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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-10 00:00:00

THE NAVAL BRIGADE.

The detachments from the hard-working and little-noticed
Naval Brigade consisted of four parties of 60 men each, one
for each column, but only two of them went out, the other two
being kept in reserve ; they were told off to carry scaling-
ladders and wool-bags, and to place them for our storming-
parties. It is not to be wondered at if they suffered severely.
On that eventful day 14 men were killed and 47 men wounded.
Two men were killed, and several others were wounded, by
the bursting of one of our 68-pounders in the left attack.
Among the latter was Major Stuart Wortley, who was injured
by the explosion. As soon as the two storming columns got
out of the parallel the sailors suffered severely. When the
men retreated, overwhelmed by the storm from the enemy's
battery, several officers and men were left behind wounded,
and endured fearful agonies for hours, without a cup of water
or a cheering voice to comfort them.

Lieutenant Kidd came in all safe, and was receiving the
congratulations of a brother officer, when he saw a wounded
soldier lying out in the open air. He at once exclaimed—
"We must go and save him !" and leaped over the parapet in
order to do so. He had scarcely gone a yard when lie was
shot through the breast, and died in an hour after. Only
three officers came out of action untouched. Captain Peel,
who commanded the detachment, was shot through the arm.
Lord Raglan visited the wounded in hospital, and made many
enquiries about them,

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.

A -supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday contains
a despatch from the late Lord Raglan, dated

BBPORE SEBASTOPOL, June:23.
My Lord,—l informed your lordship in my despatch of the
19th instant, that I would make a more special report upon
the movements of the third division, as soon as I should
receive the reports of Lieut.-General -Sir R. England aild the
Major-Generals .commanding brigades under him.
The first .brigade, under M.-General Barnard, proceeded
down the Woronoff road, and was placed in position on the
right of the ravine, ready to co-operate with the columns of
.attack on the right ; while the second brigade, under
M.-General Eyre, moved down the ravine which separates the
left of the English from the Tight of the French advanced
works, for the purpose of attacking the enemy's ambuscades,
and aking a demonstration on the head of the Dockyar4l.
Creek.

This service was performed with the utmost gallantry, and,
notwithstanding that they were exposed to a most galling fire,
the troops maintained themselves in the position they had
taken up during the day, and in the evening withdrew un-
molested, leaving a post at the Cemetery, which 'had been
one of the objects of the attack in the morning. The
action having from circumstances become a most serious
one, I beg, as the most satisfactory way of making your
lordship acquainted with the particulars, to lay a•copy of the
Major-General's letter before your lordship, and to solicit
your attention to the offieers whose services he particularly
notices, and at the same time to his own distinguished
conduct.

Your lordship will see with concern that the loss-sustained
by this brigade is very considerable, and that 141: General
Eyre is himself wounded ; but I have every reason to hope
that the injury he has received is not very severe, and will
not incapacitate him from the discharge of his duty with the
same energy and devotion he has already applied himself to
its performance during the protracted operations before
Sebastopol.

The remainder of the despatch bears testimony to the
merits of the several officers engaged.
(Enclosure 1.)
CA.3IP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JUNE 19.
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Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information of
Lieut.-General Sir Richard England, K.C.8., commanding the
division, that, agreeably to his instructions, I moved off yes-
terday morning, between one and two o'clock a.m., with my
brigade, consisting of the 9th, 18th, 28th, 38th, and 44th
Regiments—total strength, about 2,000 bayonets—and pro-
ceeded down to the ravine on our left, by the French Picket-
house, for the purpose of attacking the enemy's ambuscades,
and of making a demonstration on that side.
In attacking the first of these ambuscades we were antici-
pated by the French, who cleverly took them on their left
flank as we advanced in front, and made several prisoners.
Beyond this the French had no instructions to co-operate
with us ; I therefore immediately pushed on an advanced
guard, under Major Fielden, 44th Regiment, composed of
marksmen from each regiment, supporting it on the right by
the 44th and 38th Regiments, and on the left by the 18th
Regiment, keeping at first the 9th and 28th Regiments in
reserve.

The enemy, whose strength I could not estimate, occupied
a strong position ; their right rested on a mamelon, their left
on a cemetery. hese points were occupied by marksmen.
The intervening ground was intersected, and the road bar-
ricaded with stone walls, which our men were obliged to pull
down, under fire, before they could advance.
In rear of this position, towards the fortress, the enemy
occupied several houses, and there were bodies of the enemy
seen in rear, as reserves, but of what strength I could not
say. This position, under the fire of the guns of the fortress,
was strong, and we could not expect to carry it and retain it
without sustaining a considerable loss, and which, I regret to
state, we have experienced both in officers and men ; but it is
gratifying to feel that they all most nobly performed their
duty on this occasion. The 18th Regiment pushed on, and
occupied some houses immediately under the Garden-wall
Battery.
The 44th occupied some houses on the right, whence they
kept up a fire on the enemy's embrasures. Lieut.-Colonel
Lowth moved on with his regiment (the 38th), and, after tak-
ing possession of some houses in front, endeavoured to turn
the flank of a battery which annoyed us in front. These par-
ties were afterwards from time to time reinforced or relieved
by the 9th regiment, the 28th regiment being drawn up in
line in rear to support the whole.
Having driven the enemy from these points, I continued to
occupy them, with the view to ulterior movements, in the
event of the attack on the right being successful, and until it
was decided what portion of the ground should be retained for
siege operations.
I cannot sufficiently express my sense of the conduct of the
officers, non-commissioned officers, and men on this occasion.
They attacked the enemy in the first instance with the utmost
gallantry, holding their ground until late in the evening, al-
though exposed all day to a concentrated fire from the guns of
the fortress, in addition to which I believe the enemy brought
up some field guns, and kept continually firing shells. The
losses occasioned were considerable, the total being 31 officers,
44 sergeants, and 487 rank and file killed or wounded.
At about five o'clock in the evening, after giving orders for
the removal of the wounded to the rear, the gradual with-
drawal of the parties from the front—the ground being too
far in advance to be permanently occupied for siege operations
—I gave over the command of the Brigade to Lieut.-Colonel
Adams, 28th Regiment, having received a wound in the head
in the early part of the day, which prevented me latterly from
attending properly to my duties. The enemy did not attempt
to molest the troops on retiring. The conduct of all was so
exemplary during this trying day that I can scarcely with
justice particularise individuals. I beg, however, to thank
the officers commanding corps for the assistance they afforded
me—viz., Lieut.-Colonel Borton, commanding the 9th Regi-
ment ; Lieut.-Colonel Edwards, commanding the 18th Royal
Irish; Lieut.-Colonel Adams, commanding the 28th Regiment;
Colonel the Hon. A. Spencer. comma.ndina the 44th Reeimont.
who was wounded, and Lieut.-Colonel Staveley, who succeeded
to the command of the regiment on Colonel Spencer being
obliged to quit the field ; Lieut.-Colonel Lowth, commanding
the 38th Regiment, who was also wounded, and to Lieut.-
Colonel Sparks, who succeeded him in the command of the
regiment; and Major Fielden, 44th, commanding the ad-
vanced guard.
I received also the utmost assistance from my Brigade-
Major, Captain Faussett, 44th Regiment, and also on this, as
on many other occasions, from my Aide-de-Camp, Captain
Robertson, 4th Regiment. I was also indebted to Brevet-Major
Stuart Wortley, Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster-General, who
kindly volunteered to act on my staff.
I beg also to report the judicious arrangements of the
Medical Department on this occasion, and especially to thank
Assistant-Surgeon John Gibbons, 44th Regiment, and As-
sistant-Surgeon Jeeves, 38th Regiment, for their zealous and
humane exertions in the field while exposed to a most galling
fire.—l have, &c., W. EYRE, Major-General.
(Enclosure 10.)
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Statement of casualties on the 18th of June.—Total-21
officers, 144 men, killed ; 68 officers, 1,058 men, wounded ;
2 officers, 150 men, missing. Grand total, 1,443.

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.
WA.3I DEPARTMENT, July 6.

Lord Panmure has great pleasure in transmitting the
enclosed intelligence, which has reached him from General
Simpson :
CRIMEA, July 4, 6.30 p.m.
Nothing of importance has occurred since my last.
The French works on the right are going on well.
The health of General Eyre is re•established.

Lord Panmure received the following dispatch from General
Simpson, on Saturday : _

CRIMEA, July 6, 1855, 6 p.m.
Cholera is decidedly on the decline. The siege operations
progress favourably.
The Moniteur of Friday announces that the Minister of
War has received the following telegraphic despatch from
General Pelissier

CRIMEA, July 4, 10.30 p.m.
There is no change in the situation.
The health of the army continues to improve.

The Moniteur announces that the Minister of War has
received the following telegraphic dispatch from General
Pelissier

C XIMEAt July 5, 11 p.m.
Everything is going on satisfactorily in the situation.

Prince Gortschakoff writes that, up to the Ist July, nothing
new had occurred before Sebastopol.

TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.

THE BALTIC.

BERLIN, Wednesday.—The town of Nystadt, situated at the
entrance of the Gulf of Bothnia, has been bombarded and de-
stroyed. A squadron of seven steamers passed Botaldavik on
the 25th of June with six prizes.
DINTSIC, July s.—The Bulldog has arrived with the mails.
The fleet was lying off Cronstadt.
Admiral Baynes and his squadron were at Nargen.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.