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 29G THE DEATH OF LORD RAGLAN. ciiap. that from the heartrending sunset of the 28th of L. June to the close of our war against Russia, the England of that time seemed equal to the Eng- land of those prior days when she still had the honoured commander of the Alma campaign to represent her in council, to represent her in arms. One more year of life and of health vouchsafed to Lord Eaglan must have seemingly altered, and altered in a happy direction, the subsequent course of events. The sorrow The sorrow of our troops was proportioned to troops. the unswerving' attachment with which they had regarded the chief. It was seemingly on him, him alone, that they formed their ideal of what The example the true leader should be. When the new com- ian chosen mander had braced himself for the labours before ftfl ;i ' r uidc« him, he frankly chose for his guidance the ex- ample of Lord Raglan. ' It will be the duty,' he announced, 'of the Lieutenant-General to follow ' in the steps of his great Predecessor.' Grief of In even our army there could hardly be found Admiral. . . i.jonsaini deeper giid l.li;in that winch wrung the heart of our suanicii. our Admiral — Admiral Lyons — nor sorrow more true than that felt by the officers and seamen of our fleet, who had devotedly taken their part in effecting the descent on the coast near Old Fort, and in thenceforth pursuing the war both by sea and on shore with that joyous superlative zeal which few can even conceive unless they have