The casualties from the 24th to the 26th August were — 24 rank and file killed, 9 olhcers, 6 sergeants and 137 rank and file killed, wounded, and missing. On the 24th, Major Warden, 97th, and Lieutenant Bigge, 23rd, were slightly, and Captain J. F. Browne, R.E., was severely wounded. On the 25th, Captain R. Drummond was dangerously wounded, and Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, was severely hit on the head by a piece of shell; Lieutenant Laurie, 34th, was slightly wounded the same day; and on the 26th, Lieutenant Rous, of the 90th, and Captain Arbuthnot, R.A., were wounded severely. From the 27th to the 30th August, 1 officer, 1 sergeant, and 20 rank and file were killed; 6 officers, 4 sergeants, and 152 rank and file were wounded.
On the 28th, Captain Forbes, Grenadier Guards, was vory slightly wounded. On the 2!)tli, Captain Farqnharson, Scotch Fusilier Guards, and Major Graham, 41st Regiment, were severely wounded; and on the 30th, Captain Wolsley, ol'the 'JOtli, acting as Engineer, and Lieutenants Ware and Brinkley, 97th, were severely wounded. The last casualties occurred in the sortie in which the Russians in force succeeded in driving out from the advanced trench a Avorking party of the 97th. They were speedily repulsed with loss by parties of the 23rd under Colonel Eunbury, and of the 77th under Captain Pechell. The latter gallant officer was killed on the night of the 3rd of September in advance of the fifth parallel. On the 4th, the 82nd Regiment disembarked from Corfu, and relieved the 13th at Balaklava.
The casualties from 31st August to 2nd September were 1 officer, 1 sergeant, 22 rank and file killed; 6 officers, 7 sergeants, 106 rank and file wounded; 1 officer, 1 rank and file missing. Captain Fraser, 95th, was killed on the 31st, and on the same night Lieutenant Burningheim, of the 3rd Regiment, was slightly, and Lieutenant Forbes, 30th Regiment, mortally wounded; and Captain Ross, of the Bufis, is missing. On 1st September, Lieutenant Price, E.A., was slightly, and Lieutenant Cary, Rifle Brigade, was severely wounded. On the 2nd September, Lieutenant Roberts, R.A., and Captain Smith, 90th, v/ere slightly wounded. CHAPTER XII. Expectation of an attack — Casualties amongst English oflicers — Excdlcnt condition of tlie Etiglisli Cavaliy — Measures taken to secure Baliiklava against a surprise — Ifumours of peace — Curiou-: positions of tlie hoi^tila armies — Danger of making tlie lirst move — Flying rumours respecting famine, drought, and mutiny in Scbastopol — New batteries — Ceremony of tlie investiture of tlie Order of the Bath — Appearance of the spectators— M.
Soyer commences operations as camp-cook — Tempting dishes which he provided — Absence of the best scavengers, i.e.. the vultures — The Highland brigade — Intercourse between the Highlanders and the Piedmontese — Etficicncy of tlio English Cavalry — E;cpected arrival of Omar Pasha from Constantinople — A campaign in Asia. Before Sebastopol, Aicriiid 27. The state of tension in which wewere kept during the greater pnrt of last week, in daily and almost hourly expectation of an attack, has been somewhat relaxed during the last twenty-four hours, n2 althoup:li eveiy precaution is still taken against surprise. On the night between Friday and l^aturday our Commanders seem to have felt very confident that something serious would occur; everybody was afoot or in readiness to turn out at an instant's notice, and dusty and disgusted enough some of the Staif appeared, after knocking about all night in anticipation of a fight that did not come oif.
It was doubtless in consequence of tiie severe extra duty thus entailed on oflScers, as well as men, that the ceremony of the investiture of the Order of the Bath was postponed iintil two o'clock to-day, when it is to take place with due pomp at General Simpson's head-quarters. The Highlanders having been countermanded from trench duty on Friday evening, and marched over to Kamara at two o'clock the next morning to support the Sardinians, the Guards went to the trenches alone, and consequently the Light Division remained there thirty-six hours, instead of twenty-four. The Guards had two casualties among the officers — Colonel Francis Seymour was wounded, though not seriously, and Captain Drummond shot through the lungs. Hopes are entertained of saving the latter otKcter's life, and it is one which, by his zeal, energy, and courage he has rendered valuable to the country.