The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-04
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Grand Review OF the British Troops.


1fand Review OF the British Troops.
Extract from the correspondence of the London
Morning Chronicle:
CAMP BEFoRE SgBAsroror, Feb &C.
Inc British army was reviewed by Gen. Cod
nngton the day before yesterday. the 2ith Never
ulu enemy or ally see an army In better condition
.hah tnat which was assembled on the 2ith, on the
orow oil hill overlooking the Mackenzie heights,
ana aifording from their position excellent oppor
tnnties for large portion of the Russian forces
witness the maneuvres
The French officers, headed by Marshal Pessier,
VINO as usual was In his riage mustered in great
numbers on the occasion and there was also a
very large body of Sandman officers present
Ihe troops on the ground must have numbered
more than 10000 men. They represented every
oIv,sion ana every arm but there was conside
raoie number absent on other duties There was
only one brigade of the Highlanders present; bat
the whole of there regiments wore the kilt and of
course attracted by their Highland garb, much no
nee on the part of the spectators. The regiments
stationed at Balaklava also were not vithdra vn
| from their posts, and several Highland regiments
were left to protect Kamara, iu case the enemy
should take the opportunity of endeavoring to
turn the review to their advantage by an attack
on that position. The mannvres of the day did
not of course, partake Of the character of anv of
| those field days or sham fights which at Gotham
astonshed, while they instructed the thousands of
wondering cockneys in the art militaire. We have
had too much of the genuine article in the Crimea
to make sham tight either pleasant to see or do.
sirable to perform.
The movements of the troops simply consisted,
after having reviewed the general in line in march
ing past in divisions in open column of compan;as
headed by the respective field and regimentaI Off
GERS. Each of the brigade and divisional officers
as soon as he had passed the general passed to the
ngnt and mingled with the brilliant staff with
which the general was surrounded The military
bands were also massed together as each of the
regiments to which they belonged marched past
Inc performance OF the united bands was highly
effective, and must have sounded far away into
the Russian position, and reverberated among
| those rocky passes and billy defences which form
the barrier to progress and the secu.
rty of the enemy.
The weather was most propitious-the atmos.
phere clear, but cold and bracing and think il
will not be hazarding too mueh to say that never
in the history of the Crimea was finer military
spectacle presented than that of our review The
Russians may have witnessed some imposing
spectacles from Sebastopol; but twenty thousand
OF such British troops as marched past their
general, and under the scrutiniziug glance of
Marshal Pelissier, formed spectacle such as the
Oldest inhabitants of the Crimea never saw and
certainly never wished to see 1t was, however,
proud sight for an Engiishman Opposite
to him could be the camp of the enemy firing.
ing the heights. and by means of a good glass
numbers of the officers and men watching our
evolutions.
bastopol beneath the charred and shattered relics
of which we had assisted in burying the towering
ambition and loug-cherished hopes of the aggres-
sve Gar French Sandman, and Turkish uni
forms showed the extent of our alliances ia the
great struggle; but above all other circumstances
calculated to awaken the pride of an Englishman
was the stalwart forms and healthy looks of our
soldiers
But few months since France gallantly defend
ed the reputation of our army from the scoffing
sneers of other nations, who with feelings of Sc.
cret exutation spoke of us deficient in organi-
zation, and affected to mourn over the irrepar-
able losses which we had sustained in winters
campaign. Those regiments, with firm and
measured tread they marched past their general
showed that henceforth we shall not be humiliated
by the Defence however generous of gallant al
ly; and this can hardly fail to be source of pride
to all who rejoice at the prosperity and wish for
the welfare of "Old England"