The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-27 00:00:00

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termed d Moo stramousoats.
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Omega d'Alloaville bed orders to retire is the sight of
Me Itb from the valley of Bailer, sad take a potties et
emesomatiom sear the bridge of Krause, width would to
anagram is ease of say attempt sada by tbe army of
roklef.

One/al &apses sad I bad by season assist Azad the
hew rd mask at 12 'Week. The hese Noma wee is
many regime advastageose. It gave n a hatter sham* of
saddest, earrisisi the enemy, sad is OM tlis Busies
army of relief bad bees iodised to make s Merman attempt
to neuter the plass, ft would kine bees i■pemible far ft to
make a vigorous seevessest agnate oar Ines before the cad
of the day. Is say eat% whatever the result of the attack,
we should have math the maniac to advise apes it.
Oa the wring el the Bth the artillery of oar left attacks,
which from daybreak as the sth had kept sp s violent dm
eestiased to crash the enemy with its projestiles. At the
tight Mask our batteries aloe end rapidly, bat kept up
the system whisk they bad adopted several days before, is
*imitation el that which might take plan.
Towards eight o'elook the eighteen threw spa the
Canal Bastian two raises °lorgnettes, each sha►ged with a
hundred kilegrammes of powder, sad at the same time
they nploded bents our approaches ea dm frost of the
Malakboff throe mirth% ambers charged is all with 1,600
kilogrammes of powder, I. order to destroy the lower galls.
rise of the Rumba animus.

As the pommel= of the Malakhoff works Rust deride the
day. the other attacks were eabardimted to it, sad It was
agreed with Gemara &area that the Begliah should sot
attest the Great Roden until 1 should lave gives a signal
mat we were ewe of the Melakbolf. Is the tame way
Gourd De Bailee was sot to attach with hie troop mall
$ resent Wash I was to Wiest' to hi. by mother siva

♦ little before noon all the veer were Ia readiness, and
in perfect order ea the paints indlested. sad the other
&frowsiest. had bees punctually executed. General De
Balks was ready ; General Baguet was at the flibthig-post
which be hod chows la the Ilk pantlel; sad L with
°monk Thiry of the Artillery, Niel of the Zertissers, sad
Martistprey, the chief of my staff, was at the Breaths
redoubt, which I had chosen for my had-quarter.

AU our watehee lad been regulated. At noon preehely
all our batteries seamed to thunder, in order that they 'night
be 'divested to a longer rasp, so as to nosh the reserves of
the seamy. At the word of their shisk, the divisions of
Generals Illfahon, Delae, sad De la Mettensp, left ski
treadles. The drums sad the clarions beat and sounded
the slurp, and to the cry of " Vire Misprint 1" a thou-
sand time. repeated along the whole Use, oar intrepid
soldiers precipitated themselves upon the enemy's defames.
It was a Wenn saws. The first Brigade of McMahon'.
Division, the let Regiment of Zosavie leading, followed
by the 7th of the like, and having theAtli Chaareurs a Pied
on its left, sprang to the left fare and the Wiest of the
Keleklieff work. The breadth and depth of the ditch, the
Welt and @teepees' of the elope, rendered the assent en-
trantely dilloalt to ear rain ; but filially they gained the
parapet, weaned with Bassi..., who, in default of markets,

picked op whatever mate to bead—mattocks, Moses, or
roomers—sad wed them as weapons. That took plain •
head-to•haad struggle—me of those excels, eanbate in
which aothieg bat the intrepidity of oar soldiers end their
chiefs ass give them the victory. They immediately sprang
foto the work; they drove back the Russians who continued
to resist, sad, in • few mem& afterwards, the flag of France
WY finally pleated oa the Malakholf.
At the right sad esatm, with that men impetuous dash
which had overthrown so many obstsees sad forced the
enemy to Iy, the divisions Dates sari de la Ilotterouge, led
by their *kith, had seised the Little Rodin at the C•nes-
iag Bey mad •Ls the Curtain, forcing their way even as fez
m t►e mead estonsife that was being marrected. Every-
whom we were ia poosessioa of the works attacked. Bat
t►is Ant sad brilliant norms had nearly met as very dear.
&reek by • large spasm? from a bomb la his right aide,
General Boned was compelled to quit the field of bettle.
I mudded the minunand to Gemer•l Balm, who was admi-
rably lemeded by General de Lisle», chief of the staff Of
the Sad Corps.

s Net st the Voltigars of the Gard ; is all dilation ha
✓eeisiell the seamy, who were anywhere re Weed. The
Itsesisse, however, nude a last aid desperate attempt
Faemei is deep alum, they thrice assailed the breast of
tb,war►,"d those 'lvy Were impelled to reties with
OSOTNIOUS loss Wien the solidity of our troops
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Attar this last stripes, which ended Iliad flys In the
@realm, the easny appeared resolved to abaadas the spot,
sea wily his batteries seatlaued iota sight to mud us
slew podastiler, whisk we loam did us melt hare.
The detaeleweste of the eesiaesre and artillery, who
dart, the ocuabat were polka* dgbdog or actively en-
gaged is their geoid work, quickly set about Gamble out
the works that were passim ia the iaterior of the fort
leader Ike dinettes of their Afars.

Araordisp Is my orden, °swab Thiry and Niel in-
amend Gownle Emmet sad Framed, sosmanitiag the
artillery sad minion of the gad corps, to take ell the
necessary steps for eetablishisg ourselves firmly in the
alaklaff and on t►at part of the curtain which wee in our
power, so that we might Is ales of seed resist a night attack
of the away, and be in a polities to drive him the seat dey
hem the Little Bed= of the Careening Bay, the liaison es
Craig, and all thb portion of his &Wow
Those arrawatoate became however unamemary. The
sassy, hopeless of retaking the blalakhoff, took an impor-
tant resolution—he evacuated the tows.

Towards the oboe of the day I bad a suspicion of this,
foe I had seen loss lines of troops and baggage defile along
the bridge sad reach the uorth beak, sad the coeflagratioes
which erase in every directive goo. removed all doubt. I
should have liked to pull forward, gala the bridge, and
cat of the enemy's retreat ; bat the besieged was at every
eacsaut blowing up one er other of his defence., his powder
magazinos, and his establishments. These explodes, would
ham destroye# es in detail, and so they rendered the idea
Impracticable. We remised in patties until the day
should arise epos this some of desolates.
The sun is riga, 116kted up this week of destruction,
whist; was very meek greeter thea we hold bees able to
imagine. The last Remiss vessels whored the inning
before in the roadstead were makes ; the bridge was dis-
connected ; the enemy had only reserved his steamers,
which serried of the last lenitive, and some infatuated
Baseless who were still walking amesget the fires
in this ea/sappy city. Bat presently these nes, as well as
the steamers were drives to soak refuge in the Indentations
of the beak mirth of the roadstead.

Thus terminated this nsenerable Mete, daring which the
army of relief has bees twice defeated in ardor of battle,
sod the offesein sad defied,* means of which have
&Malan to Wooed proportion. Tbe boning army ►td
at is various attacks 800 guns is battery, which have
find men than 1,600,000 tines; and oar approaches, exca-
vated la the course of 336 days, in rocky ground, and pre-
sent:Ws as extant of more thaa 80 kiluntres (20 leegues),
have been executed sada the mastast fire of the place,
and disturbed by inessant combats day and night.
The day of Sept. 8, on which the allied armies proved
themselves superior to an army almost equal in number, sot
invested, estrowsked Nand formidable defences, provided
with man then 1,100 gum, protected by the guns of the
fleet, and of the batteries north of the roadstead, and still
dispodag of immense resources, will remain an example of
what may be expected from en assay, brave, dieciplined, end
inured to wax.

Our losses on this day were five pastels killed, four
wosaded, and six contused, 24 superior odors killed, 20
wounded, sad two missing ; 116 subaltern officers killed,
224 wounded, eight missiag ; 1,489 sous °dicers cud soldiers
killed, 4,269 wenaded, and 1,400 missing—total, 7,651.
As you see, Monsieur le Mukha', these losses are
numerous; many of them ere deeply to be regretted, but
yet they are less then I bed reason to feu.
Every ate, Meadow le Mardehal, from the general to the
Weer, has gloriously done his duty, sad the army, of
whisk the Emperor may be proud, has deserved well of the
ermutry. I shall have many rewards to claim, sad many
names to make kaown to your ezoelleorry. That will be a
teak that would be oat of place here.
It had bees arranged that the fleets of Admiral Lyons and
Brad should come sad bring their broadsides to best at the
*stream of the Behestopol rosdaq►d, so as to effect a power-
ful diversion. But it blew a heavy gale from the north-east,
which, while it annoyed us very mach on lead, rendered the
sea easeediagly rough, sad prevented the ships (rem h "-
lag their moorings. The English and Preach bomb•ketcbs
were, nevertheless, able to set, dud they Bred most seems
telly into the roadstead, the town, std the various maritime
feet& As at all times, the 'anon who had landed and the

The engineers who mompanied the storming columns
were already at work ; tbey filled up the &NW, enema
priseges, and threw serem.bridges. The 111111111111 Wyk
at General de Whlshea al/mused rapidly to refahres the
troop la the 111alakholf. I gave the signal agreed spin
milk Gonna Simpson for the attack on the Great Roden,
Mai*Say after for the attack ea tits town.
Tfe English had 200 metres to mom under a terrible fire
Sips*. This apse was soca strewed with dead ; never-
Ibises this dicta* Meg tie march of the sternum solutes,
wilidh Mimed heweide the capital of the work. It de-
ntinal Seethe rUtek which is needy five iodine deep
mils Sighs all the efforts of the Ruda's, it sealed the
einspe, and carried the salient of the Roden.
TIM% after the first brunt of the engagement,
gala tug the Russians dear, the English soldien
Med is faint of theta only a vast open space, crossed
by the tells et the essay, who kept himself dose behind
seine distant traverse& noes who same up hardly replaced
this who bad been disabled. It vs eat till they had sus-
tained for weedy two bears this unwind wiriest that the
English derided ea emeasting the Reds. They did is
with se Be. an asps' that the enemy did not dere follow.
la the meantime, on the left, at the appointed signal, the
einem of Levaillant's division, commanded by Generals
Ceases and Troche, dashed headlong against the left flask
of the Central Bastion sad the left lunette. In spite of a
shows of balls and projectiles, and after a very sharp ma-
teat, the spirit and vigour of these brave troops triumphed
at first ever the enemy's resistance, and, notwithstanding
the assumalated difficulties in their front, they forced their
way Into the two works. Bat the enemy, having fallen
be* en his nemesis,. traverses, kept his ground everywhere.
A merdereus Bre of musketry was opined from every ridge.
Gana unmasked for the first time and fleldisieees brought
up to several points, vomited grape and decimated our me.
Generals Costae and Trash., who had jest been wounded,'
were obliged to give up their essansaad. Generals Rivet
and Breton were killed ; several mine•eherabsn, fired by the
enemy, produced a moment of hesitation. At length m
mask in their turn by amerces Russian columns cos
palled our troops to ahead= the works they bad eared, and
to retire fate oar advasedplaces drama.
Oar batteries on this part of the Meeks, 'Wittily ago
dotted by General UMW, aided se devotedly and Willi-
gently, as en all imeasims, by Rear-Admiral Rigault de
Geneallly, changed the &notion of their fire while M-
onads; its Intensity, and *compelled the sassy te tabs
Asher behind his parapets. General de Balla, made.
d'ASsesarre's division to advance, was preparing Mies
this time a mend and formidable aria& : but as we Mill 11110
tared the possession of the btalakhoff, I sent ward to Ms
not to let it muses.
Oar peasesion of this work, however, was easegeticiany
disputed.

1 abl praisers, were the worthy rivals of the land artillery,
end distinguished themselves by the vigour and precision of
their fire.

The BagUsh army conducted itself with its habitual intre-
pidity. It prepared a second attack, which, doubtless,
would have taiumphed over the unexpected obstacles winch
had met their that ; but the possession of the llialakhoff pre.
perly led to the countermanding of this snood attack.
The Sardinian brigade of Cieseral Cialdini, which Genie
ral de ►a Marmon had placed at my disposition to reinforce
the first corps, bore the terrible fire which cut up our
trenches with the firmness of veteran troop.. The Pied-
mottoes burned with desire to eons te blows with the
enemy; bat the attack on the Flagstaff Bastion having
been postponed, it was impossible to satiety the
ardour of these brave troops. As at all times, our
wounded, and even those of the esemy,have bees the objects
attn.:lC sealons,intellicsnt,and complete care. Ws owe to the

good organisation of all our hospital sarriees, sad to the
devotedness of those to whoa they are committed, the sada
faction of Wog able to an a great number of the wounded.
I cannot terminate this report without bringing to the
knowledge of your a:saliency how much upon chic occasion,
as upon all others, I have had to praise the conduct of Msjor
General Hugh Rase cad Lieutenant George Foley, corn-
saissiomen of her Britannis Msjesty to the Commender•ia-
Chief of the French army, in the numerous eommuniestions
which I have had during the action with General James
Simpson, the Commanderis•Cidef.—Accept, ice.,
PELISSIBR.

By mass ot:the batteries tree the mime en anis, of the

gems el his Niemen, of field gain brought to lavourable
pants, sad of the batteries ea the sank side of the road-
stead, the enemy deluged us with grapeoad with projectiles
el every Wad, sad sossitted great ranges is oar nuke.
The powder niegerlae of the Rude. Posters Battery bad
just exploded, thereby amain oar less, sod canna, the
eagle of the 91st to disappear fora moment. A great lathy
superior *Seen sad ethers were either weended or killed.
The dismal@ de Saisit PM sad de Mantle@ died gloriously,
mad Gnarls lliellinet, de Pagans, sad Besrbski, had
been wooded at the head of their troop. Three tines
the divisions of Dane sad de 1. Kettering, seized the
Reds. sad the certain, sad three tines they were obliged
to fall back before a terrible Sr. of artillery sad the dean
manes arrayed is host of them. lievertheleas the two
lisid batteries*/ reserve from the Duseaster battery disseaded
at a trot, erased the tenches, and boldly stationed then.
*elves withia half nags. They succeeded la driving away
the nears edemas sad the steemen. A part of these two
oupperted in this heron straggle by the troops el
the Guard, who e• ibis day covend themselves with glomm,
nada pod their foods, in the satire left of the curtain,
boa which the messy could set drive them. Daring the
renewed eembets of the right sad the men, tls Sudan
redoubled their diens to resosquer the Iblaidssa
each, *ash is a art of earthen citadel of 31 ameba 12
less* mad 100 metres is width, armed with 02 guar .f
lent ealibre,crosse a mamas whish annaande the whole
'Maier ebbe Harabelsaia gagster, takes in reverse the
Baba which was attacked by the Eighth, is only 1,200
sans trent the south harbosr, add threatens sot airily the
oily asehocare sow remaining Si, the ships, bat the only
MUM of retreat apes to the Raedess, ausely, the bridge
throws aorta the roadstead item one bsak to the other.
Thus during the bet hours of*, strife of the two usage,
the Barba arstandy rowed their attempts; bad
Gomel Wllahes, is mist* there isoissaat Make, was
aristed assessialy by Vase. bripde of his divides, by
the Lossase albs Guard, fiessal Whelan•s resseve, sad

SPORTING.

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1855.