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the wharf about a quarter past three, and later his Excellency the Governor, attended by his Aide-de-camp, appeared on the General Sargent, accompanied by Mrs. Sargent and the Misses Sargent, arrived in chairs some time afterwards, and on
scene.
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the Hongkong Daily Press, evidently deriving his knowledge of General Sargent's war services from Hart's Army List, arrived at the erroneous conclusion that he was promoted for his services at the Battle of Inkerman. He was recommended for promotion in the words quoted, when serving with his Regiment during the siege, but he did not receive that honour until the fall of Sebastopol, when he was again wounded, as mentioned in Despatches; and in the return called for of officers of the 95th Regiment "who served with zeal and distinction during the siege," General Sargent is shown as the senior of the three Captains named. Colonel Hume was then in command of the Regiment, and in his temporary absence, when it was commanded by Colonel Heyland, an order caune for the submission of two names to receive the first two Crosses of the Legion of Honour to be given to the Regiment, and the names sent in were those of Captain Sargent and Private Abbott.
the General's stepping out of his conveyance the guard of hononLike the gentlemen who prepared and signed the Address, the Editor of presented arms, the Band striking up at the same time, after which three cheers and one, or rather three cheers more, were given for the gallant veteran. After bidding his military and other friends adien, General Sargent, accompanied by Governor Bowen, General Cameron, and a number of other officers, proceeded to the launch, upon stepping on board of which the shore battery fired a salute. The Band was then marched down to the wharf and formed up at the landing place, and as the launch moved off from the pier, they struck up "Auld Lang Syne," vigorous cheers being given at the same time for the departing veteran. The playing and the cheering continued until the launch had placed a long stretch of water between her and the wharf, the General during all this time standing up, with his face turned towards the pier and his right hand up to his head in military saluting fashion, while the Governor, General Cameron, and other officers remained on the wharf bareheaded, waving adieus to General Sargent. As the launch steamed past, salutes were fired from the Victor Emanuel and the U.S. flagship Trenton. A very largo number of the leading and other residents of the various Nationalities in Hongkong had assembled on the mail steamer waiting for the General, the Volunteers being in force in full dress uniform. The upper deck, in fact, was crowded, and it was with difficulty one could push one's way through.
("The Address, with list of names and the General's reply, here follows)
Hia war services, briefly summarized at the Horse Guards for submission to Her Majesty the Queen by His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Com- manding-in-Chief, in the words published in the Army Estimates for 1875-76, under the head of "Rewards for Distinguished Services," were as follows:-- "Served: In the Danubian Campaign of 1854, and in the Crimea; present at the Battle of Alma (wounded and mentioned for determined bravery); repulse of the sortie on the 26th of October; the Battle of Inkerman, where he com- manded his regiment and brought it out of action, using a rifle himself with remarkable effect, and was wounded at the fall of Sebastopol (mentioned in Despatches, the Brevet of Major, Medal with three clasps, 5th Class of the Medjidie and Turkish Medal, and Knight of the Legion of Honour).
Also in
the campaign in China in 1860 with the 3rd Foot, including the action of Sinho, in which he commanded the advanced guard, and the taking of Tonghoo; in command of the advanced outposts towards the Taku Forts, and as Allied Commissioner (most favourably mentioned in Despatches, Medal with Clasp and Companion of the Bath)."
At the Battle of Alma, the 95th Regiment had six officers killed (including
* This occurred in a very critical position, where every ritle was of the greatest importance, especially when cut off as he was for a time by another Russian column that occupied the ground whence the 95th had been ordered to charge the enemy down the bill; and his shot-holed great coat and forage cap, (the dress worn by the 2nd Division,) showed how hard the enomy tried to take his life.
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