The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-21 00:00:00

21, 1854

GENERAL ORDERS

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intelligible the plan of operations agreed upon by Marshal
St. Arnaud and yourself, and the mode in which that
plan was carried out by the ability of the officers and the
bravery of the men of the allied armies. On one subject
alone you are silent—your own distinguished service. To
this, however, others have borne witness, and Her Majesty
is profoundly sensible that, if her army has shown itself
worthy of its ancient renown, its commander has proved
himself able to uphold it, and has fulfilled the prediction
written 40 years ago by hap under whom he learned the
art of war, and whose loss we still mourn, that he would
" become an honour to his country."
"`I am instructed by Her Majesty to express to your
lordship the very sincere sorrow which she has expe-
rienced from the perusal of the long list of gallant officers
and men who have been either killed or wounded in this
memorable engagement. Such a victory could not be at-
tained without a heavy loss, and there is every reason to
believe that no disposition of your forces would have en-
tailed a less sacrifice, and at the same time obtain a result
so decisive that it may be hoped much future bloodshed
will be prevented. Her Majesty trusts that such of her
subjects as have been plunged in grief by the loss of re-
latives and friends will find some consolation in the re-
flection that those who have not survived to share in the
triumph of their comrades have fallen in a just cause, and
that their names will henceforth be inscribed in the an-
nals of their country's glory.
" The Queen will be most anxious to receive such fur-
ther despatches from your Lordship as may tend to
relieve the affectionate anxiety of the friends of the
wounded, and Her Majesty trusts that a very large por-
tion of these brave men may, before long, be restored
to the ranks of your army, and may enjoy in future
times of peace the well-earned honours of their gallant
exertions.
" The patience with which the regimental officers
and men bore, without a murmur, the unusual privations
to which they were necessarily subjected after they had
landed in the Crimea, has elicited Her Majesty's warmest
sympathy and approval. Their sufferings from disease
before that time were such as might have subdued the
ardour of less gallant troops, but have, in their case, only
proved that, in the hour of battle, they remember nothing
but the call of duty.
" ' Your Lordship's cordial acknowledgment of the in-
valuable service rendered by Sir Edmund Lyons and the
officers and seamen of the Royal Navy will be as highly
appreciated as it is justly deserved by those gallant men.
Deprived of an opportunity of vindicating their ancient
prowess against a fleet which refuses to take the sea, they
have rendered every assistance in their power to the ope-
rations of the army, and their noble conduct on the field
of battle, where they soothed the sufferings of the
wounded, and performed the last sad offices to the dead,
will ever be remembered to their honour, and bind still
more indissolubly the bonds which have long united the
military and naval service of the Queen.
' I have the honour to be, my lord,
" Your Lordship's most obedient hum
NEWCASTbIe servant
LE,
" .
" General, the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., &c., &c.
By order (Signed)
" J. B. B. ESTCOURT, Adj.-Gen.' "