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at their head, and many officers, had succeeded even in
getting upon the rampart, but all fell mortally wounded.
The battalions ofthe Wilna regiment maintained thei
position in the fosse, although overwhelmed by balls and
bullets and pieces of stone thrown upon them by the
Turks. Ere long the latter opened a heavier fire of grape
shot from the two flank batteries against the battalions.
Lieut.-General Kovalevski was here mortally wounded.
Colonel Keeloff, commander of the Below regiment, was
also wounded, and a great part of the superior officers of
the two regiments were killed or wounded. Amongst
them Colonel of the Staff Roudanovskii, Quartermaster-
General, Captain of the Staff Raditch. Moreover, all
the officers attached to Lieu t.-Gen.Kovalevski were killed
or wounded. Capt.Kagnatchee, of the corps of Engineers
who had beon attached to my person, and whom I had
sent to this column, was pierced with three balls.
Meanwhile the horse volunteer] had rushed to the
right of the infantry, and, in spite of a most violent fire,
penetrated the fortifications • but the movement of the
infantry of this column not having succeeded, they were obliged to retire. At the same time the skirmishers of
the centre column, also the second battalion of the
Riajsk regiment, which supported them, reached,
through a terrible fire of grape-shot and musketry, the
arms, took to fl emy's battery.
ght Here the Turks, throwing down their
Tire battalions of the second line, which had taken the
left, were received by a cross fire from the central fort
of Tornas-Tibia and its adjacent redoubts. Here Lieut.
General Gagarine and two chiefs of battalion were
grievously wounded. Of six chiefs of the company three
were killed and the others wounded. These battalions,
which had not reached the fort, then joined those of the
first column, which having lost the greater part of its
superior chiefs and officers, began to retreat.
Soon afterwards the enemy succeeded in concentrat-
ing considerable masses of forces against the skirmishers
and the second battalion of the Riajsk regiment, already
enfeebled by its losses. Here were killed Col. Brest-
schinskii, chief of battalion, and Captain Khlioustine,
chief of company; this battalion was then obliged to
abandon the battery it had occupied, and to join the
trrops of the first column.
I then transferred the command of these two columns
to Colonel Prince Dondoukoff-Korsakoff, who, after
bringing them upon the heights which stretch to the
left of the Kourgan, where the Battery No. 2 was, re-
formed them, and made the combined Regiment No. 2
of the Cossacks of the line, and two divisions of Dra-
goons advance to cover their retreat. At the same
time he caused the wounded to be collected by the Cos.
sacks.

The Battery No. 2, which opened its fire against the i
enemy's batteries, facilitated these operations. After, _
the troops had been re-formed, they were arranged in.,. _,....z.%..........,,
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the following order:—A ootnia of Cossacks, with the-
section No. 2 of the battery of fuseens, occupied the
elevation where the No. 2 Battery was ; behind came
the infantry, and more to the left , two divisions of dra-
goons with the horse battery.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN.
The extension line of this company, from Mal'Lugar
to Longford. was opened for public traffic on Thursday.
The length of the line is 26 miles. A further extension,
from Longford to Strokestowu and Castlebar, county of
Mayo, is now being surveyed ; and it appears the coun-
ties through which it is intended to pass are willing to
guarantee a minimum dividend of 4 per cent, on an out-
lay not exceeding 6,000/. per mile.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN.

SHIRE.

Tile working expenses and other outgoings of this
cmnpany's railways (exclusive of the Manchester, South
Junction, and Altrincham, stated below), have amounted
in the fortnight endity; November 4 to 9,175/. 18s. ld.,
making, with the 76,3381.3 Id. already stated, a
total of 85,5141. ls. 2d. for the first nine fortnights of the
half-year, or at the rate of 55.52 per cent, on the rail-
way traffic for the same period. The proportion of
the South Junction, &c., receipts accruing to the com-
pany for the fortnight ended November 4 amounts to
719/. 34.8 i., making, with the 6,8801. 12s. 6d. previously
stated, a total for the first nine fortnights of 7,5991. 16s.
2d., while the expenses being 3691. Bs. 11d. for thig, and
2,9531. 194. 61 for the eight previous fortnights, amount
to 3,3231. Bs. 53., or at the rate of 43.73 per cent.

COLEFORD, MONMOUTH, USK, AND PONTY.

POOL.

The works on thi: line are proceeding satisfactorily.
The first section cif the railway from Usk to Little Mill
is now ready for traffic, and will be opened to the public
when the arrangements for working it are completed.