Note 44 — Chapter IX · 1855—ASSAULT OF THE REDAN—continued
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Letter from Sir S. Lushington to Captain Michell, R.N.:—
“Camp before Sevastopol, “18th June, 10.30 a.m.
“My dear Michell,—You will be sorry to hear your young nephew, Wood, has been wounded by a grape-shot in the arm. The shot struck the bone obliquely, and was cut out when he got into camp. I saw him in the trenches, and he bore it like a hero. He was Peel’s A.D.C., and Peel endeavoured to keep the boy from the murderous fire into which they plunged with the scaling ladders, but he would take no refusal, and went out with the rest. Wood will be at Kazatch to-day in Lord Raglan’s carriage. Will you have a boat?—Yours, in haste,
“Stephen Lushington, “Commanding Naval Brigade.”