The Press.
London, England, 1854-11-11 00:00:00

The English cavalry, commanded by Lord Cardigan, now
came up and charged with extraordinary impetuosity the
Hussar Brigade of the lith Cavalry Division; but taken in
flank by four squadrons of the combined regiments of
Lancers of the reserve, and thrown back on the cross fire of
the guns of the L!th and 16th Infantry Divisions, which
fired grape, the enemy suffered considerable loss.
At the same moment that it attacked our Hussars the
English cavalry also charged at full gallop the heavy guns
of the Don Battery, Nu. 3, where some artillerymen were
sabred.
Our loss in infantry does not exceed 300 killed and
wounded. The lose of the cavalry and artillery is not yet
known, even by approximation.
The loss of the enemy is not known, but we have taken
about sixty English prisoners, among whom are one en-
' perior officer and two subalterns.
Of the four redoubts taken from the enemy, two will he
immediately destroyed and two more strongly fortified, in
order to enable us to hold this important position, from
which we can act on the village of hatlekoi, through which
the road passes which leads from Balaklava to the enemy's
camp.
Letters from Odessa, in the Lloyd of Vienna, give
intelligence from the Crimea up to the 29th ult.
Many fugitives of the better classes had arrived at
Odessa from Sebastopol. Ten thousand Egyptians,
chiefly cavalry, were expected in the Crimea, and
Prince Meuschikotf had therefore applied for a re-
inforcement of cavalry.
Advices from the Crimea, via Warsaw, up to the
27th October, state that General Liprandi had re•
tired to the head-quarters at Baktchi Serai. The
entire Russian reinforcements are reported to be
70,000 men.
The rumours about attacks on Eupatoria and the
loss of one of the Leander's guns prove to be false.
There are, indeed, Cossacks in the neighbourhood,
but they never attempt to do anything serious.
Eupatoria has become the chief place for fresh sup-
plies. The people are flocking in for protection from
the Russian troops, and bring in not only their
cattle and sheep, but also their families. Daily the
transports go up and bring down provisions, which
are a great boon for army as well as navy, as in the
neighbourhood of Sebastopol nothing can be got.
If the fleet should reman during the high winds, it.
is talked of as a place of anchorage.
The St. Petersburg papers of the 3rd report a
victory gained by General Nicolai over Schamyl, near
Crosuaja, on the Circassian frontier. According to
the last advices, viii. Constantinople, the Turkish
army in Asia had gone into winter quarters at Kars,
and the Russians in Tiflis.
BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL.
THE LAND ATTACK.
We resume our chronicle of the siege operations
from the official despatches, which have at length
come to hand, and the correspondence of our daily
contemporaries. It is curious, however, that the
first despatch of Lord Raglan, announcing the open-'
ing of the bombardment upon Sebastopol, has dis-
appeared in transitu. The report is that it was sent
home by Lieutenant Henderson, who, on arriving in
London, missed the important mission. The War-
office narrative of the interesting proceedings on Oc-
tober 17th and 18th is accordingly wanting. Fol-
lowing up the history of the siege, Lord Raglan
transmitted the following letter to the Duke of
Newcastle :

Before Sebastopol, Oct. 23. IBM.
The operation of the siege have been carr n
the
ied on
mremittingly since I addressed your grace o
18th instant.
On chat afternoon, the French batteries not having
been able to reopen, the enemy directed their guns
almost exclusively on the British entrenchments,
and maintained a very heavy fire upon them till the
day closed, with less damage, I am happy to say, to
the works, and with fewer casualities than might
have been anticipated.
On the following morning, shortly after daylight,
General Canrobert not only resumed his tire from the
batteries which had been injured, but materially added
to the weight of his attack by the tire of battenes
which he had caused to be constructed the prevand heious
day ; and these have continued ever since ;
has had it in his power to push his approaches for-
ore the
ward, and, like the English, materially to inj
defences of the place ; but these are as yet tar from
being subdued, neither is a serious diminution of
their fire perceivable.
Our fire has also been constant and effective ; but
the enemy having at their disposal large bodies of
men, and the resource of the fleet and arsenal at
their command, have been enabled by unceasing
exertion to repair their redoubts to a certain extent
and to replace many of the guns that have en des-
troyed, in a very short space of time, and tobe resume
their fire from works which we had succeeded in
silencing.
This facility of repairing and re-arming the de-
-
fences naturally renders the progress of the assai
ants slower than could be wished 4 and I have it not