| Description | Written to the Camp before Sebastopol.
Receipt of last letter dated 9 June: death of Lord Raglan, with Lieutenant General Simpson now in command: hope for someone who can manage them well, if they decide to send someone out from England: the Guards and Highlanders up from Balaklava to do trench duty much to their dislike: Light Divison always being put in the most advanced works: his not having been down to the trenches as adjutant: his making a plan of the attack, ready hopefully in a week's time, for his father's understanding, better than any account in the illustrated news: all wounded officers having gone away, except Fitzclarence and Major Mills (with attack of fever or cholera): his having taken the sacrament: delightful weather, with cooling of air after two days of rain and by mid-day sea breeze: promotion going on well, with only 4-5 ahead of him in his company.
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