Dacres. General Bosquet, with similar promptitude, and from a greater distance, approached the position with five French battalions; Sir George Cathcart, with a regiment of rifles hastened to the scene of action, and Sir George Brown pushed forward two guns in co-operation by the left. The enemy came on at first rapidly, assisted by their guns, on the mound hill; but the pickets, then chiefly of the 30th. and 49th. regiments, resisted them with remarkable determination and firmness. Lieutenant Conolly, of the 49th., Captains Atcherley and Bayly, of the 30th., all of whom were severely wounded, greatly distinguished themselves. Great bravery was also displayed at this point by Sergeant Daniel Sullivan, of the 30th., who was subsequently appointed to a commission in the 82nd. regiment.

Meanwhile, the eighteen guns in position, including those of the first division, were served with the utmost energy, and in half an hour they forced the enemy's artillery to abandon the field. The batteries were then directed with equal accuracy and vigour upon the Russian columns, which, being also exposed to the close fire of the advanced infantry, soon fell into complete disorder, and, taking to flight, were literally chased by the 30th. and 95th. regiments over the ridges and down towards the head of the bay. So eager was the pursuit, that it was with difficulty Major-General Pennefather eventually effected the recall of the men. The above regiments and pickets were gallantly led by Lieutenant-Colonel Mauleverer, 30th., Major Eman, 41st., and Majors Champion and Hume, 95th. The Russians were similarly pursued farther towards the right, by four companies of the 41st., gallantly led by Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Percy Herbert, Assistant Quartermaster-General. The 47th. also contributed. The 55th. were held in reserve.

Upwards of eighty prisoners were captured, and about one hundred and thirty of the enemy's dead were left within or near the British position. It was estimated that the Russian casualties could scarcely be less than six hundred. The British loss exceeded eighty, of whom were twelve killed, and five officers wounded. This affair has received the name of "Little Inkermann."

Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans spoke most highly in his official despatch of Major-General Pennefather, Brigadier-General Adams, Lieutenant-Colonels Herbert, Dacres, Fitzmayer, Captains Turner, Yates, Wodehouse, and Hamley.* He also recommended to Lord Raglan's consideration the excellent services of Captains Glasbrook and Thompson, of the Quartermaster-General's department; the Brigade Majors, Captains Armstrong and Thackwell; and his personal staff, Captains Allix, Gubbins, and the Honourable William Boyle.

The Royal Artillery had Captain Spencer Philip John Childers killed: the following officers were wounded:—Royal Artillery.-Captain Edward Mowbray, and Lieutenant John Edward Hope. 1st. Foot.-Lieutenant John Martin Brown. 30th. Regiment.-Captains Francis Topping Atcherley, and Paget Bayly. 41st.-Lieutenant Hugh Charles Harriott. 49th.-Lieutenant John Augustus Conolly,† and Ensign Patrick Cahill. 50th.-Brevet Major the Honourable James Pierce Maxwell. 57th.-Lieutenant James Hornby Buller. 88th.Lieutenant and Adjutant Arthur Dillon Maule. Fourteen rank and file were killed, and three sergeants, one drummer, and one hundred and one rank and file wounded.

Lord Raglan thus expressed his thanks to the army for the services performed on the 25th. and 26th. of October.

General After Order. - 29th. October, 1854.

“1.—The Commander of the Forces feels deeply indebted to Major-General Sir Colin Campbell, for his able and persevering exertions in the action in front of Balaklava on the

* Author of the popular work entitled "The Story of the Campaign of Sebastopol," now Professor of Military History, Staff College, Sandhurst.

† Lieutenant Conolly gained the Victoria Cross for his conduct on the 26th. October, 1854. When, in command of a company of the 49th. Regiment on outlying picket, he made himself most conspicuous by the gallantry of his behaviour. He came particularly under the observation of Lord Raglan, while in personal encounter with several Russians in defence of his post. He ultimately fell dangerously wounded. Lieutenant Conolly was highly praised in General Orders, and promoted into the Coldstream Guards as a reward for his exemplary behaviour on this occasion, and is now Captain and Brevet Major therein.

Corporal James Owens, of the 49th. Regiment, also greatly distinguished himself on the 26th. October, 1854, in personal encounter with the Russians, and nobly assisted Lieutenant Conolly, for which he likewise received the Victoria Cross.

25th. instant, and he has great pleasure in publishing to the Army the brilliant manner in which the 93rd. Highlanders, under his able directions, repulsed the enemy's Cavalry. The Major-General had such confidence in this distinguished regiment, that he was satisfied that it should receive the charge in line, and the result proved that his confidence was not misplaced.

"2.-The Commander of the Forces considers it his duty to notice the brilliant conduct of the Division of Cavalry, under the command of Lieutenant-General the Earl of Lucan, in the action of the 25th. instant. He congratulates BrigadierGeneral the Honourable James Yorke Scarlett and the Officers and Men of the Heavy Brigade, upon their successful charge and repulse of the Russian Cavalry in far greater force than themselves; and while he condoles with Major-General the Earl of Cardigan, and the Officers and Men of the Light Brigade on the heavy loss it sustained, he feels it to be due to them to place on record the gallantry they displayed, and the coolness and perseverance with which they executed one of the most arduous attacks that was ever witnessed, under the heaviest fire, and in face of powerful bodies of Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry.

"3.-The Commander of the Forces has the greatest satisfaction in thanking Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans, and the Officers and Men of the Second Division, for the gallant and energetic manner in which they repulsed the powerful Sortie made upon this position on the 26th. instant.

"The conduct of all engaged was admirable; and the arrangements of the Lieutenant-General were so able and effective, as at once to ensure success, and inflict a heavy loss upon the enemy."

BATTLE OF INKERMANN.

NOVEMBER 5TH., 1854.

Two days after the sortie of the Russians had been repulsed, they were strengthened by considerable reinforcements, which

created an expectation that an extensive movement would not be long deferred, and this anticipation was fully realized. According to their own accounts they had seventy-six thousand men assembled in and near Sebastopol, when Prince Menschikoff resolved to attack the right wing of the English position. The plan proposed to be carried out, was for twenty thousand men, under Prince Gortschakoff, proceeding from Tchorgoun into the plain of Balaklava, to make a demonstration against that place, and against General Bosquet's corps of observation, to prevent any troops being detached to support the British; a like number occupied Sebastopol, of whom a portion, under General Timofieff, was ordered to make a strong sortie against the extreme left of the French, and thereby occupy the attention of their besieging army; five thousand men were to be in observation on Mc Kenzie's Heights; the remaining thirty-one thousand, divided into two columns of attack, were destined for the immediate assault of the British position. Lieutenant-General Soimonoff, with his column of seventeen thousand five hundred men, issued from the Little Redan before daylight, on Sunday,* the memorable 5th. of November, but instead of ascending the ridge on which he then stood, so as to assault the Light Division near the Victoria Redoubt, he crossed the Careening Creek ravine at once upon quitting the town, and with his

* In the "Curiosities of War," are shewn the numerous battles which have been fought on Sundays, especially on Palm, Easter, and Whit Sundays. From the Wars of the Roses to the time of Wellington, Sunday has been memorable in English military annals. It is a stern necessity, that offers so strong a contrast to the prayer which then is ascending from ivied village church or stately city fane, to preserve us "from battle and murder, and from sudden death." The Peninsular war was fruitful in Sunday fighting, and the following instances in that and more recent campaigns, are here inserted as being intimately connected with the "Medals of the British Army:"-The second battle in Portugal, that of Vimiera, was fought on Sunday, 21st. August, 1808. The battle of Fuentes d'Onor was gained on Sunday, the 5th. of May, 1811. On Sunday evening, 10th. of January, 1812, Lord Wellington issued the brief and determined order, that "Ciudad Rodrigo must be carried by assault this evening, at seven o'clock." The battle of Orthes was fought on Sunday, the 27th. of February, 1814, and that of Toulouse-the last general action of the Peninsular War-occurred on Easter Sunday, the 10th. of April following. The battle of Waterloo was also decided on Sunday, the 18th. of June, 1815. The second Burmese war afforded two examples:-Easter Sunday, the 11th. April, 1852, the attack on the lines of defence at Rangoon; and the attack and capture of Pegu, on Sunday, the 21st. of November, 1852. The victory of Inkermann, as above narrated, was achieved on Sunday, the 5th. of November, 1854. And it was on Sunday, the 10th. of May, 1857, that the terrible Indian mutiny broke out at Meerut.

three leading regiments proceeded to attack the position of the Second Division. The two leading regiments of the second Russian column of thirteen thousand five hundred men, under Lieutenant-General Pauloff, having crossed the Tchernaya, and finding part of Soimonoff's column already occupying a portion of the field of battle, fell upon the outposts of the Second Division, occupying the Sandbag battery. With admirable gallantry these pickets defended the ground foot by foot against the overwhelming masses which poured in upon them, until the Second Division, under Major-General Pennefather, with its field guns, which had immediately been got under arms, was placed in position. Without loss of time the Light Division was brought to the front by Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown, the long slopes to the left towards Sebastopol being occupied by the first brigade, under Major-General Codrington; thus protecting the British left, and guarding against attack on that side; the second brigade, under Brigadier-General Buller, formed on the left of the Second Division, with the 88th. Connaught Rangers, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffreys, thrown in advance.

The Brigade of Guards, under His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and Major-General Bentinck, proceeded likewise to the front, and took up most important ground to the extreme right on the alignment of the Second Division, but separated from it by a deep and precipitous ravine, and posting its guns with those of the Second Division.

The Brigade of Guards having driven the Russians out of the Sandbag battery, maintained that post against repeated efforts to acquire possession. The Grenadiers were in the battery, the Scots Fusiliers on their left, and the Coldstreams, who arrived afterwards, to the left of these. The Second Division occupied the ground immediately in front of their own camp, and repulsed all attempts to force that part of the position.*

"Every bush hid a dead man, and in some places small groups lay heaped. In a spot which might have been covered by a common belltent, I saw lying four Englishmen and seven Russians. All the field was strewn; but the space in front of the two-gun battery, where the Guards fought, borc terrible pre-eminence in slaughter. The sides of the hill, up to and around the battery, were literally heaped with bodies. It was painful to see the noble Guardsmen, with their large forins and fine faces,