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OBITUARY OF THE WAR.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR GEORGE CATHCART was
the fourth son of the first Earl Cathcart, by the
daughter of the late Andrew Elliot, Esq. (uncle of
the first Earl of Minto). He was born in the year
1794, and entered the army in 1810, as cornet in the
2nd Life Guards. The following are the dates of
his several promotions :—Lieutenant, Ist July, 1811,
6th Dragoon Guards ; captain, 24th December, 1818,
half-pay of West India Rangers; appointed to 7th
Hussars, 10th December, 1819: major, Bth April
1820, 22nd Regiment; lieutenant-colonel, 13th May,
1826, unattached; appointed to 57th Regiment, 24th
January, 1828; appointed to Bth Foot, 20th March,
1828; exchanged to half-pay unattached, 25th Sep-
tember, 1835; appointed to a particular service in
Canada, Ist January, 1838 ; appointed to Ist
Dragoon Guards, 11th May, 1838 ; colonel, 23rd
November, 1841; exchanged to halt' pay unattached,
19th January, 1844 ; appointed Deputy-Lieutenant of
the Tower of London, 13th February, 1846; major-
general, 11th November, 1851; appointed Governor
and Commander-in Chief at the Cape, 1852. Sir
George served in the campaigns of 1813 and 1814,
in Germany, as aide-de-camp to Lord Cathcart, and
was engaged at Lidzen, 3rd May ; Bautzen, 20th
and 21st May ; Dresden, 23rd August; Leipsic,
16th, 18th, and 19th October, 1813 ; Brienne, Ist
February; Barsar-Aube, Aries, 21st March; and
Fire Champanoise, 25th March, 1814 ; he served

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also in the campaigns of 1815, as aide-de-camp to

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the Duke of Wellington, and was present at the
battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo ; and at the
Cape from 1852 to the end of the war, for the suc-
cessful conclusion of which be received the Order of
the Bath. He was appointed adjutant-general of
the forces in 1853. In the Crimea he served as

lieutenant-general commanding the 4th division of
the British army, and fell at the head of his men in
the battle of the sth. His division was not engaged
at the Alma, further than to protect, by its presence,
as a reserve, the left flank and rear against the
enemy's cavalry ; and although it was called out on
the 25th when the Russians attacked our position to
front of Balaklava, it had no opportunity of distin-
guishing itself.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL THOMAS LEIGH GOLDIE, who
also fell on the sth, was appointed ensign, 13th
January, 1825, 66th Regiment ; lieutenant, 10th
December, 1825, 66th Regiment; captain, 24th
November, 1828, 66th Regiment; major, 28th
December, 1838, 66th Regiment; brevet lieutenant-
colonel, 20th March, 1840; lieutenant-colonel, 25th
June, 1847, unattached; appointed to 57th Regi-
ment, Ist August, 1848; colonel, 11th November,
1851; brigadier general, 28th July, 1854.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL STRANGWAYS commenced his
career of active service in 1813, when as Lieutenant
Fox Strangways he embarked with the rocket
brigade, under the immediate command of Colonel
Bogue, Royal Artillery, for the north of Germany, as
part of the force sent from this country to be attached
to the Swedish army during the campaign. At once
entering on active service, part of the brigade was
detached under the command of Lieutenant Fox
Strangways, and assisted in the successful issue of
two actions and in the siege and reduction of a for-
tress in Northern Germany previous to rejoining
Colonel Bogue, then under the walls of Leipsic.
One of the first casualties in the battle which ensued
was the death of Colonel Bogue, the command of
the brigade falling to Lieutenant Fox Strangways ;
and so distinguished was his conduct and courage in
this most important position, and so essentially did
the distinguished services of his brigade contribute
to the glorious victory of Leipsic, that on the field of
battle, at the head of his troops, this gallant young
officer received the thanks of the allied sovereigns.
He also received the gold medal of Sweden " for
bravery and good conduct," the Order of St. Anne of
Russia, and the Order of the Sword of Sweden.
accompanied by flattering testimonials from the
military commanders of the allied sovereigns present,
expressing their high approval of his conduct and
courage. At the battle of Waterloo Lieutenant Fox
Strangways was most severely wounded in the hip
and spine while commanding his gun on the crest of
the hill in the hotly-contested position behind La
Haye Sainte. He was conveyed to the village of
Waterloo, but it was several days before he could be
removed to Brussels, where the ball was extracted,.
and he remained in great danger and suffering for
months, but ultimately returned with the army of
occupation to England. In time, and slowly, he re-
ceived, according to seniority, and in the regular
order, the different steps of rank, although always on
active service. After more than forty years' service
in the regular routine, Lieutenant Colonel Fox
Strangways was sent to command the Royal Artillery
in the Dublin district. The regular term of the
command having expired, he returned to head-
quarters at Woolwich, and as the senior officer
assumed the command of the Royal Horse Artillery.
In September of 1853 he was sent, under the orders
of the Earl of Lucan, his aides -de-camp Lords
Worcester and Bingham, and Colonel Harry D.
Jones, Royal Engineers, to assist in the reception of
his Imperial Majesty Napoleon 111. during his pro-
gress through the principal towns of the northern
departments of France. When the British forces
were sent to the East Lieutenant-Colonel Fox
Strangways was appointed to the command of the
Royal Horse Artillery attached to the expedition, the
command of the entire artillery being confided to
Brigadier-General Cator, but while at Varna he was
placed by the commander in-chief in command of
the whole force of artillery in the British army, in
consequence of the prolong( d illness of the latter
officer. The general brevet having made him a full
colonel, the commander-in• chief, in token cf his
high approbation of his merits, applied in a most
flattering manner to her Majesty's Government for
the bestowal on him of the rank of brigadier-
general—an honour at once granted, with distin-
guished and most gratifying mention of Colonel Fox
Strangways' " brilliant services." Throughout the
campaign the services of Brigadier-General Strang-
ways have been most conspicuous, and his name
occurs frequently in the records of every engagement
with the enemy from the battle of the Alma to that
of Sebastopol on the sth inst., in which glorious en-
counter he received his death wound.
Among the officers killed at Inkermann few will
be regretted more deeply than LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
CHARLES FRANCIS SEYMOUR, of the Scots Fusilier
Guards. Ho was aide-de-camp to Sir George

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Berkeley throughout the operations in Kaffraria in
1846 and 1847, and when Sir George Cathcart was,
in 1852, appointed to the command at the Cape, he
selected Colonel Seymour as his military secretary.
He returned witl► Sir George this su►nmer, and
though suffering severely from the effects of African
campaigning, he re-embarked, after a few days' stay
in England, as assistant adjutant-general of the fourth
division, and died like a soldier, beside his chief,
shot through the heart, in the action of the sth.

Colonel Seymour was eldest son of the late Sir
Horace Beauchamp Seymour, one of the Hertford
family, and sometime member for Lisburne.
The death from dysentery of the REv. Mn. WITEBLE,
a Roman Catholic clergyman with the army, has
caused universal sorrow. The loss of this exemplary
Christian is a great one to the army. Nothing
could exceed his admiraole devotion to the suffering
in mind and body.
BRITISH LOSS AT THE BATTLE OF INKER-
MANN.
The official return of casualties on the sth inst.,
transmitted by Lord Raglan, contains the following
abstract :

Staff-5 officers killed ;12 officers wounded.

4th Light Dragoons-2 pnvates wounded.
11th Hussars-1 private wounded.
17th Lancers—l officer killed; 1 private wounded.
Artillery-2 officers, 3 sergeants, 10 privates killed; 4
officers, 5 sergeants, 71 privates, wounded.
3rd battalion of Grenadier Guards-3 officers, 3 ser-
geants, 1 drummer, 27 privates, killed ; 6 officers, 6 ser-
geants, 1 drummer, 144 privates, wounded ; 30 privates

missing.
Ist Battalion of Colistream Guards-8 officers, 3 ser-
geants, 9 privates, killed; 3 officers, 6 sergeants, 110 pri-
vates, wounded ; 53 privates missing.
Ist Battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards-1 officer, 2 ser-
geants, 21 privates, killed; H officers, 8 sergeants, 2
drummers, 109 privates, wounded ; 16 privates missing.
Ist Regiment of Foot-1 private killed.
7th Regiment-5 privates killeo. ; 5 officers, '2 sergeants,
1 drummer, 46 privates, wounded ; 8 privates missing.
10th Regiment-1 officer, 1 pirate, killed ; 3 privates
wounded.
20th Regiment--1 officer, '2 sergeants, 10 privates, killed ;
8 officers, 17 sergeants,) drummer, 101 pirates, wounded;
28 privates missing.
21st Regiment-1 officer, 13 privates, killed ; 6 officers,
11 sergeants, 79 privates, wounded ; 11 privates missing.
23rd Regiment-7 privates killed ; 1 officer, 2 sergeants,
18 privates, wounded ; 1 officer, 1 sergeant, 11 privates,
missing.
30th Regiment-2 officers, 27 privates, killed ; 5 officers,
4 sergeants, 97 privates, wounded.
33rd Regiment-1 officer, 5 privates, killed ; 2 officers,
8 sergeants, 52 privates, wounded.
41st Regiment-5 officers, 2 sergeants, 53 privates,
killed ; 6 officers, 4 sergeants, •2 drummers, 95 privates,
wounded.
46th Regiment-2 officers, 2 sergeants, 24 privates,
wounded • 12 privates missing.
47th Regiment-19 privates killed ; 2 officers, 2 sergeants,
43 privates wounded.
• 49th Regiment-2 officers, 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, 37
privates, killed; 11 sergeants, 1 drummer, 107 privates,
wounded.
50th itegiment-1 officer, 8 privates, killed; 1 officer, 1
drummer, 20 privates, wounded.
55th Regiment-18 privates killed; 5 officers, 4 sergeants,
54 privates, wounded.
57th Regiment-s 4 officer, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, 9 pri-
vates, killed ; 3 officers, 5 sergeants, 1 drummer, 69 pri
rates, wounded.
63rd Regiment-3 officers, 12 privates, killed; 7 officers,
7 sergeants, '2 drummers 82 privates, wounded.
68th Regiment-2 offid{rs, 4 privates, ; 2 officers,
2 sergeants, 2 drummers, 2g, privates, wounded ; 2 sergeants,
12 privates, missing.
77th Regiment-1 office ,'2 sergeants, 17 privates,
killed; 2 sergeants, 1 drumm r, 34 privates, wounded; 1
private missing.
88th Regiment-4 sergeant. ,18 privates, killed; 2
officers, 9 sergeants, 71 privates wounded.
95th Regiment-2 sergeant:. Privates, killed; 4
officers, 3 sergeants, 101 private.. wounded.
fat Battalion Rifle Brigade— officer, 4 sergeants, 11
privates, killed ; 3 officers, 5 se _giants, 1 drummer, 77
privates, wounded ; 3 sergeants, privates, missing.
2nd Battalion Rifle Brigs& 1 officer, ti privates,
killed; L officer, 1 drummer, 25 pri' ates, wounded.
Total-43 officers, 31 sergeants
4 drummers, 376 pri
sates, killed; 100 officers, 120 se .eants, 17 drummers
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1,668 privates, wounded; 1 officer,
6 sergeants, 191 pri•
vales, missing.
Ambulance-1 private wounded.
Royal Marines —1 sergeant, 4
epirates, killed; 1
officer, 1 sergeant, 25 privates, worn'
Grand Total-43 officers, 32 serge, nts,
ants, 17 (hummers,
4 drummers,3Bo
privates, killed; 101 officers. 121 serg
1,694 privates, wounded ; 1 officer, • sergeants, 191 Pri-
rates, missing.
The nominal return of non-come
and privates who were killed or won!
has not yet arrived. Subjoined is tli
among the oflicers:—
CAVAL.itY 1)IVISION.-17th Lance
Archiball Clayland.
Royal Artillery—Killed Brigadier
Strangways; Major P. Townsend. \'
Colonel Gambier, slightly; Captain and
Baddeley, severely ; Captain G. Tupper,
C. H. Ingilby, severely.

lissioned officers
lard on that day
list of casualties

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INdjutant J. F.L.
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FIRST DIVISION.
Staff—Killed--Captain H. T. Butler, Deputy-Assistant-
Adjutant-General. Wounded—Major'General H. J. W.
Bentinck, slightly ; Captain T. H. Clifton, A.D.C., slightly.
3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards—Killed—Lieut.-Colonel
E. W. I'akenham ; Captain Sir R. L. Newman, Bart. ; Cap-
tain Hon. H. A. Nevelle. Wounded—Colonel F. W.
Hamilton, slightly; Lieut.-Colonel Hon. H. Percy, slightly ;
Captain A. Tipping, severely; Lieut. Sir J. Ferguson,
Bart., slightly; Lieut. C.N. Sturt, severely; Lieut.-Colonel
Bradford, slightly.
Ist Battalion Goldatream Guards—Killed—Lieut.
Colonel Hon. T. V. Dawson ; I.ieut.-Colonel J. C. Cowell
Captain Hon. G. C. C. Eliot ; Captain L. D. Mackinnon ;
Captain H. M. Bouverie ; Lieut. C. H. Greville ; Lieut.
E. A. Disbrowe ; Captain F. H. Ramsden. Wounded—
Lieut.• Colonel J. Halkett, severely; Lieut.-Colonel Lord
A. C. L Fitzroy, severely ; Colonel Hon. G. Upton, slightly ;
Captain Hon. P. Fielding, severely ; Lieut. Hon. W. A.
Amherst, severely.
Ist Battalion Scots Fualier Guards—Killed—Lieut.
Colonel J. H. Blair.
3rd Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards—Wounded—Colonel
E. W. F. Walker, severely ; Lieut.-Colonel Francis Seymour,
slightly ; Captain G. T. E. Shuckburg, severely; Captain R.
Gipps, severely ; Captain F. Baring, slightly ; Lieut. S. J.
Blanc, slightly; Captain and Adjutant H. Drummond,
severely ; Assistant-Surgeon A. G. Elkington,

SECOND DIVISION.
Staff—Killed—Captain W. K. Affix. Wounded—Briga-
dier•General H. W. Adams, severely ; Captain J. Gubbins,
A.D.C., severely ; Captain C. Adams, A.D.C., slightly ;
Captain A. M`Donald, A.D.C., slightly ; Captain F. P.
Harding, A.D.C., severely.
30th Regiment—Killed—Captain A. Conolly ; Lieut.
A. Gibson. Wounded—Major J. T. Mauleverer, severely:
CaptainJ. Bose, severely; Captain G. Dickson, slightly ;
Captain P. Bayley, severely; Lieut. J. T. Ross Lewin,
dangerously.
41st Regiment—Killed—Lieut.-Colonel G. Carpenter ;
Captain E. Richards ; Lieut. A. Taylor ; Lieut. J. W.
Swell; Lieut. J. Stirling. Wounded—Captain H. W.
Meredith, slightly ; Captain Hugh Rowlands, slightly ;
Captain F. C. Bligh, slightly ; Lieut. H. S. Bush, severely ;
Lieut. G. R. Fitzroy, severely; Lieut. and Adjutant W.
Johnston, slightly.
47th Regiment--Wounded—Lient.-Colonel W. O'G.
Haly, severely; Ensign G. Waddilove, slightly.
49th Regiment—Killed—Major T. N. Dalton ; Lieut.
A. S. Armstrong.
55th Regiment—Wounded—Lieut.-Colonel C. Warren,
C. 8., severely ; 13revet.Colonel H. C. B. Danbeney,
slightly : Lieut. J. R. Hume, severely ; Lieut. W. Barnston,
severely ; Lieut. G. A. Morgan, slightly.
95th Regiment--Wounded—Major J. G. Champion, dan-
gerously ; Major H. Hume, slightly; Captain G. C. Vialls,
slightly ; Lieut. A. J. J. Mc Donald, dangerously.
THIRD DIVISION.
50th Regiment—Killed—Lieut. W. G. Dashwood.
Wounded—Captain H. J. Frampton, slightly.