The Coldstream shared to the full the calamity which has just been so imperfectly described. Taking part in the constant duty which exhausted the army, exposed to the cruel suffering that the winter brought about, and conspicuously displaying the virtues of strict discipline and of uncomplaining fortitude which enabled our men to preserve a bold and defiant front against the Russians, the lot of the Battalion can scarcely be separated from that which afflicted and honoured its brethren in arms standing before Sevastopol. Its fate was the same as theirs, its sorrows were equally acute, its bearing likewise was proud and dauntless, its glory bright and lasting. But its losses were heavy, as the following table will show:— ┌────────────────┬────────────────────┬─────────────┬────────────────────────┐ │                │Regimental Hospital.│    Sick     │       Remarks.         │ │                ├───────────┬────────┤ Transferred │                        │ │                │Admissions.│ Deaths.│ to Scutari. │                        │ ├────────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────┼────────────────────────┤ │Nov. (including │    277    │   22   │     153     │ Eight died of cholera  │ │  at Inkerman)  │           │        │             │  and eleven of wounds. │ │December        │    221    │   17   │      99     │          ——            │ │January         │    186    │   37   │      91     │The average daily       │ │                │           │        │             │  sick was more than    │ │                │           │        │             │  sixty-three per cent. │ │                │           │        │             │  of strength present.  │ └────────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────┴────────────────────────┘ On the 1st of November the effective strength of all ranks in the field was 600 Officers and men; 1st of December, 451; 1st of January, 353; 1st of February, 173; and at the end of February there were fewer than 100.[308] ----- Footnote 308: Wyatt, p. 58. It should not be forgotten that the two drafts which reached the Battalion on November 22nd and December 18th, numbered together 211 men. It appears that there was considerable sickness and mortality among the young and unseasoned soldiers who composed the drafts. Of the Officers invalided during the winter (November to February), were Captain Wilson (November 22nd) and Captain Strong (January 1st); Captain Hardinge, moreover, had to leave the Crimea on account of his health (December 24th), and returned the following May. -----