As doubts have been expressed as to which regiment landed first in the Crimea, I therefore think it only an act of justice to inform you that a company of the 7th Fusiliers, under Major Sir T. Troubridge, was in my boat; and that the only boat near us was one belonging to, I think, the Sanspareil, and having Rifles on board. Sir G. Brown had previously landed with Captain Dacres, R.N. I may say that mine were the first troops landed in the Crimea. I write this that you may do justice to a regiment that I have long known, and that is second to none in the British Army. I remain, my dear Sir, Truly yours, C. VESEY, Com. R.N., and A.D.C. CHAPTER III. Voyage to Malta--Scenes between Decks--An insufficiency of Doctors--Landing at Malta--Kind Treatment in Hospital--The Nurses--Fast Recovery--Letter Home--Longing to be at it again--Purchase of Blankets and other Comforts--Another Letter Home--To the Front again--Reception by old Mess-Mates--Sufferings of the Army--Break-down of the Commissariat--Plenty of Stores Rotting in Harbour, but none to be got by the Troops--Make-shifts--Appearance of the Men. As soon as it came to my turn I was attended to, and my wounds dressed and bandaged. I remained for two days, and then a number of us were sent to Scutari. We were taken down to Balaclava on mules, some of them lent by our chivalrous allies the French. We got a good shaking, but eventually found ourselves on board an old steamer. It was a horrible scene--poor fellows having every description of wound; and many died before we left the harbour. We were packed on board anyhow,--to live or die; and away we went. The sea was rather boisterous, and, I can assure the reader, I was not very comfortable, with poor fellows dying fast all around me. There were not sufficient medical officers to look after fifty men, much less three or four hundred.