said to be nearly 4000 corpses lying on the field; so that, if you allow three wounded men to every one killed (which is very much inside the usual calculation), their loss at that proportion would be 16,000 men. With us the proportion has been about four and a half wounded to one killed, both at the battles of the Alma and Inkermann. But independent of the dead left on the field, the Russians appear to have lost numbers who have since died; for during the last two days large working-parties have been employed on the further side of the valley of Inkermann in making great pits for the receptacle of their dead; and by the aid of a telescope we could see numbers of corpses perpetually brought down from the camp on the heights above. They had placed close to where they were working a large black flag, and put up a high white cross, I suppose, to show us what they were about, so that they should be unmolested. I need hardly say that nothing was done by us to prevent their performing the last rites to those who had fallen for their country's sake. It is strange that they should not have the same regard for us. Captain Fellowes (Deputy Assistant QuartermasterGeneral) went in to-day with a flag of truce from our lines in front of Balaklava to take the letter of which I have spoken. He was received by two Russian. officers at their outposts, who informed him that an answer should be sent as soon as possible. I will end by giving you the general total of our dreadful losses on the 5th instant :— * This includes the losses in the trenches on the 5th, as well as those in the battle. CHAPTER IX. Redoubts — Change of weather — Prince Menchikoff's letter to the allied generals · Court of inquiry — Reinforcements — Dreadful state of roads - Deserters from the enemy — False alarm "Shaves" in Russian camp - Lord Raglan's accurate calculations Anecdotes of the battle- English force engaged at Inkermann Dreadful hurricane, November 14th Tents, &c., blown down Sick and wounded exposed to the storm - Sufferings of the troops in the trenches — Losses of transports off Balaklava - The Prince goes down with warm clothing, &c., &c., on board — Damage to English and French fleets - Losses at Eupatoria - Russian deserters Numbers of English generals incapacitated or dead Polish deserters - Capture of the "Ovens" by a party of Rifles - Death of Lieutenant Tryon - Dreadful weather— Lord Raglan visits all the camps - Losses in cavalry horses Sufferings of the troops from the inclemency of the weather – The cholera again breaks out — Lord Raglan visits the different hospitals - Council of war of the English generals of division — Three sorties on French trenches. Head-quarters before Sevastopol, I WILL now give you some extracts from my Journal. November 9th.-Last evening, three redoubts and a heavy battery were traced out on the high ground on which the battle of Inkermann was fought. One redoubt, to the right of the Inkermann road and between the Sandbag Battery and our 2nd Division camp, was commenced by the French, and by this morning had already assumed a formidable appearance. The heavy battery was traced on the spur next to that on which is the Sandbag Battery; it will be constructed as soon as the redoubt just mentioned is finished. The other two were begun by a working-party of 800 Turks, under the direction of some officers of the Royal Engineers and a party of Sappers and Miners. One of these is placed on Cossack Hill, and is of considerable dimensions ; the other, some way in advance, overlooks the bridge and causeway in the Valley of Inkermann. Neither of these two last field-works make much show, as unfortunately the ground is very rocky and requires blasting, added to which the Turks progress but slowly with our English intrenching tools. In the afternoon, Lord Raglan, with his staff, went again over the field of Inkermann, and also to see the new works above alluded to. The enemy threw several immense 84-pound hollow shot (10-inch diameter) at us, but without their ever taking effect. The dead have now all been interred, although doubtless there may yet be a few undiscovered bodies in byeplaces. All the dead horses have been dragged to one spot, low down the ravine that runs up from the Tchernaya alongside the Inkermann road, as it was found, from the immense number, that it would be quite impracticable to attempt to bury them, and at this spot there are now no less than 357 carcasses of horses! Of these 80 were English artillery horses, 47 English staff and baggage horses, 101 French horses, and the remainder Russian. It is intended to cover them with lime, as soon as any can be procured; but as the hot weather is passed, and the winter is now coming on, they probably will not be injurious to the health of the troops. November 10th.-It has rained in torrents for the last two nights and almost the whole of this day. We begin to fear that the weather is breaking up. The trenches in places are knee-deep in slush, and to avoid this the men have continually been walking out of the trench, and have thus exposed themselves to the fire of the place, and several, I am sorry to say, have been killed or wounded from this cause. Stringent orders, however, have been issued to prevent the men exposing themselves unnecessarily, and the engineers are endeavouring, as far as possible, to drain the trenches. This can only be partially done, in consequence of the formation of the ground. A |