The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-21 00:00:00

mak towards the feigned
°Lt. Is front of this were two large •
o tomes : one volley appeared to be fireielytbn
ergemea he the pit. after which they hastily Ma badt
tise ;bt. Tntest the first melee* was
eddy lredouocoed ; athe theco secondat redoubt the mistimes
wee more obstinate. Here the Russians had a
my and secure covered approsch, which de.
weed the slope of the cliff, crowed the ravine,
wed sass connected with a like approach from
the Mstitelon redoubt.. A complete parallel was
tho ormed. The enemy in the Careering bay sea
&ewe Clem evideotly)lismst ed when they saw
elf,* fetryisto the hands of the
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mmose • react unitoton by whirl
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sweets said arms to • them was this cut off, sad
they trete sot is strength eaffieient without reinforce.
scats to resist with effect the overpowering forms of
theitriotegooists. They retired therefore partly by
the covered way, and partl roadstead, the slops o
wf ins
as it falls upo
teWn the and the ork
oed in the hinds of the French. A largo
limbo of prisoners was taken in these redoubts.
The somber of guts, including some field-picas,
tout by the French, is stated to be twenty four I
the woe guns were spiked.
M soon as the Mamelon was taken by the French,
the order was given by Colonel Campbell for the
well force told off for attack ng the quarry to
ignores. Oue end of the quarry, that looking east.
weed in • dirt ction towards the Malakhoff Tower,
wee coneected with three parallels which the Monist's
hod dug in front of the most advanced works es
posehmsn's Hill to prevent our further advance.
The large rim spit which the Russians contrived to
throw op after " Egerton's pit" had been taken
Item them, was connected with the foremost of these
..,eoets. When the order was given for our attack-
-Ir4 put, to advance, the 88th and 7th rushed out
from the right of the zigzag approach on the left of
egi 'deuced work, the men of the 47th and
49th regiments from the left of this approach.
Irk& some rushed up the hill towrrds the Quarry,
alum took possession of the enemy's rifle pit aid
selvasced trench. It appeared that the Russians on
wing the attack of the French against the Mamelon
had moved along their trenches towards the right.
white they became connected with the trenches or
ether work' on the Malakhoff hill, so that the Jeff,
that Bide against which our men advanced, was almost
wbel_lv desert. d. A tr.fling opposition met with in
the Qsarry itself was quickly reduced, and our troops
esgestalated themselves on having gained an easy
victory. Carried away br their enthusiasm, they
evje scleanc.d towards the Medan, and perhaps, had
they been in force, such was the confusion and
slum of the Rumens, they might have carried this
important work. As it was, the enemy returned
with competitively powerful reinforcements, and
sedately opened a fl toking fire, which compelled
see men to abandon the quarry. It was not arm, el
M had been anticipated. A second time our men
Roved against this work, and took it from the
way, who had again entered it ; nor was this
the last time, for still later in the evening a third
sestest for l's possession took place, which ended
OS before, In OUT being moots, but at • severe ex.
ruse. ho less than eighteen officers. and • large
somber of moo, amounting to upwards of half the
engine attacking force, were placed hors de combat,
iscludise killed and wounded. Col. Campbell behaved
with the most determined gallantry. He was stew k
DO Iris then fox: times, and once so severely by a
:whet ball, wdelt providentially was prevented from
Witting • more serious wound by striking the front
of his sword belt, that ho leaved. Nothing bat the
'Detaching bravery of the troops could have enabled
them to retain the Quarry after they had wrested it
from the enemy. The ground at the beck of the
Quarry was fortunately found to be loose and soft, so'
that the working party were enabled to throw up
some cover in this direction without touch difficulty.
Our exact loss is not known, nor will it be until after
so armistice has enabled the dead outside to be col-
lected, sod communic alone to b- made respecting
prisoners. Major Edward Bayley, of the 88th
regiment. lost one hand, and has received a
wound in tie body, which, it is feared, must speedily
prove fatal. Captain Maynard, of the same regi-
meal, received a gunshot wound in the arm, sod
Lieut. Kenny in the foot. Lieut. Grier is also said
to be wounded, but slightly. Captain Jackson Wray,
sad Captain Eimund Corbett, tell gloriously in the
attack. Captain Webb is missing, and, as he was
known to have been wounded, it is suppoer d he has
fallen Into the hands of the enemy. Several officers
of the 7th Fusiliers were wounded, but none dan-
gerously. Major Mills received a gunshot wound
ia the thigh. Both officers, of the name
of Jones, and familiarly called Alma Joues,
the other, lokermson Jones, to distinguish them
hors each other, were hit, but fortunately es-1
aped with slight contusions. Major Armstrong
was severely hurt by an explosion' • few yards from'
Egerton's tifle-pit. The Russians had mined the
ground here, and were gradually advancing toward
the pit itself. Their working party had been heard se-
veral nights before, but as there were no fireballs used,
the place of their wof king could not be discovered, and
it was a matter of surprise the following morning that
no evidence appeared anywhere of work having been
done. They bad, as was now proved, been excavating
underground, the mine being prolonged from within
their advanced parallel. Lieutenant Maclean Law-
rence, of the 34 h regiment, who was wounded a few
sights since, was toiled. Captains John Peel and
Brown Westhead, of the same regiment. and Lieut
Saunders were wounded, and Lieut. Clayton is reported
to be miming. Ot the Royal Engineers, Lieut. Graves
Lowry, a general favourite and most active officer,
was killed by a musket shot, which penetrated the
back of the neck. He is said to have volunteered
for duty with the storming columns whenever a
petrel assault might take place. Lieutenant Ander-
els, 94th regimeut, doing duty as an assistant
meager, was also wounded by a musket ball, but
not dangerously. The casualties have been scattered
smog so many various regiments, and the statements
given by those most closely engaged are so imperfect
and often contradictory. that until the regular returns
are collected and published, no satisfactory conclu-
sions can be made either as to the extent or precise
'store of our tome..
The less of the French is variously reckoned from
eleven to fourteen hundred in killed and wounded.
Many of their bodies are lying scattered over the
Naliikhoff Hill. The number of Russians lying upon
the Mamelon Hill is immense; the slaughter chiefly
warted when the French, after their temporary
retirement from the Mamelon redoubt, returned with
renewed energy to the attack against the Russian
reinforcements, and drove them back behind the
Melakhoff. The Kt:amen again suffered severely.
The 6 h regiment of the line is also said to have lost
I great proportion of officers.
Joss 8.
The working parties have not been idle. The
*CI of the covered approach leediog up to the
redoubt on Mount Saloons has been turned, and
now faces toward C ateniog bay. The embrasures
of the Mamelon redoubt have been converted into
lodgements for riflemen on the sides facing the
Frerch and English frontiers, and some guns,
probably field pieces, have been turned toward the
enemy. The covered approach from the left of the
Mamelon redoubt toward the Karebehrtia ravine
has been reversed in its aspezt, and the French
troops are now safely placed under its protection.
A sew covered 'topnotch has been carried up from
oar advanced zigzag in the right attack to the
gnarly, and on all Odes oar new acquisitions ap-
pear Serra.
A report of the deaths of Lieut.-Colonel Sherman,
Major Dickens, and Captain Forster of the 62nd
regiment, has circulated through the eaten. It is
stated that they were holding the Quarry, and that
a round soot from the enemy wounded fatally these
officer', and committed great havoc among several
lootommisaioned officers of the regiment besides.
Captain Ingall is said also to be wounded, but not
severely.
Several bodies of troops have been observed to
come over from the North side. Some barges have
alai been towed e'er, conveying what appeared
to be stoma of ammunition. The enemy have searesly
Bred at all from the Medan ; and only tour guns
Dave been worked in the Malakhoff batteries. An
'nemesia discharge of shells was kept up all night
from our mortars against these two series of batteries.
Beam carcasses were also thrown from our left attack
into the town. As they were discharged from • very
binoeed position, the charge of powder was not
Malted to be so greet as that which caused them to

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buret. and destroyed their efficiency. when thrown
from the first parallels in the two attacks a few nights
ago. A fire at present burning in the town. but
seemingly confined to one small how, is attributed to
the action of one of these missiles.

Various rumours ate prevailing as to the intended
operations to-night. Among the Frtnch a belief pre-
vails that a regular attack is to be made spinet the
Malakhoff hill, while the English assault the
Redars. An attack by the enemy, with a view
to recover some of his losses, is not considered
unlikely. An attempt was made on the ,
Quarry at daybreak this morning, but was quickly
repulsed. A vigorous fire of mu ketry from the
troops within it, and POMO deadly discharges from
the font-pu battery near our advanced work on
Frenchman's hill, compelled the Rorsians to retire.
They were in great force. These continued reverses
cannot but have had a very dispiriting rofitience on
their troops, and now that sufficient time has elapsed
to strengthen our newlygaioed positions, we have
no reason to anticipate any untoward result eve.;
should the enemy advance in considerable number.
, Strong gales of wind from the north-east, and clouds
of dust have been sweeping over the camp nearly the
whole day.
JrNa 9.

No event of importance took place during the
night. The Russians made no advance, their fire was
generally slack: a few shells and occasionally some
round shot were thrown from the line of batteries ex-
tending from the west side of Careening Bay to
the Karabelnaia suburb in rear of the Malakoff
hill, and were directed against the redoubts now in
possession of our Allies on the light of C ireening
Bay. The shipping also threw a few shells at the
Mamelon redoubt. Our shelling has been kept up
all night without interruption, and a heavy fire is
still going on from our batteries.
Nothing sure is known of the intentions respecting
a further assault, but it will probably not be long be-
fore the attack is made against the Redan and Ma-
lakhoff positions.

FRANCE.

OP TH2 DAILY WHIM)

PARIS, WIDSZSDAT EVENING

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The anxiety which has prevailed for several days
about the state of affairs in the Crimea was relieved
to a considerable extent to-day by the despatch of
General Pelissier, made known here by the London
papers, stating that all wu going on well on the 16th.
The Rents rose 10c., closing at 67fr. 70c. Railways
improved—two or three lines considerably.
A despatch from Bucharest, by way of Vienna
confirms the statement that an expedition has been
undertaken against Perekop.
The following despatch has come to hand:
"VIENNA, Jums 20.

" All that has hitherto been done in the way of re-
ducing the army bas been to discharge (lieencier) the
battalions of grenadiers and the depot battalions;
beside.. this, twenty4ll generals and several offic rs
have been placed on the non-effective list. The Em-
peror appear* to have modified the original arrange•
ments of his tour, it being announced that he will rt-
turn to Vienna by July 10."
There must be some mistake in this despatch. If
these picked battalions had been discharged, n e re-
duction would be highly important.
It appears, from the proceedings of a court-martial
held at Rout n last week, that a rather serious mu-
tiny has occurred in a depot of Hussars quartered
there. Nineteen men delib rately absented them-;
selves from an inspection of necessaires, which they
were repeatedly ordortd to attend. Four of the ring-
leaders have been found guilty of a conspiracy to
disobey order., and two of them are sentenced to be
shot.