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

REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE ARMY

LIVERPOOL.—After the first excitement created by the
war had subsided, the Government appeared to act on
the ordinary principle which actuates small minds
in the conduct of great affairs ; and, having incur-
red a large expenditure for the conveyance of troops
and stores to Turkey, suddenly drew in, and, by a system
of cheese-paring and candle-end economy, avoided the
engagement of the best class of ships for the
transport of forces and the munitions of war. The pro-
tracted contest in the Crimea has, however, opened their
eyes to the folly, if not worse, of such a course of proceed-
ing, and vessels of character are now sought after by
them with avidity. The Canadian Company's screw-
steamer Charity, 1,100 tons, Captain Paton, sailed hence
for Woolwich, on Thursday, where she will embark a siege
train of heavy guns, ordnance stores, and artillerymen.
Captain Broughton's company of Royal Artillery (150
rank and file, with five officers), arrived here from Wool-
wich, at six o'clock on Friday morning, and were
'billeted in different parts of the town. On Saturday
morning they embarked on board the splendid Cunard pad-
dle-steamer Europa, Capt. Leitch, and sailed in the afternoon
for Kingstown, where she will take on board the 90th Regi-
ment, 850 strong, and detachments from other regiments.
These members of the artillery corps were equipped with
more than ordinary attention to efficiency. They were
armed with light muskets, of longer range than those
previously supplied to this arm of the service ; and their
cutlasses were encased in steel scabbards. The officers
have been also furnished with skull-shaped helmets, pro-
tected from the effects of sword-cuts on the crown by
semi-circular brass crests. The Europa will convey about
1,080 troops to the Crimea, in the best possible condition.
The Niagara, belonging also to the Cunard line, and which
conveyed the Connaught Rangers (88th) to the seat of
of war, has been taken up for the service ; and, in con-
sequence, there will be no mail despatched to Halifax and
Boston on Saturday next. It is not yet known what
troops the Niagara will take this time—most likely they
will be French. The ship British Lion, of about 500 to
000 tons (Finnish built, but with a British register,) has
been taken up to convey a cargo of hay hence to
the Crimea. The new large iron screw-steamer Im-
peratrice, recently built by Mr. John Laird, of
Birkenhead, for the South American and General Steam.
Navigation Company, has been engaged by the Admiralty
agent at Liverpool, Captain Bevis, R.N. Notices are
posted in the Exchange Newsroom, for tenders for
steamers for the conveyance of troops. These have elicited
a number of tenders, most of which have been rejected as
too high. The mail companies are, however, endeavour-
ing to meet the emergency, and it is expected that a fine
fleet of ocean steamers will be prepared at Liverpool
for the pressing wants of the Government. Recruit-
ing for both services is making rapid progress; the
number of volunteer soldiers in this town being, on the
average, 150 per day. On Thursday 170 recruits were
" passed." Captain J. A. Stewart has arrived in Liver-
pool, from Bolton, with a party of Royal Marines, in order
to recruit for the Chatham division of that corps. Each.
of the regiments now proceeding to the seat of war will
take out an abundant supply of warm winter clothing,
and large quantities have been sent out to those regi-
ments already in the Crimea.

OTHER REIN FORCEMENT73.- The following infantry bat-
talions (says the Daily News) will constitute the rein-
forcements to be despatched immediately to the Crimea:—
The Ist Battalion of Grenadier Guards ; the 34th Regiment,
now at Corfu ; the 62nd Regiment, from Malta ; the 71st
Highland Light Infantry, from Corfu ; the 90th Light
Infantry, from Dublin ; the 97th Regiment, from Athens.
The battalion of the Guards will be attached to Major-
General Bentinck's brigade, which will then consist of
four battalions ; but, in point of number, it will not differ
much from the other infantry brigades. There will thus
be left on home service the 2nd battalion of each of the
three regiments of Foot Guards, which may be looked
upon as so many depots to keep up the war battalions to
their effective strength. The five battalions of the line
mentioned above will be joined by the 68th Light Infantry,
which is now in the Crimea, but is not attached perma-
nently to any division. These six battalions will be formed
into the fifth division of the British army, and as three of
the regiments are light, the 68th, 71st, and 90th will
probably constitute a .Light Infantry Brigade. We
believe no arrangement has been yet made as to
the command of this division, but it is not
unlikely that Colonel Lockyer, of the 97th, who
held a command at Chobharn, and Colonel Denny, of
the 71st, will be the Brigadier-Generals. As regards the
cavalry, an arrangement has been come to, different from
what was originally intended. Instead of sending out
the cavalry regiments on home service, as regiments, the
effective men of those corps will be incorporated with the
regiments now in the Crimea, so as to bring them up to
such a strength as a cavalry regiment in time of war
should possess. With the exception of the King's Dra-
goon Guards, our cavalry regiments of the line consist of
six troops of forty-five men each, the regimental staff and
officers making up the entire number to over 300. Each
cavalry regiment in the Crimea will be made up to eight
troops of seventy-five men each, or 600 in the whole, be-
sides the regimental staff. The officers of the cavalry
regiments at home will not be transferred to those abroad,
but will remain with their own corps, and will be
usefully employed in keeping up an effective supply of
trained men and horses to the regiments abroad.
Owing to recent losses the ten cavalry regiments now
in the Crimea cannot be said to muster 1,000 men. When
the new arrangements are carried into effect they will be
increased by 5,000 men, and from the regiments at home
there will be no difficulty in at once supplying 2,000 of
this number. The Hannibal, 90-gun, and the Curacoa,
31-gun screw ships, left on Tuesday for the Black Sea.
The Indiana has just arrived at Southampton, and has
received instructions to get in immediate preparation ; she
can take 1,400, and will start to Toulon to ship them in
two or three days. The Royal Albert, 121 guns, three-
decker, is ready for sea, and is about to convey a battalion
of Foot Guards and the whole of their equipments to the
Crimea. This splendid ship will have nearly 2,000 men on
board on her first trip. Orders have been received at the
Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, for the ship,
ment of 150,0001 b. of salt pork and 200,0001 b. of salt beef
on board transports for the forces in the East. A contract
for 2,000 quarters of wheat has been taken at the Royal
Clarence Victualling Establishment, Gosport, at an average
of 765. Bd. per quarter.

THE FRENCH CONTlNGENT.—Respecting the French
reinforcements, the Globe says, " We have already men-
tioned in the Globe the formation of a 6th division, to be
commanded by General Rahe, who will have under his
orders Generals Meyran, and Bazaline. This division will
be reinforced by the 6th battalion of the Chasseui
and two batteries of the Bth Regiment of Artill
troops will be embarked in the course of a we

seilles. In addition, the French Government has c
on the immediate formation of a 7th and Bth div
be thus composed :-7th division, commanded by
Dulac ; Ist Brigade, General de Bousingen ; 17
talion of Chasseurs-a-pied ; 10th Regiment
Infantry; 97th Regiment of the I

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co o
cial :—" On the 3rd of November the efecttre JO' 26,P
British army before Sebastopol was more thas stti
men. This was irrespective of the forces efoultl,o'
landed from the ships. The statement lehic" Itogetr
deavour to reduce them to some 10,000 s are b
unworthy of credit, and are to be accounted foripoirit o
been looked at from a very limited and alarni. ,r,5 of the
view. It is quite true that the three battaae:,oool'
Guards were reduced to a force in the field of 1P pit it
sine
although they left England double that number, d
is also well known that no brigade in the Guardsar sued
more in Bulgaria than the battalions of the OIL,
that in the Crimea they had not improved• l'illneY-totur„
a very unjust criterion for the general force. '-htiOt.
the estimate for the whole infantry force? it ought
be forgotten for a moment that there were in the
on the 3rd of November. no less than 33 bat tot
Infantry. Most, if not -all, of them hapPene4_,J, ef
time not to have anything like their full streng' ~aost I
thousand to each battalion ; but, taking thlow
made for the Guards, counting them at ~,,coed!!
men to a battalion, it would give us 16,500 ,iof '
the field. We believe this computation to be 'e„bool "
mark of the actual numbers. Were it otherwise, eie
be at a loss to account for the rest. This estimate, riot
irrespective of cavalry, of artillery, of sailors,
We know that 27,000 British landedat EuPat"'' eta
. ed las
know that, after the battle of Alma,they re„,.cerc Cei)
tion of full 3,000 in the Scots Greys, the !lee'. 30r '
Brigade, and the 67th Regiment of Foot. There, iscogiiii
to begin with. Say that 2,000 were put hors ae e"
ielol
at Alma, give the large number of 3,000 up %leo°
death, you have still 25,000 left, and 3,000 i 8 3 031Vbe
ber for the sickness of a month. The battle of
reis'
knocked down 500 more, and the siege ope ed bY
called 50 a day, which are perpetually, restor„Dirclll,,;
forcements, and by convalescents returning tTopitV,i'
The entire number of sick and wounded in tuel,napvi
Scutari was 3,000; granting 2,000 more in the ;it-ogetlit;
hospitals and on board ship, here is only s,o°°_,
and this makes our calculation square, and 01
force of 26,000, instead of the 16,000 8° confidentlyoooo,
Even since the battle of the sth no less than.„6'bedefe
have arrived. Three whole battalions have ref froo ,be
destination, the 46th from Woolwich, the 97tmtbes,,1
Pirnus, and the 62nd from Malta. In addition tc:/01,11,
Queen of the South had brought 1,100, and theme gromi.-4
in detachments to the several regiments ou
There is a substantial addition of 5,000 infali.Alwio'l9. `l,l'd
detachments of 20, 30, and 50 are constantly d,,,e
These 5,000 have actually arrived. The 90th irooce
in full strength from Dublin, and five regirn, ctrfa, 3,9 k
ready proceeded from Gibraltar, Malta, ai2te sis,4ol
replaced by five regiments from home. "-diill
tional battalions will be formed into another
0390
the army, and will bringourinfantrystrengib,llPdroPheif
ments of the Line. The cavalry will be filled uP "Y e 1 ;
home ; and already ten companies of artillery arvveri,,j,
way or ordered to proceed to the scene of war. .!:,00:,111
drafts are sent off to supply theloss of thebattaii°llo ito
The cavalry in the East will again be made IPhosieieoed
coplethent b drafts from the re iments a'
the army undery Lord Raglan's command will be 1 f'oo,
from 30,000 to something like 45,000 effective) of wpos
out including marines, sailors, or Turks; G 1b so
however, are effective in their several oo„„o
infantry battalions sent out will be formed .eotd" ;
additional division, and its commanderwill 1-;6:41‘1,,,,,e11'
England. The yam' ncies causd by the pv,
Sir George Cathcart, and the illnesys of Sir' pe,"-oalf,''rrei;
who is, we regret to find, compelled to COin'A "
having well performed his part, will be filled„ ROO t;
motions in the army of the East, which lit:o'ooy' '4l
and gloriously earned on the battle-field. der:,
of course,. be decided till the detailed 0fic"130,..,1e
shall arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday next. 00Or the
meantime, it is satisfactory to know- that "„e' ar,"°
have arrived since the sth, and that 5,000 ow-
way."

INCIDENTS OF THE Wit 0(4!
• tbe o& ;)
JACK ASHORE.—Lord Raglan has spoken d
the, w,
terms of them (the English sailors), thonPuric,„
scarum dare-devils, not content with endear pas„rgrel,
three times to an artilleryman's twice, t'',,- Olt
the embrasures to see where the shots ire,'
likelihood of being tumbled down by the
quicker than they got up. ola'asoll
luck f 3 V 40
A SURGEON'S EXPERIENCE.—The pAf
one has yet truly described. They laugh at,irvea°,-olf`t-
tr
scarcely submit to die. It is perfectly tar' Pl,
triumph of mind over body. If a limb `ye At i 4 coo,
crushed at home, you would have them h,r°f°,.e 03°o:0:i
ing, and in a state of dreadful collapse. -11"va boat`? hf
with a danglng arm or a riddled elbow, tar
doctor, be quick if you please—l'm not dope 't
tlieP Otets
I can get away back and see !" And manY °; of tb
fellows, with a lump of tow wrung out °' teal, VII
wrapped round their stumps, crawled to them stta,A
fight, and, with shells bursting round the pre&DF,
tearing up the sods at their feet, watched theat I vrbet
the battle. I tell you as a solemn truth t€l4' opellair
hq
the foot of an officer, Capt. —, who insist 0 N 01.40. ,
_
helped on his horse again, and declared that tool
now that his " foot was dressed." Surgeon ,tires s, tots
that if he mounted he would burst the liga',..toea,o
on the spot, but for all that he would have rl'i•eip
hill if he could have prevailed on anybodY ti°
mount.
the A.. 0 Itit%
WHAT Is A SPIKE P—Every one has noticeus telertyo
contradiction in Lord Stratford de Redcliffe s, age ith
despatch about the Turks " spiking" their g';',"bv tb,01.1
having the said guns "turned against then, bgief4
sians. Most people are impressed with the hiiti!looJt' fl)t,
spiked gun is for some time rendered useless cartes r!
L,;
every one who knows what a spike iS'
o"fTha ethybaacrecoa-bpoipeut
; fourthe inchesh A. cow-3901
of the Morning Her aid make. this dear.
"They
t the einor:,‘
as a spring, which is naturally pressed to the scOle he
re t
being forced into the touch-hole. Upon ,Ost
chamber of the gun, it resumes its position,
ad lialontg;
possible to withdraw it. It can only het
drilling—no easy task, as they are made ?, toles";
steel, and being also somewhat loose in tile bite 11,1; of t
there is much difficulty in makinc, a
a barb a gids, 44
drt,i e 0-0.4t0
tually as it should do. Its application is the th 4
moment, a single tap on the flat head 1/1" even
the hand sufficing. This can be easily done, oro
ever so dark." A
assP/I
CLEVER THOUGRT.—III eof the te
sins which the French soldierso erkntered, 0- 0011 r4t
Sebastopol, a piece of paper was found on fthe ale Vdtd,o s
wall, bearing these words, written in e,llll et fhe ;"11,
French "We trust this house to Fren,,',.h rerood :•t,
drinks gentlemen, to our healths." A suP`"l,ol,e
laid out on the tables, which was consu st" 4 'l4
house was carefully protected by sentinels, ,pefieo
French rested in the neighbourhood. diarioirod
STRANGE ENCOUNTER.-0111' SkiriniShe'-4,0
on the second day of the siege. The Rassp-rioco ~r‘tl
were completely driven back by the suP'as aos
activity of our men. A man of the Rifles wpotteititigAwi
off eight men in succession from a Russia°, Occe3,
skirmishers, in fact, found their work '"reliefteegie
agreeable to their feelings, that, on being,trty °t s fis httl
expressed much regret. Towards dark, a iltlo,Ate A
belonging to the 33rd, found themselves weocou[DocleYthet !,f
cartridge left. Returning home, theY,4 eff'se° ilt 11?,
dozen Russian skirmishers' who had likeivyt oPetid,
their ammunition. The two parties looke" 14/otie
with great astonishment, both expecting !pleofo 17h
length an impatient 33rd man took aP eq,be ePtscle,,go
flung it into the midst of the Russians. ; spec tle'oso
followed on both sides, and the origin` °slloo 44
stone match now offered itself. The the erf rei; 'Q
became tired of the exercise, and char•tlo ref; o tl)
with the bayonet, with which the latter, ".,geliti‘co•-olo,(1 lie
judgment, declined to be tickled, and conse.‘l:orea.,,,A,oo' kt!
EscApEs.—A splinter of a shell rent t°!sceV,,io
his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sai7woo Pon(
bruised his thigh ; but the blow to the UT, float, pieloef
tially so slight that he remained at WW /200001' `44,
Staunton, RE., was struck on the In(n1" ye, LriA 00`
rock, and Lieut. Baynes, R.E., above the frica la ,11
injured in any way to distress the tender 4 ;11
Dixon and two engineer officers had a gre' Pa' aTv 17 Yo
the be ee
of the batteries. A shell pitched on
o.bt to
hopped down near a gun. It was thou,shell; Ad e,'
shot; but Col. Dixon called out " It is 3.d tbsonetliedi
fuse." These words were no sooner sit ebeP,WA 45
flung themselves on the ground, and t' of eafri
leaving them untouched. The red nightesfa 6110 ifrei tat
man was taken from his head by a r°10000:, tlie:b'eed
injury to the person of the wearer. A niile t
between the legs of an officer's horse "'ion sotalji e
galloping, and on another occasion the Pa in ttp, 4 !tc
an officer was seated was carried away, Lti
gentleman suddenly let down, just as a s oor 'or fir° toi
trick drops from its support into thetainresice Ottioer', ti
OPERATIONS OF A SIEGE.—The Pregwortisd‘led' ohe 14
of a siege may be explained in a feW re, I'
object is to establish a body of men in 0.,,P„ octioing,,i.
within a certain distance of the place tse° to't hot
bat LI
ill technical language, " open the vol wit t
trench, as its name implies, is an e%c',a` ,asiollead 6g
kind of sunken road in a direction ps,'
the enemy's fortifications, and of 5ua1,,00:40 te,,e
troops and guns can move along it at tile !icor oss",
taken from this road is thrown up is At Ore" te:4, 1.4
the town, so that a bank or parapet is
ther protection of the troops in the tre Detterle ia% Ir; 4
favourable points of this covered road of titrolg peel,
structed, which open upon the Works.o,l t a co. ,00
when sufficient advantage has been Obt,tt, jt,ij 111
fire, a second trench, parallel to the atr'a
with it by a diagonal cut, is opened %attetle°'aild eti, )re
from the town, and armed with fresh again 0341
to work as before. This process are to t 4 11!",y
~
repeated, and the "approaches, gels,
pushed forward by successive Para we, s o 0" for
carried up to the very walls of the P_,, down riod fro,ol
time have been "breached," or batters P_°4oolo,o,
by the besiegers' guns. Then conr.strog ink',,-,,„ati`l
assault." The troops advance in:reach,List ke
their covered road, rush through ti „enee ceTroo,,,,
town. The best chances for the
ecl.e,her be st ig 1, „,
culties of the ground, which may or, °'
et the
prevent the execution of the ap
Prtrundatioos, Alt
bee F.
case, in Flanders, so exposed to i
__hes nav_ed
mand of the arrison, that the ti:eo.ne"__ son',
be put underwater, and the beste_,, r''ts ro„g,asi:the 7 Ps.,,
posts. If the garrison, too, is 110.,,ened
acii h°
successful sorties, fill up the trenches
,ze apply:epc
.0"
spike their guns, and greatly delay the ansrjel,,wc
batteries to the walls of the tottvon.l_"::orks, P.'ee, 1" to t
of any such impediments every pia
owisy
ood in the present day tl
fall. 010,
IN TITV f OPP. cv fr •
E VACANT COMMANDS t, the (.) de 1)3
lecease of Sir George Cathcar „sir
iv fortified, must ultimately ctilo,4ion
Drown, sd do
• possibly of Sir Georgehe
t corolnallasbe 11re0017,111
Sion, and the return to Bode° °1 one cYlie Clrof,d
.nges must take place in
trots tches pre '
'll likelihood these arrange
It dope mast
- after the arrival of the ne_idered os copooftif
Meantime it maybe '5
cOl3l C°linple PuoitPl/1
'al Bentinck and Geller.. isioes.
tied g
of wv..•_,:n01u5•,..,, ~. I

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to the commaou
LL. nrd of thei:

tnpbell and Gener.. 1.„0
ifications for high i'L"Gelier?l,lt Mei')
otion, brit,
arqi the Ist Brigo d love
Bentinek's prom
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de of t"e the