Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A farkon Yakin Crimea, an nada shi ya zama kwamandan rundunar soji ta 4. Gwamnatin Biritaniya ta ba shi "wakilcin bacci" wanda ke nufin cewa idan wani abu ya faru da Ubangiji Raglan, Cathcart zai dauki umurnin. A Yaƙin Alma
a watan Satumbar 1854, sashinsa bai ga wani aiki ba kuma bayan yakin Balaclava, inda aka kira sashinsa zuwa aiki, an soke kwamishinansa. Ya ba da shawarar kai hari kan Sevastopol, yana tunanin za a iya ɗauka, amma Lord Raglan ya ƙi.