The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-08 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. THE BATTLE OF ALMA LIST OF KILLE D AND WOUNDED. SUN OFFICE, 'lwo o'Clock. WAR DEPARTMENT, October 8, 1854, 8 o'clock a.m. Major the Lord Burghersh arrived this mornh4 with a despatch from General the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, o which the following is a copy Read-quarters, Katcha River, SEPT. 23, 1854. My Lord Duke,—l have the honour to inforn your Grace that the Allied Troops attacked th( position occupied by the Russian Army, behin( the Alma, on the 20th instant ; and I hay , great satisfaction in adding, that they suc ceeded, in less than three hours, in driv ing the enemy from every part of the growl( which they had held in the morn ink and in establishing themselves upon it. The English and French Armies moved out their first encampment in the Crimea on the 19th, and bivouacked for the night on the left bank of the Bulganac, the former having previously sup ported the advance of a part of the Earl of Cardi gan's brigade of Light Cavalry, which had the effect of inducing the enemy to move up a large body of Dragoons and Cosaques, with artillery. On this, the first occasion of the English encoun tering the Russian force, it was impossible for any troops to exhibit more steadiness than did this portion of her Majesty's cavalry. It fell back upon its supports with the most perfect regularity under the fire of the Artillery, which was quickly silenced by, that of the bat teries I caused to be brought into action. Our loss amounted to only four men wounded. The day's march had been most wearisome and under a burning sun, the absence of water, until we reached the insignificant but welcome stream of the Bulganac, made it to be severely felt. Both Armies moved towards the Alma the fol-1 lowing morning, and it was arranged that Marshal; St. Arnaud should assail the enemy's left by crossing the river at its junction with the sea, and immediately above it, and that the remainder of the French divisions should move up the heights, in their front, whilst the English Army should, attack the right and centre of the enemy's position. In order that the gallantry exhibited by Her Majesty's troops, and the difficulties they had to meet may be fairly estimated, I deem it right, even at the risk of being considered tedious, to endea vour to make your Grace acquainted with the position the Russians had taken up. It crossed the great road about 21 miles from the sea, and is very strong by nature. The bold and almost precipitous range of heights, of from 350 to 400 feet, that from the sea closely border the left bank of the river here ceases and formed their left, and turning thence round a, great amphitheatre or wide valley, terminates at a salient pinnacle where their right rested, and whence the descent to the plain was more gradual. The front was two miles in extent. Across the mouth of this great opening is a lower ridge at different heights, varying from 60 to 150 feet, parallel to the river, and at distances from it of from 600 to 800 yards. The river itself is generally fordable for troops, but its banks are extremely rugged, and in most parts steep; the willows along it had been cut down, in order to prevent them from affording cover to the attacking party, and in fact everything had been done to deprive an assailant of any species of shelter. In front d the position on the right bank, at about 200 yards from the Alma, is the village of Bouliouk, and near it a timber bridge, which had been partly destroyed by the enemy. The high pinnacle and ridge before alluded to was the key of the position, and consequently, there the greatest preparations had been made for defence. Half way down the height and across its front waF a trench of the extent of some hundred yards, to afford cover against an advance up the even steep slope of the hill. On the right, and a little retired, was a powerful covered battery, armed with heavy guns, which flanked the whole of the right of the position. Artillery, at the same time, was posted at the points that best commanded the passage of th( river and its approaches generally. On the slopes of these hills (forming a sort bi table land) were placed dense masses of the enemy' infantry, whilst on the heights above was his grew reserve, the whole amounting, it is supposed, tc between 45,000 and 50,000 men. The combined armies advanced on the same alignement, her Majesty's troops in contiguoth double columns, with the front of two divisions covered by light infantry and a troop of horse ar tillery, the 2d Division, under Lieutenant-Genera ] Sir De Lacy Evans, forming the right, and touch ing the left of the 3d Division of the French Army, under his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon. and the Light Division, under Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown, the left ; the first being sup ported by the 3d Division, under Lieutenant General Sir Richard England, and the last by the Ist Division, commanded by Lieutenant-Genera . his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The 4th Division, under Lieutenant-Genera: Sir George Cathcart, and th e cavalry un d er Ma jor-General the Earl of Lucan, were held in re serve to protect the left flank and rear against large bodies a the enemy's cavalry, which had been seen in those directions. On approaching to near the fire of the guns, whieh soon became extremely formidable, the twc leading divisionideployed into line, and advanced to attack the front, and the supporting divisions followed the movement. Hardly bad this taken place, when the village of Bouliouk, immediately opposite the centre, was fired by the enemy at a]] points, creating a continuous blaze for three hun dred yards, obscuring their position and renderinL a passage through it impracticable. Two regi ments of Brigadier-General Adams' brigade, part of Sir De Lacy Evans' division, had, in conse quence, to pass the river at a deep and difficult ford to the right under a sharp fire, whilst his first betide,' under Major-General Pennefather, and ',he remaining regiment of Brigadier-General Adams crossed to the left of the conflagration, op posed by thb enemy's artillery from the height 4 I.bove,:and pressed on towards the left of theill position with the utmost gallantry and steadiness.; In the meanwhile, the Light Division s under Sir; George Brown, effected the passage of the Almal In his immediate front. The banks of the river' Itself were, from their rugged and broken na ture, most serious obstacles, and the vineyards% 3hrough which- the troops had to pass, and the zees which the enemy had felled, created addi tional impediments, rendering every species of for mation, under a galling fire, nearly an impossibil— ity. Lieut.-General Sir George Brown advanced;; against the enemy under great disadvantages. • In this difficult operation he nevertheless perse vered, and the Ist Brigade under Major-General Jodrington, succeeded in carrying a redoubt, ma- terially aided by the judicious and steady manner , in which Brigadier-General Buller moved on the:, :eft flank, and by the advance of four companies of •' the Rifle Brigade, under Major Norcott, who pro mises to be a distinguished officer of light troops. The heavy fire of grape and musketry, however, 1 to which the troops were exposed, and the losses onsequently sustained by the 7th, 23d, and 33d Regiments, obliged this brigade partially to relin pish its hold. • By this time, however, the Duke of Cambridge lad succeeded in crossing the river, and had moved ip in support, and a brilliant advance of the bri- • ;ado of Foot guards, under Major-General Ben ;inck, drove the enemy back, and secured the final possession of the work. The Highland Brigade, under Major-General air Colin Campbell, advanced in admirable order Lnd steadiness up the high ground to the left, and n co-operation with the Guards ; and Major Jeneral Penuefather's Brigade, which had been onnected with the right of the Light Division rorced the enemy completely to abandon the posi ion they had taken such pains to defend andH iecure. The 95th Regiment, immediately on the right of the Royal Fusiliers in the advance, sufferec equally with that corps an immense loss. The aid of the Royal Artillery in all these ope rations was most effectual. The exertions of thc Field Officers and the Captains of troops and bat teries to get the guns into action were unceasing ; and the precision of their fire materially contri buted to the great results of the day. Lieutenant-GeneralSir Richard Engl/nd brought his division to the immediate support of the troops in advance, and Lieutenant-General the Hon. Si) 'George Cathcart was actively engaged in watchinL the left flank. The nature of the ground did not admit of the em ployment of the cavalry under the Earl of Lucan ; but they succeeded in taking some prisoners at the close of the battle. In the detail of these operations, which I have gone into as far as the space of a dispatch would 'allow, your Grace will perceive that the service. in which the General and other Officers of tht ' Army were engaged, were of no ordinary cha racter ; and I have great pleasure in submitting them for your Grace's most favourable considera tion. The mode in which Lieutenant-General Sii George Brown conducted his division under the most trying circumstances, demands the expressioi, of my warmest approbation. The fire to which division was subjected, and the difficulties he Iliad to contend against, afford no small proof that his best energies were applied to the successful discharge of his duty. I must speak in corresponding terms of Lieu tenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans, who likewise .;onducted his division to my perfect satisfaction, and exhibited equal coolness and judgment in car rying out a most difficult operation. His Royal ' Highness the Duke of Cambridge brought his division into action in support of the Light Division with great ability, and had for the iirst time an opportunity of showing the enemy eis devotion to Her Majesty, and to the profes 4ion of which he is so distinguished a member. My best thanks are due to Lieutenant-Genera iir R. England, Lieutenant-General the Honoura de Sir George Cathcart, and Lieutenant-General -,he Earl of Lucan, for their cordial assistanc( wherever it could be afforded, and I feel it m 3 luty especially to recommend to your Grace's no ice distinguished conduct of Major-Genera 3enthlck, Major-General Sir Colonel Campbell, Major-General Pennefather, Major-General Cod ington, Brigadier-General Adams, and Brigadier- general Buller. In the affair of the previous day, Major-General he Earl of Cardigan exhibited the utmost spirit tied coolness, and kept his brigade under perfec :ommand. The manner in which Brigadier-General Strang rays directed the Artillery, and exerted himsel `o bring it forward, met my entire satisfaction. Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne wa: constantly by my side ; and rendered me, by hi counsel and advice, the most valuable assistance ; ►nd the Commanding Royal Engineer, Brigadier leneral Tylden, was always at hand to carry ou i Lny service I might direct dim to undertake. I deeply regret to say ithat he has since fallen 1. 'victim to cholera, as has Major Wellesley, whc vas present in the affair of the previous day. totwithstanding that he was then suffering from .erious illness. He had, during the illness of Major eneral Lord de Ros, acted for him in the most .fficient manner. I cannot speak too highly of 3rigadier-General Estcourt, Adjutant-General, of if Brigadier-General Airey, who, in the short ime he has conducted the duties of the Quarter naster-General, has displayed the greatest ability ; Ls well as aptitude for the office. I am much indebted to my Militrry Secretary, Lieutenant-Colonel Steele, Major Lord Burghersh, rnd the officers of my personal Staff, for the zeal ; ntelligence, and gallantry, they all, without ex • eption, displayed. Lieutenant Derriman, R.N., the Commander of he Caradoc, accompanied me during the whole of he operation, and rendered me an essential ser vice, by a close observation of the enemy's move nents, which his practiced eye enabled him accu• rately to watch. I lament to say that Lieutenant-Colonel Lagon lie, who was attached to my head quarters, by ,he Emperor of the French, fell into the enemy': ands on the 19th, on his return from Prince Na poleon's division, where he had obligingly gone at ray request, with a communication to his Imperial Clighness. This misfortune is deeply regretted, both by my ;elf and the officers of my personal Staff. The other officer placed with me under similari circumstances, Major Vico, afforded me all the assistance in his power, sparing no exertion to be i of use. I cannot omit to make known to your Grace the; cheerfulness with whioh the regimental officers of ;he Army have submitted to most unusual priva- tions. My anxiety to bring into the country every ,gAvalry and infantry soldier who was available) :prevented me from embarking their baggage ani,;-j l lmals, and these officers have with them at this Imoment nothing but what they can carry, and 'they, equally with the men, are without tents or !covering of any kind. II have not heard a single murmur. All seem impressed with the necessity of the arrangement ;' and they feel, I trust, satisfied that I shall bring up their bat horses at the earliest moment. The conduct of the troops has been admirable, When it is considered that they have suffered se-1 verely from sickness during the last two months ; that, since they landed in the Crimea, they hay e l been exposed to the extremes of wet, cold, and heat ; that the daily toil to provide themselves with water has been excessive, and that they have been pursued by cholera to the very battle-field, I do not go beyond the truth in declaring that they merit the kighest commendation. In the ardour of attack they forgot all they had endured, and displayed that high courage, that gallant spirit, for which the British soldier is ever distinguished ; and under the heaviest fire they maintained the same determination to conquer, as they had exhibited before they went into action. should be wanting in my duty, my Lord Duke, if I did not express to your Grace, in the most earnest manner, my deep feeling of gratitude to the officers and men of the Royal Navy for the invaluable assistance they afforded the Army upon this as on every occasion, where it could be brought to bear upon our operations. They watched the progress of the day with the most intense anxiety ; and as the best way of ivincing their participation in our success, and their sympathy in the sufferings of the wounded, they never ceased, from the close of the battle CH I we left the ground this morning, to provide for the sick and wounded, and to carry them down to the beach, a labour in which some of the officers' ven volunteered to participate, an act which I shall never cease to recollect with the warmest thankfulness. I mention no names, fearing I might omit some who ought to be spoken of ; but none who were associated with us, spared any exertion they could apply to so sacred a duty. Sir Edmond Lyons, who had charge of the whole, was, as always, most prominent in render ing assistance, and providing for emergencies. I enclose the return of killed and wounded. It s, I lament to say, very large ; but I hope, all circumstances considered, that it will be felt that no life was unnecessarily exposed, and that such in advantage could not be achieved without a con iiderable sacrifice. I cannot venture to estimate the amount of the Russian loss. I believe it to have been great, and such is the report in the country. The number of prisoners who are not hurt is small ; but the wounded to 800 or 900. Two General Officers, Major Generals Karganoff and Shokanoff fell into Our hands. The former is very badly wounded. I will not attempt to describe the movements of the French Army ; that will be done by an abler Land ; but it is due to them to say that their )peratidns were eminently successful, and that ender the guidance of their distinguished com- 1 1 mander, Marshal St. Arnaud, they manifested the y atmost gallantry, the greatest ardour for the attack, and the high military quali4ies for which they are so famed. This despatch will be delivered to your Grace I by Alajor Lord. Burghersh, who is capable of af r'ording you the fullest information, and whom I beg to recommend to your especial notice.—l have, &c., RAGLAN. P.S.—I inclose a sketch of the field of battle. dis Grace the Duke of Newcastle, 43.1 c. &c. &c. NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES AMONG OFFICERS IN ACTION ON THE RIVER ALMA, CRIMEA, SEPT. 20. GENERAL STAFF. Lieutenant T. Leslie, Royal Horse Guards, Or lerly Officer to the Commander of the Forces, wounded severely Capt. H. E. Weare, 50th Regiment, D.A.A.G., ,vouudecl severely FIRST DIVISION. STAFF. Captain H. W. Cust, Colstream Guards, Aide .e-Camp to Major-General Bentinek, killed GRENADIER, GUARDS. Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. H. Percy, wounded ,lightly. Lieutenant R. Hamilton, wounded slightly Lieutenant J. M. Burgoyne, wounded slightly COLDSTREAM GUARDS. Lieutenant C. Baring, wounded severely SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS. Lieutenant-Colonel J. IL Dalrymple, wounded slightly Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. Berkeley, wounded leverely Lieutenant-Colonel H. P. Hepburn, wounded severely Lieutenant-Colonel F. Haygarth, wounded se verely Captain Lord Chewton, wounded severely Captain J. D. Astley, wounded severely Captain W. G. Bulwer, wounded severely Captain D. F.' Buckley, wounded severely Captain R. Gipps, wounded slightly Lieutenant Lord Ennismore, wounded severely Lieutenant Hon. H. Annesley, wounded severely 93d REGIMENT. Lieutenant R. Abercrombie, killed SECOND DIVISION. STAFF. Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans. severe contusion, right shoulder Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. P. E. Herbert, 43d Regiment, Assistant Quartermaster - General severe contusion back of neck. Captain Thompson, Deputy Assistant Quarter- I master-General, on shoulder blade Ensign St. Clair, 21st Regiment, Acting Inter preter, shot through right arm Captain A. M. M'Donald, 92d Regiment, Aide de-Camp, wounded severely 30TH REGIMENT. Lieutenant F. Luxmore, killed Captain T. H. Pakenham, wounded severely Captain G. Dickson, wounded severely Crptain A. W. Conolly, wounded slightly Lieutenant and Adjutant M. Walker, wounded 'slightly THE SU - N, LONDON SUNDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, I 54. SECOND DIVISON. 30th Regiment -1 officer, 11 rank and file; killed ; 4 officers, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 60 rank and file Wounded. 55th Regiment -2 officers, 1 sergeant, 10 rank and file, killed ; 6 officers, 4 sergeants, 92 rank land file, wounded. 95th Regiment --6 officers, 3 serjeants, 42 rank and file, killed ; 11 officers, 12 serjeants, 1 drum mer, 115 rank and file, wounded ; 3 rank and file missing. 41st Ttegiment-4 rank and file killed ; 1 ser jeant, 22 rank and file, wounded. 47th Regiment-1 serjeant, 3 rank and file, killed ; 4 officers, 4 serjeants, 1 drummer, 56 rank and file, wounded 49th Regiment-1 serjeant, 1 rank and file killed ; 2 serjeants, 1 drummer, 10 rank and file, wounded Total-9 officers, 6 serjeants, 71 rank and file killed ; 25 officers, 25 serjeants, 4 drummers)l 355 rank and file wounded ; 3 rank and file missing. l intrb ittibition4 ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE. 55TH REGIMENT. Brevet Major J. B. Rose, killed Captain J. G. Schaw, killed Major F. A. Whimper, wounded dangerously Brevet-Major J. Coats, wounded severely Lieutenant G. E. Bissett, wounded severely Lieutenant E. Armstrong, NV ounded severely Lieutenant and Adjutant J. Warren, wounded slightly 47TH REGIMENT. Lieutenant T. Woollocorabe, wounded severely, Lieutenant N. G. Philips, wounded severely. Lieutenant J. G. Maycoek, wounded slightly 95TH REGIMENT I I Lieutedant-Colonel W. Smith, wounded severely 7- 6.l)tain G. Dowdall, killed Captain J. G. Eddington, killed Lieutenant E. W. Eddington, killed Lieutenont R. G. Polhill, killed Lieutenant and Adjutant J. C. Kingsley, killed , Lieutenant W. L. Braybrooke, Ceylon Rifles, attached to 95th Regiment, killed Major H. Hume, slight contusion Brevet-Major A. T. Heyland, arm amputated Captain V. Wing, wounded Captain J. W. Sargent, wounded slightly Lieutenant A. Macdonald, slight contusion Lieutenant R. Gerard, contusion in abdomen Ensign W. Braybrook, wounded Ensign J. H. Brooke, wounded in two places Ensign B. C. Boothby, foot amputated Ensign E. Bazalgette, wounded Surgeon A. Gordon, slight contusion THIRD DIVISION. 4TH REGIMENT. Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Cobbe, wounded slightly Captain G. L. Thompson, wounded slightly. LIGHT DIVISION. 7TH REGIMENT. Captain the Hon. W. Monck, killed Captain C. L. Hare, wounded severely Captain C. E. Watson, wounded severely Captain W. H. D. Fitzgerald, wounded severely Lieutenant D. Persse, wounded severely Lieutenant F. E. Appleyard, wounded slightly Lieutenant P. G. Coney, wounded severely Lieutenant the Hon. A. C. H. Crofton, wounded slightly Lieutenant G. W. W. Carpenter, wounded slightly Lieutenant H. M. Jones, wounded severely 23D REGIMENT. Lieut.-Colonel H. G. Chester, killed Captain A. W. W—Wynn, killed - Captain F. E, Evans, killed Captain J. C. Conolly, killed Lieutenant F. P. Radcliffe, killed Lieutenant Sir W. Young Bart., killed Second Lieutenant H. Anstruther, killed Second Lieutenant J. H. Butler, killed Captain W. P. Campbell, wounded severely Captain E. C. Hopton, wounded slightly Lieutenant H. Bathurst, wounded severely Lieutenant F. Sayer, wounded slightly Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant A. Apple whaite, wounded severely. 33D REGIMENT. Major T. B. Gough, wounded severely Captain H. C. Fitzgerald, wonnded slightly Lieutenant F. Du Pre Montagu, killed Lieutenant A. B. Wallis, wounded severely Lieutenant W. S. Worthington, lost one leg Ensign C. M. Siree, wounded severely Ensign J. J. Greenwood, wounded slightly 19TH REGIMENT. Lieutenant and Adjutant A. Cardow, killed Ensign G. D. Stockwell, killed Lieutenant-Colonel R. Saunders, wounded se. ,verely Major H. E. M'Gee, wounded slightly Captain R. Warden, wounded slightly Lieutenant R. Wardlaw, wounded severely Lieutenant L. D. Currie, wounded severely • 88TH REGIMENT. Quartermaster T. Moore, wounded slightly 2D BATTALION RIFE BRIGADE. Captain Earl of Errol, wounded in hand ARTILLERY. Captain A. Dew, killed Lieutenant A. Walshani, killed Lieutenant R. H. Cockerell, killed ROYAL ENGINEERS. Lieutenant H. Teesdale, wounded severely Total killed, 26—Total wounded, 76—Grand total, 102. (Signed) J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adj utan t- General. RETURN OF CASUALTIES WHICH OC CURRED IN ACTION ON THE RIVER ALMA, CRIMEA, SEPTEMBER 20, 1854. 13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 1 horse wounded Artillery-3 officers, 9 rank and file, 26 horses) killed ; 1 sergeant, 20 rank and file, wounded I Royal Engineers --1 officer wounded FIRST DIVISION. Grenadier Guards-10 rank and file killed ;3 1 officers, 3 serjeants, 113 rank and file wounded Coldstream Guards-1 officer killed ; 2 officers, '27 rank and file, wounded Scots Fusiliers-3 serjeants, 17 rank and file, killed ; 11 officers, 13 serjeants, 1 drummer, 136, rank and file wounded ; 1 rank and file missing 42d Regiment-5 rank and file Killed ; 2 ser icants, 30 rank and file, wounded • 79th Regiment-2 rank and file ; 7 rank and file wounded. 93d Regiment-1 officer, '7 rank and file, killed ; 3 serjeants, 41 rank and file wounded. Total-2 officers, 3 serjeants, 41 rank and file, killed ; 16 officers, 21 serjeants, 1 drummer, 354 rank and file wounded ; 1 rank and file missing. THIRD DIVISION. 4th Regiment-2 officers, '8 rank and file l Iwounded ; 3 rank and file missing 441 h Regiment-1 rank and file killed ; 7 rank and file wounded Total-1 rank and filo killed ; 2 officers, 15 1 rank and file wounded; 3 rank and filo missing FOURTH DIVISION. 21at Regiment -1 rank and file killed Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade -1 rank and file wounded Total-1 rank and file killed ; 1 rank and file' wounded LIGHT DIVISION. 33rd Regiment-1 offic.er, 3 serjeant,s, - sFTank and file, killed; 6 officers, 16 serjeauts, 2 drum mers, 159 rank and file, wounded. 19th Regiment-2 officers, 8 drummer, 38 rank and file, killed ; 5 officers, 4 serjeauts, 2 drum-', mere, 161 rank and file, wounded; rank and file missing. 77th Regiment-3 rank and file killed ;17 rank and file wounded. 88th Regiment -4 rank and file killed ; 1 officer, 2 serjeants, 14 ra n k an d fil e , woun d e d ; 1 ran k an di file missing. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade -2 serjeants, 9 rank' and file, killed ; 1 officer, 1 serjeant, 3 drummers,c 34 rank and file, wounded. Total-12 officers, 10 serjeants, 2 drummers, 183 rank and file, killed ; 29 officers, 48 serjeants, 12 drummers, 682 rank and file, wounded ; rank and file and 2 drummers missing. Cavalry-1 horse wounded. Artillery-3 officers, 9 rank and file, 26 horses, killed ; 1 serjeant, 20 rank and file, wounded. Engineers-1 officer wounded. Ist Division-2 officers, 3 serjeants, 41 rank aid file, killed ; 16 officers, 21 serjeants, 1 drummer 354 rank and file, wounded ; 1 rank and file missing. 2d Division-9 officers, 6 serjeants, 71 rank and file, killed ; 25 officers, 25 serjeants, 4 drummers, ‘ 355 rank and file, wounded ; 3 rank and file missing. whose names appear among the list of the "severely wounded," will die in the service of their country, but it is at least consolatory to know that the proportion actually dead is small in comparison with the number of casualties. _ _ It will be observed that only one officer of the Guards Brigade is returned as " killed" — Mr. Horace Cust, of the Coldstream Guards. This gallant young man is the youngest son of Captain the Hon. Peregine Francis Cust—a cousin of the youthful Earl Brownlow—and a nephew of the Duke of Buccleuch. Of the officers of the Scots Fusiliers, nine were wounded, but it is hoped none fatally so. SUN OFFICE, Four o'clock. 3rd Division-1 rank and file killed ; 2 officers, 15 rank and file, wounded ; 3 rank and file (missing. I 4th Division-1 rank and file killed ; 1 rank and file wounded Light Division-12 officers, 10 serjeants, 2 drum mers, 183 rank and file, killed ; 29 officers, 48 serjeants, 12drummers, 682 rank and file wounded; 9 rank and file missing. Grand Total-26 officers, 19 serjeants, 2 drum mers, 306 rank and file, 26 horses killed ; 73 officers, 95 serjeants, 17 drummer, 1,427 tank and file, 1 horse wounded; 2 drummers a nd 16 rank and file missing. (Signed) J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. The Commander of the Forces congratulates the troops on the brilliant success that attended their unrivalled efforts in the battle of the 20th' instant, on which occasion they carried a most formidable position, defended by large masses of Russian infantry and a most powerful and nume- rous artillery. Their conduct was in unison with that of ourl gallant Allies, whose spirited and successful attack of the left of the heights occupied by the enemy cannot fail to have attracted their notice and admiration. Head Quarters, Alma River, September 22, 1854. GENERAL ORDER.—No. 1. The Commander of the Forces thanks the Army most warmly for its gallant exertions. He witnessed them with pride and satisfaction, and it will be his pleasing duty to report, for the Queen's l information, how well they have earned her Ma jesty's approbation, and how gloriously maintained Ithe honour of the British name. Lord Raglan condoles most sincerely with the troops on the loss of so many gallant officers and brave men, whose memory it will be a cbnsOlation to their friends to feel, will ever be cherished in the annals of our Army. (Signed) J. B. B. ESTCOURT. WAR DEPARTMENT, OCT. 8, 81 O'CLOCK, A.M. The Duke of Neivcastle has received private letters from Lord Raglan, expressing his great regret that the harrassing duties imposed upon the troops, by the operations after the battle oJ Alma, had prevented the nominal returns of thi killed and wounded of the non-commissioned officers and privates being made out in the different regiments in time to be sent with the despatchei. now published. The Duke of Newcastle expects them by an early 'mail, and they shall be published the moment they • !are received. 7th Regiment-1 officer, 2 serjeants, 38 rank ) and file, killed ; 11 officers, 16 serjeants, 1 drum mer, 151 rank and file, wou n d e d ; 2 ran k an d fil e .. Admiralty, October 8, 1854. The Lords Commissiouera of the Admiralty have this day received despatches from Vice-Admiral Dundas, containing intelligence as to the proceed ings of her Majesty's Fleet in the Black Sea, of which the following are copies : ATTACK OF [THE RUSSIAN ENTRENCHMENTS ON THE ALMA BY THE ALLIED AsMIES. No. 485. Britannia off the Alma, September 21, 1854. Sir,—ln my letter of the 18th instant (No. 480), I reported to you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the Allied Armies were ready to move, and I now beg you will acquaint their Lordships that, on the morning of the 19th, they marched to a position about two miles north of the Alma River, where they halted for the night ; the French and Turks on the right, close to the sea, and the English to the left, about four miles inland. The Russians, with some 5,000 or 6,000 cavalry and artillery, and 15,000 infantry, made a demon stration north of the river, but returned on the approach of the armies, and recrossed the river at sunset. About noon, on the 20th, the Allies advanced in the same order to force the Russian position and entrenchments south of the Alma. This was effected by 4 o'clock, the Russians retreating appa rently to the eastward of the main road to Sebasto pol. The Russian left fell back before the French very rapidly, and their batteries on the right were carried by the bayonet of the English. Our loss has necessarily been severe, and is estimated at about 1,200 killed and wounded ; that of the French about 900. missing. The Russian loss has also been great, two gene ral officers and three guns were captured by our 'men, but we have few prisoners beyond the wouuded, in consequence it is believed of our de-1 aciency of cavalry. LieUtenant Deiriman, of the Caradoc, accompa nied the staff of General Lord Raglan, during the lotion, and I also sent Lieutenant ynn of this ship to convey any message to me from his lord _ All the medical officers of the fleet (excepting one in each ship), 600 seamen and marines, and all the boats have been assisting the wounded, and conveying them to the transports, that will sail for the Bosphorus as soon as possible. I believe it is the intention of the Allied Forces to -move to-morrow, and the Sampson which I de tached last night with the Terrible off Sebastopol, has signalised that the Russians were retreating on Sebastopol, and that they have burnt the villages on the Katsoha. Rest I have, &c., (Signed) J. W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral. The Secretary of the Admiralty. MOVEMENTS OF THE FLEETS ARD ARMIES. No. 487. Britannia, off the Katseha, Sept. 23, 1854. _ Sir,—l beg you will inform the Lords Commis-I iioners of the Admiralty, that since my letter to you of the 21st inst. (No. 485), the men and boats of the fleet have been employed in bringing from the field (about four miles distant), and carrying )n board the transports, the English and Russian Aficers and .men wounded in the battle of the Alma, as well as the sick of the army. 2. All the medical officers of the different ship! have been zealously and usefully occupied in at-1 tending them, and I have been obliged to send several assistant-surgeons in the vessels with the wounded to Constantinople. 3. The Vulcan and Andes, with 800 wounded tild sick, sailed for Constantinople yesterday, and w-day the Orinoco and Colombo, with 900, in .:hiding some sixty or seventy Russians, will follow. Another vessel (by the request of Lord Raglan), with about 500 wounded Russians, will also pro ceed, under charge of the Fury, to land them at t Odessa. BATTLE OF THE AL MA 4. On the night of the 21st instant the Russians made a very great alteration in the position of their fleet in Sebastopol. I enclose a report made by Captain Jones, of the Sampson ; and I propose attacking the outer line the first favourable oppor tunity. ' 5. Captain Jones also reports that great exer tion appear to be making to strengthen the land defences, as well as those by sea. Now batteries on both sides of the port have been erected, defending the entrances and line of coast. One, to the north, has heavy guns, of a range of 4,000 yards, two shots having passed over the Sampson, when nearly at that distance. 6. Provisions for the army have been landed ; and the Forces move on to-day towards Sebasto pol, accompanied by the fleets, which have an chored off the Katscha. I have, &c. (Signed) J. W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral The Secretary of the Admiralty. 23d Regiment--8 officers, 3 serjeants, 1 drum mer, 39 rank and file, killed ; 5 officers, 9 serjeants, ► 4 drummers, 139 rank and file, wounded ; 2 drum- ,mere this morning, - and repo=7.7l77eniaa heads of tho ships are generally above water ; that the passage is closed, except perhaps a small space near the shoal off the North Battery, and the double booms inside are thus rendered more se leure. Eight sail of the line are moored east and west inside of the booms, and three of the ships are heeled over to give their guns more elevation to sweep over the land to the northward. 2. An intelligent seaman, a deserter, who escaped from Sebastopol on the 22d, had partly prepared me for some extraordinary movement. He had informed me that the crews of the ships moored across the harbour (to one of which he had been attached) had been landed, with the ex ception of a very few in each ship ; that the vessels were plugged ready for sinking ; tbat the guns and stores were all on board ; and that the other ships were moored under the south side to defend the harbour from attack from the north ward. He reported that the Battle of Alma had greatly dispirited the Russians ; that the troops had retreated on Sebastopol without a halt ; that he believes the whole Russian force not to exceed 40,000. The man's statements were clear, and on points that came under his own observation were mostly corroborated, and I consider reliance may be placed on his information generally, con sidering the means his station in life afforded of en abling him to obtain it. At the request of Lord Raglan I have sent him on shore to act as a guide to the Army on their approach to the environs of Sebastopol. 3. The Allied Armies moved this afternoon to take up a position to the south of the port of Se bastopol, and the fleet will move so as to meet their arrival there.—l have, &c., J. W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at B,QOO bales. The market closed steadily. Railway shares were quiet. The anxiety to provide means against all con tingencies, and the active demand for money, had a marked effect upon the position of the Bank of England during the week to the 30th ultimo. The balances of private: depositors were augmented ; but this was a measure of precaution, and probably in anticipation of liabilities falling due on the 4th inst. The discounts, for the same reason, were largely augmented. With regard to the amount to the credit of the Treasury, it is smaller than upon some former corresponding pe riods, but quite as large as could be expected during a state of warfare. Bullion and notes wer• both required to a larger extent, from the greater demand upon the Bank's resources. The follow ing were the changes compared with the previous week : Active circulation... Increase 668,670 Bullion 169,016 3,719,493 Increase Public Deposits 5,786,582 Increase Other Deposits Increase 155,920 Seven-Day and other Bills Increase 9,256 Government Securities 11,006,210 lacrease 9,255 Other Securities 16,912,843 Increase Notes unemployed 6,499,380 Decrease 794,100 There was an advance again yesterday afternoon n the rates of exchange for bills upon some of the !continental cities, Trieste, 90 days, being done at ;11 43 to 48, and Frankfort at 119. Paris, how !ever, remained atl2s 321 to 37k, Amsterdam at 11. 18± to 181, and Hamburgh at 13 7 to 71. South American Doubloons are 755. 3d. to 755. 6d. per oz., United States gold coin is 765. 11d., Spanish Pillar dollars are 6s. to Gs. 4d., and five franc pieces are ss. Oid. per ounce. • Nearly every line of this would have applied to England before the repeal of the Corn Laws, and the adoption of such arguments abroad is the sure precursor of Free Trade. There are several telegraphic despatches in from Memel, dated the sth inst., received by various German houses, announcing the melancholy fact of a large portion of that town having been destroyed by fire, according to some versions no less than two-thirds. This, however, is probably exagge rated. It is doubtful as yet whether the shipping has suffered, but as a canal runs through the t-Avn, and the ships load therein, it is very much feared that the merchandise may also have suffered. A large • quantity of produce, especially hemp, had been burnt in the warehouses. According to some ver sions as much as 8,000 tons of hemp. The funds have been very quiet, and continue • heavy as regards prices. Consols have been 95 to for transfer, and 95i to for account. Exchequer Bills have been 4s. to 7s. premium. East India ' Stock is at 230. Decrease.. Foreign Securities have been offered rather freely for sale again. Spanish 3 per Cents, have been 374 , and the New Deferred 18g. The Com mittee's Certificate is at 5. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 24, and Chilian 101 ex dividend. Brazilian Old Stock is at 98 to 99 ex dividend. Russian 44 per Cents. have dropped to 85. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 6i ; Mexican, 24i to 25 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 401 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto 44 per Cents., 85 to 87 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181 to 18i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 374 to 371; ditto Certificates, 5 to 5f ; ditto Passive, 44 to 4i. Railway Shares have been weak again, and the transactions have been in the direction of sales generally. Great Northern and Caledonian, how ever, have been a shade higher, and the Shropshire Union have been very firm. French shares have been merely nominal. The Mining Market has been dull, and there has been no movement in the Banking Shares. Crystal P alace are not so good. • ARRIVAL OF LORD BURGHERSH. (Front the Morning Post of this day.) Major Lord Burghersh, principal aide-de-camp to General Lord Raglan, commanding the British forces in the Crimea, arrived in town this morning at a quarter to 7 o'clock, bearing detailed intelli gence of the first great action in which the I ,allied forces have been engaged against the Rus sians. Lord Burghersh brings intelligence down to the 25th of September, at noon, on which day his lordship embarked in her Majesty's war 'steamer Fury, Capt. Chambers, then lying near the mouth of the river Katcha, several miles north of the Alma, and within sight of the fortifications of Sebastopol—the advanced guard of the allied forces at that time stretching to within two-and- . Observations on the Fleet in Sebastopol, made a-half miles of the outworks of the fortress. : on September 22, 1854, by Captain L. T. Jones, The Fury made the run across the Black Sea to,, C. 8., H.M.S. Sampson. Constantinople in 34 hours, arriving at the Turkish Moored across the Entrance of the Harbour. capital about midnight on the 26th of September.. ; From north to south are the following vessels : She left after coaling—an operation in which much ,‘,' Ist—A frigate, at northern entreme. valuable time was lost, through the clumsiness of ,- 2d—Are two-decker. h the Turks—on the night of the 27th ; and, after c . -decker, with round stern. rr, - 3d—A4th—A t two a stormy passage, reached Malta about 10 o'clock on sth—A two-decker. the night of Monday last, the 2d of October. Only'; 6th—A two-decker, without masts, quite light,;:;. — (prom the Manchester Guardian of this day.) 21hourswere consumed in coaling at Malta, and die and appears to be newly coppered. Fury again put to sea about midnight ou the 2d inst., 7th—A large frigate. • MANCHESTER, Oct. 6.—On Tuesday a more cheerful :'" feeling was diffused through our market by the great two hours after the Nil, the ordinary French mail ARTILLERY CREEK. The . top-gallant masts of these are on deck and achievement of the allies on the heights of the Alma, and packet, had taken her departure fromthe same port. :, by the reported capture of Sebastopol ; and, as the com p distance from Malta to Marseilles was run—un- '' sails unbent. tnercial advises from Calcutta were more favourable than The ship without masts is lying across Artillery'; they had been expected to be, while an upward tendency der some disadvantages of weather, which obliged the Creek ; inside is a two -decker ready for sea, and ', was showing itself in the Liverpool cotton market, both Fury to round the island ofSardinia—in 80hours,the bearing an Admiral's flag at the mizen. ' , spinners and manufacturers assumed a greater degree of Fury steaming into the harbour of the latter: HEAD OF HARBOUR. •`i firmness than they had exhibited in the previous week. :' In most kinds of yarns, buyers found themselves unabl e fort at 8 o'clock on Friday morning, the 6th in- : The ships at the head of the harbour, which had p&disadvantage of id. per lb., and i n stunt. In less than an hour Lord Burghersh had ' hitherto been lying with their broadsides to the entrance are now lying with their heads out : '. to ha e exce tat India urc goods s a sintilar change was experienced. Purch asers • remained cautious however, generally declining the re. disembarked and secured a special train, by which :. No. I—On the north a two-decker. c onsequently he travelled to Valence, posting thence to Lyons. .• 2—A two-decker. ~. inconsiderable in their aggregate amount. Since Tues. A.nother special train was here chartered by his lord- 7 ' 3—A two-decker. , . any, the suspension of payment T b two : quired terms, and the transactions were houses in Liver ship to bring him on to Paris ; but as the exigencies •, 4—A two-decker.arisen out of theweek,attributable mainly and to the eon was mous failures more im medi a t e l y connected with this of foreign railways do not admit of any disturbance , 5—A two decker. pool renewed the distrust which had • :: pr 6—A three-decker at the entrance of the 14. • GLASGOW, Oct. 6.—The market to-day was quieter of the ordinary traffic, so in this instance, on over- ,• i , taking one of the usual trains, his lordship's carriage t Dockyard Creek, t c h it a y n . 7—A three-decker bearing an Admiral's flicting accounts from the seat of war, was attached thereto, and his arrival in Paris thu s it' . large flag at the fore. • failures at Liverpool ; still prices of low ' ' delayed until five o'clock last evening. Lord Burg-- Above these are twoships,to be a • American must be quoted 1 1 one appears and middling - 6d. per lb. higher than on hersh, after having had a brief interview with Lord; line-of-battle ship and the other a frigate. .. this day week. early in i . BRADFORD, Oct.s. Cowley, her Majesty's Ambassador at the French STEAMERS. Wool There has been a ver y Court, came on to Boulogne, where he arrived' . ... ' Five steamersunder d y the - small steamers at the head of the harbour, and four ' spinners buy Very d • • dl prices . ispirite y. In there is no , shortly after 12 o'clock last night. His lordship; • „,.. change. Yarns —The in Careening Bay. 4- transactions are of the same cha ' crossed from Boulogne to Dover in one of the beauti- f ~, raster as for s everalweeks GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. past, both as regards demand and prices. - ful steamers of the South-Eastern Railway Company, : Dockyard Creek shuts in with Northern Fort, :one Pieces—The business has been almost - *Tie led and leaving Dover at four o'clock arrived at Lon-' 1 bearing S. E. 4E. Observed about 50 0 . infantry, 4 € 1 from the direction of t . i LEICESTER, Oct. s.—Except in the glove branch, which ;`don-bridge station at half-past 6. A carriage was inc ,marching towards the town, still remains flat 'B•tlaklava 1,.` , , a good season's demand continues both ;awaiting to convey his lordship to Downing-street„` ' z` `,. 1 ~ 60. . ,!:. for plain and fa • ‘ Not i ce u aoollt, MOD employed on brow of 01.2..., fancy ho s i ery. Worsted yarns remain ~ w here he alighted at the office of the Minister for ' , i`„ • •mould from brink of cliff 4 , _ jrtn, and the spinners are fully employed. There is not all hill, carrying w ei t, so much demand for wools, which appear for the present the War Department. His Grace the Duke of New- Square Fort. 'tine and• ` t'.• te have touched the highest price. castle was instantly sent for, and arrived in less than i 3 45 P.3l.—Cape Constantine ships 1 n ohel = 4 ' half-an-hour—though, we regret to add, sufrerine:': bearing S. 1 W. •C - ~, ~, (Copy.) from severe indisposition. The E . arl of Aberdeen', . 1 0- OINKING OF THE E.I7SSIAN SHIPS AT THE E and the Earl of Clarendon arrived within the hour, i TRANCE OE HE HARBOUR OP SEBASTO '-_ r / T POL. and all the Ministers had long interviews with 'i' a f, N o. 489. Britannia, (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) off the - Lord Burghersh. h SeptembAz 24, 18r4, ' staple manufacture of this town SEEDS, CT. 6.—The d neighbour hood continues much in the same state as The intense interest with which the details hero ; SIR, —In my letter of yesterday, No. 48 j I 't.' an b *ported the extraordinar • 3 7 , 1 0. 7, re-,, it has been during the last two or three weeks. There given will be read by all classes, renders it mine- . ]ace ill . . . ) change that had takenr is a steady business doing. On Saturday the market in a ce in the position hitherto c ssary to do more than to express our heartfelt ') h enemy's fleet in maintained b the 1 both the Cloth-halls was of a rather better order. Heavy thankfulness that the losses the British troops and I now b the harbour of Sebastopol ''''' 7 ' goods were in brisk demand, and in pilots, beavers, wit eg you will it acquaint the Lords., net's, &c., there was a considerable business done. Ordi , I •!lay° sustained in this first glorious victory are not , Commissioners of the mi Ad ' ralty, that the same nary c loths and other descriptions of light goods were not v e quite so fatal as might have been feared from the 'afternoon, generally thought to on the appear ance in much request. The market was of the Allied, The , re was not, how ] 'Fleets in ; -' numerical list of "killed and wounded" forwarded s. , ht f h v been of a satisfactorycharacter. ' , 1% g o Sebastopol, the whole of the a a • g oo d a report of Tuesday s market ;it was 1 through the telegraph elan Not "- by Lord Ra o . ..,vessels moor the R ed across the harbour were sunk by # ev • ' er quite so and flat , and only an indifferent business was done. 'more than 26 officers fell on the field, an d 19 the ussians, leaving tkeir masts more or les quiet been a good trade done in the warehouses Bur non-commissioned officers, and the returns of above water, and I went last e •to the evening mouth ingThere has -k• Several buyers have been in the the current we e . with •?. of the harbour to I toget her i considerable activity in the ••1 rank and file actually killed amount only to 308. iv , t assure myself of this singularitown, which, event. country trade, bas given a good tone to th e d eman d f or There can be no doubt that m a ny others of each Captain Drummond examined the harbour /the home mar ket.' STATE OF TRADE. WOOLLEN TRADE.