel Daubeney, 55th, who succeeded to it on the former being wounded, and was himself wounded after wards; Lieutenant-Colonel Mauleverer, 301 h, and Major Patullo, of the same regiment, who took the command of the regiment when the lieutenant-colonel was wounded ; Major Champion, 95th ltegiment, and Major Hume, of the same corps, who were both wounded, the latter having succeeded the former in the command, and being himself relieved by Captain Davis, when he was obliged to leave the field ; Lieu truant-Colonel Carpenter, of the 41st, who was mor tally wounded, and succeeded in the command by Major Eman ; Lieutenant-Colonel Haly, of the 47th, who was obliged, when wounded, to relinquish hie command to Major Farren ; Major Dalton, of the 49th, who fell at the head of his corps, and was re • placed by Major Grant ; Lieutenant-Colonel Fitz mayer, commanding the batteries of the 2nd division, under the able direction of Captains Pennycuick and Turner; Lieutenant-Colonel Wilbraham, and Lieu tenant-Colonel the Honourable Percy Herbert, the Assistant-Adjutant, and Assistant-Quartermaster- General, and Captain Thompson, 10th Hussars, and Captain Glazbrook, 49th Regiment, the Deputy- Assistant-Adjutant, and Deputy-Assistant-Quarter master-General of the division ; Captains Thackwell and Armstrong, the Brigade-Majors; Captain Har ding, aide-de-camp, and the other officers attached to the major-general's personal staff, one of whom, Captain Allix, the first aide-de-camp of Lieutenant- General Sir De Lacy Evans, and a most promising officer, was unfortunately killed. The 3rd division was only partially engaged ; but, having been actively employed in all the siege operations, Lieutenant-General Sir Richard England avails himself of the opportunity to mention, in terms of high approbation, the staff officers and the officers in command of regiments, and has drawn my atten tion to Major Wood, Assistant-Adjutant-General, the Honourable Major Colborne,Assistant-Quiuterm aster- General, Captain Wortley, Deputy-Assistant-Quar termaster-General, and Colonel Bell, of the Royal Regiment; Colonel Cobbe, of the 4th Regiment; Colonel the Honourable A. Spencer, of the 44th ; Lieutenant Colonel Lowth, of the 38th ; Lieutenant- Colonel Adams, of the 2811 ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Waddy, of the 50th Regiments; Major the Hon. A. Hope, of the flOth Regiment, Captain Daniell, of the 38th, Brigade-Majors, and Captain Edward Neville, Scots Fusilier Guards, his aide de-camp. The superior officers of the 4th division, Lieute nant-General the Honourable Sir George Cathcart and Brigadier-General Goldie, having fallen, and the survivor, Brigadier-General Torrens, having been severely wounded, I take upon myself to recommend the surviving officers of the staff, viz., Colonel Wyndham, Assistant-Quartermaster-General, and 1157 Captain Hugh Smith, 3rd Foot, Deputy-Assistant- Quartermaster-General; Major Maitland, Deputy- Assistant-Adjutant-General, who is wounded ; and Captain Street, 57th Regiment, and Lieutenant Torrens, 23rd Regiment, Brigade-Majors ; and 1 may here express my deep regret that Lieutenant- Colonel Charles Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, should have fallen. He bad served on the staff with the lamented Sir George Cathcart at the Cape, and had accompanied him to this country in the capacity of assistant-adjutant-general ; and he was remarkable for his intelligence, gallantry, and zeal. I would likewise beg to solicit your grace's atten tion to the services of Colonel Horn, who commanded the 20th, and came out of action the senior officer of the division; Captain Inglis, commanding 57th ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Smyth, commanding the 08th Itegiment, who was severely wounded ' • and Captain Dallas, commanding detachment of the 40th ; of Lieutenant-Colonel Ainslie, of the 21st, who was wounded; of Lieutenant• Colonel Swyny, who unfor tunately fell at the head of the 03rd, and was suc ceeded in the command by Major the Honourable Robert Dalzell ; and Lieutenant Colonel Horsford, of the Ride Brigade ; of Lieutenant. Colonel 1). Wood, the senior officer of the artillery of the division; and Major Townsend, of the artillery, who was unfortu nately killed. Ile was considered a most valuable officer, and was ably succeeded by Captain Hoete. LiPotenant-Colonel Powell would have commanded the 67t h , but he wee on duty in the trenches. - •• • -• • The officers of the light division whose services have been brought to my notice by Lieutenant-Gene ral Sir George Brown, who was obliged by a wound in his arm to quit the field before the action termi nated, and by Major-General Codrington, who suc ceeded him in the command, are Lieutenant-Colonel Yea, of the Royal Fusiliers; Mejor Thomas Trou bridge, of the same regiment, who was commanding in a battery, and, though desperately wounded, behaved with the utmost gallantry and composure ; Major Bunbury, of the 23rd, who replaced him in command; Brevet-Major Mundy, commanding the 33rd; Lieutenant-Colonel Shirley, of the 88th, who was employed in the trenches ; Lieutenant-Colonel Jefferies, commanding the portion of that regiment which was in the field; Lieutenant-Colonel Egerton, commanding the 77th; Mtjors Stratton and Dixon, of the same regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel Unett, of the 19th, on duty in the trenches ; Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence and Captain Elringten of the Rifle Brigade ; ' and Captain Hopkins, commanding a detachment of Royal Marines, which had been brought up to re• place a wing of the rifle brigade that had been sent down to Balaklava, and fully maintained the reputa tion of that distinguished corps ; Lieutenant-Colonel Lake, of the Royal Horse Artillery ; and Captain Morris, commanding the battery attached to the division ; Colonel Sullivan, Assistant-Adjutant- General; Lieutenant-Colonel Airey, Assistant-Quar termaster General ; Captain Hallowell, Deputy-As sistant Quartermaster• General; Captain Macdonell, and the other officers of the Lieutenant-General's personal staff; Lieutenant the lion. H. Campbell, aide de camp to Major-General Codrington ; and Brigadier-General Buller's aide-de-camp, Lieutenant the Hon. H. Clifford, whose conduct is represented to have been peculiarly conspicuous; Captains Mackenzie and Glyn, the Brigadier-Majors of the division. iLls due to the principal medical officers of the several divisions, Doctors Alexander, Cruickshank, Forest Linton, and liumfrey, to report that their able exertions have been strongly represented to rile, and deserve to be most houourably mentioned ; and the arrangements of the Inspector-General of Hospitals Dr. Hall, for the care of the wounded, merit the expression of my entire approbation. Lieutenant-Colonel Gambier, of the Royal Artillery, who had the command of the artillery in the trenches during the siege, a duty which he discharged to my perfect satisfaction, was, I regret to say, unfortunately wounded, when moving up with the two eighteen pounders which I had ordered to be brought to the right of the 2nd division ; and I have great pleasure in speaking in terms of high panegyric of Lieu. tenant-Colonel Dickson who, had charge of those guns, Captain D'Aguilar, and the officers and men who worked them ; they performed under Lieu tenant-Colonel Dickson's directions the most effective service, notwithstanding that they had a very heavy tire upon them, and that their loss in con4eque Ilet, was very severe, seventeen men having been either killed or wounded, and one officer wounded. I derived, as upon every other occasion, the', most able and effective assistance from the Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Brigadier-General Estcourt and Brigadier-General Airey, and their assistants, Major the Honourable W. Pakenham and Lieutenant- Colonel the Honourable A. Gordon, and the officers of their departments ; and from the military secretary Lieutenant-Colonel Steele, Lieutenant-Colonel Patriot* Somerset, and the officers of my personal statf; and I feel deeply indebted to Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne for the constancy with which he applies himself to the discharge of his arduous duties -a•