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the remaining regiment of Brigadier-General7maintained the same determination to conquer, as
Adams crossed to the left of the conflagration, oplthey had exhibited before they went into action.!!
,posed
by the enemy's artillery from the heiolats:4 should be wanting in my duty, my Lord Duke,l
above,' and pressed on towards the left of their 1 ; if I did not express to your Grace, in the most;
position with the utmost gallantry and steadiness. earnest manner, my deep feeling of gratitude toy
In the meanwhile, the Light Division:under Sir':, the officers and men of the Royal Navy for the!
George Brown, effected the passage of the Alma,invaluable assistance they afforded the Army upon
• . his immediate front. The banks of the river }this as on every occasion, where it could be brought!
itself were, from their rugged and broken na-
..to bear upon our operations.
tore, most serious obstacles, and the vineyards T They watched the progress of the day with the
through which the troops had to pass, and the most intense anxiety ; and as the best way ofi
trees which the enemy had felled, created addi-:. evincing their participation in our success, andi
tional impediments, rendering every species of for their sympathy in the sufferings of the wounded,
mation, under a galling fire, nearly an impossibili, they never ceased, from the close of the battle till
ity. Lieut.-General Sir George Brown advanced; we left the ground this morning, to provide fori
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against the enemy under great disadvantages. ~.' the sick and wounded, and to carry them down tol
•,.
In this difficult operation he nevertheless perse-;lithe beach, a labour in which some of the officers!
vered, and the Ist Brigade under Major-General4;even volunteered to participate, an act which I!
Codrington, succeeded in carrying a redoubt, ma-Hshall. never cease to recollect with the evarmest,;.
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terially aided by the judicious and steady manner.4thankfulness.
~
in which Brigadier-General Buller moved on the I mention no names, fearing I might omit some
left flank, and by the advance of four companies of;' who ought to be spoken of ; but none who werez
the Rifle Brigade, under Major Norcott, who pro-4asseciated with us, spared any exertion they could'j
mises to be a distinguished officer of light troops. 6
'."apply to so sacred a duty.
The heavy fire of grape and musketry, however Sir Edmond Lyons, who had charge of the
to which the troops were exposed, and the losse0: whole, was, as always, most prominent in render-'1
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consequently sustained by the 7th, 23d, and 33d 0
ing assistance, and providing for emergencies.
Regiments, obliged this brigade partially to relin-d• I enclose the return of killed and wounded. 14
quish its hold. .t,
• is, I lament to say, very large ; but I hope, all
By this time, however, the Duke of Cambridge circumstances considered, that it will be felt that:?had succeeded in crossing the river, and had moved Arlo life was unnecessarily exposed, and that such
up in support, and a brilliant advance of the bri-r9an advantage could not be achieved without a con-"!
4
;ade of Foot Guards, under Major-General Ben-. siderable sacrifice. it.,
i;inck, drove the enemy back, and secured the final fl' 1
I cannot venture to estimate the amount of the f,
fA
possession of the work. . Russian loss. I believe it to have been great, and
The Highland Brigade, under Major-General ' such is the report in the country. R
Sir Colin Campbell, advanced in admirable ordert The number of prisoners who are not hurt is 4
tnd. steadiness up the high ground to the left, and ,c small ; but the wounded to 800 or 900. Twok
in co-operation with the Guards ; and Major- ' General Officers, Major Generals Karganoff andq
General Pennefather's Brigade, which had been ' Shokanoff fell into our hands. The former is very
connected with the right of the Light Division badly wounded. ',4
forced the enemy completely to abandon the posi- I will not attempt to describe the movements of
-,ion they had taken such pains to defend and
the French Army ; that will be done by an abler
t
hand ; but it is due to them to say that their
operations were eminently successful, and thatT
under the guidance of their distinguished com-fit
mander, Marshal St. Arnaud, they manifested they
utmost gallantry, the greatest ardour for the !:
'attack, and the high military qualifies for which!
they are so famed. F
This despatch will be delivered to your Gracei
by Major Lord Burghersh, who is capable of af--i
fording you the fullest information, and whom I
beg to recommend to your especial notice.—l
have, &-e.,

secure.
The 95th Regiment, immediately on the right f
if the Royal Fusiliers in the advance, suffereii
equally with that corps an immense loss.
The aid of the Royal Artillery in all these ope-
rations was most effectual. The exertions of the
Field Officers and the Captains of troops and bat-
teries to get the guns into action were unceasing,
and the precision of their fire materially contri-
buted to the great results of the day.
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard England brought
his division to the immediate support of the troops
in advance, and Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sii
George Cathcart was actively engaged in watching
the left flank.
The nature of the ground did not admit of the em-
ployment of the cavalry under the Earl of Lucan; bui
they succeeded in taking some prisoners at the
close of the battle.
In the detail of these operations, which I have
gone into as far as the space of a dispatch would
allow, your Grace will perceive that the servic,
in which the General and other Officers of the
Army were engaged, were of no ordinary cha-
racter ; and I have great pleasure in submitting
them for your Grace's most favourable considera
'..tion.

RAGLAN.
P.S.—I inclose a sketch of the field of battle.
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle,
&c.

NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES
AMONG OFFICERS IN ACTION ON THE'
RIVER ALMA, CRIMEA, SEPT. 20.
GENERAL STAFF.
Lieutenant T. Leslie, Royal Horse Guards, Or-
lerly Officer to the Commander of the Forces,
wounded severely
Capt. H. E. Weare, 50th Regiment, D.A.A.G.,
wounded severely
FIRST DIVISION.
STAFF.
Captain H. W. Cast, Colstream Guards, Aide-
le-Camp to Major-General Bentinck, killed

The mode in which Lieutenant-General Is
George Brown conducted his division under the
most trying circumstances, demands the expressiot,
of my warmest approbation. The fire to which
his division was subjected, and the difficulties he
had to contend-against, afford no small proof that
his best energies were applied to the successful
discharge of his duty.
I must speak in corresponding terms of Lieu-
-Itenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans, who likewise
conducted his division to my perfect satisfaction,
and exhibited equal coolness and judgment in car-
trying out a most difficult operation.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
brought his division into action in support of the
Light Division with great ability, and had for the
first time an opportunity of showing the enemy
his devotion to Her Majesty, and to the profes-
sion of which he is so distinguished a member.
My best thanks are due to Lieutenant-General
Sir R. England, Lieutenant-General the Honoura-
ble Sir George Cathcart, and Lieutenant-General
the Earl of Lucan, for their cordial assistance
wherever it could be afforded, and I feel it my
duty especially to recommend to your Grace's no-
tice the distinguished conduct of Major-General
Bentinck, Major-General Sir Colonel Campbell,
Major-General Pennefather, Major-General Cod-
rington, Brigadier-General Adams, and Brigadier-
General Buller.
In the affair of the previous day, Major-General
the Earl of Cardigan exhibited the utmost spirit
and coolness, and kept his brigade under perfect
command.
The manner in which Brigadier-General Strang-
ways directed the Artillery, and exerted himself
to bring it forward, met my entire satisfaction.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne was
constantly by my side ; and rendered me, by his
counsel and advice, the most valuable assistance ;
and the Commanding Royal Engineer, Brigadier-
General Tylden, was always at hand to carry out
,any service I might direct dim to undertake.
I deeply regret to say [that he has since fallen
a victim to cholera, as has Major Wellesley, who
was present in the affair of the previous day,
notwithstanding that he was then suffering from
serious illness. He had, during the illness of Major-
General Lord de Ros, acted for him in the most
efficient manner. I cannot speak too highly of
Brigadier-General Eatcourt, Adjutant-General, or
of Brigadier-General Airey, who, in the short
time he has conducted the duties of the Quarter-
master-General, has displayed the greatest ability,
as well as aptitude for the office. ,
I am much indebted to my Militrry Secretary,
Lieutenant-Colonel Steele, Major Lord Burghersh,
and the officers of my personal Staff, for the zeal,
intelligence, and gallantry, they all, without ex-
ception, displayed.
Lieutenant Derriman, R.N., the Commander of
the Caradoc, accompanied me during the whole of
the operation, and rendered me an essential aer•
vice, by a close observation of the enemy's move-
ments, which his practiced eye enabled him accu•
rately to watch.
I lament to say that Lieutenant-Colonel Lagon-
die, who was attached to my head quarters, by
the Emperor of the French, fell into the enemy's
hands on the 19th, on his return from Prince Na-
poleon's division, where he had obligingly gone at
my request, with a communication to his Imperial,
Highness.
This misfortune is deeply regretted, both by my-,
self and the officers of my personal Staff.
The other officer placed with me under similar
circumstances, Major Vico, afforded me all the
assistance in his power, sparing no exertion. to be
sf use.
I cannot omit to make known to your Grace the
heerfulness with which the regimental officers o
he Army have submitted to most unusual priva-
ions.

GRENADIEP, GUARDS.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. H. Percy, wounded -
slightly.
~•
Lieutenant R. Hamilton, wounded slightly
Lieutenant J. M. Burgoyne, wounded slightly
COLDSTREAM GUARDS.
Lieutenant C. Baring, wounded severely •.
SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Dalrymple, wounded
slightly
Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. Berkeley, wounded
severely
Lieutenant-Colonel 11. P. Hepburn, wounded Is,
severely
Lieutenant-Colonel F. Haygarth, wounded se-
verely
Captain Lord Chewton, wounded severely
Captain J. D. Astley, wounded severely
Captain W. G. Bulwer, wounded severely
Captain D. F. Buckley, wounded severely
Captain R. Gipps, wounded slightly 1
Lieutenant Lord Ennismore, wounded severely toi
Lieutenant Hon. H. Annesley, wounded severely
93d REGIMENT.
Lieutenant R. Abercrombie, killed
SECOND DIVISION.
STAFF.
Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans. severe •
contusion, right shoulder
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. P. E. Herbert, 43d
Regiment, Assistant Quartermaster-General severe
contusion back of neck.
Captain Thompson, Deputy Assistant Quarter-
master-General, on shoulder blade
Ensign St. Clair, 21st Regiment, Acting Inter-
preter, shot through right arm
Captain A. M. M'Donald, 92d Regiment, Aide-
le-Camp, wounded severely •
30TH REGIMENT.
Lieutenant F. Luxmore, killed
Captain T. H. Pakenham, wounded severely
Captain G. Dickson, wounded severely
Captain A. W. Conolly, wounded slightly
• Lieutenant and Adjutant M. Walker, wounded
slightly

55TH REGIMENT.
Brevet Major J. B. Rose, killed
Captain J. G. Schaw, killed
Major F. A. Whimper, wounded dangerously
Brevet-Major J. Coats, wounded severely
Lieutenant G. E. Bissett, wounded severely
Lieutenant E. Armstrong, wounded severely
Lieutenant and Adjutant J. Warren, wounded
'slightly

Second Lieutenant J. H. Butler, killed
Captain W. P. Campbell, wounded severely
Captain E. C. Hopton, wounded slightly
Lieutenant H. Bathurst, wounded severely
Lieutenant F. Sayer, wounded slightly
Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant st. Apple-
whaite, wounded severely.
33n REGIMENT.'
Major T. B. Gough, wounded severely
Captain. H. C. Fitzgerald, wonnded slightly
• Lieutenant F. Du Pre Montagu, killed
Lieutenant A. B. Wallis, wounded severely
Lieutenant W. S. Worthington, lost one leg
Ensign C. M. Siree, wounded severely
Ensign J. J. Greenwood, wounded slightly

7information, how well they have earned her Mal
;lesty's approbation, and how gloriously maintained
the honour of the British name.
0.1
Lord Raglan condoles most sincerely with the
troops on the loss of so many gallant officers and
brave men, whose memory it will be a consolation
Ito their friends to feel, will ever be cherished in
the annals of our Army.
(Signed) J. B. B. ESTCOLTRT.

19TH RBGIMJINT.
Lieutenant and Adjutant A. Cardew, killed
Ensign G. D. Stockwell, killed
Lieutenant-Colonel R. Saunders, wounded se-
verely
Major H. E. M‘Gee, wounded slightly
Captain R. Warden, wounded slightly
Lieutenant R. Wardlaw, wounded severely
Lieutenant L. D. Currie, wounded. severely
88TH REGIMENT.
Quartermaster T. Moore, wounded slightly
2D BATTALION RIFE BRIGADE.
Captain Earl of Errol, wounded in hand
ARTILLERY.
Captain A. Dew, killed
Lieutenant A. Walsham, killed
Lieutenant R. H. Cockerell, killed
ROYAL ENGINEERS.
Lieutenant H. Teesdale, wounded severely
Total killed, 26—Total wounded, 76—Grand
total, 102.
(Signed) J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

RETURN OF CASUALTIES WHICH OC-
CURRED IN ACTION ON THE RIVER
ALMA, CRIMEA, SEPTEMBER 20, 1854.

13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS.
1 horse wounded
Artillery-3 officers, 9 rank arid file, 26 horses,
killed ; 1 sergeant, 20 rank and file, wounded
Royal Engineers-1 officer w,eunded
FIRST DIVISION.
Grenadier Guards-10 rank and file killed ; 3
officers, 3 serjeants, 113 rank and file wounded
Coldstream Guards-1 officer killed ; 2 officers,
27 rank and file, wounded
Scots Fusiliers.-3 serjeants, 17 rank and file,
killed ; 11 officers, 13 serjeants, 1 drummer, 136,
rank and file wounded ; 1 rank and file missing
42d Regiment-5 rank and file Killed ; 2 ser-
jeants, 30 rank and file, wounded
79th Regiment-2 rack and file killed ; 7 rank
and file wounded.
93d Regiment-1 officer, 7 rank and file, killed ;
3 serjeants, 41 rank and file wounded.
Total-2 officers, 3 serjeants, 41 rank and file,
killed ; 16 officers, 21 serjeants, 1 'drummer,
354 rank and file wounded ; 1 rank and. file
missing.

WAR DEPARTMENT, OCT. 8,8 i o'cLocK, A.m.!
The Duke of Newcastle has received privatel
:letters from Lord Raglan, expressing his great
regret that the harrassing duties imposed uponl
!the troops, by the operations after the battle oil
Alma, had prevented the nominal returns of the!
killed and wounded of the non-commissioned
;officers and privates being made out in the different
regiments in time to be sent with the despatchesl
now published.
" The Duke of Newcastle expects them by an early
mail, and they shall be published the moment they,
are received.

ANOTHER
EXTRAORDINARY
GAZETTE,

Admiralty, October 8, 1851.
The Lords Commissiouers of the Admiralty have;
(this day received despatches from Vice•Admirall
IDundas, containing intelligence as to the proceed-1
nags of her Majesty's Fleet in the Black Sea, of
which the following are copies :
A.ITACK OF f THE RUSSIAN ENTRENCHMENTS ONI
THE ALMA BY THE ALLIED ASMIES.
No. 485. Britannia off the Alma,
September 21, 1854.
Sir,—ln my letter of the 18th instant (No. 480),
I reported to you, for the information of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the Allied
Armies were ready to move, and I now beg you
will acquaint their Lordships that, on the morning
of the 19th, they marched to a position about two,
miles north of the Alma River, where they halted;
for the night ; the French and Turks on the right,
close to the sea, and the English to the left, about
four miles inland.

The Russians, with some 5,000 or 6,000 cavalryl
and artillery, and 15,000 infantry, made a demon-
stration north of the river, but returned on the
approach of the armies, and recrossed the river at
sunset.

About noon, on the 20th, the Allies advanced in
the same order to force the Russian position and
entrenchments south of the Alma. This was
effected by 4 o'clock, the Russians retreating appa-
rently to the eastward of the main road to Sebasto-
pol.
The Russian left fell back before the French
very rapidly, and their batteries on the right were
carried by the bayonet of the English.
Our loss has necessarily been severe, and is
estimated at about 1,200 killed and wounded ;
that of the French about 900.

The Russian loss has also been great, two gene- j
ral officers and three guns were captured by our
men, but we have few prisoners beyond the
wouuded, in consequence it is believed of our de- ;
aciency of cavalry.
Lieutenant Derriman, of the Caradoe, accompa-
nied the staff of General Lord Raglan, during the
lotion, and I also sent Lieutenant Wynn of this
ship to convey any message to me from his lord-
ship.
All the medical officers of the fleet (excepting
one in each ship), 600 seamen and marines, and
all the boats have been assisting the wounded, and
conveying them to the transports, that will sail for
the Bosphorus as soon as possible.
I believe it is the intention of the Allied Forces
to move to-morrow, and the Sampson which I de-
tached last night with the Terrible off Sebastopol,
has signalised that the Russians were retreating on
Sebastopol, and that they have burnt the villages
on the Katscha.

I have, Sic.,
(Signed) J. W. D. DUNDAS,
Vice-Admiral.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

MOVEMENTS OF THE FLEETS ARD ARMIES.
No. 487. Britannia, off the Katscha,
Sept. 23, 1854.
Sir,--I beg you will inform the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, that since my letter to
you of the 21st inst. (No. 485), the men and boats
of the fleet have been employed in bringing from
the field (about four miles distant), and carrying
on board the transports, the English and Russian
officers and men wounded in the battle of the
Alma, as well as the sick of the army.
2. All the medical officers of the different ships
have been zealously and usefully occupied in at-
tending them, and I have been obliged to send
several assistant-surgeons in the vessels with the
wounded to Constantinople.
3. The Vulcan and Andes, with 800 wounded,
and sick, sailed for Constantinople yesterday, and'
to-day the Orinoco and Colombo, with 900, in-
eluding some sixty or seventy Russians, will follow.
Another vessel (by the request of Lord Raglan),
with about 500 wounded Russians, will also pro-
ceed, under charge of the Fury, to land them at
Odessa.

4. On the night of the 21st instant the Russians
'made a very great alteration in the position of
their fleet in Sebastopol. I enclose a report made
by Captain Jones, of the Sampson ; and I propose
attacking the outer line the first favourable oppor-
tunity.
5. Captain Jones also reports that great exer-
tion appear to be making to strengthen the land
defences, as well as those by sea.
New batteries on both Ades of the port have
been erected, defending the entrances and line of
coast. One, to the north, has heavy guns, of a
range of 4,000 yards, two shots having passed over
the Sampson, when nearly at that distance.
6. Provisions for the army have been landed ;
and the Forces move on to-day towards Sebasto-
pol, accompanied by the fleets, which have an-
chored off the Katscha.
I ,have, &c.
(Signed) J. W. D. DUNDAS)
Vice-Admiral
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

Observations on the Fleet in Sebastopol, made
on September 22, 1854, by Captain L. T. Joites,;
C. 8., H.M.S. Sampson.
Moored across the Entrance of the Harbour. !,
From north to south are the following vessels :
ist—A. frigate, at northern entreme.
2d—A two-decker.
3d—A three-decker, with round stern.
4th—A two-decker.
sth—A two-decker.
6th—A two-decker, without masts, quite light,
and appears to be newly coppered.
7th—A large frigate.
ARTILLERY CREEK.
The top-gallant masts of these are on deck and
sails unbent.
The ship without masts is lying across Artillery
Creek ; inside is a two-decker ready for sea, and
bearing an Admiral's flag at the mizen.
HEA]) OF HARBOUR.
The ships at the head of the harbour, which had
hitherto been lying with their broadsides to the
entrance are now lying with their heads out :
No. I—On the north a two-decker.
2—A two-decker.
3—A two-decker.
4—A two-decker.
5—A two decker.
6—A three-decker at the entrance of the
Dockyard Creek,
7-A three-decker bearing an Admiral's
flag at the fore.
Above these are two ships, one appears to be a
line-of-battle ship and the other a frigate.
STEAMERS.
Five steamers under the northern shore. Threel
small steamers at the head of the harbour, and four
in Careening Bay.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
Dockyard Creek shuts in with Northern Fort,!
bearing E. bservd about 500 infantry'
c,,JuarchingStowstowards the O
town,e from the direction ofl
Balaklava.
Noticed about GO men employed on brow of Sig.
1-
nail hill, carrying mould from brink of cliff to
4 Square Fort.
3 45 r.m.—Cape Constantine and ships in one
bearing S. W.

THE BATTLE OF ALMA.

!OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM MARSHAL'
ST. ARNAUD.

PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur of this morning publishes the fol-
[owing report from Marshal de St. Arnaud on the

IBattle of Alma :

" Field of Battle of Alma, Sept. 21.
"Sire—The cannon of your Majesty has spoken
:we have gained a complete victory. It is a glo-

rious day, Sire, to add to the military annals of
France, and your Majesty will have one 'name
more to add to the victories which adorn the flags,

iof the French army.

" The Russians had yesterday assembled all tbeii
Forces, and collected all their means, in order to

oppose the passage of the Alma. Prince Menschi-
koff commanded in person. All the heights were
crowned with redoubts and formidable batteries.
The Russian army reckoned 40,000 bayonets, from
all points of the Crimea ; in the morning there
arrived from Theodosia 6,000 cavalry and 180
pieces of heavy and field artillery. From the
heights which they occupied the Russians could
count our men man by man from the 19th to the
moment when we arrived on the Bulganac. On
the 20th, from six o'clock in the morning, I carried
into operation with the division of General Bosquet,

'reinforced by eight Turkish battalions, a movemen

which turned the left of the Russians and some o

their batteries. General Bosquet manoeuvred with
as much intelligence as bravery. This movement

decided the success.of the day. I had arranged
that the English should extend their left, in order
at the same time to threaten the right of the Rus-
sians, whilst I should occupy them in the centre
but their troops did not arrive in line until half-

past ten. They bravely made up for this delay.
A.t half-past twelve the line of the allied army,
occupying an extent of more than a league, arrived
on the Alma, and was received by a terrible fire
from the tirailleurs.
"Ix this movement the head of the column of
General Bosquet appeared on the heights, and 1
gave the signal for a general attack. The Alma
was crossed at double-quick time. Prince Napoleon,

lat the head of his division, took possession of the
large village of Alma, under the fire of the Russian

'batteries. The Prince showed himself worthy o
the great name he bears.. We then arrived at the
foot of the heights, under the fire of the Russian
batteries. There, Sire, commenced a real battle
along all the line—a battle with its episodes of
brilliant feats of valour. Your Majesty 'may be
proud of your soldiers; they have not degenerated;
'they aro the soldiers of Austerlitz and Jena. At
,half--past four the French army was everywhere
(victorious. All the positions had been carried at
the point of the bayonet, to the cry of ' Vive l'Em-
pereur" which resounded throughout the day.
Never was such enthusiasm seen ; even the
wounded rose from the ground to join in it.
On our left the English met with large masses of
the enemy and with great difficulties, but every-
thing was surmounted. The English attacked the
Russian positions in admirable order under the fire
of their cannon, carried them, and drove off the
Russians. The bravery of Lord Raglan rivals that
of antiquity. In the midst of cannot and musket
shot he displayed a calmness which never left him.
The French lines formed on the heights and the
artillery opened its fire. Then it was no longer a
retreat, but a rout ; the Russians threw away their
muskets and knapsacks in order to run the faster.
If, Sire, I had had cavalry I should have obtained
immense results, and Menschikoff would no longer
have had an army ; but it was late, our troops were
(harassed, and the ammunition of the artillery was
exhausted. At six o'clock in the evening we en-
camped on the very bivouac of the Russians. My
(tent
is on the very spot where that of Prince Men-
schikoff stood in the morning, and who thought
himself so sure of beating us that he left his car-
riage there. I have taken possession of it, with
his pocket book and correspondence, and shall'
take advantage of the valuable information it con-
tains. The Russian army will probably be able
to rally two leagues from this, and I shall find it
to-morrow on the Katcha, but beaten and demora-
lised, while the allied army is full of ardour and
enthusiasm. I have been compelled to remain
here in order to send our wounded and those of
the Russians to Constantinople, and to procure
ammunition and provisions from the fleet. The
English have had 1,50 G men put hors de combat.'
The Duke of Cambridge is well. His division and
that of Sir Q. Brown were superb. I have to regret
about 1,200 men hors de combat, 3 officers killed,
54 wounded, 253 sub-officers and soldiers killed, and
il
1,033 wounded. Gen. Canrobert, to whom is duel
I
in part the honour of the day, was slightly wounded
by the splinter of a shell which struck him in the
breast and hand, but he is doing very well. Gen.
Thomasson, of the division of the Prince, is seriously
wounded by a ball in the abdomen. The Russiansi
have lost about 5,000 men ; the field of battle is,
!covered with their dead, and our field hospitals are
ull of their wounded. We have counted a pro-
portion of seven Russian dead bodies for one of*,
French. The Russian artillery caused us loss, but!
lours is very superior to theirs. I shall all my life:
regret not having had with me my two regiments:
4)f African Chasseurs. The Zouaves were the ad-I
In -iiration of both armies ; they are the first soldiers)
in the world.
" Accept, Sire, the homage of my profound re-
spect, and of my entire devotedness.
" Marshal A. DE ST. ARNAUD."

ORDER OF THE DAY OF MARSHAL DE ST. ARNAUD. li
, Soldiers—France and the Empire will be satisfied
with you. At Alma you have proved to the Rus-)
;:.;ians that you are the worthy descendants of the"
c onquerors of Eylau and of the Moskowa. You,
;have rivalled in courage your allies the Erig-
!glisb, and your bayonets have carried. formiclabl el
!and well-defended positions. Soldiers, you will!
!again meet the Russians on your road, and you evil
conquer them as you have done to-day to the cry
of " Viva l'Empereur 1" and you will only stop at'
Sebastopol ; it is there you will enjoy the repose'
.which you have well deserved.
Field. of battle of Alma, Sept. 20.
THE FRENCH CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AT CONSTANTI-
NOPLE TO THE MINISTER OF T
lao.fe
ort FORElGNaohpeinaa:el 1
_ASA.
Sept. 27.
ti Demoralised by the coilll7dgeo.,o, det.... troops,
-.f the Russians ;-, ho 11,-tv,.,-'
the Alma, neither stopped on the Katcha nor on
the Belbeck, which were formidable positions•l'

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ISINKING OF THE ILIIIAN
OU SHIPS
BA AT THE EN-1
TRANCE OE THE HARBR OF SESTOPOL.
.40, 489. Britannia, off the Katscha
:1 September 24, 1854,
1 51R,... —ln my letter of yesterday, No. 487, Ire
l
(ported the extraordinary change that had taken!
place in the position hitherto maintained by the'
enemy's fit et in the harbour of Sebastopol, i
and I now beg you will acquaint the Lords
F CoMmissionei 'S of the Admiralty, that the same
•
!afternoon, oil the appearance of the Allied
Picots in sight of Sebastopol, the ,irlit-1, of the
vessit, moored, across the harbour were sunk by
the Russians, icaving tkeir masts more Or less
above water, and I went 1,94 everting to the month

'of the harbour to 'assure myself of this singular They have entered Sebastopol, the entrance of
!event. which they have 'blocked up by sinking three of
1 Captain Drummond examined the harbour their line-of-battle ships and two frigates. On the
this morning, and reports that the lower mast
25th the allied armies were in march to take up
heads of the ships are generally above water ; that
the passage is closed, except perhaps a small space'", a position before the town. The English had 1,80()
Inear the shoal off the North Battery, and the men put hors de combat at Alma. An aide-de-
Idouble booms inside are thus rendered more se-i` camp of Lord Raglan proceeds to Paris and Lon-
I cure. '4 don the bearer of despatches -from the com-

Eight sail of the line are moored east and west ,---
manders-in-chief.
;inside of the booms, and three of the ships are -::.
'sweep
over to give their guns more elevation to( (ußom THE PATRIE.)
'sweep over the land to the northward. , -,, The sharpshooters of the division Napoleon and
2. An intelligent seaman, a deserter, who ;:. the French Marines, who were sent the first a.gainst
escaped front Sebastopol on the 22d, had partlyk the Russian positions, carried them with tre:men-
repared me for some extraordinary movement.tdous energy and rapidity. The Zouav es, on
'He had informed me that the crews of the ships r;'
another point, dashing onwards with equal in-
!moored across the harbour (to one of which he
trepidity arrived without a check on the he fights,
Iliad been attached) had been landed, with the ex-4:
ception of a very few in each ship ; that thdAwhere the Russians made a desperate resist ance ;
!vessels were plugged ready for sinking ; thatand, after a time, the whole line was mark ed by
the guns and stores were all on board ; and that heaps of dead bodies, killed with the ba: Folio%
the other ships were moored under the south side and lying
I in three lines, according as the Ru ssians
,to defend the harbour from attack from the north-ki .
iviretired, and then made an attempt at further re-
!ward. He reported that the Battle of Alma had
~-,
greatly dispirited the Russians ; that the troops osistance. It was the fact of the bayonet being used
!had retreated on Sebastopol without a halt ; that F so universally that explains the enormous 'Loss of
!he believes the whole Russian force not to exceed ;;.- the Russians. In the midst of the hottest p tut of
40,000. The man's statements were clear, and the action, and in an instant before he- was
on points that came under his own observation °'74r, wounded, Gen. Thomasson, who commande el one
!were mostly corroborated, and I consider reliance.
!may be placed on his information generally, con- of the brigades of the division Napoleon, seeing e.
isidering the-means his station inlife afforded of en- :;• shell bounding along in the direction of the Prf nce,
abling him to obtain it. At the request of Lord ' had sufficient presence of mind to cry out, "'Take
Raglan I have sent him on shore to act as a guide :- care, Monseigneur !" and the Prince had only time
Ito the Army on their approach to the environs of
Sebastopol. to drive the spurs into his charger and bound for-
3. The Allied Armies moved this afternoon tot- ward, when the shell fell amongst the group, killing
;take up a position to the south of the port of Se- the horse of the military sub-intendant Le blanc,
lbastopol, and the fleet will move so as to meet ':and wounded the latter in the leg. The Prince
'their arrival there.—l have, Szc.,
' •
at once alighted, notwithstanding the danger,
J. W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral.
. raised up the officer himself, and had him carried
To the Secretary of the Admiralty. ":to the nearest ambulance.
.k'...- After the battle Marshal de St. Arnaud d ecided
.•• on a movement by his left flank, which will com-
,r, pletely disconcert the enemy. In place of naarch.-
ino• direct on Sebastopol by the north, he has taken
o
the high road leading from Simpheropol to Balaki ava.
4
IHence the Russians and Sebastopol are turned, and
as that side of the town is but poorly fortified, it
is probable that the allied army will not have any
great difficulty in getting to the heights and burn-
ing the town and port, if Prince Menschikoff does
not surrender. This is the explanation of the move-
ment which has astonished France, and which has
completely put out the Russian army in their
movements.

FURTHER DESPATCHES.
PAnis, Oct. 7.—His Excellency the Minister of
INVar has received from the marshal commanding-

in-chief the army of the East, the following report

land letter :

Head-quarters, at the Bivouac on the Alma,
Sept. 21, 1854.
Monsieur le Mardch al, —My tel egraphic despatch, dated
yesterday, has made you acquainted summarily with the
results of the battle of the Alma. The subjoined sketch,
written in haste, will give you a better idea of it ; you
will judge by this of the difficulties we hare had to over-
come in order to carry these formidable positions.
The river Alma presents a winding course, with high

banks; the fords are very difficult and few in number.
Russians had posted in the lowest part of the valley,

_ _
covered with trees, gardens, and houses, and in the
village of Bourlouk, a body of sharpshooters, well pro-
tected, armed with rifled carbines, and who received
,ur heads of columns with a very hot and galling fire.
The flank movement of General Bosquet, command-
ing the 2d division, which this general officer executed
6a the right with much intelligence and vigour, had for-
tunately removed the difficulties in the way of the march
of the two other divisions of the English army. Never-
rAielese, the position of this general officer, who for a
long time found himself on the heights with a single bri-
gade, might have been compromised in its isolation, and
General Canrobert, to support him, had to make a vigo-
rous push in the direction shown by one of the index
lines of the sketch. I sent to his support a brigade of
-.he 4th Division that was in reserve, while the other
brigade of this same division, following General Bosquet,
went to his assistance.

The 3d division marched right on the centre of the
positions, having the English army at its left. It had
been agreed with Lord Raglan that his troops should
operate on their left a flank moyement analogous to the
one General Bosquet was making on the right. But in-
cessantly menaced by the cavalry, and outflanked by
.

the enemy's troops posted on the heights, the left of the
English army was obliged to renounce this part of the

'programme.
The general movement took place at the moment
_..

when general Bosquet, protected by the fleet, ap-
peared on the heights. The gardens, from out of which
a very hot fire was poured by Russian sharpshooters,
were soon taken possession of by our troops. Our ar-
tillery approached in its turn the gardens, and began to
cannonade warmly the Russian battalions, who were
formed in columns on the slopes, in order to support
their retreating sharpshooters. Ours, closing on them
with incredible boldness, followed them on the slopes,
and I then directed ray first line through the gardens.
Each man passed where he could, and our columns climbed
the heights under a fire of musketry and cannon that,
nevertheless, did not retard their progress. The crests
were gained, and I threw forward my second line to the

support of the first, which rushed on to the cry of
" Vive l'Empereur.! "
The artillery of reserve had, in its turn, been carried
onwards with a rapidity that was almost incomprehen-
sible when the obstacles of the river and the steepness of
the slopes are taken into consideration. The enemy's bat-
talions, driven back on the plateau, exchanged with our
lines a cannonade and a fire of musketry that ended by their
final retreat in very bad order, which the presence ofsome
thousand horse would easily have enabled me to convert
into a total rout. Night arrived, and I had to think of
establishing our bivouac within reach of the water. I
encamped on the field of battle itself- while the enemy
was disappearing in the horizon, leaving the ground
strewed with his dead and wounded, a great number if
whom he bad, however, carried. off.
While these events were passing on the right and at
the centre, the lines of the English army crossed the
river in front of the village of Bourlouk, and advanced
against the positions the Russians had fortified, and
where they had concentrated considerable masses, for
they had not supposed that the steep slopes comprised
• between this point and the sea, and protected by a na-
tural moat, could be taken by main force by our troops.
The English army encountered therefore a very solidly-
organised resistance. The combat that ensued was one of
the hottest, and reflects the highest honour on our bravo
• allies. _ _

In fine, M. le Marechal, the battle of Alma, in which
more than 120,000 men, with 180 pieces of cannon, have
been engaged, is a brilliant victory, and the Russian army
could not have raised its head again, if, as I stated before,
I had had cavalry to cut up the broken and disjointed
masses of infantry as they were retiring before us. This
battle consecrates in a signal manner the superiority
of our arms at the beginning of this war. It has discon-
certed in the highest degree the self-confidence of the
Russian army, and especially their reliance on the posi-
tions they bad long prepared beforehand, and where they
.., awaited us. This army was composed of the 16th and
• 17th divisions of the Russian infantry, of one brigade of
the 13th, of one brigade of the 14th division of reserve,
;of the foot chasseurs of the 6th corps, armed with rifles
carrying oblong bullets; of 4 artillery brigades, 2 of which
• were horse, and of one battery taken from the siege park of
reserve, comprising 12 pieces of heavy ordnance. Their
cavalry was about 5,000 strong, and the whole force
• may be estimated at about 50,000 men, commanded by
Prince Menschikoff in person.
It is difficult for us to compute the losses of
the Russian army, but they must be considerable,
if we may judge by the dead and wounded. they
could not remove, and who remain in our hands. In
the ravines of the Alma, on the plateaux in front, on the
ground forming the position carried by the English
'army, the soil is covered with more than ten thousand
' muskets, knapsacks, and different articles of equipment.
We have devoted the whole of this lay to bury their
dead where found, and to tend their wounded, whom I
"cause to be conveyed along with our own to the vessels
of the fleet in order to be taken to Constantinople. All
'.the Russian officers, including generals, are clothed with
i the coarse overcoat of the soldiers, and it is, cense-
r quently, difficult to distinguish them either among the
dead or the small number of prisoners we have been
able to make: However, it remains certain that the
English army have captured two general officers.
The battle of Alma, in which the allied armies have
reciprocally given each other pledges they cannot
.Iforget, will strengthen the bonds that unite them.
The Ottoman division, that marched to the support of
the Bosquet division in its
following
flank moy etroh
ee nt '
whileli did
the wonders
Kin speed to get into line,
along the border of the sea that I had traced out for
1 them. It could not take an active part in the com-
bat that was Wing fought before it ;
route
but these
troops showed an ardour equal at least to our
town, and I am happy at having to tell you all that I
expect from the aid of these excellent auxiliaries.
jd Every one has brilliantly done his duty, and it will be
Idiffieult fur me to select among the several corps the
1
officers and soldiers that have shown most vigour in the
faction, and who ought to be the object of special men-
time I have already stated in this report the import-
ance of the part played by the Bosquet division in its
flank movement during which his first brigade estab-
e'liehed alone upon the heights, remained for a long time
exposed to the fire of five gun batteries. The first divi-
V: eion sealed the heights up its steepest slopes with an
!ardour of which its chief, General Canrobert, set the
',..4example. This honourable general officer was struck on
,'.tithe breast by the splinter of a shell, but he was able to
`'l keep on 11,,rsela,,ck to the end of the action, and his
wound will have no dangerous consequences. The 3d
division, conducted with the greatest vigour by his Tin-
' 'perial Highness Prince Napoleon, took the most brilliant
part in
happy
inthecombat fought on the hill-plains, and I have
to address to the Prince my felicitations in
!the presence of his troops.
(1 eneral Thomason, commanding the 21 brigade of this
'.division, has been grievously wounded by a shot, whilo
'energetically heading his troops in their attack of the
hill-plain. The second brigade cif the Forez division,
marching to the support of the first diyision, under the