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the field 
Lieutenant-Colonel Blake, of the 33rd ; Lieutenant-Colonel 
Saunders, of the 19th, who was severely wounded ; Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel K S erton, of the 77th Regiment, and Lu-utenant- 
Colomel Shirley, of tho 88th; also of Lieutenant-Colonel 
Lawrence and Major Norcott, of tho Rifle Brigade, wicli com- 
manding a wing of that corps ; Lieutenant-Colonel Lake 
commanding the Artillery, of Captain Brandling, command- 
in" a 9 -pounder troop of Horse Artillery, and Captain 
\nderson commanding a field battery, and Captain Gordon, 
of the Royal Engineer* ; likewise of Lieutenant-Colonel 
Sullivan, and of Lieutenant-Colonel Airey, of the Adjutant 
and Quartermaster-General's Department, and Captain 
Hallowell, of tho latter, and Captain Whitmore and the other 
officers of his personal staff: and .Captains Glyn and Mac- 
kenzie, the brigade-majors serving with the division. 
Lieutenant-General his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam- 
bridge recommends Colonel the Hon. Francis Hood, of the 
Grenadier Guards ; Colonel the Hon. George Upton, of the 
Coldstream Guards ; and Colonel Sir Charles Hamilton, of 
the Scots Fusilier Guards ; Lieutenant-Colonel Cameron, of 
the 42nd ; Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas, of the 79th ; anti 
Lieutenant-Colonel Aiuslie, of the 93rd ; Lieutenant-Colonel 
the Hon. Alexander Gordon, and Lieutenant-Colonel Cunyng- 
hame the assistant-adjutant and quartermaster-general; 
Captain Butler, and the Hon. Arthur Hardmge the deputy- 
assistant adjutant and quartermaster-general of the division ; 
and Major the Hon. James Macdonald, and the other officers 
of his personal staff; also Lieutenant-Colonel Dacres com- 
manding, and Captains Paynter and Woodhouse, of the 
Royal Artillery, and Captain Chapman, of the Royal Engi- 
neers, and Lieutenant-Colonel Stirling, and Captain the Hon. 
Percy Fielding, the brigade-major of the division. 
Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans eulogises the con- 
duct of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Percy Herbert, of the 
Quartermaster-General's Department, who was wounded, I 
hope not severely; Major Lysons, of the 23rd, acting as 
Assistant- Adjutant-General, in the absenco, from sickness, of 
Lieutenant-Colonel Wilbraham ; Captain Lane Fox, and 
Captain Thompson, doputy-nssistant-adjutant and quarter- 
master-general, and Captain Allix and the other officers of 
his personal staff. Ho also praises the exertions of Lieu- 
tenant-Colonels Hoey, of tho 30th, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Warren, of the 55th, and Lieutenant-Colonel Webber Smith, 
of the 95tli, who was severely wounded ; Lieutenant-Colonel 
Carpenter, of the 41st, Lieutenant-Colonel Haly, of the 47th, 
and Major Dalton, ->f the 49th, Lieutenant-Colonels Fitz- 
mayer and Dupuis, and Captains Turner and Swmton.of the 
Ruyal Artillery ; and to these I may add Captain Lovell, of 
the Royal Engineers; Brevet-Majors Thnckwell and Ann- 
strong. the brigade-majors of tho division. 
1 consider it my duty especially to recommend Captain 
Adyo, of the Royal Artillery, the principal staff officer of that 
branch of the service, and Captain the Hon. Edward Gage, 
brigade major of artillery, and Major Tylden, brigade major 
of the Royal Engineers, and Major the Hon. Edward T’aken- 
hmn and Captain Weare, who was wounded, of the Adjutant- 
General'- ; and of Captains Wetherall, Woodford, Sankey.and 
Hamilton, of the Quartermaster-General's department. 
Mr. Commissary-General Filder and Dr. Hall, the prin- 
cipal medical officer, were in the field the whole time, and 
merit my approbation for their exertions in discharging their 
onerous duties. — I have, &c., 
(Sigued) Raglan. 
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c. &c. 
Balaklava, Sept. 28, 1S54. 
My Lord Duke,— I have the greatest satisfaction in ac- 
quainting your Grace that the army under my command 
obLiined possession of this important place on the 26th inst. 
and thus established a new and secure base for our future 
operations. .. 
The allied armies quitted their position above the Alma 
on the morning of the 23rd, and moved across the Katscha, 
where they Invited for the night, and on the following day 
passed the Belbeck. 
It then appealed that the enemy had established a work 
wliich commanded the entrance of the river, and debarred 
its use for the disembarkation of troops, provisions, and 
material ; and it became expedient to consider whether the 
line of attack upon the north side should not be abandoned, 
and another course of operation adopted. 
It having, after due deliberation, been determined by 
Marshal St. Arnaud and myself that we should relinquish 
our communication with the Katscha, and the hope of esta- 
blishing it by the Belbeek, and endeavour by a flank march to 
the left to go round Sebastopol and seize Balaklava; tho 
movement was commenced on tho 25tli, and completed on 
the following day by the capture of this place by her Ma- 
jesty's troops, which led the advance. The march was 
attended with great difficulties. On leaving the high road 
from the Belbeek to Sebastopol, the army had to traverse a 
dense wood, in which there was but one road that led in the 
right direction it was necessary to take. That road was left, 
in the first instance, to the cavalry and artillery ; and the 
divisions were ordered to march by compass, and make a way 
for themselves as well a9 they could ; and, indeed, the artil- 
lery of tho Light Division pursued the same course as long as 
it was found to be possible; but as the wood became more 
impracticable, the batteries could not proceed otherwise than 
by getting into the road above-mentioned. 
The head-quarters of the army, followed by several bat- 
teries of artillery, were the first to clear the forest, near 
what is called, in Major Jarvis’s map, Mackenzie s harm, and 
at once found themselves on the flank and rear of a Russian 
division, on the march to Bask6-Serai. 
This was attacked as soon as the cavalry, which had 
diverged a little into a bye and intricate path, could be 
brought up. A vast quantity of ammunition and much 
valuable baggage fell into our bauds, and the pursuit was 
discontinued after about a mile and a halt, it being a great 
object to reach the Techernayathat evening. 
The Russians lost a few men, and some prisoners were 
taken, amoDgst whom was a captain of artillery. 
The murch was then resumed by the descent of a steep 
and difficult defile into the plains, through which runs the 
Tschernava river, and this the cavalry succeeded m reaching 
shortly before dark, followed in the course of the night by 
the Light, First, Second, and Third Divisions ; the Fourth 
Division having been left on the heights above the Belbeck 
till the following day, to maintain our communication with 
the Katscha. . , 
This march, which took the enemy quite by apprise, was 
a very long and toilsome one, and, except at Mackenzie s 
farm, where two wells, yielding a scanty supply, were found, 
the troops were without water, hut they supported their 
fatigues and privations with the utmost cheerfulness, and 
resumed their march to this place on the morning of the 20th. 
As thev approached Balaklava nothing indicated that it 
was held’ in force ; but as resistance was offered to the ad- 
vance of the Rifle Brigade, and guns were opened from an 
old castle ns the head of the column showed itself on the 
road leading into the town, I deemed it prudent to occupy 
the two flanking heights by the Light Division and a portion 
of Captain Brandling's troop of horse-artillery on the left ; 
movements terminated by the surrender of the place, wliich 
had been occupied by very inconsiderable numbers of the 
^Shortly after we had taken possession, we were greeted by 
Captain Mends, of tlm Agamemnon, and soon after by Sir 
Edmund Lyons himself. 
His co-operation was secured to us by tho activity and 
enterprise of Lieutenant Maxse, of her Majesty's ship 
Agamemnon, who reached my camp on the Tschemaya, on 
the ni"ht of the 25th, with despatches, and who volunteered 
immediately to retrace his steps through the forest, and to 
communicate to Sir Edmund the importance I attached to 
liis presence at the mouth of the harbour of Balaklava the 
next morning, which difficult service (from the intricacy of 
the country, infested by Cossacks) he accomplished so 
effectually, that the admiral was enabled to appear off this 
harbour at the very moment that our troops showed them- 
selves upon the heights. . . 
Nothing could be more opportune than his arrival, and 
yesterday the magnificent ship that bears his flag entered 
this beautiful harbour ; and the admiral, as has been his 
invariable practice, co-operated with the army in every way 
possible. , , . • . • 
We are busily engaged in disembarking our siege tram 
and provisions, an.l we are most desirous of undert:iking tho 
attack of Sebastopol without the loss of a day. I moved up 
two divisions yesterday to its immediate neighbourhood, 
when I was enabled to have a good view of the place ; and 
Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne and General Bisot, 
the French Chef de Gdnie, are occupied in reconnoitring it 
closely to-day. 
The march of the French army on the 25th was still more 
fatiguing and prolonged than ours. Being behind our 
columns, they could not reach Tschemaya till the next day, 
and I fear must have suffered sadly from want of water. 
I regret to have to acquaint your Grace that Marshal St. 
Arnaud has been compelled, by severe illness, to relinquish 
the command of the army. I saw him on the 25th, when 
he was suffering very much, and, he felt it is duty to resign 
the next morning. I view his retirement until deep concern, 
having always found in him every disposition to act in con- 
cert with me. He has since become much worse, and is I 
fear in a very precarious state. 
Fortunately he is succeeded by an officer of high reputa- 
tion, General Canrobert, with whom I am satisfied I shall 
have great pleasure in acting, and who is equally desirous of 
maintaining the most friendly relations with me. 
I have, &c., 
(Signed) Raglan. 
His Graoo the Duke of Newcastle, &e. &c. 
MISCELLANEOUS ANECDOTES, INCIDENTS, AND 
MEMORANDA. 
The Landing Place.— The scene on the neck of laud 
close to Lake Kamishli, which had been the landing-point 
and site of encampment of our force, presented after then- 
departure a curious aspect. Hundreds of sacks of flour, 
which had been captured at Eupatoria, and left behind from 
absence of means of transport, were being earned off by the 
numerous transport boats as a lawful prize. Sailors were 
galloping wildly about on half-tamed colts, which had 
been brought in when too late to be laden, or condemned as 
too weak to be employed ; others were smothering each 
other with flour, to the intense gratification of the assembled 
natives ; officers’ saddle-bags and baggage, which had been 
left behind for want of arabas, were being guarded and 
slupped by some kindhearted skipper ; the Leanders crew 
were engaged in taking off ammunition ; fragments of 
biscuit and pork covered the beach ; Cossacks were hovering 
about on the farther side of the lake, or stationed on the 
numerous mounds commanding the coast ; whilst from the 
fifty or sixty unlevelled graves, where reposed our poor fellows 
who had lauded on the enemy's ground only to succumb to 
the fatal seeds of cholera sown at Varna, and from the de- 
composing carcasses of horses drowned in landing, there 
arose a stench which, had the army remained but one day 
longer, might have been fatal to its very existence. As it is, 
on the day the army left— on the very day— cholera broke 
out in the rauks ; but the change of air, and the excitement 
of the approaching operations, will, it is hoped, check its 
further ravages. 
A New Khan for the Crimea.— Eupatoria.— The allied 
troops on the 15th of Sept, took possession of this town. 
Captain the Hon. — Drummond, of her Majesty’s steam- 
frigate Retribution, was the first to land a company, the 
commandant of the town having fled, as also his adjutants. 
The inhabitants accused them of having tried to burn the 
storehouses of the town, and not being successful, of having 
thrown water upon the corn, in order to spoil it. Eupatoria 
is occupied by 450 English marines and about 200 French 
soldiers. Two hours after landing, Captain Drummond re- 
turned on board the French corvette La Mouette, where he 
consulted with the French director of the department for 
military information, who is a Pole, and ex-major in the 
French army. Measures were adopted for establishing an 
authority in the country. Two ships were left in the 
harbour, and boats were sent to the storehouses to help the 
Tartars, who had undertaken the duties of police. The 
enthusiasm shown by these people for the allies is wonderful. 
The French director of the information department had 
brought a Tartar priest with him, who had been staying at 
Varna for the last three years to escape from Russian oppres- 
sion. When the Tartars saw him return with the allies, 
their exultation and acclamations knew no bounds, to the 
great astonishment of the English and French. They all 
(young and old) rushed forward to kiss his hands, feet, and 
the hem of his robe. After having put matters in order, the 
allied troops re-embarked to join the nmnes, which were 
marching towards the river Alma. All authority has been 
left in the hands of the Tartars. The French have, however, 
sent there some Tartars of distinction, who had been living 
iu Turkey. Amongst them is Prince Achmet Gueray, a 
descendant of Ghenghis-Khan, the last Kliau of Tartary. This 
prince is infirm, having met with an accident in his youth, 
and being unable to walk ; but he is full of intelligence, and 
only thirty-five years of age. 
At the Battle of Alma, Lord Raglan and his staff 
were for a long time greatly exposed to the enemy’s fire. 
It was there that the French General Thomas was wounded. 
[He is now at Constantinople.] He was speaking to Lord 
Raglan, requesting two pieces of British light artillery to 
storm a position, when a ball struck him in the thigh, and 
knocked him off his horse. During the action, Lieut.-Colonel 
Lagondie, Lord Raglan's official French aide-de-camp, was 
captured by a party of Cossacks, while carrying a message to 
St. Arnaud. 
The deeds of valour told of as performed at Alma may 
stand beside those of ancient or modem times. The Hon. 
Captain Mouck, of the 7th, was pierced by a ball, which he 
felt was his death-wound, but, with expiring energy, he 
drove his sword through the heart of the first advancing 
foeman, while a blow from bis strong arm levelled another 
with the ground. The 7th Fusiliers lost their colours once, 
and regained them. The 55tli, 53rd, 7th, and Guards suffered 
most. A corporal of the 23rd found himself alone in the 
enemy’s battery, and actually bayoneted three men before 
assistance came to him. He was at once promoted to 
he sergeant, which, we hope, is only a step to further ad- 
vancement. Beyond the battery was a scene of utter 
Muscovite rout. One Russian officer lay dead, with a little 
dog sitting between his legs, a position from which no per- 
suasion could move him. He had been mortally wounded, 
and had given his gold watch to a soldier who kindly gave 
him a draught of water. Another, quite a boy, lay with his 
hands clasped in the attitude of prayer ; near him lay one only 
wounded, who spoke French, and there nestled in his bosom 
a little kitten, which seemed unwilling to leave him. He 
said that their force had consisted in all of 55,000 men, 
40,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry, and 6,000 artillery, aud that 
Menschikoff himself had chosen the ground He said 
that three battalions, i.e., 12,000 men of the garrison of 
Sebastopol, were with the army. We could have held it,” 
says a captured Russian general, “ against fair soldiers ; but 
we had not calculated on being attacked by red devils.” 
Russian Gratitude. — Nothing could have been more 
gallant than the conduct of the English soldiers at Alma, 
aud that they should have advanced in spite of such a fearful 
shower of balls, must be recorded as one of the bravest 
things any army ever did. Men who went through the 
Peninsular campaign say that they never saw more dead in 
so small a space, except on the night before Talavera. It 
was indeed a sickening sight to see how thickly the dead 
were strewn, some lying on their faces, others with their 
arms raised in the air. The Russians who were lying there 
wounded, were attended by our men, just as it they had 
been our countrymen ; and this too, notwithstanding that 
some of them had been so devilish as to take the water that 
had been given them, and then shoot two of their bene- 
factors ! It was owing to this that all the Russian muskets 
had their stocks knocked off on the night of the battle. 
A number of curious feats and acts of courage are 
mentioned, which merit remark. Among them is the 
following The English had just planted a camp flag under 
the fire of the enemy, in order to mark out the position to 
be taken by a division which was advancing. A Russian left 
his rankq ran up to the Englishman, killed him, aud took 
the flag. Another English non-commissioned officer, ob- 
serving the movement of the Russian, ran in pursuit of him, 
aud shot him with his revolver, recovered the flag, and ran 
as fast as he could back to his rank, on reaching which he 
dropped down dead, having received no less than seven balls 
in his body before he fell. 
The defeated Russians who crowded the field at Alina 
in all the contortions of the last agony were principally 
Boldiers of the 16th and 32nd Regiments. They were mostly 
very snnill-sized men, though stout, muscular, aud active 
looking. From their appearance there was scarcely a dozen 
above the age of 25, and the majority were much younger. 
Not a single officer was among their dead, at least none that 
we could recognise as such. They wore short grey great- 
coats, blue coatees, blue trousers, with a narrow red band, 
and stout leather boots, reaching almost to their knees. 
Their stout white leather cross belts were scrupulously 
clean, as was all the rest of their uniform. On their heads 
were handsome black leather helmets, bound with brass, 
and brass chin plates, with a spiked top. In front was a 
large handsome imperial eagle, also in brass, surmounted 
with a Russian inscription, and number of the regiment. 
Each man also bore the regimental number marked on the 
cloth of his uniform. Their firelocks were old and almost 
worthless, at least compared to our Minid. The stocks were 
of a light dry wood, coloured over— their barrels about six 
inches longer than ours, but not rifled. Their bayonets 
were wretched, our men broke them iu their hands. They 
had lai’ge convenient knapsacks of undressed cow hide, 
rough-looking, light and serviceable. All these were in- 
stantly broken open by our men, and the contents eagerly scru- 
tinised. Each had iu it two coarse cotton shirts, two pairs of 
socks, a pair of cloth mits, a strong pair of leather boots, and 
one pair of trousers. All these were arranged m excellent 
order and beautifully clean. I have seldom seen lmeu 
cleaner. Nearly every other man's knapsack contained a 
pack of cards. No books were found except four or five 
Koraus iu Turkish and Arabic, proving what I previously 
heard, that we should find many Mahometans m the rauks 
of the Russians. , , 
A Russian General was captured at the camp. He nau 
heard the firing, and, perfectly confident that the action 
must have resulted in a repulse, came with a single attendant 
to congratulate — as he believed— Prince Menschikoff upon 
his victory. To his intense surprise he was made prisoner, 
aud brought in by Sergeant Trotter of the Coldstream 
Guards, who was on duty at the outposts. 
Off the Alma River, Sept 22.— A signal just made oy 
the Agamemnon to the staff on Bhore is as follows:—' A 
clever Polish marine, who has just escaped from his stup, 
says that the Russians were so completely beaten that naa 
the army been able to follow they could have taken tne 
forts of Sebastopol.” m T „ the 
Medical Staff for the Army in the East.— in t 
course of September forty additional medical officers reacliea 
the army from Eugland ; thirty-four others are on their way, 
fourteen have embarked this week, aud others are neaiiy 
ready for embarkation.— Medical T ivies and Gazette. 
Near the Belbeck there was a chateau, belonging to “ 
Russian nobleman. It was charmingly situated, with pnny 
gardens full of fruit. Lord Raglan made it his h^d-quarte 
for the night, but the advanced guard had got into it beta _ 
hand, and made sad devastation in it. Some of the m 
brought into camp a mirror, about six feet high, the m 
of which was soon forming part of a camp-fire. , 
The colours of the Scots Fusilier Guards had twe J 
six bullets through them. The staff of the colours ; • 
broken ; but Mr. Lindsay held fast, and escaped withou 
The artillery behaved with their usual j^Uant aud m 
domitable courage ; one of the first of the artillery gun 
