With all this danger, and though the fire from the Russians for the period comprised in the above table was fierce and destructive, the following men only were killed and wounded:— June 14th—Private John McRoberts—wounded dangerously, died next day. ” ” John Murphy—wounded severely in the head, by rifle bullet, while in the quarries. ” 15th—Lance-corporal George Peter—wounded in the head and ear. ” 15th—Lance-corporal Stephen Daft—wounded severely in the left arm by grape-shot. ” 16th—Private William Smale, wounded dangerously, died next day. He was struck when working in the advanced trench approaching the Redan. Tall, stalwart, and strong, few sappers were more active in the trench than he; few more skilful; and he bore the scar of a severe wound sustained by him at the siege on the 14th April.[185] ” 17th—Corporal William James—killed by a shell which struck him in the chest. ” 17th—Private Thomas Patterson—wounded severely in the right shoulder by gun-shot. ” 17th—Private James Clyde—wounded dangerously, died next day. For several days each embrasure in the fighting batteries had its sapper who was held responsible for its efficiency. It so happened, in No. 7 battery, on the 17th of June, a gabion had been knocked from the cheek and fell across the mouth of the aperture. In other respects the embrasure was sound enough. The artillery would not fire as long as the obstruction remained, and called upon the sapper—a young one—to remove it. Thinking the operation was needless, as it did not interfere with the line of fire; and if it did, that a single discharge would blow it out, he declined to incur the risk. Corporal Lockwood who was in charge of the sappers in the battery, concurred in the propriety of the refusal, but leaped himself into the embrasure and threw the gabion into the ditch. The full blaze of day was on him, and as he bounded back to the platform, he was followed by a string of rifle balls which whizzed into the opening and harmlessly struck the cheeks.