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London, England, 1855-07-14 00:00:00

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the British troops have done since the epidemic first
made its appearance at the end of April. Great attention
is paid to the cleanliness of the different camps, and on
the first appearance of cholera the attention of Medical
officers was drawn by me iu a circular memorandum, dated
80th of April, to the great importance of detecting and ar-
resting the premonitory diarrliceawhich generally precedes
the more formidable stage of the disease.
The following despatch was received from General
Simpson, communicating the intelligence of the death
of Lord Raglan :
Before Sebastopol, June 80.
It is with the deepest relrarsitllmil Loatlrd Raglan,announce too.cß
your.
lordship the death of Field
which event took place a little before nine o'clock on the
evening of Thursday, the 28th instant. His lordship ex-
pired without any suffering, in the midst of the officers
composing his personal staff
I have further to report that, being the next senior
officer present, I have assumed the command of this army
until instructions shall arrive from England.
JAMES Suirsos, Lieut.-General Commanding.
In spottier despatch of the same date General
Simpson states :
In this, my first military despatch, I am not aware that
there is anything new or of consequence to report to your
lordship.
As regards the progress of the siege, there is no great
operation yet determined upon, but we are employed in re-
pairing and improving our works, to be in readiness to
co-operate with the French when their approaches towards
the Malakoff shall be completed.
Tne nominal returns of casualties from the 25th to the
18th instant are inclosed.
I am truly sorry to announce that Lient.-General Sir
George Brown departed for England this morning, on
medical certificate.
The 18th Light Infantry has arrived, and disembarked
at Balaklava this morning.
They will remain there for the present, to assist in the
duties of the place.
JAMES Snirsos, Lieut.-General Commanding.
FRENCH AND RUSSIAN PROCLAMATIONS.
After the unsuccessful assault of the 18th, orders
of the day were addressed to their respective troops,
both by General Pelissier and Prince Gortschakoff.
The former issued the following proclamation on the
event to the French army :
Soldiers !—ln the battle of the 18th, our eagles were
carried to the works which form the very precincts of Sebas-
topol ; but it was necessary to abstain from carrying to
the furthest a contest whose incidents I had not foreseen,
would be so bloody, and you returned to your lines in order
the enemy nut daring to leave his intrenchments or disturb
your return.
Our actual situation is that of the day before the combat ;
my confidence in your ardour and in our success is the
same. The arrivals of every day suffice, and more than
suffice, to replace these amongst you who have gloriously
fallen, and whom in your hearts you have sworn to avenge.
We have gained ground, and in compressing the enemy
more and more we strike with more certainty. He cannot
subsist, fill up the gaps in his ranks, or provide himself
with munition, but at the price of unheard-of efforts; while
we, masters of the sea, incessantly and plentifully renew
our means.
Soldiers !—You will show yourselves more patient and
energetic than ever in this obstinate contest, which will
decide the peace of the world, and in which you have
already given proofs of self-devotion, bravery, and
patriotism, adorning your flag with immortal glory.
I need not cite here any one individual out of so many
brave men who honoured their names in the heroic contest
of June 18th. A. Petissitui, General-in chief.
Prince Gortachakoff assumes a tone of triumph
and gratulation when addressing the Russian troops
on the same occasion. He says
Comrades,—The bloody combat of yesterday, and the
defeat of an enemy in despair, has again crowned our arms
with immortal laurels. Russia owes you her thanks, and
she will not refuse them. Thousands of our companions in
arms have sealed with their blood the oath which they had
taken, and thus have confirmed the word which I gave to the
Emperor, our common father. Thank you for it, comrades I
Comrades I Immense reinforcements are marching from
all parts of our sacred Russia ; they will immediately be
with us. Oppose, as you have hitherto done, your manly
breasts to the murderous balls of our impious enemies, and
die, as thousands of your comrades have died, with arms
in your hand, in an honourable contest man against man,
breast against breast, rather than violate the oath which
you swore to the Emperor and to the country—to pre-
serve our Sebastopol.
Soldiers ! the enemy is beaten—driven back with enor-
mous losses. Permit your commander to repeat to you his
thanks in the name of the Emperor, our august monarch,
in the name of the country. our holy and orthodox Russia.
The time is at hand when the pride of the enemy will be
overthrown, when his armies will be swept from our tern-
torylmike straw beforecountry ntthl wind. Until then, with God
fur kpero
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