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“The iltshire Regiment for Wiltshire.” 
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By W. W. Ravenattt, Esq., M.A., 
Tlonorary Secretary of the Wiltshire Society (founded 1817), &c. 
ADDENDA. 
WA following notes, giving further details of the services of 
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the regiment in the Crimea, on the 8th June (Quarries), 
and 8th September (Redan), 1855, were unfortunately omitted from 
the last number of this Magazine. 
On the evening of the 7th of June, 1855, an assault was made 
from the advanced parallel of the right attack of the British lines 
upon “The Quarries,” a series of rifle-pits in front of the Redan, 
one of the main defences of Sevastopol. _ The attacking party 
consisted of detachments from “the Light” and “ Second Divisions,” 
and at night they were supported by the Sixty-Second Regiment. 
The whole force was under the command of Colonel Shirley, Highty- 
Eighth Regiment, Acting General Officer of the Trenches, assisted 
by Colonel Tylden, R.E. 
Lord Raglan writes: “The brave men who achieved this ad- 
vantage with gallantry and determination, that does them infinite 
honour, maintained themselves on the ground they had acquired, 
notwithstanding that during the night and in the morning of 
yesterday, the enemy made repeated attempts to drive them out, 
each attempt ending in failure, although supported by large bodies 
of troops and by heavy discharges of musketry and every species of 
offensive missile. . . . Although nothing could be more spirited 
than the attack of the Quarries, or more creditable to every officer 
and man engaged in the operation, yet I cannot refrain from drawing 
especial attention to the energy and determination which they all 
displayed, in maintaining and establishing themselves after their first 
success in them. They were repeatedly attacked during the night, 
and again soon after daylight on the 8th, and it was in resisting 
these repeated efforts on the part of the enemy, that a great portion — 
of the heavy Joss the army has to deplore was sustained. The mode 
in which Colonel Shirley conducted this very arduous service, and 
carried out his orders entitles him to my highest commendation.” 
