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THE BATTLE BALAKL AVA.. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM GENERAL LORD RAGLAN. LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED. (FROlf LAST EVENING'S GAZETTE.) War Department, November, 17, 1854. 121 o'clock Afternoon. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has to-day re ceived three despatches and enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his grace by General the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. No. 93. Before Sebastopol, Oct. 31, 1854. My Lord Duke, —Adverting to that part of your Grace's despatch of the 10th instant, No. 116, in which it is stated that her Majesty will be most anxious to receive such further accounts from me as may tend to relieve the affectionate anxiety of the friends of the wounded, I have the honour to acquaint your Grace that the Inspector-General of Hospitals has reported, from personal observation, that the majority of the wounded are making atisfactory progress, although there is too much reason to apprehend that among such a number of severe and dangerous injuries a certain proportion of casualties must occur. I have, &c., RAGLAN, His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c. &c. &c. No. 94. My Lord Duke, Before Sebastopol, October, 31, 1854. When I wrote to your Grace on the 28th inst., I was not in possession of the names of the officers Of the Cavalry Division who had distinguished themselves in the action of the 25th. I have now the honour to inclose a letter from Lieut.-General the Earl of Lucan, containing the list of those whose services entitle them to be specially mentioned, and I beg leave to recommend them to your Grace's notice. In the despatch to which I above refer, I had the honour to draw your Grace's attention to the conduct of Major-General the Earl of Cardigan and the Hon. Brigadier-General Scarlett. I omitted in my despatch of the 28th Sep tember to state, that when, in the battle of the Alma, Lieutenant-Colonel Webber Smith was obliged, in consequence of being severely wound ed, to leave the field, Major Champion assumed the charge of the 95th, which you' Grace will recollect was one of the regiments that suffered the most ; and he gained great credit by the way in which he conducted the command. I am glad of the opportunity to repair this omission. I stated to your Grace on the 28th instant that Major Dalton, of the 49th, had been killed in the trenches ; this was an error, the officer whose loss the service has to deplore is Major Powell, of the same regiment. I deeply regret that this mis take should have occurred.—l have, &c., _____ ____ RAGLAN. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c. Enclosure in Despatch No. 94. Before Sebastopol, October 30, 1854. Sir, In reference to my report of the action before Balaklava, on the 25th instant, I have now the honour to submit the names of officers who, on !Oat occasion, well entitled themselves to the notice of the Commander of the Forces, and for whom I seek his Excellency's kind protection : Major-General the Earl of Cardigan, Com manding Light Cavalry Brigade ; Brigadier-Gene ral Scarlett, Commanding Heavy Brigade ; Colonel Lord George Paget, Commanding 4th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant-Colonel Shewell, Command mg Bth Hussars ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hodge, Commanding 4th Dragoon Guards ; Lieutenant- Colonel Griffiths, Commanding 2nd Scots Greys ; Lieutenant-Colonel Yorke, Commanding Ist Royal Dragoons ; Lieutenant-Colonel White, Commanding 6th Enniskilling Dragoons ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Douglas, Commanding 11th Hus sars ; Captain Jenyns, Commanding 13th Light Dragoons, Captain Morris, Commanding 17th Lancers ; Captain Burton, Commanding sth Dragoon Guards ; Captain Maude, Royal Horse Artillery ; Colonel Lord William Paulet, Assist ant Adjutant-General, Cavalry Division ; Lieu tenant- Colonel Mayow, Brigade Major, Light Cavalry Brigade ; Major McMahen, Assistant Quartermaster -General, Cavalry Division ; Cap tain Conolly, Brigade Major, Heavy Brigade ; Captain B. Walker, Gth Dragoon Guards, my Ist Aide-de-Camp ; Captain Fellowes, 12th Lancers, Deputy -Assistant Quartermaster-General, Cavalry Division. I have, &c., (Signed) LUCAN, Lieutenant-General Commanding Cavalry Division. The Military Secretary, d 30., &c., &c. No. 95. Before Sebastopol, November 3, 1854, My Lord Duke,—Since I wrote to your Grace, on the 28th ultimo, the enemy have considerably increased their force in the Valley of the Chernaya, both in artillery, cavalry, and infantry, and have extended to their left, not only occupying the village of Camara, but the heights beyond it, and pushing forward pickets and even guns towards our ex treme right ; and these yesterday fired a few shots, apparently to try the range, which fell somewhat short. - These movements have induced me to place as strong a force as I can dispose of on the preci pitous ridge in that direction, in order to prevent any attempt to get round to Balaklava, by the sea ; and the whole line is strengthened by a breastwork, which has been thrown up by the Highland Brigade, the Royal Marines, and the Turkish troops, thus circumscribing that part of the position ; whilst immediately in front of the gorge leading into the town a strong redoubt is in course of being com pleted, which is to be garrisoned by the 93rd. Regiment, and armed with several guns ; and on high ground behind, and to the left, is a battery manned by seamen, which terminates the position to be defended by the troops under the command of Major General Sir Colin Campbell. Further to the left, and in a more elevated position, is the Brigade of the Ist French Divi sion, commanded by General Vinois, ready to move to the assistance of any of the British Force that may be assailed, and maintaining the con nection between the troops in the valley and those on the ridge on which the main armies are posted. The harbour of Balaklava is under the charge of Captain Dacres of the Sanspareil, and Rear- Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons is in the roadsted, outside, and is in daily communication with me. Thus every possible step has been taken to secure this important point, but I will not conceal from your Grace that I should be more satisfied if I could have occupied the position in consider ably greater strength. With reference tothe operations of the combined armies, engaged in 'the attack on Sebastopol, I have the honour to state that there is no material diminution in the enemy's fire, and yesterday 131"131143 two hours before daylight, the oanuonade THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1854. from all parts of the south front was heavy in the extreme, both on the French and British lines, and it occasioned, I deeply regret to say, some loss, but less than might have been expected under the circumstances. In the meanwhile the French, who have before them the town and real body of the place, have taken advantage of the more favourable ground, and are carrying on approaches systematically on the most salient and commanding part of the enemy's lines ; and they have constructed and opened batteries, the precision of the fire from which has most materially damaged the Russian works, although as yet they have not succeeded in silencing their guns. The weather is still fine, but it has become ex tremely cold, and there was a severe frost last night. I beg to submit to your Grace the nominal returns of casualties amongst the non-commis sioned officers and rank and file from the 22nd October to the Ist November, both days inclusive, and a list of officers killed and wounded between the 27th October and Ist November. Captain Maude, of the Horse Artillery, an ex cellent officer, is, 1 am assured, doing well. I likewise enclose the naval return of casualties. I have, d: c., RAGLAN. Ilis Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c. &c. fiTc. RETURN OF CASUALTIES AMONGST OFFI CERS, FROM 27rg OCTOBER TO lsr NOV., BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE.-2D NOVEMBER, 25th October. Royal Artillery—Captain G. A. Maude, wounded dan gerously (omitted in the return from 22d to 26th). 28th October. 49th Regiment—Major C. T. Powell, killed. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant• General. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM 27TH OCT. TO IsT NOVEMBER, 1854, BOTH DAYS IN CLUSIVE. Crimea, 2d November, 1854. Artillery-1 officer (Captain G. A. Maude), 1 serjeant, 5 rank and file, wounded Sappers and Miners-1 rank and file wounded Coldstream Guards-1 rank and file wounded 7th Regiment —1 rank and file wounded 19th Regiment -1 rank and file wounded 20th Regiment-1 drummer, 4 rank and file wounded 21et Regiment-2 rank and file killed. 49th Regiment-1 officer (Major Powell), killed 57th Regiment-2 rank and file wounded 63rd Regiment-1 rank and file killed; 1 rank and file woituded 77th Regiment-1 rank and file wounded 88th Regiment-1 rank and file killed ; 1 serjeant, 5 rank and file, wounded Ist Bat. Rifle Brif,,rade-1 rank and file killed ; 1 rank and file wounded. Total-1 officer, 5 rank and file, killed ;1 officer, 2 serjeants, 1 drummer, 23 rank and file, wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 17. The Right Honourable the Secretary-at-War has received from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle the following list of casualties amongst the non-com missioned officers and privates in the forces under the command of General the Lord Raglan, from the 22d October to Ist November, 1854, both days inclusive. NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES IN THE FORCES under the command of GENERAL LORD RAGLAN, G.C.8., from 22d October to is t November, both days in- olusive. 22d October. ARTILLERY. KILLED. Acting-Bombardier Wil 77rs REGIMENT. KILLED. Corporal Charles Darmett liar; Fox Gunner Alfred Element WOUNDED. Bombardier John Blacker, IST BATTALION RIFLE BRIGADE. WOUNDED. Private J. Carter, slightly Gunners, John Bennett, severely Samuel Cator, severely Henry Sims, slightly John Williams, slightly James Mitchell, slightly John Dugan, slightly John Proslee, slightly 2D BATTALION RIFLE .BRIGADE. UNDE D. Private W. Jackson, se verely, since clo.td 25th October. ARTILLERY. WOUNDED. Gunners. lsr REGT. OF FOOT. WOUNDED. Private William Bristow slightly William Davidson Arthur Jackson Joseph Gubsell 7TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. Privates. _ ROYAL ENGINEERS, WOUNDED. Private James Dilling John Shepherd, severely James Robinson, slightly Patrick Tyne, slightly Thos. Kirk, F lightly John Ford, slightly 7TH REGIMENT OF FOOT, WOUNDED. Private Edwin Butler, severely 20TE REGIMENT OF 20Ts REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. FOOT. WOUNDED. PrivateDa . ;iiiw — a — n - ,slightly Private James Lynch ; slightly 30Tic REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. Private J. Byng, slightly 28rs REGIMENT 0 FOOT. WOUNDED. Private Ethe 1. Flaherty, slightly 77T11 REGIMENT OF FOOT. KILLED. Private John Mason 44TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. 23d Octob(r, Private Benjamin Ford, slightly inTILLERY. KILLED. Gunners J. Ilodgeson and R. Morrison 57TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. WOUNDED. Serjt. J. Mitchell, slightly Acting-Bombr. W. Pinion ; slightly Gunners. D. Walsh, slightly W. Hannigan, severely R. Coats, severely J. Death, severely Private A. McNamara, slightly 68TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. KILLED. Private Michael Gallivan WOUNDED. Private Patrick Crawley, slightly IST REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. Private William Noonan, slightly IST BATTALION OF RIFLE BRIGADE. WOUNDED. Private William Wright, slightly. 47rn REGT. OF FOOT. KILLED. Private C. Kerivan October 25. 4TH DRAGOON GUARDS. KILLED. 50TH REGMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. Private Thomas Ryan Private J. Wait, severely WOUNDED. Troop-Serjeant-Major Jno. Evans, slightly Serjt. Wm. Percy, slightly 24th October. ARTILLERY. KILLED. Serjeants. F. Taylor J. Spiers WOUNDED. Privates. - James A.nclunclass, slightly Henry Preece, slightly Wm. Scanlon, dangerously Bombardier J. M. Maims, severely Gunner W. Pemberton, dangerously Wounded on 20th, omitted .. __ in last return. Bombardier James Dun. Bass, slightly Gunners. W. Cavanagh, slightly E. Bench, slightly R. Russell, slightly Bombardier W. Lane, slightly ROYAL ENGINEERS, WOUNDED. Privates. J. Wheeler, slightly J. Bland, dangerously 19TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. Privates. P. M. G. Gun, severely, since dead. Edward Keating, severely 41sT REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - PrivateM. Starkey,nevei 63D REGIMENT OF FOOT. . WOUNDED. Private Robed Ives, slightly WOUNDED: Troop Sergeant-Major Hen. Jennings, ,slightly Corporal Denis Heron, slightly Privates. James Devlin, severely James 011ey, slightly John Hughes, slightly Thomas Armes, slightly Jose') Carter, slightly Edward Bradley, slightly Joseph Phillips, slightly William Sutcliffe, slightly James Tyler, slightly Fredk. Dowsing, slightly Thomas Herbert, slightly George Croydon, slightly Thomas Rogers, slightly William Joneo, slightly Joseph Whitby, slightly William Thorne, slightly Peter Carrol, slightly John Gray, slightly Joseph G , sbell, severely William Keenen, slightly BTH HUSSARS. KILLED OR MISSING. Troop Serjeant-Major H, McCluer Serj eants. '.Michael Rielly William Williams Corporal William Donald Privates. Joshua Adams John Barry Michael Brennan James Dies Andrew Finnegan Denis Haurahan Thomas Heffron Edmund Herbert Matthew Keating Martin Le►nm►on Edward McDonald George Morris Charles Waterer John White WOUNDED. Troop•Serjeant Major Clarl , e, slightly Trumpet-Major William Gray, slightly Corporal John Sewell, se verely Trumpeter John Dunn, se verely Privates. Francis Bray, dangerously John Brown, severely Henry Cheshire, severely James Clement, severely Pat. Doolan, dangerously William Fullan, slightly R. 0. Glendire, severely Richard Kennedy, severely Patrick Kiterick, slightly Joseph Ross, severely William Ryan, dangerously Christopher Spain, slightly Thomas Tovamley, severely 11TH HUSSARS. BILLED OR DIIRSINIa. Serjeants. T. Jordan J. Jones Corporal T. France PriYates. R. Bubb R. Levett J. M. George C. Allured C. B. Cooper W. Davie R. G winnell G. Horne R. Lazell J. Stephenson J. Jackman J. Larkin D. Purcell T. Shrive D. Ward H. Wakelin W. Wareham G. Wootton J. Elder L. Shoppee W. H. Spring J. Brunton WOUNDED. Serjeants. R. Davies, slightly W. Bentley, slightly J. Lawson, slightly Corporals. E. Dudson, slightly J. Kilvert, slightly C. Cork, slighly Privates. D. Andrews, slightly H. Groorne, slightly H. Jewell, severely W. Walker, slightly T. Roberts, severely W. H. P en nington, slightly J. Glainster, danKerously R. Martin, severely S. Milburn, severely J. C. Purvis, severely G. Turner, dangerously E. Wilcox, slightly R. Young, severely W. Fir6ky Worely W. Taylor, slightly G. Jowett, slightly J. Bingham, slightly S. Sarver, severely T. Strutt, slightly H. Shergold, slightly 13TH LIGHT DRA.• GOONS. KILLED Olt MISSING. TroopSerjeant Major John Webster Corporal E. W. A. Smith Privates. Thomas Biackett Charles Court Willia►x Dorell Robert Fraser A. Holliday William Lawson Thomas McGorrine James Slattery James Watson T. J. Williams WOUNDED. Serjeant Frederick Peake, severely . - Privates. John Brooks, severely John Ettridge, severely John Keen, severely Joseph Moore, dangerously Henry Pegler, severely Joseph Rhodes severely Richard Rowley, severely William Sewcll, severely George Williams, severely George Wilde, slightly Sent on board ship without being seen by the Regi mental Surgeon. Serjeant Edward Martin Privates. James Cameron James Cunningham Joseph Douglas H. D. Naylor James Naylor William Nicholson John Veitch Thomas White Edmund Wright Robert Evans 17Tri LANCERS. KILLED OR MISSING. Serjeant Edward Talbot Corporals James Hall and Cont. Wrigley Irivates. Charles Aldows William Biker William Barker John Bow George Broom Walter Brooks Henry Carter Thomas Corcoran Richard Dollar Patrick Dowling George Flowers Henry Gray William Harrison John Lees Robert Ling . Frederick Melrose Charles Mitton Robert McNeill Robert Jackson Henry Pearce Johnson Sewell James Stamage John Wilson WOUNDED. Serjeant James Scarfe, se ♦erely Corporals. John Pyne, slightly George Taylor, severely Lance-Corporal J. Brown, (3d), slightly Trumpeters. Wra. Brittain ' dangerously Martin Landfred, slightly - - Privates. John Andrews, severely • Peter Brown, severely James Buck, slightly F. Clifford, dangerously Wm. Doyle, slightly Thomas Dudley, severely John Duggan, severely Patrick Fegan, slightly James Friend, slightly Thos. Foster, dangerously John Hart, slightly George Herriott, slightly Thomas Magee, slightly Thos. Mullen, dangerously James Mustard, slightly David WlsTeill, severely John Gravenor, slightly James O'Gorman, slightly John Payne, slightly William Pearson, severely William Phelan, severely William Puvis, severely Patrick Rafferty, severely Benjamin Soley, severely David Stanley, severely John Stewart, severely James Watts, severely October 26. 3RD BATTALION GRE NADIER GUARDS. WOUNDED. Private Matthew Lake IST REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDi.D. Private Robert Kernan, slightly 7TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. Privates. Wm. O'Connell, severely John Myland, severely Edward Carney, severely Win. Hopes, slightly 19TH REGIMENT. WOUNDED. Privates. James Gqmm, slightly Wm. Crowley, slightly 23D REGIMENT. WOUNDED. Private. John Calville, severely SOnt REGIMENT OF FOOT. KILLED. Privates. Charles Freeman George Ross Bryan Mathews Tho►ras Jenkenson Patrick Morris George Smith, 4th Robert Hunter WOUNDED. Serj,Dani.Sullivao,slightly Corporals. Thomas Delany, slightly John Sharp, let, severely 29a October. ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOUNDED. Gtnners. Robert McKee, slightly James Maley, slightly William Williams, slightly 20ra REUIDZENT OF TOOT. WMINDED, Drummer James liorsford, slightly Private Sa,nuel Pemberton, slightly 57TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. POUNDED. Private James Carson, sligL tly 30111 October. 19ri REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. Private James Flinn, wounded on 21st, not returned before SA.PPERS AND MINERS. WOUNDED. John Hutton, slightly 31st October. 1854. IST BATTALION RIFLE BRIGADE. KILLED. Charles Lewis WOUNDED. William Martin, slightly 77TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. James Long, slightly Ist November, 1854. COLDSTRE AM ,GDS. WOUNDED. Private. Wm. Tooley, severely I 21ST REGIMENT. BILLED. Privates. Fenton DUI* phey John Wright 63D REGIMENT. KILLID. Private Joseph Brennan 20TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. Privates. George Akins, mortally William Seaford, severely Chas. Humphries, slightly 88Th REGIMENT OF FOOT. KILLED. Private John M. Hugh WOUNDED. Serjeant Edward Somers, slightly Corporal William Knowles slightly Privates. Alex. Anderson, severely Michael Geraghty, severely John Downs, severely , lIRT, Adjut.•General. ERS TAKEN BY THE 'EL OCTOBER, 1854. Privates. Thomas Brown Thomas Marshall Janes McCanister Henry Ellis henry Young Thomas Sharp Alfred Tanner Robert Edge James Wightman William Kirk John Lyle PRISONERS NOT WOUNDED. 4TH LIGHT DRAGOONS. Trumpeter Hugh Crawford Corporal J. Armstrong Privates. Jaynes Bagshaw Thomas King Charles Frederick Michael O'Brien Samuel Parks Robert Farquharson James Bolton ETH HUSSARS. Privates. Patrick Horan Richard Palframan William Bird 11TH HUSSARS. Privates. N. Henry Henry Parker. 13Tn LT. DRAGOONS. Troop Serjeant•MajorJohn Lincoln Private Charles Warren OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSARIAT. Issuers. Edmund Johnson , James Kerrs J. B. B. ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. lirie ates. John Evans, slightly Archibald Fisher, slightly John Tucker, severely Edw. Horgan, severely Dd. M'Cabe, dangerously William Winimo, slightly Barthol. Regan, severely Patrick Deely, slightly Win. O'Brien, slightly Frs. Sturgeon, dangerously John Smith, 4th, slightly James Kerr, severely Charles Reynolds, severely David Bennett, severely Michael Kennedy, severely Edward Brennan. severely John Law, slightly Peter M‘Ginn, slightly James Gibbins, dangerously 41ST REGIMENT. I KILLED. Private John Martin Robert Dudley, severely Charles Light, severely Roger Hanrahan, severely John Clough, severely Michael Grace, slightly Wm. Tilley, severely Timothy Keeffe, severely Daniel Donovan, severely (since dead) 47Ta REGIMENT OF FOOT. KILLED. Private Fred. Pittman WOUNDED. Corporal William Bowler slightly Privates. Patrick Finlay, severely Robert Mulligan, slightly John Neill, slightly John Cantrill, slightly Patrick Mainard, slightly William Houlikam, slightly 49m REGIMENT, KILLED. Private George Swayne WOUNDED. Colour•Serjeant Wm. Arm. strong, severely Corporals. James Campbell, severely Daniel Dunn, severely Charles Henry, slightly Y ~1">_ Corporals. Drummer Eugene Sweeney, severely Privates. Jas. Atherton, dangerously William Brown, severely James Cardiff, severely Thomas Fahy, severely Thomas Fensoine, severely John Jones, dangerously Samuel Jones, severely Ed ward Jordan, slightly John Lake, slightly Michael Lyons, dangerously Thos. Monaghan, severely James Parker, severely James Sable, severely Thomas Donahy, slightly 881 n REGIMENT OF FOOT. KILLED. Private James Kilden WOUNDED. Privates. Thomas O'Brien, slightly Bartholomew Purcell, slightly Michael Connolly, slightly John McMahon, slightly 95Ta REGIMENT OF FOOT. KILLED. Private Charles Cardee WOUNDED. Serjeant-Major Roger Con ner, slightly Privates. John Doody, slightly Peter Ombley, slightly John McElligott, slightly George Clarke, slightly George Elliott, slightly Charles Leggett, slightly Thomas Baxter, slightly James Dalton, slightly 2D BATTALION RIFLE BRIGADE. WOUNDED. Corporal D. GraLam, slightly Privates. William Crouch, slightly J. Reilly, slightly J. Waldron, slightly J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adj utant-Geaeral. 27th October. ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOUNDED. Serjt. John Mould, dan gerously (omitted in re turn, 25th Oct.) Gunners. William Wilson, slightly John Cliburn, slightly 57rn REGIMENT OF FOOT. WOUNDED. Private Henry Mullen, slightly 63D REGIMENT. WOUNDED. Private John Leonard, slightly 28th October. 7TH REGIMENT. WOUNDED. Private F. Bretton, severely J. B. B. ESTC RETURN OF PRISON: RUSSIANS, THE 251 4ra LT. DR &GOONS. WOUNDED , Troop-Serj eant-Maj or Wm. . _ Fowler Corporal William Thomas Privates. Thomas Linser Thomas Fletcher Thomas Lucas James Boxhall James Normoyle BTa HUSSARS. Comet George Clowes Corporal William Taylor - Privates. hn Berlin William Perry James Maccanon Edward Turner John Fitzgibbon 11TH HUSSARS. Corporal James Williams Privates. William Sheppard John Berry Walter Hyde John Dryden 3TH LIGHT DRA. GOONS. Troop-Serjeant-Major Geo Smith Trumpeter Wm. Howard Privates. William Martin Christopher Hanlon A. Harris John Maccan William Duke George Cooper Thomas Cook William Benton 17Tti LANCERS. Lieut. John Chadwick A. RETURN OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE N&YAL BRIGADE DURING THE THREE DAYS ENDING 31sT OCTOBER. RODNEY. ROUNDED. Thomas Marlow, ordinary, slightly, 20th October. BRITANNIA. WOUNDED. John Williams, A. 8., slightly, 30th October Total wounded - - 2 STEPHEN LIISHINGT OI " , Captain Commanding Naval Brigade. To the Military Secretary to H. E. Lord Raglan, Commander-in• Chief of the Army. A RETURN OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE NAVAL BRIGADE ON THE IST NOVEMBER, 1854. LONDON. WOUNDED. William Garrett, leading seaman, slightly William Walker ARETHUSA. , A. 8., slightly Thomas Lemmon "VENGEANCE., A. 8., slightly Total wounded - ' . 3 STEPHEN LUSHINGT OI S Captain Co mman di n g Naval Brigade. To the Military Secretary to H. E. Lord Raglan/ C o mtnander-in-Chief of the Army. LETTERS FROM THE CRIMEA CA MP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, OCT. 28. A FLAG OF TRUfill. After the despatch of my letter to-day, I learnt that Captain Fellowes, aide-de-camp, had been sent in with a flag of truce to the Russian camp on the Chernaya, to ascertain th e part i culars of onr loss an d to commun icate with our wounded and captive officers, if the Russians would allow him to do so. Somewhat injudiciously, perhaps, he was also authorised to demand permission that we might bury the dead who night have been left in front of the Russian lines. It was imagined that the enemy had net performed this duty, as many bodies could be seen lying unburied on the field, and it is not certain that these who fancied they saw those . bodies w ere not quite r i ght. C ap t a i n F e ll owes went in, attended by a trumpeter, with a flag of truce, and Mr. Manassion, an Armenian, attached as interpreter to the head-quarters staff. The trumpeter blew a blast from time to time as he rode on, and when the little party approached the lines of the Russians, and passes through the fatal field where so many of our poor fel lows had been mowed down by the deadly artillery of the enemy, two Russian officers, accompanied by two Cossack Lancers, rode forward to meet them. The Russians, both of whom spoke French, asked what the object of the flag of truce was I They were told that Lord Raglan had sent in to ascertain what officers of our cavalry were alive in the hands of the Russians, and to receive any letters they might be allowed to forward to their countrymen. One of the Russian officers said, " You will be good enough to turn round, for you can not approach our camp so near. This is an affair for the General to deal with, and I shall communicate with him." He rode away, and the remaining Russian and his two Cossacks, having seen that the English officer and his followers turned round so as to have their backs to the camp, begged of them to advance still further, so as to recede from the Russian lines, and then accompanied them slowly back with his Cossacks, watching carefully that none of the party moved his head over his shoulder. They saw as they rode bask that some of the dead horses had large pieces cut out of then to furnish food for the Cossacks. Indeed that is not wonderful, as the Zouaves, in some instances, have cut choice steaks of horseflesh from the bodies of the fatter quadrupeds killed in action, and they pronounce them to be excel lent. In a few moments an elderly officer, accompanied loy a small staff, and attended by the Ruselan who had ridden to seek him, rode towards their flask, and, in a gruff, harsh voice, exclaimed " Je anis leg - neral en chef ici ; quo vouiez V 01135 de moi Messieurs l" It is supposed that he announced his position in order to prevent Captain Fellowes asking his name, or demand jpg udorr.sation ae to the , title of 4. pepe4 Tin 64. dressed him. Captain Fellowes explained the object of his mission, and when he came to the portion of his message referring to the permission for burying the dead, the Russian General, in a tone of great indignation ex claimed, "We have buried the dead. Tell my Lord Raglan that we are Christians, and, though we make war, we perform all the duties of Christians ! The dead are buried. The wounded are taken care of." The Rus sian General then received two letters, supposed to con tain money and keys, which Captain Fellowes had been charged with from two Russian officers in our hands. He took out his glasses to read the direction, and as he did so for the first time he deigned to bestow a quick sharp glance over the rim at the officer who addressed him. Finally, he declared he did not know the names of the officers in the hands of his troops, but said that if Cap tain Fellowes returned to-morrow he would communi cate with him—that he would ascertain their names, and would have any letters they might wish to transmit conveyed to him for delivery. His tone became more courteous towards the close of the interview, and as Captain Fellowes retired the General said, " Vous m'ex cuserez si je vows dise que votre attaque de 25rne dtait une attaque bete, parlant selon la loi militaire," or words to that effect. Captain Fellowes bowed and re tired. Wo hear there are only three officers of ours a.ive in their hands. To-morrow will tell more. THE CAVALRY-THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S DESPATCH. Today our cavalry abandoned their old camp. They have taken up ground on the hills on the road to Bala. klava, close to the rear of the French centre. We have thus abandoned the lower road to the enemy ; and there is a rumour that two of our officers, coming, out to-night from Balaklava, on the lower road, in ignorance of this withdrawal, have been taken prisoners. To-day 1,600 Turks arrived. They are to be used in assist ing us and the French in the trenches. Our cavalry, I am glad to say, have not been cut up as much as was supposed, for many of them have turned up since the 25th. The way in which the stampedo among the Russian horses, on the night of the 27th, is accounted for is, that a rocket was fired by us into their cavalry camp, and that all the Russian horses broke away. Many of them, accustomed to the station of the monastery of St. George, galloped over in the direction of our lines, and were captured. A well-written and graceful despatch, received from the Duke of Newcastle, has given great satisfaction to the officers and men of our army. It does full justice to their noble courage at the Alma, singles out Sir George Brown and Admiral Lyons for special praise, and pays a courtly and honest compliment to Lord Raglan. Our cavalry are now close to the camp of the Chasseur d'Afrique, and the men fra ternise as much as they possibly can, through the mode rate medium of water and wood—our two great luxuries and necessaries out here just at present. , We are expecting great supplies of coal front Hera clea. It will soon be indispensable, for the trees and shrubs in the valleys aro nearly all cut down. At pre sent we have coal enough to heat our shot, and make them " red hot." Voila tout/ Lord Dunkellin has been seat to Moscow on his way to St. Petersburg. THE RIIIISIAN CAVALRY. The Russian cavalry had three rations of spirits served out to each man ere they made the attempt at a charge which met with such signal chastisement at the hands of the Heavy Brigade. They were also blessed by a priest. Our swords, however, were not blunted, nor our speed stayed in the charge, by the holy man. To night there is the usual thud ! thud ! thud ! from the Russian batteries at 9 o'clock. They are evidently getting frightened at our "drawing in" upon them ; but cannon shot cannot break the deadly coil of our folds of riflemen. OUR MISSING orricsßs AND MEN. October 29.—The hopes entertained so fondly that a considerable number of our missing officers were in the hands of the Russians as captives have been rudely de stroyed to-day by the result of Captain Fellowes' mis sion to their camp. Of non-commissioned officers and privates they have 58 prisoners, of whom 15 only are not wounded. It follows that our actual loss in killed on the field in that fatal charge amounts to 108 men and 11 officers. The 15 men who are unwounded were allof them dismounted by the enemy's shot. It is added that tke officer who received Capt. Fellowes expressed his opinion that our attack was a " chargi des foul." Very com plimentary, certainly ! CUPIDITY OF THE COSSACKS. There is too much reason to believe that the gay jaokets and rich trappings of our Light horsemen—privates and officers—excited the cupidity of the Cossacks, who did not scruple to kill the wounded as they lay on the ground for the sake of their uniforms. They knew that they would net be allowed to take the clothes of the men who were alive, and so, more Tartarico, they made short work of it. "Do you see that," exclaimed a Russian officer to one of ours, pointing, as he did so, to the gold cord of a shako ? " Yes." " Well, I can tell you one of our Cos sacks would ride 100 miles to get hold of such a pretty looking thing." How much easier would be the task of lancing the men who lay on the ground close at hand to them ! THE RUSSIAN BATTERIES. To-day the fire on our lines was very slack, but it is observed that the Russians aro working hard at fresh lines nearer to the town, and it is probable they have withdrawn a portion of their men from tie guns to assist at the works, which are designed to cheek us whenever the assault takes phee. ♦t present wo are all waiting for the French. lam not sure but that the French think they are waiting for us to "jcraser" some of the obnoxious batteries which play upon their works from ugly enfi'ading positions. They certainly are ex posed in their advance towards their portion of the town to ♦ery heavy fire. It is opposite to them that the assault ►oust be made, and the first lodgment effected. The Quarantine Fort is opposed to them on their extreme left. Then comes a long, high, loopholed wall or curtain extending in front of the town from the back of the Quarantine Fort to the Flagstaff Battery. The Russians hare thrown up a very deep and broad ditch in front of this wall, and the French artillery have as yet made no im pression on the stonework at the back. The Flag staff Riflery, however, and all the houses near it are in ruins, but the earthworks in front of it, armed with at least 20 heavy guns, are untouched, arid keep up a harassing fire on the French work ing parties, particularly at certain periods of tie day, and at the interval between 9 and 11 o'clock at night, when they think tie men are being relieved in the trenches. Inside the Road Battery we can see the Russians throwing up a new work, armed with six heavy ships' guns. They have also erected new batteries behind tie Reda' and behind the Round Tower. The latter is now a mass of orembled stone, but two guns keep obstinately blazing away at our 21-gun battery from the angle of the earthwork I around it, and the Redan has not yet been silenced, though the embrazures and angles of the work are much damaged. WIIISTLIWiI DICK. The heavy frigate which has been " dodging " our batteries so cleverly gave us a taste of her quality in the right attack again to-day. She escaped from the position in which she lay before, where we had laid two 24-pounders for her, and came out again to-day in a great passion, firing regular broadsides at out battery, arid sweeping the hill up to it completely. Occa sionally she varied this amusement with a round or two from 13-inch mortars. These shells have done our works and guns much damage ; but the sailers, who are principally treated te these agreeable missiles, have get quite accustomed to them. " Bill," cries one fellow to another, " look out, here comes Whistling Dick " The 13-inch shell has been thus baptized by them in consequence of the loudness and shrillness of the noise it makes in the air. They all loek up, and their keen quick eyes discern the globe of iron as it de• scribes its curve aloft. Long ere " Whistling Dick" has reached the ground the blue jackets are snug in their various hiding-places, but all the power of men cannot keep them from peeping out now and then to see if the Wee is still burning. One of them the other day approached a shell which lie thought had "gone out ;" it burst just as he got close to it, and the concus sion dashed him to the ground. lie got up, and in his rage, shaking his fist at the spot where thee shell had been, he exclaimed, " Yen --- deceitful ggar, there's a trick to play me !" Our losses continue to be remark ably slight. SIR C. CAMPBELL AND THE TURKS. Poor Sir Colin Campbell is very indignant at having some 800 Turks placed under his command. He will not have them at any price. In the most vigorous terms he repudiates the charge, and declares he has n• confi dence In them. It must be observed, in justice to Sir Colin, that before the catastrophe of Balakiava he bad strongly represented the insecurity of his position, and had demanded reinforcements. His contempt for the Turks was too well founded, and now he is annoyed at having the men who ran away under his control. The Higland Brigade is new moved down to strengthen him, and h the Marines have been reinforced on the heights. ACCIDENT TO SIR .D. L. 'VANS. OCTOBER 30.—Sir De Lacy Evans met with an acci dent yesterday, which will compel him to resign the command he has so ably held to Brigadier-General Pennefather for a few days. His horse fell with him as he was going at a sharp trot ; and, as the General had been suffering from diarrhcea for some days before the shock so weakened him that he has been obliged to go down to Balaklava and get on board the Simoom. The whole army hope that his illness will be of short duration, and that he will soon be with them once more, THE " MONO Jouslings." The Turks, or, as they are now universally called, t,he " Bono Johnnies," except by the sailors, who call them "No bouo Johnnies," have been employed for the la,t few nights in working in the trenches, and have done good service. The first night they set to work in Captain Chapman's attack they worked on manfully till 10 o'clock at night, when a Russian shell came over them. They at once shouted out " We shall all be killed !" and ran off as fast as they could, carrying off a portion of our working and c overin g parties with them. How ever, they were at last re-formed and brought back, and then they worked on till 11 o'clock, when they declared that it was " the will of Heaven they should labour no more that night," and, as they bad really exerted themselves, it was considered advisable to let th e m go. They remained quietly in the trenches, and ever since they have been labouring regularly, repairing damages and casting up earthworks, which they do ex ceedin;ly well. The poor creatures are decimated by dysentery, fevers—the typhus particularly, and by diarrhoea, and die in swarms. Nothing can exceed their kindness to theirewn sick. It is common to see strings of them on the road to Balaklava carrying sick and dying men oa their backs down to the miserable shed which serves them as an hospital, or rather as a " dead house." A CORRESPONDINT'S On looking at ray owls account of the battle of the Alma, which was written literally on e the field—part of t it while expos ed to a broiling sun, h morning after the action, ou the P.M; the opeu au (for teats wore rare coverings then, and all that were on the heights were crowded)—part while exposed to an incessant fire of small talk in a tent full of excited and garrulous officers, I find I have ma-!e mistakes which I confess without a blush, and which, I trust, are excusable under the circum stances in which I was placed, especially when it is con sidered that the undertaking, under the most favourable conditions, is not an easy one. For instance, Lord Raglan and staff did not cross the stream by the bridge. It had been destroyed by the enemy and was impassable till repaired by the exertions of Captain Montagu and his Sappers. Nor did the Highlanders " take" the battery which dealt such destruction upon us. As I saw their advance, their bonnets mingled with the bear skins of the Russians, they appeared to have got into the Guards battery, but the fact is, their line was con siderably to the left of the line of the Guards, and the left of the Guards extended beyond the front of the bat tery, so as to tum its right flank. The march of the Highlanders took place up the other slope of the hill, and it was their firma appearance, together with the tremendous volleys the three regiments poured into the Russian infantry on their fl ink, which produced such an effect on the Russians. The Highlanders, as will be seen by the returns, were exposed to very little fire ; scarcely any of the enemy's guns bore upon them, and their advance was too rapid to allow the Russians " to take their measure" for practice. There is no doubt the Light Division, the 7th, 23d, 33d, and 19th first carried the battery opposed to them. A man of the 7th rushed in and bayoneted two men in side the earthworks, when the regiment was obliged to re-form. Colonel Yea made him a sorjeant on the spot A man of the 33d chalked the number of his regiment on one of the guns which was subsequently taken by the Grenadier Guards, and I understand the gun has been given up to the former regiment. Men of the 7th, 33d, °3d, and 55th were all inside the battery at one time or other ere the Russians were finally bro ken. Major-General Codrington, who led his brigade of the Light Division in a manner beyond all praise, was twice within the earthwor k of the batter y . Ergo, he must at one time have been driven back along with his men. Indeed I saw the Russians coming out of the battery and actually charging the Light Division, which was broken up into clumps of naen firing inde pendently on the enemy, and huddled together round their officers ; but they never crossed bayonets, except perhaps in one or two instances, when some of them closed with the 55th, and they all dearly repented their temerity. The 30th, 55th, and 95th did their duty equally well ; no officers or men ever behaved better, and it was perhaps erroneous to have said that the 19th, that Brigadier-General CodringFon's brigade c,f the Light Division, or that Brigadier-General 1 3 .3unefather's brigade of the Second Division ever " retired," as it is asserted that there were some men of the regiments forming these brigades who never receded a step. They certainly never turned their backs on the enemy—not one of them faced about. PROGRESS OF Tllll SIEGE. The siege went on today as it has gone on for the last two or three days. The Russians in our rear are fortifying their position. Thus it appears that we are rapidly becoming " invested" by the Russians. In fact, they are besieging us just as much as we are besieging them. They have the north and the north-east side of Sebastopol open to them, as we the sea from Balaklava and Cherson open to us. They have put heavy guns on the redoubts and on the hills over their cavalry lines ; we in turn are making a number of " trous-dellottp" and pitfalls . all along the approaches to Balaklava, so as to prevent any rapid dash of their cavalry. Trous-de-loup are merely deep holes : in which men can lie and scramble in and out, but which are too broad and deep for a mounted man to cross. Captain Powell, of the Vesuvius, and his blue-jackets and Marines are busy throwing up a redoubt on the right-hand side of the road. They are all under canvass. The Turks, the French, and the marines of our fleet are indefatigable in casting up every kind of obstructive earthwork in front of the town. RUSSIAN PRECAUTIONS IN SEBASTOPOL. With our glasses we can see that the doors and window-frames of most of the houses have been re moved ; and it is nut improbable that the wooden floor.; and other parts of the buildings which could have been set on fire have been taken away also. The silence of the Russians to-day is accounted for by the fact that they are throwing up new works in the town. There is a rumour to-day that Osten-Sacken has arrived, and that the army of Gortschakoff received considerable reinforcements. They sung Te Dcunt on the night of the 25th " for their victory," and the troops were so excited that they demanded to be led against us the fol lowing morning. The 2d Division 80011 satisfied them in full. VIE TURKISH CONTINGENT. Nov. 2.—The Turkish contingent is now broken up and distributed throughout the whole camp, both Eng lish and French, and they have since been placed to do what they are most fitted for, viz., digging in the trenches, which gives relief to our own men, who are greatly over-worked. John Tark is by no means an in dustrious labourer in the trenches ; he digs a her minutes, gives a grunt, and. then sits down. A very vehement and zealous commanding officer of a distin guished Fusilier corps was the other night in the trenches when the Turks were digging ; and, seeing one rather more idle than the rest, gesticulated violently at him, and induced him to work a little. Johnny, however, soon gave in, and on the pantomimic action being re peated very politely handed his spade to the colonel. THE MEDIUM" OF SALUTATION. Between the three all:ed armies the mystic word " Bono" appears to he the great medium of salutation. An English soldier and a French soldier meet; perhaps the former commences with " Bono Francis," and the answer is " Bono Anglis." Witk a Turk it is " Bono Johnny." Each seems to think it to be the language of the other. Au hour or two ago I was standing in a redoubt with a lot of officers, looking at Sebastopol, when a Turkish colonel rode up, followed by an orderly. None of us could sneak Turkish, the only language he knew ; so he said " Bono," and we repeated it. THE SORTIE-DIENSCHIEOFF "FINISHING" THIS INFANTRY. I happened to he with the Second Division on the 26th when the order was given for them to turn out and stand to their arms. On our side it was a sudden and unexpected attack until A few minutes beforehand. A lot of officers were standing on an emi nence, looking down upon the skirmishers on both sides, having no idea that a powerful sortie was about to be made, when they saw some guns on an opposite ridge, to the right, about 1,000 yards distant. No one had the least suspicion as to what they were, when some one. leaking throegh a glass, said, " Green guns, by Jove ! " and all bolted. (The Russian gun-carriages are painted pea green.) In two minutes more the round shot began to sing overhead, and the sharp sound of musketry from the pickets showed that some sharp fighting was going on. The pickets were under the command of Major Champion, of the 95th. They behaved admirably, and, although compelled to retire, did so in excellent order, and kept the Russians in check until our artillery got to work. I saw three immense Russian columns cross the ridge I have just spoken of. As soon as our gunners got the range they sent a storm of rockets, shot, and shell into them, and the columns literally melted away. Our infantry then advanced, firing ; and the Russians retreated, and were followed by some of our skirmishers nearly down to the walla of Sebastopol. The Second Division, under Sir De Lacy Evans, was the only one engaged. The Duke of Cambridge, with the Guards, was in reserve, Other divisions were coming up, and, had the action lasted lenger, would have come in fcr it. Two officers were taken prisoners. From what they said it appears that in the morning Mensohikoff assem bled the troops in Sebastopol, told them of the great victory obtained over the English the day before at Balaklava, that the English cavalry was de stroyed, and that the infantry only required finishing ; whereupon they demanded to be led against the English. As I was on the ground from first to last, and had nothing to do except look about me, you may depend upon my account being correct. It is very much the fashion to say that the Russians must have lost so many, and, I am afraid, in general, rather to overrate their losses, so I will give the losses of both sides as far as can be correctly ascertained: — Tien KILLED AND WOUNDED. Our loss was 12 killed, and 71, including five officers, wounded, all of the Second Division. We took 100 pri soners ; 112 bodies were buried by as, and we know of many mere lying beyond our position, so far away that the burying parties would be under the fire of the guns of Sebastopol. The usual proportion of men wounded to the killed is about 5 to 1, which will make their loss upwards of 600 ; of course, they oarriad a great quantity of both back with them to the fortress. THE EFFECTS OF TIE MINIS RIFLE. It is remarkable that the wounded Russians brought in had nearly all received their wounds from the Minie rifles. Oar conical balls caase frightful wounds ; when ever they touch a limb they smash the bone. THE DRESS OF THE RUSSIAN OFFICERS. Officers and men were dressed alike, in long grey greatcoats and high cloth caps. They are very difficult to see in the thick brushwood which grows all about ; incised, singly, they are as invisible as a rabbit in dried fern. I examined many of the dead ; some were lying in pools of blood, their faces looking like wax. Every man bad a large piece of bread with him—black, sour, and half-baked ; one had a Russian Prayer-book, which I have appropriated as a memento. Their fireloOia areve of a very inferior sort ; thry are da ted 1834, and have been converted from flint to percussion. Slit Z. LYONS. I hear that after the melancholy affair of the 25th it was in contemplation to abandon the place, bet Sir E. Lyons would not hear of it, and declared that he would hold the place with the blvejackets rather than it should be given up. In his linee i she the life an off d soul of the expedition. The A game mnon novr ai lla a la r: klava, and the S ans p arcil is moored in the harbour, and s maller steamers are inconstant communication between it and the flee t. All the transports which formerly cr owded the little harbour have been cleared out, now anchored outside. A HASTY mut,. I must now relate a little incident which occurred on I th e 26th, and wh ich I for g ot to mention in its proper place . When the Russians made their sortie a number of their skirmishers advanced towards our sight battery, in which are two o f the Lancaster guns, arid a numb er o f them got into a small cave not far off, where our men were in the habit of cooking their provisions, Tnr it not being n s b a a f t e te t r o y el , o i n s c commandin the o f battery. th e Sireo covering was in the some of the enemy near (but noetr* k ing party, and, seeing knowing they the cave), sent Mr. Markham with a party th o e f y th w e er ß e ifl in e the cave out bolted a lotof RAs soon as they passed by Brigade to dislodge them. r,.11 0r1,7r ml_, biscuit, 714;.c it i ;s t ia h n e s i la wi 4 th l t . h u lir 4 i . ii e s , , ey....,__ sth DIUGOON GUARDS KILLED. Corporal James Taylor Private Bernard Callery WOUNDED. Corporal Charles Di'Kee gan, severely Privates Edward Malone, severely Henry Herbert, severely John M'Cabe, severely William Wilson, severely Chas. Babbington, severely Joseph Jenkings, severely G. H. Dickson, slightly William Morris, slightly isT DRAGOONS. KILLED. Private Charles Middleton Private Thomas Shore WOUNDED. Serjeant M. Neake, severely Trumpeter George Stacey, severely Privates. J. R. Astlett, severely James Blake,vseverely George Taylor, severely B. Kennedy, slightly Samuel Wood ward, slightly 2D DRAGOONS. KILLED. Corporal A. P. Clifford Private Henry Campbell WOUND D. Troop-Serjeant-Majo rs , UM. Brom] ; tilightly Troop-Serjeant-Majors. Jas. Dearden, slightly _ Jas. Davidson, slightly Serjeants. Thomas Kneath, severely John Nilson, severely David Gibson, severely Corporal Francis Campbell, severely Privates. Owen Ward, severely Richard Foster, severely William Jackson, severely A. D. Gardiner, severely Willimn Johnston slightly Henry Lochrie, slightly Thomas Goft , ,y, slightly James Hunter, slightly Robert Kerr, slightly William Heywood, slightly Alexander Weir, slightly John McNee, slightly Charles Glancy, slightly Robert Barnet, slightly Thomas Langdon, slightly James Taylor, slightly Peter Burley, slightly William Seggie, severely Wm. Hammond, severely Rob'. Thompson, severely George Alexander, slightly William Davis, severely William Caulfield, slightly James Aitken, slightly George Burns, slightly Win. Donaldson, severely James M`Pherson, slightly James Hackett, slightly James Bothwicke, severely John Borland, slightly Donald Davidson, slightly Walter Fawke, slightly A. S. Long, severely Thomas Traill, severely William Marshall, slightly James Watson, slightly Wm. McPherson, slightly Wm. J. Allis, severely James Allen, slightly Richard Livingstone, se verely McAdam Galbraith, se verely William Conmell, slightly Charles Currie, do. James Colter, do. John Knowles, do, Wiliam Morrison, severely 6TH DRAGOONS. KILLED. Privates. Robert Elliott Alexander Latimer WOUNDED. Troop Serjeant-MajorAlex. Shields, slightly Serjeants. Richard Jeffreys, severely Fredk. Bolton, dangerously Corporal John Kidney, slightly Privates. Michael Rourke, danger- ously Robert Turner, severely Charles Clarke, severely John M'Canna, slightly Robert Keane, slightly James Backler, slightly William Breading, slightly John Davis, slightly WM. Lyons, slightly 4Ts LT. DRAGOONS. KILLED OR 2.IISSING. Troop-Srj*. Maj.F. Herbert Sergeants. Richard Lynch Edward Campbell Corporal Henry Spence Trumpeter Edw. Lovelock Privates. James Donaldson Daniel Hazha ll Thomas Hutton Charles Marshall Thomas Moody Michael Phelan George Robinson George Swan Thomas Tomset Charles Waight Mr. Markham shot two with his revolver and wounded another, and the greater part of them were either killed or taken prisoners. THE LATEST ON DIT. The officers of the army here by no means lead that life of luxury which some of the fast generation at borne say that young men of the present time cannot do without ; except a few fortunate ones, who may possess a bedstead or indiarubber bed, all sleep in their clothes on the ground, with a blanket or two to corer them. They hare certainly tents but the nights are bitterly cold, especially when the wind is north, as it now is. It is impossible to say when Sebastopol will be taken. I hear that we are waiting for the French, who are mining at the Quarantine-ground, near the sea. When they are ready we are to make a false attack, while they spring the mines and rush in. Such is the on dit. For the present I finish. REINFORCEMENTS FOR TEE CRIMEA. We are informed that it has been resolved not to send the Ist Battalion of Grenadier Guards to the Crimea. Large drafts from the battalions left in London embark at once, and will be followed by others as fast as th• men can be obtained. This is considered better than sending another battalion. A detachment of Artillery, consisting of 5 officers and 45 men, arrived in Liverpool from Woolwich yes• ,erdo.y morning at 4 a.m. They will be despatched for the seat of war this day (Saturday), per the Europa steamer, which will also call at Kingstown to take on board the 90th Regiment, consisting of 3 field-officers, 3 captains, 15 subalterns, 57 servants, and 821 rank and file. The following are the numbers of the troops and the officers who embarked in the Cleopatra at Cork for the Crimea :-21st Fusiliers-2 sergeants and 120 privates. 30th Regiment-2 officers (Captain Robert Dillon and Ensign Alfred John Austin,) 1 sergeant, and 50 pri vates. 33rd Regiment-1 officer (Ensign Langford R. Heyland,) 1 sergeant, and 60 privates. 47th Regiment —1 sergeant and 53 privates. 50th Regiment -1 officer (Ensign Thomas D. Lee,) 2 sergeants, and 73 rank and file. 55th Regiment-1 officer (Lieutenant J. G. Echalaz,) 1 sergeant, and 127 rank and file. 68th R eg i • ment —1 officer (Ensign Fra. De L. Sanaderson,) 1 sergeant, and 25 privates mot t al-- , 6 . officers, 9 Ben , geants, and SOR rank and In ad,ition to the ahoy* there are on board the Cleopatra 2 officers and ;1 m en of the 42d, and 2 officers and 40 men of the 93d High. landers, embarked at Liverpool. Second-class Staff Surgeon Donnell is in medical charge of tie troops. STEAMERS FOR THE CRIMEA. LIVERPOOL, Friday.—The agents for the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Company, Messrs. D. and C. M'lver, received a telegraphic de spatch from the Admiralty this morning, announcing that Government required the services of the steam-ship Niagara, expected from Boston on Sunday, for the con veyance of troops to the Crimea. Owing to the arrange• went an interruption in the mail service to America will take place, and the usual mails will not be forwarded on. the 25th inst., but will be delayed until the 2Qth inst., and I will be despatched in the United mail steam-ship Pacific on that day for Vow York. The Niagara was Nos first vessel which sailed from this port in the early part of the year with troops for the East. The Canadian steamer Charity is at present fitting up for the convey ance of troops in Birkenhead Dock. Notices are posted in the Exchange and Underwriters' Rooms requiring tenders immediately for steamers to convey troops. Soul - Ram?Tox, Friday.—The Tamar (paddle), belong ing to the Royal Mail Company, has been chartered by Government for the conveyance of troops. She returned yesterday with the West India and Pacific mails, and will be got ready for sea as quickly as possible. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nubia, which is expected to arrive on Monday from Alexandria, will sail on Wednesday under a similar contract. Each of these fine steamers can with ease convey 1,200 in fantry to the Crimea, and they are to carry 16 horses each for officers. It is expected, however, that about 4,000 troops will be sent on board them. Captain Eagledue, the able naval superintendent of the company, leaves London for Toulon this morning, to ensure the best arrangements for the embarkation of the soldiers. THE LATE' GENERALS CATHCART AND STRANGIVAYS. War is in all things hazardous, capricious, and cruel, disappointing expectations, shifting the scene, varying the parts, and changing the fortunes. In no point does it battle the fond expectations of man so much as in its choice of victims. It is proverbial that the best are taken the first, and that those great souls which we ' vainly count upon as an enduring property feet first to their home in the skies. This has been so in a thousand lingering strifes between faction and faction, between people and people ; yet again we choose our favourite from the crowd, and in our forward thoughts picture him the hero of many a future field—perhaps as the very man whose fresh powers and unexhaustcd fortunes are to preside over the last victorious hour. It was but the other day that Cathcart returned from the Cape, where he had brought a difficult war to a wise and honourable concluson, to assume the high post ofAdjutant-General. His claims had been warmly contested, on some grounds or other, but the result showed that he was the last man to care for office, when he could serve his country in the field. Others thought it a waste of power that a man fit for the first command should go out merely as General of a Division. However, on .hs re- turn to England, he went out straight to the Black Sea, and landed in the Crimea in the same tattered uniform that he had worn through the Caffre war. Everybody looked upon hint as the man who, being only a year or two over sixty, and possess ing all the activity, genius, and endurance of youth, might some day have the command-in-chief. In his youth he had served on the staff at Leipsic and most of the great battles at the conclusion of the war. He had been at Waterloo, he had contributed materially to put down the Canadian rebellion, and had wound up the Caffre war. He was that rare and precious character in the British service—a soldier devoted to the science and experienced in the practice of his profession. There was nothing that might not be expected from him, and, with such as he to fall back on, there was no fear that the army would ever be at a loss for commanders. He now lies, one of thousands, slain by a chance bullet in the tempest of war. Oae other of the three Generals slain we cannot help recurring to again. About a meek ago we chanced to insert separately a record of the services of General Stran4ways. This is seldom done, except on the occasion of an appointment or alter death, and some of our readers concluded from its appearance that the subject of it had fallen in the war. As it happened be had fallen, and the accidental publication of his services in that form was but the shadow of an event then past, but not yet known in this country. Certainly we little dreamt leading a W d h i e v n isi w on e i pu at b h lh e is e el : im t e h se a e thartvice it Ras, s a ,a8 o! in fact, General his obituary.—Times. SPIRITED CONDUCT OF MR. W. N. TV. lIETVETT, ACTING MATE OF THE BEAGLE. (Copy.) No. 548. Britannia, off the Katcha, Nev. 1, 1854. Sir,-- I have much glean tre in transmitting for tke in ferrsatien and favourable consideration of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the accompanying et"e tract of a letter I have received from Captain Lushing ton, in command of the naval brigade, employed is the siege operations before Sebastopol. Mr. Hewett, of whom Captain Lushington reports CO highly, has been actively serving on shore since the 4th of October, with the guns, &c., landed from the Beagle. —I have the honour to be, sir, your olsed_intt senrar . t, (Signed) J. W. D. DIINDA.S, roe-Admiro.l. The Secretary of the Admiralty. Admiralty, Nev. 7, 1854. As a mark of their approbation of the gallant conduct of Mr. Hewett, the Lerds of the Admiralty hay* pro. moted that officer to the rank of lieutenant, dating his commission the day on which ke showed se worthy an example. a p ta dated i n Headquarters,u i n iogonatn°cfenho gre etauoe gun, On tcoOh Navaleui.nnt 28, Brigade, Octoberll our attention to the spirited conduct Hewett,ea the mate of the Beagle, in charge of the Admiral E : x l tr i, a e c g t jto.ofs W. . letter p . flr pandas,osms4C: _ right r . Lancaster s n k n s i o r m w m a i d s h o e a r s containingaapproached sortie pr our right, placing our Lancaster gun in en it, pouring in a sharp fire of ISliniii rifles. occurred r . p e eitcrket , and i n the th e o o r r d d e e r rs w o a f s the officer c t e o r s o p o i rn ks . the eat ;* but Hewett replied ' that such all , jeopardy—ladedotr i s h the r C) de o: eg i y r e6 j a rind r a d i al d:mistake iand d the skt f ot come from Captain Lushington, and he would not do so till it did.' (H e was aware ' I was in the vicinity.) He then pulled down the parapet, and, with the assistance of some soldiers, got his gun round, and poured a most destructive fire of grape into a large column of Russians ; and, on their retreating from the British troops, followed them down the hill with solid 6Slb shot, fired with fatal precision. I am happy to say there were no casualties among the sailors, and re. I very am severe, not in a a s position t o port says only 71 among t h e t roops . Th e Russian lose was hill but wesawthe give yon a bodies o lyingn count," The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the province of Canterbury was yesterday prorogued in the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, pursuant to the Queen's writ, by the Vicar-General, under a commission from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan, to Friday, Dec. 15. SYMPTOMS OP A WINTER CAMPAIGN. —We under. stand that contracts were acce p ted yesterday by the War-office for wooden houses for the army in the Crimes. The houses are to be of a size sufficient to accommodate twenty men in each house, and on the whole are to pro. vide lodging for twe nt y thousand men. Sop ressing o rs the authorities in enforcing expedition on the contractors, that the latter have un dertaken to have two hundred rea dy for luipalont Itionday toll! • .4: