The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-25 00:00:00

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works has not been carried into execution. It. was An important point has been established with re.
generally anticipated that the letters of this resit I
The assaults gainst the Redan and the Malakhoff
i rid to the Redan ; there were no retrenchments be.
bind it, nor any work immediately commanding •
If refore, the necessary dispositions had been ,Lids
stable reasons for the attempt having been deferred,
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foreman assault against it, and the Mdakhoff hie
bat they are known only to the generals in command.
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works, there is no doubt that both would have beta
All the explanations which are bruited about in thbc
ended and held. Oar fire on the Redan and 11e.
puzzling even' or the works from being made, and there is a general
camp are mere surmises, formed from personal
~ ° . lakhoff has prevented any alteration in the condition
expectation that the assault against them win be a t
fire from our batteries. The Redan and Malakhoff, seeturveeattbione
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I into execution immediately. The desire that ible
works may be said to have been wholly demolishedd
ehemsmodtden arrest of the
exploit should be undertaken at once arises Nat
several sources. It is believed, notwithetending th,
for they
so tremendous was the power of our batteries that
reinforcements which have arrived on the swath side,
the Russian artillerymen scarcely dared to approach
were little more than a heap of ruins ; an
that the task would be accomplished without much
the two or three guns which remained in a working loss of life, or at least not so much as must occur in
condition in either position. When the new French
the trenches during a prolonged approach, and, tit
be
batteries are completed, their destruction, for the addition, that the difficulties ot the undertaking eat
enemy is already taking advantage of the lull to hourly increased by delay.
re-establish works, will be effected with less diffi• The enemy abandoned this morning their third,
oulty than has occurred on the occasion which has
five-gun, battery on Mount Sapoune. This earthwork
just passed. Still the prevalent opinion is that this was thrown up about a month since, and was on tbe
bombardment might have been escaped from, and
extreme point of the ridge nearest to the Cereenteß
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cation before the enemy had completed his prepare- 'o 'aastead and port. It could not have
two redoubts.
tions to resist it. There was an armistice a little after noon to-day,
The following are notes of some of the occurrences
which lasted nearly four hours and • half. It woe
during the last few days: became generally known that the fire had sewed for
June 9.—The following was published last even- the purpose of burying the dead, and as the Imes
fog, after the general orders had been issued: thus left free from risk to spectators was very ex.
Head Quarter. before Sebastopol, June 11, 1855. tensive, many went forward to inspect the scene of
Th. Commander of the Forces hastens to congratulate the
army upon the achievement of lot night. the late encounters. The ground between the Male
The attack was vigorously conducted and nobly executed ,
• khoff and Mamelon hills was most occupied by viiitors
and although no detailed report has yet been made, he son. The Russians drew up a cordon of troops aerate the
eiders it due to the efficen and men engaged in the assault slope of the Malakhoff, and the French threw out
of the Quarries to thank them for their gallant exertions, sentries in front of the Mamelon. The intermediate
and to assure them that he will not fall to represent them to
space was neutral ground ; and here occurred a rt.
the government, for her Majesty's information, in the terms . .
that their conduct so fully justifies.ofthe which took petition
He laments moat &opt, the loss of those who have fallen 24th last. Officers of all the armies in the Crimes
upon this memorable occasion, and sympathises most sin- met, and occasionally entered into familiar inter-
mealy is the seffrrings of the wounded.—By order, course. The superior Russian officers were veil
(Signed) J. Speesox, Chief of the Staff.
polite and affable, but some of lower grades, es well
I find I understated considerably the number of as the men .
generally, wore a sullen and resentful
guns and mortars taken by the French. Inclusive of
look. The men appeared fagged and tired. There
all pieces, as well those found in the Mamelon Re- were several general officers present, all young men,
doubt as in the redoubts on the east side of the
At a little distance they could not have been distia-
Careening-bay Ravine, the number taken amounted
guished from the private soldier ; they wore the
to 68. Of these a considerable proportion were new,
same long grey
.coat, the same head-dress, and it
lying on the ground ready to replace those which
required close inspection of the straps upon the
might be injured iu the embrasures. Some few re- shoulders, the embroidery on the cap, and the con-
maining in position in the batteries were spiked. A
battens, before the difference in dress could be noted.
large quantity of gunpowder, fuzee', shells, and shot The subject of the late conflict was generally, by
were also secured. Three large mortars, and several mutual consent, avoided ; bat in one case, wce it
smaller mortars which had not yet been used, were
was introduced into conversation, the Russian said
found in the Mamelon Redoubt. that we had taken the redoubto only in consequence
Oar men who were occupying the Quarry out- of the hour at which we had made the attack. If we
work yesterday buffered severely, chiefly from some had come against them after dark, we should have
guns connected with the Garden batteries, on the found them in all respects prepared, as they had been
west side of the South Harbour, which the enemy every night since the works were constructed.
brought to bear upon the work. One or two guns, While the armistice lasted, the Russians wets
out of sight, but near the Barrack Battery, also bore seen to be working with the greatest energy in re
upon it. The fire from our left attack kept the oppo- pairing some of the mischief done to the Malakhoff
moon under in some degree, but the Russians parse- Tower batteries. Some were bringing sandbags,
vered with much obstinacy, and throughout the day others were ramming them down. It was subee.
on the left of the Quarry and in part of the new quently found that they had taken advantage of this
trench leading up to it, it continued to be "very brief cessation of hostilities to make also a email
hot." Above the Quarry, and for about one-third of howitzer battery on the right of the Malakhoff
the distance between it and the Redan, is a gradual Tower, and in rear of the other woiks, in such a
rise in the ground, and this knoll under any circum- position as to cross in its line of fire the right of the
stances would prevent the guns of the Redan from Quarry. This has since caused us a good deal of
being depressed so low as to reach the Quarry. The injury on several occasions, as the enemy knew the
shot would penetrate the crest of the knoll if the precise range, and no preparation had been made to
attempt were made, or would per over the work. guard against the fire from this point.
However, no gunner can now show himself at the At first all officers were admitted into the Mamelon
Man; not to mention the heavy fire against it from Redoubt, but long before the armistice had ceased
our batteries, the riflemen stationed on the right of our allies found it necessary to check the number of
the Quarry, and along what is now our most advanced visitors. It was, indeed, a most remarkable work.
work, are able to keep it completely silent. Some The Russian engineers lied not followed soy
guns on the left of the Malakhoff would be able to set rates, but adapted it to the peculiar ezipn-
&noey. it, and part of the old Russian trench connected cies of its position. Every possible contrivance hod
with it; but they are now controlled by the power- been laid hold of to protect the artillerymen from the
tul fire from our batteries in the right attack. cross fire from tho French and English batteries.
There was not found to be any deep excavation at Traverses of immense thickness had been made be-
the Quarry—nothing, indeed, to warrant this name, tween every gun. There was a depth of four feet
which has been given to it in the English camp ge- from the level of the platforms to the ground within
penny. Some stones had been dug our, but very super- the work, so that no one was exposed to fire through
ficially ; and the part of the rocky knoll from which the embrasures but the men actually working the
they had been taken was entirely below, and on one gun. Near the muzzle of each gun several coils of
side of the work which was subsequently constructed rope were wound round one above the other, until a
by the Russians; and which was the object of the late close dense ring of considerable thickness was formed;
contest. The site from which the stones had been this was deep enough to protect the gunner from a
removed was evidently selected for the convenience rifle ball while pointing the gun, and perhaps might
of carrying them away by the Woronsoff road,
which be useful in deadening the concussion when the gm
Awes by at a short distance on the left, to turn to- was itself struck by a shell or other missile. In use
wards the South harbour. The loose stone lied been of each gun, a passage being left to walk along, vu
employed to a great extent in the formation of the also a splinter-proof traverse, nod along the opposite
parapet ot the work. Within the work, which was aides of this passage—that is, in the sides of the
of a crescentic form, traversing platforms lied been earthen which the platforms rested—were a series
completed for tour gins, and everything was ready of cave-like holes, hate which two or three men could
for them to be brought into position. It appeared retreat. There was a middle passage along the centre
as if the enemy were only waiting for the of the redoubt, between the traverses placed in rear
first dark night to bring the guns down. of the several embrasures. On entering the work a
There was a sort of place d'armee, also, stranger found himself in a sort of maze; there were
cleared under shelter of the parapets a little lanes and turnings in every climatal°. A shell
space of sufficient extent for about a company of falling into any part of the work could scarcely hurt
men to be formed up in it. Our right of this work, more than the troops in the particular enclosure into
the end toward the Mamelon, was connected with which it fell, and they, if there were time, would
three covered approaches. One, that nearest to our have the opportunity of running behind a traverse,
advanced work, led into the Russian rifle- pits which or getting into some of the holes in the earth. A
they constructed after " Egerton's Pit' had been spacious natural cave had been taken advantage of
taken, and then passed aloog the foot of Frenchman's- for the formation ot the principal magazine; the en-
hill, and crossed the Karabelnaia ravine, to be con- trance to this depository was by descent of a smell
owned with the approach to the Mamelon Redoubt ; flight of steps outside, and on the Malakhoff
the second extended only a abort distance; the third, aspect of the redoubt. A deep ditch flanked
still further back, ran nearly parallel with the first, the erotic on each side, except that in which
and near the ravine, became connected with it. The was the entrance, and this ditch, and the
first and third were also directly connected by compartments of the work between the traverser,
trenches which crossed from the latter and comment- were covered with the bodies of those who had fallen
cated with the twe rifle-pits in the first parallel. All in the contest for its posses.sion. Russians, Zanaves,
these are now in our possession. Considerably further Aigerines, and French soldiers of the line, were all
back, on the right of the Redan work, the Russians lying together. The traverses and parapets were
hold another parallel; but between this and the battered about in all directions, and some of the guns
Quarry work and trenches there is at present only had been overturned, and were half buried in the
open ground. displaced earth. It was a scene, indeed, of ruin and
The acquisition of these works has led to a nom- devastation.
piste change in the disposition of all the lines on our Au incident, which at the time produced a very
right attach • a corresponding change having been singular effect, occurred during the armistice, abut
effected at the same time by the French in their lines an boor after its commencement. While officers and
as far as the right of the Careening Bay ravine. A men of the different nations were mixed together is
Wyatt has been carried up from the zigzag on the the neutral space between the Mamelon and Malak.
left of our advanced parallel, near " Egertou's rifle- hoff hills, some exchanging cards, cigars, or entering
pit," directly up to the Quarry work; the parapet of into other civilities, and while the operation of cow
the Russian trenches has been turned; and these veyiog and burying the dead was still going on, a
together now form our third, or strictly our fourth panic suddenly rose that the fire was being opened.
parallel. The parallel, however, made.' est in rear of It was impossible to discover whence the idea spruce,
our old advanced work, and which contained the but it spread like wildfire, and in an instant all fn•
breaching batteries, is witialiy spoken of as part of the ternising was at an end, an abrupt parting took
advanced work. and therefore included in our second place, and French and English were hurrying
parallel; the new parallel taken from the Russians is toward the Mamelon in one direction, and Russians
on this account now called oar third parallel. About the other way toward the Malakhoff works. As the
forty yards in front of the Mamelon Redoubt, between distance from the camp was very considerable, and
it and the Malakhoff-bill, the French have dug a the time of duration of the armistice uncertain, many
trench; this is connected on the left with the old of the English and French did not return. The fire
Russian approach which joined what is now our third was still going ea on the left, and it was supposed
parallel. Our allies have also turned the Russian that the smoke rising from a small explosion in the
approach to the Selinghiosk redoubt, above the direction of the Greenhill attack, bad caused the sad-
Careening harbour. This trench, which emcees the den alarm.
Careening Bay ravine, and ascends the right of the Among the bodies brought in on this occasion wit
Mamelon hill, is made to connect with the trench in that of Lieutenant Edward Henry Webb, of the
front of the Multistep redoubt, and now forms the 88th Regiment, who fell in the attack on the Query
advanced parallel in this direction. Taken together, He was pierced by seven or eight wounds in various
there is now a continuous parallel from the incline of parts of the body, and, as when he fell he was seen
Mount Bayonne. shove the Careening Bay ravine, on to have been disabled by a musket boll in the leg
the right, to the Quarry below the Rena° on the left. only, some of these must have been inflicted after be
The great importance of this general advance is at was on the ground. He was found lying some way
once obvi us. It destroys all the advantages gained in advance, and to the right of the Quarry. Be "I
by the Russians in that series of counter-approach a remarkably breve young officnr, and had pallet!'
operations which began on the night of the 21st of lady distinguished himielf in the early part of the
February last in the construction of the Selinghinsk • eof
siege operations by his conduct while in comman „
redoubt, and which terminated in the formation of sharpshooters. The circumstance that out of the smilu
the Hatoptemoks. Redoubt, with its outworks on the storming party sent against the Quarry so large arc-
Mamelon Vert. sod almost ensures to us a speedy vice portion of those who fell should have been officers,
tory over the Karabelnaia suburb of Sebastopol. cannot fail to attract attention. The accounts given by
Lieut.-Colonel Shearman and Captain Forster, of different persons engaged in the affair of the citea
the 62nd regiment, who were killed early in the stances of the fight for the Quarry, vary greatly, f
morning of yesterday, near the Quarry, were at the and there seems to have been such a commingling of
time in the Russian approach leading to the advanced the parties intended for the attack, and those for t!
parallel. The same sound shot killed and wounded support and the reserve, and all within so limit
seven otherv. It came from a gun at the Garden bat- space, that it isnot likely the history will ever become
tery, which enfiladed this part of the trench. Capt. 1 Teri dear.
Inge% of the same regiment, was wounded at the! There is a shirr told, on good authority, concectal
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same time. Major Dicksoa was killed by a rifle ball. with the sudden temporary retreat of the g rite
A very large body of the enemy Was observed last from the Marsden Redoubt, after they bad
night to be filling sandbags at the cliff. near the ex- seined it, which serves to explain this op :lumen A