one attached), and 12 wounded, and 45 Non-Commissioned officers and men killed, and 128 wounded, and the Battle of Inkerman left Sargent one of the only six officers remaining with the remnant of the Regiment.
The British loss in killed and wounded at the Battle of Inkerman was 2,357, out of our 7,464 who fought in that field.
General Sargent has, throughout his military career, been conspicuously persevering in his efforts to get to the front when active service offered and duty called. As junior Captain in the 95th, when the Regiment was leaving England for the Eastern Expedition, he was detailed to remain behind with the depot, but this little accorded with the restless spirit of the ambitious soldier, who persevered in his longing desire to accompany his Regiment until be attained his wishes. At Scutari too, when, as junior Captain, he was ordered to remain behind with a Company, his determined efforts to push on for more active work in the Crimea again proved successful. Once more, at Malta, where he was stationed as junior Major of the 2nd Battalion of the Buffs, elated at the prospect of being employed on active service, he purchased his Lieut.-Colonelcy in the 1st Battalion of the Regiment, then in India, at a considerable pecuniary sacrifice, in excess of the regulation, to be in time to join the Expeditionary Force then preparing to proceed to China to retrieve our shaken prestige occasioned by the unfortunate repulse experienced at the
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He was proud of the high opinion entertained of him by such distinguished soldiers as Sir Hope Grant, Napier of Magdalla, Lord Airey, and others. Lord Napier made honourable mention of him in the following terms :--
"Colonel Sargent came under my observation in the performance of camp duties, in the command of an important outpost in the attack of Takı The judgment and ability with which he performed these duties gave me a very high opinion of him as an officer, and I should select him for any impor tant duty or command with the fullest confidence that he would execute it with good judgment and determination. It will give me great pleasure to hear of bis having further opportunity of exercising his high military qualitios."
The highly complimentary terms with which the same distinguished officer brought General Sargent prominently to the notice of His Royal High- ness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, through Lord Airey, then Adjutant-General to the Forces, evinced unmistakably the high opinion entertained of him as an able officer, by those with whom he had served before the enemy, and who bad thus formed the strongest regard and friendship for him. A still more gratifying proof of the late Lord Airey's regard for
General Sargent is shown by a handsome memorial legacy he bequeathed to him, the inscription on which bears testimony to the esteem he entertained for him as a sincere friend and brother soldier.
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