The life of Gordon, major-general, RECB.; Turkish field-marshal, Grand cordon Medjidieh, and pasha; Chinese titv (field-marshal) yellow jacket order . ctory for the allies,and there is no doubt that it was mainly won by the dashing attack ofthe English Infantry. The losses were—French, 60 killed and 500wounded ; English, 362 killed and 1620 wounded, thus furnishing clearevidence as to the force which bore the brunt of the engagement. TheRussian loss was computed to be not less than 6000, or double that ofthe allies. As the allied forces advanced towards Sebastopol the Russian Armyassumed the o
The life of Gordon, major-general, RECB.; Turkish field-marshal, Grand cordon Medjidieh, and pasha; Chinese titv (field-marshal) yellow jacket order . ctory for the allies,and there is no doubt that it was mainly won by the dashing attack ofthe English Infantry. The losses were—French, 60 killed and 500wounded ; English, 362 killed and 1620 wounded, thus furnishing clearevidence as to the force which bore the brunt of the engagement. TheRussian loss was computed to be not less than 6000, or double that ofthe allies. As the allied forces advanced towards Sebastopol the Russian Armyassumed the offensive. The brilliant and never-to-be-forgotten Cavalrycharges on 25th October, of the Light and Heavy Brigades, under Cardi-gan and Scarlett respectively, at Balaclava in the valley that stretched atthe foot of the hills overlooking the bay of that name, had not merelyvindicated the reputation of English horsemen for dash and daring, buthad done something—at excessive cost, it is true—to clear the advancefor the whole army. When the Russians, assuming in their turn theoffcn-sivo, attacked our camps on the heights of Inkcrman, they were. THE HOUSE IX WHICH GEXERAL GORDON WAS RORX, OXWOOLWICH COMIIOX. The Crimea, Dan^ibe, and Armenia. 17 repulsed with heavy loss on both sides, and with the result that morethan six months elapsed before they again ventured to show any in-clination to attack in the open field, and then only to meet with freshdiscomfiture on the banks of the Tchernaya. The battle of Inkerman was fought in the early morning of 5thNovember, and again the brunt of the fighting fell on the English Russian General, Tod^.eben, subsequently stated that he reluctantlydecided to attack the English camp instead of the French, because theEnglish position seemed to be so very weak. Here again the lossesgive no misleading idea of the proportionate share of the two alliedarmies in the struggle. While the Russian loss was put down in all at11,000 men, the French
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