The army that landed in the Crimea on September 14, 1854, numbered some 27,000 men, with fifty-four guns, and was distributed as under:
Commander-in-Chief: Field-Marshal Lord Raglan.
Cavalry Division: General the Earl of Lucan.
Heavy Brigade—Brigadier-General J. Yorke Scarlett: The 4th and 5th Dragoon Guards, the Scots Greys, and the Inniskilling Dragoons.
Light Cavalry Brigade—Major-General the Earl of Cardigan: 4th, 8th, 11th, and 13th Hussars, and the 17th Lancers.
First Division: H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge.
Brigade of Guards: A battalion of the Grenadier, Coldstream, and Scots Guards.
Highland Brigade—Major-General Sir Colin Campbell: The 42nd (Royal), 79th (Cameron), and 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders).
Second Division: Lieutenant-General Sir de Lacy Evans.