FOURTH DIVISION—1 rank and file killed; 1 rank
and file wounded.

LIGHT DIVISION—12 officers, 10 sergeants, 2 drummers,
183 rank and file, killed; 29 officers, 48 sergeants,
12 drummers, 682 rank and file, wounded; 29 rank and
file missing.

CAVALRY—1 horse wounded.

ARTILLERY—3 officers, 9 rank and file, 26 horses,
killed; 1 sergeant, 20 rank and file, wounded.

ENGINEERS—1 officer, wounded.

Grand Total—26 officers, 19 sergeants, 2 drummers,
306 rank and file, 26 horses, killed; 73 officers, 95
sergeants, 17 drummers, 1427 rank and file, 1 horse,
wounded; 2 drummers, 16 rank and file missing.

The share of the battle taken by the French troops,
is described in the following despatch from Marshal
St. Arnaud to the Emperor:—

"Field of Battle of Alma, Sept. 21.

"Sire, —The cannon of your Majesty have spoken:
we have gained a complete victory. It is a glorious day,
Sire, to add to the military annals of France, and your
Majesty will have one name more to add to the victories
which adorn the flags of the French army.

"The Russians had yesterday assembled all their forces,
and collected all their means, in order to oppose the
passage of the Alma. Prince Menschikoff commanded in
person. All the heights were crowned with redoubts
and formidable batteries. The Russian army reckoned
40,000 bayonets from all points of the Crimea; in the
morning there arrived from Theodosia 6000 cavalry and
180 pieces of heavy and field artillery. From the heights
which they occupied the Russians could count our men
man by man from the 19th to the moment when we
arrived on the Bulganak. On the 20th, as early as six in the
morning, I carried into operation with the division of
General Bosquet, reinforced by eight Turkish battalions, a
flank movement which enveloped the left of the Russians
and turned some of their batteries. General Bosquet
manœuvred with as much intelligence as bravery. This
movement decided the success of the day. I had
arranged that the English should extend their left, in
order at the same time to threaten the right of the
Russians, whilst I should occupy them in the centre,
but their troops did not arrive in line until half-past ten.
They bravely made up for this delay. At half-past
twelve the line of the allied army, occupying an extent
of more than a league arrived on the Alma, and was
received by a terrible fire from the tirailleurs. In this
movement the head of the column of General Bosquet
appeared on the heights, and I gave the signal for a
general attack. The Alma was crossed at double-quick
time. Prince Napoleon, at the head of his division, took
possession of the large village of Alma, under the fire of
the Russian batteries. The Prince showed himself
worthy of the great name he bears. We then arrived
at the foot of the heights, under the fire of the Russian
batteries. There, Sire, commenced a real battle all along
the line, a battle with its episodes of brilliant feats of
valour. Your Majesty may be proud of your soldiers; they
have not degenerated: they are the soldiers of Austerlitz
and of Jéna. At half-past four the French army was
everywhere victorious. All the positions had been carried at
the point of the bayonet to the cry of 'Vive l'Empereur,'
which resounded throughout the day. Never was such
enthusiasm seen; even the wounded rose from the
ground to join in it. On our left the English met with
large masses of the enemy and with great difficulties,
but everything was surmounted. The English attacked
the Russian positions in admirable order under the fire
of their cannon, carried them, and drove off the Russians.
The bravery of Lord Raglan rivals that of antiquity.
In the midst of cannon and musket shot he displayed a
calmness which never left him. The French lines formed
on the heights, attacking the Russian left, and the
artillery opened its fire. Then it was no longer a
retreat, but a rout; the Russians threw away their
muskets and knapsacks, in order to run the faster. If,
Sire, I had had cavalry, I should have obtained immense
results, and Menschikoff would no longer have had an
army; but it was late, our troops were harassed, and
the ammunition of the artillery was exhausted. At six
o'clock in the evening we encamped on the very bivouac
of the Russians. My tent is on the very spot where
that of Prince Menschikoff stood in the morning, and
who thought himself so sure of beating us that he left
his carriage there. I have taken possession of it with
his portfolio and correspondence, and shall take advantage
of the valuable information it contains. The
Russian army will probably be able to rally two leagues
from this, and I shall find it to-morrow on the Katscha,
but beaten and demoralised, while the allied army is
full of ardour and enthusiasm. I have been compelled
to remain here in order to send our wounded and those
of the Russians to Constantinople, and to procure
ammunition and provisions from the fleet. The English
have had 1500 men put hors de combat. The Duke of
Cambridge is well; his division and that of Sir G.
Brown were superb. I have to regret about 1200 men
hors de combat, 3 officers killed, 54 wounded, 253 sub-
officers and soldiers killed, and 1033 wounded. General
Canrobert, to whom is due in part the honour of the
day, was slightly wounded by the splinter of a shell,
which struck him in the breast and hand, but he is
doing very well. General Thomas, of the division of
the Prince, is seriously wounded by a ball in the
abdomen. The Russians have lost about 5000 men.
The field of battle is covered with their dead, and our
field hospitals are full of their wounded. We have
counted a proportion of seven Russian dead bodies for
one French. The Russian artillery did us harm, but
ours is very superior to theirs. I shall all my life
regret not having had with me my two regiments of
African Chasseurs. The Zouaves were the admiration of
both armies; they are the first soldiers in the world.

"Accept, Sire, the homage of my profound respect
and of my entire devotedness."

Immediately after the battle the Marshal issued an
order of the day to the troops. "Soldiers," he said,
"France and the Emperor will be satisfied with you.
At Alma you have proved to the Russians that you are
the worthy descendants of the conquerors of Eylau
and of the Moskowa. You have rivalled in courage
your allies the English, and your bayonets have carried
formidable and well-defended positions. Soldiers, you
will again meet the Russians on your road, and you
will conquer them as you have done to-day, to the cry
of 'Vive l'Empereur!' and you will only stop at
Sebastopol; it is there you will enjoy the repose which
you will have well deserved.

"Field of Battle of Alma, Sept. 20."

In addition to his official dispatch, Marshal St.
Arnaud, on the 22nd, wrote to the Minister of War:—

"My official account gives your Excellency the
details of the brilliant affair of the 20th; but I cannot
allow the courier to depart without saying a few words
of our brave soldiers. The men of Friedland and of
Austerlitz are still under our colours, Monsieur le
Ministre; the battle of the Alma has proved it is the same
dash and the same brilliant, bravery. A commander
may do anything with such men, when once he has
inspired them with confidence. The Allied armies carried
positions which were really formidable. In going over
them yesterday, I perceived clearly how favourable
they were for resistance; and, in truth, if the French
and the English had occupied them, the Russians would
never have been able to seize on them. At present,
when everything is calm, and when the intelligence
which reaches us through deserters and prisoners is
more precise, we can judge of the injury done to the
enemy. The loss of the Russians is considerable; the
deserters declare it to be upwards of 6000 men. Their
army is demoralised. On the evening of the 20th it
had divided into two; Prince Menschikoff with the left
wing marching on Bakchi Sarai, and the right wing on
Belbek. But they were without provisions, and their
wounded embarrassed them; the road, in fact, is covered
with them. It is a splendid success, Monsieur le
Ministre, which does honour to our arms, adds a noble page
to our military history, and imparts to the army a feeling
of superiority which makes it worth 20,000 men
additional. The Russians left on the field of battle
10,000 knapsacks and upwards of 5000 muskets. It
was a bonâ fide rout. Prince Menschikoff and his
Generals were boasting enough in the morning of the
20th in their camp, which I now occupy. I think they
must at present hang their ears a little. The Russian