The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-16 00:00:00

THE SEAT OF WAR.

Mr. HAMILTON rose to ask the Secretary at War,
whether it is the case, as has been reported, that Scrip-
ture readers are prohibited from visiting such of our
wounded soldiers in hospital at Scutari as are desirou3
of their services ; while other benevolent persons, com-
prising among them Sisters of Charity, and members
of religious orders are admitted into the hospitals.
And, whether any and what regulations have been
made, by which members of religious orders are pre-
vented from impressing their peculiar religious opinions
upon any but those of their own communion; The hon.
member, in putting the question, wished to know if
they had been expelled by the Sisters of Charity for
their own private ends.
Mr. S. HERBERT said that the Sisters of Charity
Were placed upon a different footing from those who were
gent when the Government determined to send out
nurses to Scutari. They were sent out of all creeds, but
under the guidance of one, and that one a Protestant ;
and when they, the Sisters of Charity, offered their ser
vices, Government accepted them upon the understand-
ing that they were to be bound by the saline regulations
as the others who had preceded them, and they made not
the slightest objection. The regulations by which they
were bound was that they should not make any use of
their position to tamper with the religious principles of
Patients of a different persuasion to their own. With re•
gard to the Scripture readers they were differently
situated. The Government had selected chaplains as
near as they could in numbers to snit the Scrip-
tural wants of the . soldiers, who were divided
into three badieS, Church of England, Presbyterians,
and Catholics, and it was most important that nothing
like religious controversy should take place, and every
precaution had been taken to prevent it. He had seen the
account in the papers about the- alleged expulsion of
the Scripture readers, and only supposed that they had,
by giving away tracts or some other course, infringed on
the rules, and thus theirexpulsion had becomea matter of
trcetsity. He did not say this was the case, buthe thought
it would be found to be the cause of the matter alluded
to. He concluded by assuring the house that every
effort had been made to afford spiritual consolation to
the troops of all denominations, but at the same time to
prevent controversy.
In reply to Mr. SCULLY,
Mr. S. HERBERT stated that the army in the East
Was composed of two-thirds Protestants and one-third
Roman Catholic, and Government had sent out 12
chaplains for the Church of England and four for the
Presbyterians.
TREATY WITH AUSTRIA,

Lord J. RUSSELL, by command, brought up a copy
of the treaty entered into with Austria, which was ordered
to lie upon the table.
FUEL FOR THE ARMY.
Mr. EWART wished to know from the First Lord of
the Admiralty what steps had been taken for supplying
the army in the Crimea with fuel ?
Sir J. GRAHAM AMAM said the authorities at Malta and
ether stations had received orders to forward a supply

of coal to Balaklava.
'VOTES OF THANKS TO THE ARMY AND NAVY

IN THE EAST.

Lord J. RUSSELL rose amid great silence and pro-
ceeded as follows :—" Sir, in rising to perform tho task
Ivhinh I have undertaken, I have the satisfaction of think-
ing that, however feebly and incompletely that task may
be performed, I am sure of the sympathy of this house.
(sear, and cheers.) I cannot doubt that all those who
are concerned in and approve of the expedition which has
been sent out to the Crimea will heartily join in acknow-
ledging the deeds of valour, the constancy, and the forti-
tude which they expected would be performed. (Rear, and
cheers.) I should say still more strongly that those who
thought that the expedition was undertaken with inade

onato means, and that our army was exposed to unequal
;gill 1. c still Inone inclined to admire the superhuimtn
efforts which hare been made by that army. (Hear, and
cheers.) therefore, sir, proceed to this task in confidence
that tho house will approve a the motions which I shall
submit to it., (Hear, and cheers.) In performing that
task I may, perhaps, at the outset be permitted to state
that I shall endeavour as far as possible to avoid repeating
the details of actions, the narrative of which has been
given by Lord Raglan in his own clear and admirable
language. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I shall also endea-
vour to avoid entering into questions of tactics and mili-
tary criticisms. I hold that we are none of us well quali-
fied to perform a task which can only be adequately per-
formed by those-who are not only perfectly familiar with
the art of war, but also know all the circumstances of ope-
rations which may be undertaken, and the manner in which
they have been performed. If I may give an illustration,
I would mention that in the history of the French empire
the historian, in recounting the operations which belong
to the battle of Wagram, states that the 'first Napoleon
having carried the battle to a certain extent, and seeing
the victory inclined to be in his favour, ordered certain
manceuvres to be perfortned, said afterwards that another
manoeuvre, which would have been far more decisive,
would have produced more splendid results, but that his
army was not at that time composed of the veterans whom
he was accustomed to lead, but that many of the troops
were young and inexperienced men, upon whom he did
not rely for their steadiness in a manoeuvre which was so
difficult to be performed. Now, a military critic having
discovered that such a manceavre might be performed,
might have blamed the great commander for not under-
taking it ; but ho, knowing all the circumstances,—being
aware of the position of the ground—the character, the
temper, and disposition of his troops—no doubt judged
rightly with respect to the conduct which ought to be pur-
sued. So, likewise, in regard to every military operation
—unless you know exactly the nature of the ground—un-
less you can count exactly the force of the enemy, and
likewise the state and temper of his army—it is impossible
to judge with respect to the operations to be performed.
I say this, because it is my intention only to state what
operations have been performed. I have no doubt that
they were performed with very great ability—l have no
doubt they were ,carried out according to the best judg-
ment under the circumstances ; but I do not intend on this
occasion to meet objections which may be made to any par-
ticular course of conduct on a certain day. Now, sir, let
me proceed to state the position of Lord Raglan. Lord
Raglan was chosen by her Majesty to command the expe-
dition which was soot out to the East,
_Thou
dictated by the refic.tiou or tile services which he had ren-
dered to his country, and the character which he had ob-
tained both in the army and in office. Lord Raglan, when
a very young man, might have used the influence of a very
powerful family to obtain any position to which he might
have aspired, but the only thing he asked for from the Go-
vernasont of that time was to be attached to the staff
of Sir Arthur Wellesley. He was attached to that staff,
and from that time every step he has gained, and the emi-
nence which he at present holds, are due to his own me-
' rits and ability. (Loud cheers.) I perfectly remember
that on several occasions, when I had the honour of being
at the head-quarters of the Duke of Wellington, in the
Peninsula, that he performed all the duties of military cor-
respondent to that great captain, when he had not only
to conduct the military correspondence of the army, but
also that of the Government at home— with the Secretary.
of State and the Secretary-at-War, and also with the Por-
tuguese and Spanish Governments. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) There was business enough to employ any office
in the country which has the most business to conduct,
but it was all performed by Lord Raglan, owing to his
clear head and the great facility with which he discharged
it; and though amid the hurry of arms, it did not for a
moment divert his attention from the :duties to be per-
formed in the field. Ho was in the company of the Duke
of Wellington through his long career, and he was at
length wounded, in the service. He returned to this
country to perform other duties. If the character of Bri-
tish (slicers in the army stand high—if the selections
which have been made show how much desert has been
attended to—it is in a great degree to Lord Raglan that
the country has been indebted for those selections. (Loud
cheers.)- Such is the man, therefore, who has been ap-
pointed by her Majesty to command the army in the
East; and let me say, further, that having been so ap-
pointed, he at once commanded the confidence and the
affection of the British army, and in a very short time he
gained the entire confidence and hearty co-operation of
the generals of our ally, the Emperor of the French.
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) When we have to consider
that these operations were to be conducted in tom-
mon with the forces of our ally with whom we had not
been accustomed to co-operate in the field, however
intimate may have been the two Powers during the exist-
ence of peace, the house will see at once that it was not
only by valour in the field, though more brilliant valour
was never displayed, but it was by other and not less ne-
cessary qualifications that the character of Lord Raglan
has been of service to his country. (Hear, and cheers.)
Now, sir, I will proceed to that expedition and those con-
flicts in which the best blood of this country has been shed
—and when I say the best blood, I by no means intend to
notice persons of any particular rank, military or social,
but among the best blood of this country -is the blood of
those sons of labourers and others who have entered the
military profession, and have devoted their whole hearts
to duty—who have stood on the field of battle without
those expectations of being distinguished by those rewards
which reach other and higher classes, but who have per-
formed their duty fearlessly and faithfully, and at the
same time with a feeling of religious obligation which has
prevented them, while foremost in assailing the enemy,
from committing any outrage in the field. (Loud cheers.)
I am sure that these children of Britain aro not less de-
serving of praise than the sons of the highest and noblest
in the land, (Loud cheers.) The embarkation of the
British troops took place towards the end of August. It
was in the despatch of the 29th of that month Lord Raglan
mentioned his obligation to the officers of the British navy,
to which I will hereafter allude, and the assistance ren-
dered-by the sailors in the embarkation of so large a num-
ber of troops. The expedition proceeded to the Crimea
There was some question with regard to the place of de-
barkation. Lord Raglan himself preceded the fleet in a
swift steamer, and on surveying the coast found that some
points which had been thought of for landing the troops
were guarded by redoubts and fortifications, and at length
ho fixed on a place, to which he obtained the assent of
Marshal St. Arnaud, the commander of the French army.
The selection was so judicious that.the whole army disem-
barked without opposition, and that important operation
was successfully accomplished in a comparatively short
period. That was already a proof of the skill and ability
of Lord Raglan, which gave great satisfaction to the coun-
try. Having landed on the 14th, the army set out and
marched a considerable distande by the 19th. On the 20th
they lead got two miles further, and then the Russian army
was perceived on the heights of the Alma. In the space of
two hours our troops made themselves masters of those
heights, and the Russian army made no further attempt to
occupy or retake that position. (Hear, hear.) It was a
position of great natural strength—so strong that one por-
tion of the heights was quite unassailable from the nature
of the ground. It is generally believed that Prince Men-
schikolf, whet then commanded, wrote to his master to say
that it was a position which would enable him to keep the
Allied army at bay for three months, and thereby prevent
them proceeding with the siege of Sebastopol. Yet such
was the brilliant valour of the British and French troops,
that they carried those heights. The Light Division of
the British army was encountered by a showerof musketry
and grape, which for a time thinned their ranks ; but the
brigade of guards came up and attacked the Russian posi-
tion with such fierce vigour and determination that the
Russians yielded their position and heights, never again to
attempt to regain it. (Loud cheers.) I haye already ob-
served that, as to the details, of this action, Lord Raglan
himself has given them in the clearest language. I may,
perhaps, however, mention some circumstances relating to
the noble lord himself. Marshal St. Arnaud carried at the
same time the left of the Russian position. The charge of
the French troops was so impetuous and so vigorous that
the enemy soon yielded, and the French army. was esta-
blished on the heights which had been occupied by the
Ruisians. (Cheers.) On the British side a great mass of
Russian troops were collected. Lord Raglan, seeing the
peat force with-which he had to contend, remarked to one
of theofficers of his staff that it would be desirable to place
some cannon on a height which he pointed out, which
could be brought to bear upon the Russian cplumns, and
asked him if he thought guns could be placed on those
heights. The officer returned, and said he thought it was
possible. Lord Raglan then ordered 2 guns to be taken to
the heights. The Russian artillery was so powerful and
destructive, that- most of the artillerymen who accom-
panied these guns were killed in ascending the heights, but
the guns ware placed as Lord Raglan had desired. It was
an officer of his own staff that fired the first shots from
these guns. At first they were not effective, but presently
they got the range, and wer.4 so directed against the mass
of the Rus'sian infantry, and made such deep passes,through
that great body of men, that after a time the whole mass
began to move, the columns were shaken, and the Russians
commenced a retreat. (Cheers) Such is a proof, I con-
ceive, of the military eye and the skill of Lord Raglan,
who, surveying the enemy, and perceiving how they might
be best assailed, directed the movement with that coolness
and decision which are his characteristics. (Hear, hear.)
And when I speak of the coolness of Lord Raglan, I may
be perhaps permitted to mention a circumstance which
came from an officer of his own staff. One of his staff ob-
served to Lord Raglan that he was exposing himself too
much, and going too far in advance—that the Russian fire
in that part was so hot that the life of the British com-
mander ought not to be so risked. When this -remon-
strance was made, that he' ought not to expose himself so
much, Lord Raglan replied, " Don't speak to me now ; I
am busy." (Loud cheers.) Now, there is nothing of epi-
grammatic wit iu this—nothiug, perhaps, of heroic senti-
mentthese words • but they were the words of an
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(Hear, hear.)
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without any Russian force
They crossed the Katcha river 11Fnrdenich buryingarmy
disputing its banks; but when they came to the Belbeck,
been there erected with
they found that certain works had
artillery
necessary. It was
stores, A fresh consultation became
a view of preventing the debarkation of the and
considered whether those works should be attacked—
ther the arm should proceed, as was- its original intention,
e
to attack the north side of Sebastopol, or whether some
other course should not bo taken. It was considered that
instead of occupying themselves in redu ing these forts,
the army should at once, at all risks, march across the
woods to the south of Sebastopol, and endeavour to make
themselves masters of Balaklava. That march was accom-
pwiiitshhegdreoant 25ththe oarfmSyeptember It was accomplished
danger of a fresh attack.
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them-
selves masters of Balaklava and the heights
showed very great skill.
after that operation, Lord Raglan had taonl;11.
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officer with whom he had co-operated,
consulted as to the original design of the expedition—the
whom he
nature of the expedition the mode and place of debarka-
tion, and respecting the battle of the Alma, was
re-
duced by illness that lie could no longer continue in com-
mend. mend. Marshal St. Arnaud, however, showing a heroic
spirit, determined to persevere to the last in the perform-
ance of his duty to his Sovereign and his country. (Loud
cheers.) He was resolved that, although in a few month°,
perhaps in a few days,. nothing weuld remain but his dea.Cl-
body, that that body should beCovered with glory. (Cheers.)
In a day or two Marshal St. Arnaud died. ' He was an
officer who .had shown gallantry and heroism, and our
army had every reason to be satisfied with his conduct.
He was in short a brave soldier, who, to the last day of

his life, performed his duty. (Cheers.) I cannot hero
omit to mention t 1 w0r,1.,-, in which "M:krAril St. Ai nmid
spoke of L ,rd Raglan's conduct at the battle of the Alma,
because they wore words worthy of the brave and generous
nation whose general spoke them—they show in a striking
manner the generous mind of Marshal St. Arnaud, and
the character of the man concerning whom they were
mentioned. The marshal said that the bravery of Lord
Raglan reminded him of tho heroes of antiquity—in the.
midst of cannon and musketry shot, the coolness and
valour displayed by him was unequalled. (Cheers.) The
command of the French army devolved upon General
Canrobert, who at once, as wellas since then, had acted in
*concert in every sense with Lord Raglan. They acted
together with most perfect accord. There was no other
rivalry between them than which of them should best serve
the common cause. (Loud cheers.) There was no paltry
spirit of jealousy, each admired the chais.cter and actions of
the other. On the 28th of September the army occupied
the heights in the neighbourhood of Sebastopol. About ten
days elapsed, when, after a full examination of the ground,
the impression of Sir John Burgoyne and other eminent
officers—l mention Sir John Burgoyne, because he is best
qualified to give an opinion on that subject—the impres-
sion on Sir John Burgoyne's mind, I say, was, that the
task would be far more difficult than had been supposed.
It was imagined that the regular fortifications of Sebas-
topol on the land side, wore not suck as would prevent the
Allied army getting close to the town, and destroyin gits
defences with such artillery as they had ready, and so the
reduction of the town would soon be accomplished. When
I look back to the letters which were written about that

time by various officers, and transmitted to us by our am-
bassador at Constantinople, I found there was a confident
expectation that Sebastopol would soon fall. Sir John
Burgoyne, however, found, upon examination of the
ground, that the hills which slanted towards Sebastopol
had large ravines, and were separated from each other,
so that troops placed on one part of the hill could not co-
operate with those placed on another. It was, therefore,
found very difficult to carry on the operations originally
intended, and that it would be dangerous to let any por-
tion of the English force be unsupported on such ground.
Accordingly, it was determined to bring as much heavy
artillery to the batteries as could be brought, and to
work our soldiers day and night, and they did so with
the utmost cheerfulness and good-will. (Loud cheers.)
The object was to place heavy artillery in such po-
sitions as would destroy the defences of Sebastopol.
It was obvious, however, from the moment that this de-
termination was taken, the prospect assumed a very dif-
ferent character ; and the Russians having a great quan-
tity of heavy artillery in Sebastopol, and all the heavy
guns of the ships lying there as well as their crews,together
with the garrison, not counting the population of the town,
were enabled very speedily to repair the breach which one
aaasaaias 4 • Teas, I.M, suerefore,
I repeat, became one of great labour and difficulty—no-
thing was left undone, either on the side of the British or
the French, to hasten on the works. On the 17th of Oc-
tober our fire opened, and that fire produced a very con-
siderable effect. Many of the guns of the Russian bat-
teries wore dismounted. One of their works was, for a
time, nearly destroyed. At the same time, the English
and French fleets came near the forts, towards the side,
and for some hours kept up a formidable fire upon those
defences. But that fire not having effected an opening
place to make an assault, the Russians occupied the night
in repairing the defences that had been destroyed or Un-
paired by our fire, and in remounting guns, of which they
had nbundance. In this manner, therefore, the siege went
on until the 25th of October, when the Russians, coming
round by the valley of Balaklava, made an attack upon
certain redoubts in that neighbourhood, defended by the
Turks, and made themselves masters of them. A great
body of their cavalry then advanced, but the heavy cavalry
of the British charged them, though in vastly inferior
numbers, and forced the Russians to retire. (Cheers.)
Later in the day, by the miscontsruction of an order of
Lord Raglan's an attack was made by the light cavalry on
the lines of the Russians, who, notwithstanding the great
superiority of the enemy in numbers, and that bat-
teries played upon them, still charged in the bravest man-
ner. (Cheers.) Indeed, nothing could be more admirable
than the bravery shown by those troops. (Loud cries of
"Hear, hear," and cheers.) I believe that at no time in
the annals of British army—(hear, hear)—has courage
been more signally displayed. We may lament that the
occasion did not produce greater results, and that it was
not so fruitful of advantages as if it had been directed in a
different manner; but that is not the slightest disparage-
ment to the valour of those men who were ready at any
risk, and with innhense odds against them, to charge the
enemy whom they saw before them, and whom they
were directed to chats,. The works of the siege, neverthe-
less, were proceeded with, and notwithstanding that the
troops were thinned by sickness—for the cholera had not
ceased in the camp of the Allies - they worked night and
day at the trenches, it was then, and under these cir-
cumstances, that an immense effort was made by the com-
mander of the Russian forces—perhaps I ought rather to
say, by the Emperor of Russia himself—for two of his sons
were present—in order to overwhelm the force of the Allies.
That attempt was made, it is said, by more than 60,0)0
men—l should think it probable that the number was not
less than 80,000. They were troops who had not been pre-
sent at the battle of the Alma—troops that did not know
the enemy whom they had to' encounter. These troops
were raised to the highest pitch of fanaticism, and it is
said that their courage was animated by other means—(a
laugh)—came in vast Columns to take the British position
at Inkorman. Lord Raglan has related the events of that
battle. He has stated how, in the darkness of the night
and the fog of the morning, the Russians were able to place
very considerable artillery—no less than 90 pieces—and to
advance their columns close to the English position. In
that darkness and that thick fog it was impossible for any
commander to exercise any power of discrimination--it was
impossible to survey the field and witness those dark ope-
rations. There were but 8,000 British men in that field.
(Loud cheers.) But though the numbers were few—though
they were weakened by sickness and thinned by battle—
although wearied with continual labour and watchings—
although the darkness scarcely allowed them to distinguish
their comrades from their euemies—although they were
then after 24 hours' hard work in the trenches—although
they had had but little rest, and only time to swallow a
scanty meal—still, when they met this powerful enemy,
the spirit, unquenched and unquenchable, of the British
soldier rose in each man's breast, and enabled him to
achieve a glorious triumph. (Loud and prolonged cheers.)
My right hen. friend the Secretary at War said truly the
other night that "this was the battle of a soldier;" but yet
that band of heroes, exposed as they were to an artillery
force, against which nothing for a very long time could
have stood, might at last not have been driven from the
field, not have been defeated, but they might have left
their bodies upon those heights, and those heights might
have been kept by the enemy, rom the smallness of their
numbers, had not the armed reinforcements of our French
allies come at the moment and shared with them in the
glory of repelling that tremendous attack. (Cheers.) These
reinforcements were commanded by General Bosquet, one
of the most distinguished chiefs of, the French army, who
commanding them with skill and valour, rushed up with
an impetuosity that carried the position, and saved both
armies from the fate that might have awaited them had
the Russians obtained possession of any part of their posi-
tion and attacked them from the heights. (Hear.) And
yet, with the assistance of those French allies, there were
but 14,000 men that fought that famous battle. (Cheers.)
I believe that, in point of destruction of an enemy scarcely
any battle will endure comparison with it. More than
5,000 dead were left upon the field by the Russians ; and,
taking the average of the wounded as three times that of
the killed, we find that 14,000 men caused a loss of far
more than their own number. (Hoar, hear.) I believe,
sir, there aro no modern annals that contain the history of
a battle more to the honour of those who fought it than
that of Inkerman. It has caused, indeed, the loss of many
gallant men, and it has caused deep sorrow and affliction
to many ; but I am persuaded that the renown of that
battle, and the effect which it will produce will last to
future generations. (Cheers.) We have seen that in the
course of that battle there were at one time various
changes of forces on the part of the enemy, but we have
seen the heroism of the Allies prevail, and I fancy that
those who have to give an account of what it is to attack
those troops, will be slow to think that Russia can ob-
tain the advantage in the war which she is waging against
two such nations. (Hear, hear.) I will now only advert
to the general operations of the siege which has been
undertaken, and to the assistance we have received from
the navy. (Hear, hear.) The general operations at sea,
although conducted by officers of great experience,
have been of a most laborious and perilous nature, and the
sufferings and privations of the men have been very great.
Aud hero, in alluding to the losses which we have expe-
rienced, I cannot forget the name of a general officer who
fell at the battle of Inkerman, and from whose talents and
former services the country had every reason to expect a
complete military commander. I allude to Sir George
Cathcart. (Hear, hear.) The gallant officer behaved at all
times with the greatest spirit. Ho was so generally esteemed
by every one that, when the question arose of sending out
a general to the Cape, the Duke of Wellington, who know
him best, concurred in saying that no more skilful com-
mander could have been found for the service. (Hear,
hear.) I remember seeing him on his return from his
command at the Cape, when he spoke in terms of exulta-
tion at his good fortune in having been appointed so soon
to a command in the Crimea. This feeling of exultation
was experienced by him to the last, and even at the closing
instant of his life, we are assured that he was animated by
the same sentiment.' He had no.other ambition or wish
than to give his life for his country; and to spend the last
drop of his blood in her service. (Cheers.) Those are the
men who do honour to their country, and such are the
men whose names can never be separated from her glory.
(Hear, hear.) The next vote, which it is my intention to
propose, is a vote of thanks to the navy for their co-opera-
tion. (Hear, hear.) I have already mentioned that Lord
Raglan states that _rem the commencement of the opera-
tion the zeal and efficiency of the navy, in assisting tho
troops, was beyond, all praise, and that from Admiral Dun-
das, down to the lowest sailor
,in the fleet, the same heroic
enthusiasm was manifested. Lord Raglan has also men-
tioned, in the highest terms, the conduct of Sir Edmund
Lyons. In describing the battle of Alma, after expressing
the
gratitude he entertained for their ser-
vices, They watched the progress of the clay
deephe feelingsay
.with intense anxiety; and, to show their sympathy for
the forces engaged, they never ceased to provide for
the sick and wounded, and to carry them down to the
beach—a service in which even the officers participated.
I mention no names lest I omit some that ought to be in-
cluded; but I will mention that Sir E. Lyons was, as he
always is, most prominent inrendering assistance, and that
lam deeply grateful to him for his exertions." his is the
mention made of one who is an honour to his country, and
one from whom we expect great and brilliant services in
the war in the ensuing campaign. Sir E. Lyons followed
up these operations with the greatest energy and zeal, and
entered the harbour of Balaklava at the same time that
Lord Raglan was making good his occupation of the place.
When the fire was opened against Sebastopol, Lord Rag-
lan and General Canrobert asked Admirals Dundas and
Hamelin to co-operate with them by firing on the batteries
defendirg the harbour. That service was willingly under-
taken. The injury done to the land batteries was not such
as to enable the troops to attack the place by assault, and
therefore the fire did not produce any effect, excoptfor the
time, but had the Allies been able to storm the place, the
diversion caused by the fire of the navy would have been
most useful. As it was, there is only one opinion that
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a I man engaged in the fleet performed his duty with
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thohouse will readily agree to it. I mean, also, to propose
a vote of thanks to Gen. Canrobert, and to the officers and
men in the French service who co-operated with her Majesty's
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always act in alliance, and will set an example to Europe
of duties resolutely performed, and of principles ade-
quately maintained. (Loud cheers.) I also mean to
Propose a vote lamenting the fate of those who have
perished in the action, and offering our condolence with