though the fire of musketry and cannon which was
brought to bear upon them was tremendous.—I never
saw anything more spirited and rapid than the advance
of our allies.—I am happy to say that the best feeling
prevails between the two armies, and each is proud of
and confident in the gallantry and high military qualities
of the other.—I apprised your lordship, by telegraph.
on the 6th, that our batteries reopened that afternoon.
The fire was kept up with the greatest energy until the
day closed, when it was confined to vertical fire; but
the next morning the guns resumed the work of destruction,
and the effect was such that it was determined by
General Pelissier and myself, that the time had arrived
for pushing our operations forward. Accordingly soon
after six o'clock, on the evening of the 7th, the signal
was given for the assault of the works I have enumerated
and the result was most triumphant.—The troops
employed in storming the Quarries were composed of
detachments from the Light and Second Divisions, and
at night they were supported by the 62nd regiment.—
The command of these troops was entrusted to Colonel
Shirley, of the 88th, who was acting as general officer of
the trenches; and he was assisted in the arrangements
and guided as to the points of attack and distribution of
the troops by Lieutenant-Colonel Tylden, of the Royal
Engineers, the directing engineer officer of the right
attack.—Although nothing could be more spirited than
the attack on the Quarries, or more creditable to every
officer and man engaged in the operation, yet I cannot
refrain from drawing your lordship's 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 loss 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 commendations, I have
great pleasure in mentioning the following officers,
who are stated to have distinguished themselves on the
occasion, viz.: Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, of the
90th, who commanded the storming party; Major Mills,
Royal Fusiliers; Major Villiers, 47th; Major
Armstrong, 49th; who are all severely wounded;
Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell, of the 88th; Major Bayley, of
the same regiment, who was unfortunately killed;
Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, 49th; Major Simpson, of the
34th; Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone, of the 33rd; Major
Herbert, of the 23rd; Captain Lowry, of the 47th;
Captain Turner, of the 7th; Captain Lowndes of the
47th; Captain Nason, of the 49th; Captain Le
Marchant, of the 49th, who was wounded; Captain Wolsey,
90th; and Lieutenants Chatfield and Eustace, of the
49th; and Palmer, Irby, and Waddilove, of the 47th;
and Captain Hunter, 47th; and Lance-Corporal Quinn,
47th, who took a Russian officer prisoner in the most
gallant manner. I also feel it my duty to solicit your
lordship's notice to the eminent services of Lieutenant-
Colonel Tylden, of the Royal Engineers; he has been
indefatigable in the discharge of his peculiar duties from
the commencement of the siege, and he has always been
at hand to aid in the repulse of the enemy, when they
have assaulted our trenches. He eulogises the conduct
of Captain Browne, of the Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant Elphinstone, of the same corps, Lieutenant
Anderson, 96th Foot (acting engineer), who is
wounded; and he laments the death of Lieutenant
Lowry, R. E., who conducted the storming party, and
was afterwards killed by a cannon shot. Notwithstanding
the frequency of the endeavours of the Russians to
regain possession of the Quarries, and the interruptions
to the work to which these attacks gave rise, Lieutenant-
Colonel Tylden was enabled to effect the lodgment and
to establish the communication with the advanced
parallel, and this redounds greatly to his credit and
that of the officers and men employed as the working
party; and I cannot omit this opportunity to express
my approbation of the conduct of the Sappers throughout
the operations. The exertions of the Royal Artillery,
under Brigadier-General Dacres, and those of the Naval
Brigade, under Captain Lushington, R.N., in serving
the guns, cannot be too warmly commended. The
accuracy of their fire is the theme of universal admiration;
and the constancy with which they applied themselves
to their arduous duties under all circumstances, however
dangerous, cannot be too strongly placed upon
record. It is deeply to be lamented that this success
should have entailed so heavy a loss as is shown in the
accompanying returns, which, however, are still incomplete;
but I have the assurance of the principal medical
officers that many of the wounds are slight, and that by
far the greater portion of the sufferers are progressing
most favourably. I have just learnt that the enemy
have abandoned a work in the rear of the "Ouvrages
Blancs," which they constructed at the commencement
of the month of May. The French took possession of
it on the 7th, but did not retain it. In the other works
they captured 62 pieces of artillery, and they have 14
officers and about 400 men prisoners. We have a few
prisoners, and amongst them a captain of infantry, who
was wounded, and taken by Corporal Quinn, of the
47th regiment."

A second despatch of Lord Raglan's, with respect to
the affair above narrated, encloses Dr. Hall's return of
the killed and wounded on the 7th June. His lordship
says that on the 8th he visited the hospital, and
was much pleased with the attention bestowed by the
surgeons, and with the resignation of the sufferers, the
greater portion of whose injuries were such as to
warrant a hope of recovery.

The nominal return of officers killed, from the 4th to
the 7th June, inclusive, is as follows;—Royal Engineers
—Capt. G. Dawson, Lieut. T. G. Lowry.  2d Battalion,
1st Royals—Capt. B. H. E. Muller.  34th Foot—Lieut.
H. M. Lawrance.  55th Foot—Lieut. R. J. T. Stone.
62d Foot—Major W. F. Dickson, Capt. J. B. Forster.
68th Foot—Lieut. J. Marshall.  88th Foot—Brevet-
Major E. Bayley, Capt. E. Corbett, Captain J. Wray,
Lieut. E. H. Webb.

The following is the nominal return of officers
wounded on and between the two days above named:—
Royal Artillery—Capt. M. Adye, severely; Capt. A.
Gordon, slightly; Lieut. J. E. R. Keene, slightly.
Royal Engineers—Lieut. C. G. Gordon, slightly.  3d
Foot—Capt. G. J. Ambrose, severely; Lieut. H. A. A.
Breedon, slightly.  7th Foot—Major F. Mills, slightly;
Capt. W. W. Turner, slightly; Lieut. H. M. Jones,
slightly; Lieut. L. J. F. Jones, slightly; Lieut. G. H.
Waller, slightly.  17th Foot—Lieut. J. B. H. Boyd,
slightly.  19th Foot—Lieut. E. W. Evans, severely.
20th Foot—Lieut. and Adjutant F. Padfield, severely.
30th Foot—Capt. M. Pennefather, severely.  34th Foot
—Capt. J. Peel, severely; Capt. G. E. B. Westhead,
severely; Lieut. T. H. Saunders, severely.  41st Foot—
Capt. F. H. Dixon, slightly.  47th Foot—Major J.
Villiers, severely; Capt. J. H. Lowndes, severely;
Lieut. J. J. C. Irby, dangerously.  48th Foot—Lieut.
F. C. Trent, slightly.  49th Foot—Major J. W. Armstrong,
severely; Capt. B. Le Marchant, severely; Lieut.
W. Young, severely; Lieut. T. F. Eustace, severely.
55th Foot—Lieut. J. Scott, slightly.  62d Foot—Lieut.-
Col. R. A. Shearman, dangerously, since dead; Capt.
W. L. Ingall, slightly.  77th Foot—Capt. B. D. Gilby,
slightly; Lieut. M. W. Dickson, slightly.  88th Foot—
Capt. E. G. Maynard, severely; Lieut. C. W. A. T.
Kenny, severely; Lieut. J. F. Grier, slightly.  96th
Foot—Lieut. C. Anderson, Assistant-Engineer, slightly.
97th Foot—E. R. Mackesy, severely.

The above despatches relate chiefly to the attack on
the Quarries by the English troops; but graphic accounts
of the French attack on the Mamelon, mentioned by
Lord Raglan, are given by the correspondents of the
Times and Daily News. The French divisions assembled
at 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the 7th, and began their
march to the advanced trenches. One of 15,000, was to
make the attack, the other of 10,000 to secure the
conquered ground. "The second division," says one of
the letters, "with General Camou at the front, led the
way. About six or seven hundred yards from the
entrance to the Karabelnaia ravine, the regiments were
halted; and shortly afterwards General Bosquet arrived,
with his staff, and addressed a few words to each
regiment in turn. By each, at the conclusion of his
remarks, the General was greeted with loud cheers.