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THE FIELD. 
Fusileers ; Bissett, 55tli : Sayer, 23rd ; Greenwood, 33rd ; 
Warden, 19th; Carden, 19th; Williams, S8th ; Bazalgette, 
95th ; Captain Braybrooke, volunteer, died on board ; 300 
Vl\t cs 
The Andes brought the following Major Gough 33rd ; 
ders, 19th ; Currie, 19th ; Campbell, 23rd; Applowhaite, 23rd, 
died on board ; Tinley, 21st ; Dickson, 30th ; Philippa, 47th ; 
one other, 47th ; Whymper, 65th ; another, 65th ; Booth by, 
95th; 321 privates; 13 died on board, with one woman, of 
cholera. 
Colonel Chester, dead ; Lord Chewton, Fusileer Guards, 
Sir W. Young, both dead since. 
The Colombo came in yesterday with 600 wounded. She 
towed two vessels carrying 500 more. 
General Tylden, of the Engineers, is dead of cholera. 
Colonel Lloyd is dangerously ill at Therapia. 
THE FIELD AFTER THE BATTLE OF ALMA. 
The field of battle was crowded on the 21st with officers 
from the fleet, carrying flasks of brandy-and-water, visiting 
the wounded, and giving them all the relief in their power. 
The doctors from the ships were on shore all night giving 
medical aid. So many soldiers from each regiment were 
told off to bury the dead. The Russians were buried out- 
side the mounds ; the English and French inside. There 
was great, spoil on the field — coats, dresses, swords, guns, 
rifles, &c., &c., and in some instances large sums of money. 
Everybody brought off some memento — either a sword, 
casque, or musket. The Highland bonnets, I regret to say, 
formed quite a heap. 
It appeal's that a certain class of visitors made a profitable 
day's work by visiting the field of battle ; almost every one 
“ found ” something. One I heard boost that ho had picked 
up nine revolvers, and £50 ; and one, a Maltese, is reported to 
have realised upwards of £150 in gold. Coats, boots, &c., 
were all taken off by pillagers, and in many cases th e gold lace 
ripped off the uniforms of the dead. 
All muskets that have been found have been destroyed, 
except those taken off by visitors as trophies, and few ships 
but have many mementos of this sort. My share of the spoil 
is a helmet, with an eagle shot through completely by a 
musket-ball, and a sword, quite enough to carry a long dis- 
tance on a warm day. 
A large plan was found in the house Lord Raglan slept in 
at Katscha, and in MenschikofT s carringe were found the full 
particulars of the English army, their strength, &c., showing 
how well the spies in the English camp must have done their 
treacherous work. In this despatch Prince Menschikoff 
assures the Emperor that he could make good the defences 
of the Alina for three weeks against 100,000 men. They 
were earned by the allies, of whom not half that number 
were actually engaged, in three hours. It is confidently 
reported that, Menschikoff was suffering severely from illness 
during the battle, so much so that he had to be supported. 
There are also reports of his having been wounded — one 
account says in the feet, another, in the hands. 
NON-OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLE OF 
THE ALMA. 
Banks of the Alma, Sept. 19. 
Last night orders were given by Lord Raglan that the 
troops should strike tents at daybreak, and that all tents 
should be sent on board the ships of the fleet. Our advance 
had been determined upon, and it was understood that the 
Russian light cavalry had been sweeping the country of 
all supplies up to a short distance of our lines and outlying 
pickets. 
At three o’clock in the morning the camp was roused 
bv the reveil, and all the 30,000 Bleepers woke into active 
life. 
The French, in advance on our right, were up betimes, 
and the camp fires of the allied armies, extending for miles 
along the horizon and mingling with the lights of the ships, 
almost anticipated the morning. The order of march was 
as follows : — 
• Cavalry, : 
: 8tli, Uth, and 17th. : 
: Light Division. 
First Division. 
Artillery. 
Artillery. 
Second Division. ; 
Third Division. 
Cavalry. 
Fourth Division. : 
Commissariat Train. 
Fourth Division. 
Rear Guard. 
7,000 Turkish infantry, under Suleiman Pasha, moved 
along by the sea-side ; next to them came the divisions of 
Generals Bosquet, Canrobert, Forey, and Prince Napoleon. 
Our order of march was about four miles to the right of 
their left wing, and as many behind them. 
The right of the allied forces was covered by the fleet, 
ready to shell the enemy should they threaten to attack our 
right, and commanding the land for nearly two miles from 
the shore. 
Everything not absolutely indispensable was sent on board 
Bhip. The naval officers and the sailors worked indefati- 
gably, and cleared the beach as fast as the men deposited 
their baggage and tents there. At last the men fell in, and 
the march of the campaign began. 
Hares were started in abundance, and afforded great sport 
to the men whenever they halted, and several were fairly 
hunted down among the lines of men. The Boil is Lord and 
elastic, and was in excellent order for artillery. 
After a march of an hour a halt took place for fifty 
minutes, during which Lord Raglan, accompanied by a very 
large staff, Marshal St. Aruaud, Generals Bosquet, Forey, 
and a number of French officers rode along the front of the 
columns. The men spontaneously got up from the ground, 
rushed forward, and column after column rent the air with 
three thundering English cheers. It was a good omen. As 
the Marshal passed the 55th Regiment he exclaimed, " Eng- 
lish, I hope you will fightjwell to-day !” "Hope !’’ exclaimed 
a voice from the ranks, "sure you know we will!" The 
troops presented a Bpleudid appearance. At last, the smoke 
of burning villages and farm-houses announced that the 
enemy in front were aware of our march. Many sick men 
fell out, and were carried to the rear. It was a paiirful 
sight — a sad contrast to the magnificent nppearance of the 
army in front, to behold litter after litter borne past to the 
carts, with the poor sufferers who had dropped from illness 
and fatigue. 
Presently, from the top of a hill, a wide plain was visible, 
beyond which rose a ridge darkened here and there by 
masses which the practised eye recognised as cavalry. It 
was our first sight of the enemy. On the left of the plain, 
up in a recess formed by the inward sweep of the two ridges, 
lay a large village iu flames, right before us was a neat white 
house unburnt, though the outhouses and farm-yard were 
burning. This was the Imperial post-house of Bouljanak, 
just twenty miles from Sebastopol. 
A small stream ran past us, which was an object of delight 
to our thirsty soldiers, who had now marched more than 
eight miles from their camp. The house was deserted and 
gutted ; only a picture of a saint, bunches of herbs in the 
kitchen, and a few household utensils were left; and a soli- 
tary peahen, which soon fell a victim to a revolver, stalked 
sadly about the threshold. After a short halt for men nnd 
horses by the stream, the army moved on again. The 
cavalry (about 500 men of the 8th Hussars, the 11th Hussars, 
and 13th Light Dragoons) pushed on in front, and on arriv- 
ing about a mile beyond the post-house we clearly made out 
the Cossack Lancers on the hills in front. Lord Cardigan 
threw out skirmishers in line, who covered the front at inter- 
vals of ten or twelve yards from each otb€r. The Cossacks 
advanced to meet us in like order, man for man, the steel of 
their long lances glittering in the sun. They were rough- 
looking fellows, mounted on sturdy little horses, but the re- 
gularity of their order and the celerity of their movements 
showed they were regulars, aud by no means despicable foes. 
As our skirmishers advanced, the Cossacks halted at the foot 
of the hill. Their reserves were not well in sight, but from 
time to time a clump of lances rose over the summit of the 
hill and disappeared. Lord Cardigan was eager to try their 
strength, and permission was given him to advance some- 
what nearer ; but as he did so, dark columns of cavalry 
came into view in the recesses of the hills, and it became 
evident that if our men charged up such a steep ascent their 
horses would be blown, and that they would run a risk of 
being surrounded aud cut to pieces by a force of three tunes 
their number. Lord Lucan therefore ordered the cavalry to 
halt, gather in their skirmishers, and retire slowly. At every 
fifty paces our cavalry faced about to receive the Cossacks if 
they prepared to charge. Suddenly one of the Russian 
cavalry squares opened — a spirt of white smoke rose out of 
the gap, and a round shot, which pitched close to my horse, 
tore over the column of our cavalry behind, and rolled away 
between the ranks of the riflemen in the rear, just ns 
they came in view of the cavalry. In another instant a 
second gun bowled right through the 11th Hussars, and 
knocked over a horse, taking off his rider’s leg above 
the ankle. Another and another followed, tearing 
through our ranis, so that it was quite wonderful so few 
of the cavalry were hit. Meantime Captain Maude’s 
artillery gallopped over the hillock, but were halted by 
Lord Raglan’s order at the base, in rear of the 
cavalry on the left flank. This was done probably to entice 
the Russians further down the hill. Meantime, our cavalry 
were drawn up as targets for the enemy's guns, and lmd they 
been of iron they could not have been more solid and 
immovable. The Russian gunners fired admirably ; they 
were rather slow, but their balls came bounding along, quite 
visible as they passed in right lines from the centre of the 
cavalry columns. After some thirty rounds from the enemy 
our artillery opened fire. Their round-shot ploughed up the 
columns of the cavalry, who speedily dispersed into broken 
lines, wheeling round and round with great adroitness to 
escape the six and nine-pound balls. Our shells were not so 
successful, but one, better directed than the rest, burst right 
in the centre of a column of light infantry, whom the Rus- 
sians had advanced to support their cavalry. Our fire was 
so hot, the sendee of the guns so quick, that the enemy 
retired in about fifteen minutes after we opened on them. 
While this affair was going on, the French had crept up on 
the right, and surprised a body of Russian cavalry with a 
round from a battery of nine-pounders, which scattered them 
in all directions. We could count Bix dead horses on the 
field near the line of fire. It is not possible to form an 
accurate notion of the effect of our fire, but it must have 
caused the Russians a greater loss than they inflicted on us. 
We lost six horses, and four men were wounded. Two men 
lost their legs. The others, up to yesterday, though injured 
severely, were not in danger. One of the wounded men, a 
sergeant in the 11th Hussars, rode coolly to the rear 
with his foot daDgling by a piece of skin to the bone, and 
told the doctor he had just come to have his leg dressed. 
Another wounded trooper behaved with equal fortitude, and 
refused the use of a litter to carry him to the rear, though 
his leg was broken into splinters. It was strange, in visiting 
the scene where the horses lay dead, that the first feeling 
produced on the spectator — when the horror of seeing the 
poor animals ripped open by shells from chest to loin, as 
though it was done by a surgeon’s knife, had subsided — was 
that Sir E. Landseer, iu liis picture of " War,” must have 
seen one of the animals before us ; the glaring eye-ball, the 
distended nostril, the gnashed teeth, are all true to life. 
When the Russians had retired beyond the heights, orders 
were given to halt and bivouac for the night, aud our tired 
men set to work to gather the weeds for fuel. As soon as 
the rations of rum and meat were served out, the casks were 
broken up, and the staves served to moke fires for cooking 
aided by nettles and long grass. At night the watchfires of 
the Russians were visible on our left. Great numbers of 
stragglers came up during the night, most of them belonging 
to the 4th Division. The night was cold and damp, the 
watchfires were mere flashes, which gave little heat, and 
barely sufficed to warm the rations. All night aralms 
were arriving and soldiers who had fallen out or got astray 
came up to the sentrieB to find their regiments. Sir George 
Brown, Sir D. L. Evans, the brigadier generals and staff offi- 
cers went about among their divisions and brigades ere the 
men lay down, giving directions for the following day, and 
soon after dusk the regiments were on the ground, wrapped 
up iu great-coats and blankets to find the best repose they 
could after the day's exertions. 
THE GRAND VICTORY OVER THE RUSSIANS. 
Camp at the Alma, Sept. 20. 
On the morning of the 20th, ere daybreak, the whole of 
the British force was under arms. They were marshalled 
silently ; no bugles or drums broke tho stillness, but the 
hum of thousands of voices rose loudly from the ranks, and 
the watch-fires lighted up the lines of the camp as though 
it were a great town. When dawn broke it was discovered 
that the Russians hod retired from the heights, but had left 
their camp-fires burning. The troops lay on their arms for 
about an hour, while the generals were arranging the order 
of our advance. Lord Raglan had made his dispositions 
the previous evening, and the generals of division, Sir 
George Brown, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir R. England, and Sir 
G. Cathcart, aided by their brigadiers-general, went from 
colonel to colonel of each regiment under their command, 
giving them instructions with respect to the arrangement of 
their men in the coming struggle. 
Early in the morning the troops were ordered to get in 
readiness, and at half-past six o clock they were in motion. 
It was a lovely day ; the heat of the sun was tempered by 
the sea breeze. The fleet was visible at a distance of four 
miles, covering the ocean as it was Been between the hills, 
and we could make out the steamers on our right as close 
to the shore as possible. 
The Generals St. Arnaud, Bosquet, and Forey, attended 
by their staff, rode along in front of the lines, with Lord 
Raglan and his generals at second halt, and were received 
with tremendous cheering. At 1.20 we saw the steamers in 
shore (French) commence throwing shells up to a height in 
front, and the enemy replied by a heavy fire, but the distance 
was too great for any effectual result. The action became 
general at 1.45 on the part of the French and Turks, who 
carried the heights ou the right, which were but weakly 
protected. At 2.30 we advnnced down the slope towards 
the valley of the Alma, above which rose the lines of the 
enemy. As we advanced they 6et fire to Bouliouk, a 
village at the base of the descent to the valley at our side, 
and, covered by the smoke, opened a tremendous fire of 9 
and 12-pounder guns from their earthwork batteries. Our 
artillery replied with Bhot, shell, and rockets, while the men 
advanced through a storm of bullets, and rushed across the 
stream — the Light Division on the right, the Second Division 
next, the First Division in the centre, and the third support- 
ing them. Amid a most tremendous fire, the Guards rushed 
up the hill aud stormed the heaviest battery. Once they 
were driven back, but the Duke rallied them and led them to 
the charge in person. Sir G. Brown had a horse shot under 
him. Sir De Laey Evans led on his division under the very 
thickest of the mitraille. The Russians threw spherical shot, 
marked with a cross, which inflicted terrible wounds, and 
their practice, when they got the range, was excellent. At 
3 o’clock the French had moved up solid columns of infantry 
to the heights ou our right, and turned the guns against the 
enemy. Our men struggled through the flames of the 
village aud the river under a continuous roll of artillery. 
At 4 o’clock they charged in three divisions up the heights. 
The Light Division suffered fearfully, particularly the 7th 
and 23rd Regiments, which Sir George Brown led in person. 
The 55th, 95th, and 30th also suffered severely. The Rifles* 
second battalion, though the first under fire, suffered least 
of all, as they got over before the enemy caught the range. 
At 5 o'clock the Russians were flying in every direction, 
ploughed up by the splendid fire of our guns, leaving on the 
field an immense number of dead, three guns, drums, rind 
ammunition. The want of cavalry prevented our getting 
more prisoners or capturing a greuter number of guns. 
FURTHER DETAILS. 
Heights above Alma, Sept. 21. 
The order in which our army advanced was in columns of 
brigades in deploying distance, our left protected by a line 
of skirmishers of cavalry and of horse artillery. Our line of 
march ou the 20th was towards the right of our former base, 
and brought us in contact with the French left, under Prince 
Napoleon, it being understood that Sir De Lacy Evans's 
division, on our extreme right, should act in concert with 
that of his Royal Highness the Prince, which was of course 
furthest from the sea. As soon as we had ascertained the 
position of our allies accurately, the whole line, extending 
itself across the campaign country for some five or six miles, 
advanced. At the distance of two miles we halted to obtain 
a little time to gather up our rear, and then the troops 
steadily advanced in grand lines like the waves of the ocean, 
with our left frittered away, as it were, into a foam 
of skirmishers under Colonel Lawrence and Major 
Norcott of the Rifle Brigade, 2nd battalion, covered 
by squadrons of the lltli and 8th Hussars, and 
portions of the 4th, 13th Light Dragoons and 17th 
Lancers. This was a sight of inexpressible gran- 
deur, and for the first time one was struck with the splendid 
appearance of our infantry in line in the distance. Red is 
the colour after all, aud the white slashings of the breast of 
the coat and the cross belts, though rendering a man con- 
spicuous enough, give him an appearance of size which other 
uniforms do not produce. The dark French columns on our 
right looked very small compared to our battalions, though 
we knew they were quite as strong ; but the marching of 
our allies, laden os they were with all their packs, &c., was 
wonderful — the pace at which they went was really “killing." 
The scheme of operations concerted between the generals, 
and cliiefly suggested to Lord Raglan, it was said, by 
Marshal St. Aruaud and General Canrobert, was, that the 
French and Turks on our right were to force the passage of 
the river, a rivulet of the Alma, and establish themselves 
on the heights over the stream at the opposite side, so that 
they could enfilade the position to our right and opposite to 
our left and centre. The Alma is a tortuous little stream, 
which has worked its way down through a red clay soil, 
deepening its course as it proceeds seawards, and which 
drains the steppe-like lands on its [right bank, making at 
times pools and eddies too deep to be forded, though it can 
generally be crossed by waders who do not fear to wet their 
knees. It need not be said that the high banka formed by 
the action of the stream in cutting through the soil are 
sometimes at one side, sometimes at another, according to 
the sweep of the stream. 
At the place where the bulk of the British army cresset 
the banks are generally at the right side, and vary from 
two and three to six or eight feet in depth to the watei , 
where the French attacked the banks are generally formed 
by the unvaried curve of the river ou the left-hand side. 
Along the right or north bank of the Alma are a number o 
Tartar houses, at times numerous and close enough to form 
a cluster of habitations deserving the name of a hamlet, a 
times scattered wide apart amid little vineyards, surt-ounctea 
by walls of mud and stone of three feet in height- 
bridge over which the post road passes from BoiiMnaJc o 
Sebastopol runs close to one of these hamlets--* 1 ,u 
fact, of some fifty houses. This village is approached rom 
the north by a road winding through a plain nearlj e 
till it comes near to the village, where the ground dips, 
that at the distance of 300 yards a man on horseback tan 
hardly see the tops of the nearer and more elevated hou-es, 
andean only ascertain theposition of the stream y 
