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London, England, 1855-07-18 00:00:00

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DESPATCH FROM THE
CRIMEA.

(From a supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 18.
Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch and
its enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad-
dressed to his Lordship by Lieutenant-General Simpson,
Commanding her Majesty's Forces in the East.
Before Sebastopol, July 7, 1855.
My Lord,—l have the honour to acquaint your Lord-
ship that the remains of our late lamented Commander-
in-Chief, Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, were removed
.from Head-quarters to Kazatch Bay, on Tuesday the 3d
inst., and placed on board her Majesty's ship Caradoz,
which departed for England that same evening.
Nothing could be more imposing than the whole line
•f this melancholy procession. The day was fine, and
the appearance of the allied troops splendid ; as many
as could be spared from duty in the trenches, and
with safety to their camp, were collected, and the
procession moved from the door of this house exactly
at four o'clock p.m., in the following order :
In the court-yard of the house was stationed a guard
of honour of one hundred men of the Grenadier Guards,
with their drums and regimental colours ; fifty men,
with one field officer, one captain, and one subaltern,
from the Royal Sappers and Miners and from each regi-
ment, lined the road from the British to the French
head-quarters, a distance of about a mile ; a squadron
of cavalry was stationed on the right of the line, two
batteries of artillery and a squadron of cavalry on the
left of it ; the infantry were commanded by Major.
General Eyre, C.B.
The road from the French head-quarters to Kazatch
Bay was lined throughout the whole way by the infan-
try of the French Imperial Guard, and of the Ist corps ;
bands were stationed at intervals and played as the pro-
cession passed, and field batteries (French) at intervals,
on the high grounds right and left of the road, fired mi-
nute guns.
The procession to escort the body was as follows :
Two squadrons British Cavalry (12th Lancers.)
Two squadrons Piedmontese Light Cavalry.
Four squadrons French Chasseurs d'Afrique (Ist and
4th Regiments).
Four squadrons French Cuirassiers (2d and 9th Regi-
ments).
Two troops French Horse Artillery.
Major brandling's troop Horse Artillery.
The coffin, covered with a black pall, fringed with
white silk, and the Unio❑ Jack, and surmounted by the
late Field-Marshal's cocked hat and sword, and a gar-
land of " Immortels," placed there by General Pelissier,
Was carried on a platform, fixed upon a 9-pounder gun,
drawn by horses of Japtain Thomas's troop Royal Horse
Artillery.
At the wheels of the gun-carriage rode Gen. Pelissier,
Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, His Highness
Omer Pacha, Commander-in-Chief of the Ottoman Army,
Gen. de La Marmora, Commander-in• Chief of the Sar-
dinian Army, and Lieutenant-Gereral Simpson, Com-
rnander-in-Chief of the English Army.
Charger of the late Field-Marshal, led by two mounted
orderlies.

Relations and Personal Staff of the late Field-Mar-
shal.

Generals and other officers of the French, Sardinian,
and Turkish armies—a large number of whom attended.
British Commissioners to Foreign armies.
British General officers and their Staffs.
Staff of Head-quarters.

One officer of each regiment of Cavalry and Infantry,
Royal Sappers and Miners, and Land Transport
Corps ; two from the Naval Brigade, Royal Marines,
Medical and Commissariat Staff, and three from the
Royal Artillery.
Personal escorts of the Allied Commanders-in• Chief.
The personal escort of the late Field-Marshal (Captain
Chetwode's troop of the Bth Hussars).
A field battery of the Royal Artillery.
Two squadrons of British Cavalry (4th Dragoon
Guards).
Detachment of Mounted Staff Corps.
The escort was under the command of Lieutenant-
Colonel Dupuis, Royal Horse Artillery.
Two field batteries of the Royal Artillery, stationed
on the hill opposite the house, fired a salute of nineteen
guns, when the procession moved off.
The united bands of the 3d, 9th, and 62d Regiments,
stationed in the vineyard that surrounds the house,
played the Dead March.
The band of the Sardinian Grenadiers was stationed
half way to the French Head-quarters, and the band of
the 10th Hussars on the left of the line.
The approach to the wharf at Kazatch Bay was lined
by detachments of the Royal Marines and sailors.
The body was received on the wharf by Admiral Bruat
and Rear-Admiral Stewart, C. 8., and a large number of
officers of the combined fieet.;. The launch of the Bri-

tish flag-ship, towed by man-of-war boats, conveyed the
coffin to the Caradoc, the boats of the combined fleets
forming an escort ; and the troop and battery of the
Royal Artillery included in the escort, formed upon the
rising ground ab we the bay, and fired a salute of 19
guns as the coffin left the shore.
Everything was well conducted, and no accident oc-
curred.
Thus terminated the last honours that could be paid
by his troops to their beloved commander. His lose to
us here is inexpressible ; and will, I am sure, be equally
felt by his country at home. The sympathy of our
Allies is universal and sincere. His name and memory
are all that remain to animate us in the difficulties and
dangers to which we may be called.
I have, &c.,
JAMES SIMPSON,
Lieutenant-General Commanding.
The Lord Panmure, &c., &c.
P.S.--I enclose the lists of casualties to the sth inst.