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LIST OF CASUALTIES.

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30th Regiment-2 officers, 25 rank and file, killed; 5 officers, 5 sergeants, 1 drummer, 89 rank and file, wounded.

33rd Regiment 1 officer, 1 sergeant, 9 rank and file, killed; 2 officers, 2 sergeants, 48 rank and file, wounded; 1 rank and file missing.

41st Regiment-5 officers, 2 sergeants, 32 rank and file, killed; 6 officers, 4 sergeants, 2 drummers, 85 rank and file, wounded.

46th Regiment-11 rank and file killed; 2 officers, 27 rank and file, wounded.

47th Regiment-20 rank and file killed; 2 officers, 3 sergeants, 43 rank and file, wounded; 2 rank and file missing.

49th Regiment-2 officers, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, 37 rank and file, killed; 8 sergeants, 1 drummer, 98 rank and file, wounded.

50th Regiment-1 officer, 12 rank and file, killed; 1 officer, 1 drummer, 16 rank and file, wounded.

55th Regiment-14 rank and file killed; 5 officers, 5 sergeants, 63 rank and file, wounded; 4 rank and file missing.

57th Regiment-1 officer, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, 12 rank and file, killed; 3 officers, 6 sergeants, 1 drummer, 63 rank and file, wounded; 1 rank and file missing.

63rd Regiment 3 officers, 13 rank and file, killed; 7 officers, 9 sergeants, 2 drummers, 74 rank and file, wounded; 4 rank and file missing.

68th Regiment-2 officers, 11 rank and file, killed; 2 officers, 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, 31 rank and file, wounded; 2 sergeants, 6 rank and file, missing.

77th Regiment-1 officer, 2 sergeants, 17 rank and

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file, killed; 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 36 rank and file, wounded.

88th Regiment-4 sergeants, 34 rank and file, killed; 3 officers, 9 sergeants, 1 drummer, 70 rank and file, wounded.

95th Regiment-2 sergeants, 25 rank and file, killed; 4 officers, 2 sergeants, 108 rank and file, wounded.

1st Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 officer, 6 sergeants, 16 rank and file, killed; 3 officers, 5 sergeants, 1 drummer, 74 rank and file, wounded; 1 sergeant, 5 rank and file, missing.

2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 officer, 8 rank and file killed; 1 officer, 26 rank and file, wounded.

Ambulance-1 rank and file wounded.

Total-43 officers, 37 sergeants, 4 drummers, 548 rank and file, killed; 100 officers, 112 sergeants, 21 drummers, 1,645 rank and file, wounded; 1 officer, 4 sergeants, 58 rank and file, missing.

Killed, 632; wounded, 1,878; missing, 63. Grand Total, 2,573,

J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant General

One of the officers of the 95th died afterwards, from the effect of his wounds. During the battle, a pensioner, whose name I forget, attached to the ambulance corps, went to the 95th and obtained permission to fall in with them. He took a firelock from the ground, and fought in the ranks as one of the regiment.

CHANGE OF RESIDENCE.

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As the tent where I used to sleep had been torn by shot, and the owner had been wounded -and our mess broken up, by two out of the four composing it being wounded-I removed my effects to the tent of a friend in the Light Division, where I continued to reside for the remainder of the time I was in camp. It was late when I got there, and, being very tired, I slept profoundly, and certainly was warmer than I had been at night since I arrived. The reason was, that I had a thin mattress to lie on, and a buffalo robe to cover me -the best thing I know of for the purpose

CHAPTER VIII.

FIELD OF BATTLE.

November 6th.-I TURNED out early, and again went over the field of battle. In the morning, an alarm was spread, that the Russians were going to make another attack, but it soon passed away. Indeed, after so desperate a struggle as that of yesterday, neither side was able or willing to renew the contest; and I very much doubt if the Russians could have been brought to advance so soon over ground thickly strewed with their dead and wounded; and we have had enough fighting for the present.

As the dead and wounded are lying on such

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thickly-wooded ground, some time must elapse before they are all discovered, brought in, and buried; and the fact of the troops being overworked increases the difficulty. Even to get the dead horses beyond the limits of the camp will be no easy matter. Many of the wounded will die for want of assistance. Those Russians more distant from our camp have not had even a drop of water, nor are they likely to get it; but it cannot be helped-there is no one to attend to them, and water is scarce, having to be brought from a distance.

In going over the field, I found many bottles, which had evidently contained spirits; and I have no doubt that the Russians were primed with drink for the attack; while our men went into the battle without having had anything to eat or drink since the previous day. The escorts in charge of prisoners told me, yesterday, that they all smelled strongly of spirits.

Now, I do not mean to insinuate that the Russian soldiers were drunk. Being out all night, and having to make a desperate attack, it is perfectly natural that an extra ration of

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