The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-04 00:00:00

A SURGEON S DIARY AT SEBASTOPOL.

The following is from a diary kept by a surgeon of
the 65th Regiment:
Friday, Sept. 7.—On coming home from a stroll to the
Limekilne. whither I had gone to Dave another look at the
often-looked.at city, I found that a cleat out Ind been made
of the hospital ; the sick had been sent to Balaklava, and an
order had come that elicits area men were to prepare two
days' rations, to breakfast at 6, and parade at 8; so I made
ready my havrzssck by replenishing it with lint, bandages,
; had some beet boiled, bread got, fives filled, and
turned in. Bombardment, confined chit fiy to the left,
going on all day.
° Saturday, Soot. B.—C awake mo about daylight;
tremendously cold morning; had • cup of tea; went
round hospital, sad then marched off with regiment to
par ide-ground, • here we waited a long time, having started
too soon. At parade, General Codrington gave a short
address, informing us that we were to act as supports to the
storming party—an important duty, which would, he
doubted not, be well performed—that we ware to occupy
the fourth parallel, moving gradually into the filth, then to
enter the Rodeo, and insure the possession of it to the
*torture. So off we marched dowa the middle ravine. My
staff consisted of Carmodie and two bandsmen, as orderlies,
carrying my hurt sack, rum•barrel, &c. I marched beside
Burke, our adjutant, at the head of the Grenadier company.
As we went along I gathered that the French were to
attack the Malakhoff at 12 o'clock, and that their standard,
planted on the tower and the English flag on the Mameloo
were to be our signal of attack upon the Redan. On we
went through the ravine to the oft trod trenches, keeping
up a smart fire, to which the Russians replied but seldom.
On the left the bombardment was kept up heavily. We
jogged along till we got to the fourth parallel, then gradu-
ally moved down the approach of the fifth; now sitting on
the breastwork, speaking over thr comirg event of the day,
then moving on a little. Being with the Grenadier or flank
company, I was nest to the light company of the 30th, and
went along talking with its officers—among others Colonel
Petrillo, who not long after was brought to me mortally
wounded, sad Sutlers, who wu also severely monocled.
Gradually we reached the end of the approach, where it
joins the fifth parallel. and at that corner most of us of the
65th and 30th were talking together with 0 1 Warms,
all keeping a alie) look.out at the Malskhoff as far as pos.
it Me amid the rifle-ballets that were filing about from the
Baden. We were now on the tiptoe of expectation, for our
guns had commenced such a fire as I
volleys of eight and ten at a time, which, being fired
from behind, passed but a few feet seer our heads, tearing
up the earthworks of the Redan in grand style; the Pruett.
ton, opened a tremendous fire from the Memelon. At 12
o'clock exactly ' There go the French!' was heard ; in a
moment we were all up on the breastwork, thinking sodas,
of the round shot and grape that came bounding and a/his-
sing about us, throwing up earth and stones, smashing
gabions and knocking down men. It was usplendid sight
to see the French rushing up the steep side of the
MaDikhoff ; we saw it but a few minutes, as all was
moo obscured in smoke; but high above we could
distinguish the French standard waving over the Malekhoff
Tower; and it was pleasanter still to see the Russians rush
inghelter•skelter out from the works down to the Ryden.
It ass sharp work, for at 20 minutes put 12 our signal was
al)-11 white fleg—oa the Mamelon. Colonel Cuddy saw it
Int, sad rushed off to the bud of his men ; so we all shook
hands and moved down the trench es fast as we could, for
oar attacking party had posed out of the sap, and we
saw them rushing on the Roden. Many a fins fellow wu
cut short in his aunt actor the epee by the grape.
shot, which came in fearful voll,'vs. I kept up with my
regiment as well ail could, for the s'emadmil hilin around
me kept me back. I hotrod them up, Nut thee seeds a ran
after the sireseit till arrested by *there, mid ,o es till I