REPULSE OF SORTIES. 215 of Inkerman, where, General Buller commanding, chap. VII he with less than 300 men of his glorious 77th 1_ turned back the whole tide of a battle then roll- ing in with the weight of Soimonolfs gathered masses* It happened that, in proportion to the strength of the rank and file, a somewhat large number of The praises nn r> i j» l i i bestowed officers were present in these fights tor the lodg- by Lord i • i b Raglan on ment, and I observe that the conduct of eight of the troops taking part them won the high approval of Lord Eaglan.i in this com- ° *- A ° bat. Lord Kaglan reported the conduct of the troops to have been admirable. In killed and wounded, all reckoned, the losses The losses were, it seems, sixty-eight. our people. In the course of this period the sorties — made The night always at night — against the French and the during this English trenches, were efforts of a determined kind, but after more or less fighting, were all of period.
- His exact strength was 259. See chap. vi. sec. xvi. of Inker-
man vmame, p. 148 et seq. of 1st (Octavo) Edition, vol. vi. of Cabinet Edition, p. 127 et seq. It will be seen that the gallant young Lempriere, struck down on this 19th of April, was one of the officers present under Egerton at Inkerman. + Namely, besides Colonel Egerton and Captain Lempriere, both killed, General Lockyer (general officer of the trenches in the Right Attack), Colonel Mundy of the 33d (who succeeded Egerton in the command of the force), Colonel Tylden, Captain Owen, and Lieutenant Baynes, all three of the Engineers, and Captain Gwilt of the 34th Regiment. The same despatch men- tioned Captain King of the Engineers in words of high praise, but for services rendered before the 19th. He had been wounded on the 17 th. $ Journal of Royal Engineers, vol. ii. p. 158. The amount of the Russian loss is not given.
