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284 1LLNKSS OF THE ENGLISH COMMANDER. CHAPTEK XIII. THE DEATH OF LORD RAGLAN. chap. Pursuing his labours as usual, Lord Raglan, on xni " the 26th of June, addressed a despatch to the Secretary of State on several matters of military business. He spoke with great satisfaction of the excellence of the Hospital arrangements. An- nouncing the death of an officer who had suc- cumbed to Cholera, and of another killed in the trenches, he furnished the Government with a statement of their respective merits and services. He spoke with natural sorrow of the increase of maladies affecting the troops, but treated the matter objectively, saying nothing of his own rheiast health. He framed this— the last — despatch SSS? with all his accustomed grace, and perfect clear- ness of styled 1 ) This 26th of June was the 'Tuesday' which Lord Raglan had announced as the day when he meant to acquaint his Government with the result of the promised conference between himself and Pelissier; but before fulfilling the task, he felt unwell. Raglan.