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greatest difficulties throughout this protracted conflict;
of Major-General Bentinck, who is severely wounded;
Major-General Codrington, Brigadier-General Adams,
and Brigadier-General Torrens, who are severely
wounded; and Brigadier-General Buller, who is also
wounded, but not so seriously. I must likewise express
my obligations to Lieutenant-General Sir Richard
England for the excellent disposition he made of his
division, and the assistance he rendered to the left of
the Light Division, where Brigadier-General Sir John
Campbell was judiciously placed, and effectively
supported Major-General Codrington; and I have great
pleasure in stating that Brigadier-General Eyre was
employed in the important duty of guarding the trenches
from any assault from the town. Lieutenant-General
Sir De Lacy Evans, who had been obliged by severe
indisposition to go on board ship a few days previously,
left his bed as soon as he received intelligence of the
attack, and was promptly at his post, and though he did
not feel well enough to take command of the division
out of the hands of Major-General Pennefather, he did
not fail to give him his best advice and assistance.

"It is deeply distressing to me to have to submit to
your Grace the list of the killed and wounded, and
missing on this memorable occasion. It is indeed heavy,
and very many valuable officers and men have been lost
to her Majesty's service. Among the killed your Grace
will find the names of Lieutenant-General the Honourable
Sir G. Cathcart, Brigadier-General Strangways,
and Brigadier-General Goldie. Of the services of the
first it is almost unnecessary to speak. They are known
throughout the British empire, and have within a short
space of time been brought conspicuously before the
country by his achievements at the Cape of Good Hope,
whence he had only just returned when he was ordered
to this army. By his death her Majesty has been
deprived of a most devoted servant, an officer of the
highest merit, while I personally have to deplore the loss
of an attached and faithful friend. Brigadier-General
Strangways was known to have distinguished himself in
early life, and in mature age, throughout a long service,
he maintained the same character. The mode in which
he had conducted the command of the Artillery, since it
was placed in his hands by the departure through illness
of Major-General Cator, is entitled to my entire
approbation, and was equally agreeable to those who were
confided to his care. Brigadier-General Goldie was an
officer of considerable promise, and gave great satisfaction
to all under whom he has served.

"It is difficult to arrive at any positive conclusion as
to the actual numbers brought into the field by the
enemy. The configuration of the ground did not admit
of any great development of their force, the attack
consisting of a system of repeated assaults in heavy
masses of columns; but judging from the numbers that
were seen in the plains after they had withdrawn in
retreat, I am led to suppose that they could not have
been less than sixty thousand men. Their loss was
excessive, and it is calculated that they left on the field
near five thousand dead, and that their casualties
amount in the whole, in killed, wounded, and prisoners,
to not less than 15,000.

"Your Grace will be surprised to learn that the
number of British troops actually engaged little
exceeded 8,000 men, whilst those of General Bosquet's
division only amounted to 6000, the remaining available
French troops on the spot having been kept in reserve.

"I ought to mention, that while the enemy was
attacking our right, they assailed the left of the French
trenches, and actually got into two of their batteries;
but they were quickly driven out in the most gallant
manner, with considerable loss, and hotly pursued to the
very walls of Sebastopol.—I have, &c, RAGLAN."

Names of Officers Killed and Wounded on the 5th
of November.—KILLED:—CAVALRY DIVISION.—17th
LancersCornet Archd. Clevland. Royal Artillery
Brigadier General T. Fox Strangways; Major  P.
Townsend.

1ST DIVISION.—Staff.—Captain H. T. Butler, Deputy
Assistant Adjutant General. 3rd Battalion Grenadier
GuardsLieutenant Colonel E. W. Pakenham; Captain
Sir R. L. Newman, Bart.; Captain Hon. H. A.
Neville. 1st Battalion Coldstream GuardsLieutenant
Colonel Hon. T. V. Dawson, Lieutenant Colonel J. C.
Cowell, Captain Hon. G. C. C. Eliot, Captain F. H.
Ramsden, Captain L. D. Mackinnon, Captain H. M.
Bouverie, Lieutenant C. H Greville, Lieutenant E. A.
Disbrowe. 1st Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards
Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Blair.

2ND DIVISION.—Staff.—Captain W. K. Allix. 30th
RegimentCaptain A. Connolly; Lieutenant A. Gibson.
41st RegimentLieutenant Colonel G. Carpenter;
Captain E. Richards; Lieutenant A Taylor;
Lieutenant J. W. Swaby; Lieutenant J. Stirling. 49th
RegimentMajor T. N. Dalton; Lieutenant A. S.
Armstrong.

3RD DIVISION.—50th RegimentLieutenant W. G.
Dashwood.

4TH DIVISION.—StaffLieutenant General Sir
George Cathcart, K.C.B.; Brigadier General T. L.
Goldie; Lieutenant Colonel C. T, Seymour, Assistant
Adjutant General. 20th RegimentLieutenant W. H.
Dowling. 21st RegimentLieutenant H. F. E. Hurt.
57th RegimentCaptain E. Stanley. 63rd Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel E. S. T. Swyny; Lieutenant G. C.
W. Curtois; Ensign J. H. Clutterbuck. 68th Regiment
Major H. G. Wynne; Lieutenant F. G. Barker. 1st
Battalion Rifle BrigadeCaptain A. A. Cartwright.

LIGHT DIVISION.—33rd RegimentLieutenant Henry
Thorold. 19th RegimentCaptain James Ker. 77th
RegimentCaptain J. Nicholson. 2nd Battalion Rifle
BrigadeLieutenant L. W. Malcolm.

WOUNDED:—Royal ArtilleryLieutenant Colonel G.
Gambier, slightly; Captain and Adjutant J. F. L.
Badderley, severely; Captain G. Tupper, slightly;
Captain C. H. Ingilby, severely.

1ST DIVISION.—StaffMajor General H. J. W.
Bentinck, slightly; Captain T. H. Clifton. A.D.C,
slightly. 3rd Battalion Grenadier GuardsColonel F.
W. Hamilton, slightly; Lieutenant Colonel R. Bradford,
slightly; Lieutenant Colonel Hon. H. Percy,
slightly; Captain A. Tipping, severely; Lieutenant
Sir J. Ferguson, Bart., slightly; Lieutenant C. N.
Sturt, severely. 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
Lieutenant-Colonel J. Halkett, severely; Lieutenant
Colonel Lord A. C. L. Fitzroy, severely; Colonel Hon.
G. Upton, slightly; Captain Hon. P. Fielding, severely;
Lieutenant Hon. W. A. Amherst, severely. 3rd
Battalion Scots Fusilier GuardsColonel E. W. F.
Walker, severely; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Seymour,
slightly; Captain G. T. F. Shuckburgh, severely;
Captain R. Gipps, severely; Captain F. Baring, slightly;
Lieutenant S. J. Blane, slightly; Captain and Adjutant
H. Drummond, severely; Assistant Surgeon A. G.
Elkington, slightly.

2ND DIVISION.—StaffBrigadier General H. W.
Adams, severely; Captain S. Gubbins, A.D.C., severely;
Captain C. Adams, A.D.C., slightly; Captain A.
MacDonald, A.D.C., slightly; Captain F. P. Harding,
A.D.C., severely. 30th RegimentMajor J. T. Mauleverer,
severely; Captain J. Rose, severely; Captain G.
Dickson, slightly; Captain P. Bayley, severely;
Lieutenant J. D. Ross Lewin, dangerously. 41st Regiment
Captain H. W. Meredith, slightly; Captain H. Hugh
Rowlands, slightly; Captain F. C. Blight, slightly;
Lieutenant H. S. Bush, severely; Lieutenant G. R.
Fitzroy, severely; Lieutenant and Adjutant W. Johnston,
slightly. 47th RegimentLieutenant Colonel W.
O'G. Haly, severely; Ensign G. Waddilove, slightly.

55th RegimentLieutenant-Colonel C. Warren, C.B.,
severely; Brevet Colonel H. C. B. Daubeney, slightly;
Lieutenant J. R. Hume, severely; Lieutenant W.
Barnston, severely; Lieutenant G. A. Morgan, slightly.
95th RegimentMajor J. G. Champion, dangerously;
Major H. Hume, slightly; Captain G. C. Vialis,
slightly; Lieutenant. A. J. J. Macdonald, dangerously.

3RD DIVISION.—50th RegimentCaptain H. J.
Frampton, slightly.

4TH DIVISION.—StaffBrigadier-General H. W.
Torrens, severely; Brevet Major C. L. B. Maitland,
D.A.A.G., severely; Lieutenant H. D. Torrens, A.D.C.,
slightly. 20th RegimentCol. F. Horn, slightly;
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Crofton, severely;
Brevet-Major J. B. Sharpe, severely; Captain W . T.
Wood, slightly; Captain C. R. Butler, severely;
Lieutenant G. Bennett, severely; Lieutenant and Adjutant