result was that sickness again attacked the troops, and hundreds were prostrated before, three days later, they met the enemy on the Alma.  The French were ready to march on the 17th, but it was not until two days later, that the British were ready; then at nine o’clock in the morning the army advanced.  The following is the list of the British force.  The light division under Sir George Brown—­2d Battalion Rifle Brigade, 7th Fusiliers, 19th Regiment, 23d Fusiliers, under Brigadier Major-General Codrington; 33d Regiment, 77th Regiment, 88th Regiment, under Brigadier-General Butler.  First division, under the Duke of Cambridge—­The Grenadier, Coldstream and Scots Fusilier Guards, under Major-General Bentinck; the 42d, 79th and 93d Highlanders, under Brigadier-General Sir C. Campbell.  The second division, under Sir De Lacy Evans—­The 30th, 55th, and 95th, under Brigadier-General Pennefather; the 41st, 47th and 49th, under Brigadier-General Adams.  The third division under Sir R. England—­The 1st, 28th and 38th under Brigadier-General Sir John Campbell; the 44th, 50th, and 68th Regiments under Brigadier-General Eyre.  Six companies of the fourth were also attached to this division.  The fourth division under Sir George Cathcart consisted of the 20th, 21st, 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade, 63d, 46th and 57th, the last two regiments, however, had not arrived.  The cavalry division under Lord Lucan consisted of the Light Cavalry Brigade under Lord Cardigan, composed of the 4th Light Dragoons, the 8th Hussars, 11th Hussars, 13th Dragoons and 17th Lancers; and the Heavy Cavalry Brigade under Brigadier-General Scarlett, consisting of the Scots Greys, 4th Dragoon Guards, 5th Dragoon Guards, and 6th Dragoons.  Of these the Scots Greys had not yet arrived.

It was a splendid sight, as the allied army got in motion.  On the extreme right, and in advance next the sea, was the first division of the French army.  Behind them, also by the sea, was the second division under General Canrobert, on the left of which marched the third division under Prince Napoleon.  The fourth division and the Turks formed the rearguard.  Next to the third French division was the second British, with the third in its rear in support.  Next to the second division was the light division, with the Duke of Cambridge’s division in the rear in support.  The Light Cavalry Brigade covered the advance and left flank, while along the coast, parallel with the march of the troops, steamed the allied fleet, prepared, if necessary, to assist the army with their guns.  All were in high spirits that the months of weary delay were at last over, and that they were about to meet the enemy.  The troops saluted the hares which leaped out at their feet at every footstep as the broad array swept along, with shouts of laughter and yells, and during the halts numbers of the frightened creatures were knocked over and slung behind the knapsacks to furnish a meal at the night’s bivouac.  The smoke of burning villages and farmhouses ahead announced that the enemy were aware of our progress.