Sutherland and the Reay country

THE REGIMENTS. 24 1
non-commissioned officers and men. The news of the
•declaration of war with Russia reached Malta on the 4th of
April, and on the 6th the 93rd sailed for Turkey.
The services of the 93rd during the Crimean war* and
Indian mutiny are of such recent occurrence, that I shall not
attempt to give an account of these struggles, but merely
narrate a few incidents in which the regiment took a promi-
nent part.
On the 14th September, 1854, the 93rd landed in the
Crimea. The 42nd, 79th, and 93rd regiments had been
formed into the Highland Brigade, the command of which
was given to Sir Colin Campbell (afterwards Lord Clyde).
Six days after landing, the battle of the Alma was fought.
The Highland Brigade struck terror into the hearts of the
Russians. To their superstitious eyes " the strange uniforms
* The Crimean war began in this way. A Russian army having
entered Turkey and attacked some of the Provinces, Great Britain
and France entered into an alliance to defend the territory of the
Sultan, and declared war against Russia. The allies were after-
wards joined by Sardinia. War was declared on the 28th March,
1854 ; the struggle lasted about two years ; and peace was
proclaimed on 29th April, 1856. The vastness of the undertaking
was not at first realised, and Great Britain began by calling out
•an army of 10,000 men for the struggle ; but this number was soon
found to be far short of what would be needed, and it had to
be augmented from time to time, until about 100,000 men were
embodied, of which number 70,000 were sent to the Crimea. The
British losses during the campaign were 3,532 killed or died of
their wounds, and 15,782 who succumbed to disease, making a
total loss of life of 19,134.
France sent 309,268 men, and lost 82,133 ! while the Russian
loss was stated to be about 500,000, of whom 90,000 lay buried on
the ensanguined heights of Sebastopol.
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