The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-09 00:00:00

THE LATE SORTIE BEFORE SEBAST OPOL

Zliig hi, t4.137/1,1) Urnc!?l..',ni f 5 , .
10 1 gis an ex ract from a letter written
, by eh diner' il(' ihifiltiiiral Afillithig --i-=---- -.
A. i' -3 as .so '4 Comip'befars Sabiabcopoli March 23.
,: _ ~,,‘„‘, The actiqn oflastfinghtv,„knigill.A ialm9s dignify
.
'''' thy the' name ofl battle '--=-lias been, a glorious and
!Y - ';deeik+tpifictiwy, Jul .....17,are zi-Jil.. ~.., -,. , ~ -
'
-., " it,was-3lnkerniamonth. small scale---an attack
,d.., in very ,great. force,a,ndrp all poilits:i.apd every
,_ where' they were beaten 6ack with vigour and
•'-', ' heaVy hiss ,- I saw-"at leaSt -306' tiisaian bodies'
)f . lying on _the, field..t • .:.We .calculated that ' their loss
r) must have exceeded
.1,200 mgt. . , , ..,- 7 , -
" Tte- FrenehloSt. 500, and the English four
'officers and about`so.inen.. • OaPtain.Vicari, of the
07th, was, in the. advanced - parallel of our right
, attack, with a picket of 144 regiment. The enemy
attacked fhb Preficklirie'S close alongside where the
lay.; a ravine only separdted the'm. 'They 'at first
ar9vl4 back „t be,Frencly. and part of i them. • then
turned to their right, crossed
.theiravine,,and tookour trench in flank.' We were Unprepared, and at
1..: firstithetiglib the adviandifiilicklY Was One 'of 'the
, French. - But Vicars fotind out they were the Run
3- sians,, and ordered,his men tojie down,. and wait
,
tilt they came within 20 paCes • and they did fo.
s•--,When,the etierny*as cloie enOnghOricars shouted,
' - Now,- '976,.;0n-fybur pins,, and, charge I' • They
lt, poured, in a volle37,,charged,and dravelthe, Ens-
Ls. sians quite out of the trench, Vicars, himself
r' , struck:dciwn *Awaltaseians, -rind -was- in -the act of
; cutting down,a third with his:sword, when another
man, who was quite. close (for the coat was singed),
.'.'' e-ffrecl; lineihe' ball afeigd hrs'iplifte:cl right arm
.: zloserto evrsere it fivirwthekislidtiltlei; find 'l4 fell.
p., „The arteries ryaera divided, , and ilitiquahot have, bled
.to death. in. a,fewyainutes., , ~
5-- "Tlins Ins end was as peaceful and, painless as a
soldier's death could be,- and nothing could haVe
) been more -noble, devoted, and glorious than 'is
conduct in this; his first and last engagement." He was universally beloved, and none c
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doubt who kneW him that he is now in the presenee
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of that-great and holy God --whom on earth he
deeply loved, and earnestly and successfully sought
to serve. 1
' "Pobr fellow ! he chose the Psalms, and lessons
for the preceding day (the Day of Humiliation),
'and read the service,-when several of
.us met tO-
gether to worship 'God ; all present must have
noticed the
..feriour of his manner ; little did we
think he was so, soon' to'be numbered' with the
dead. 7 1

letter dated, fro n, off Sebastopol, March 24,
, says

• '
Onthii 22d the Russians Made heavy sortie
in the night owboth ours'and the French.trenthes ;
they. were .repulsed !with great- loss, but we also
suffered—nine officers and 100 men killed and
missing, among "whom is the Colonel of the 29th,
whether killed, or.--missing is uncertain. •On the
same evening the town was set fireto by some of
• Our mortars, which are doing great execution, and
kept burning all night. The deserters still confirm
the report of Menschikoff's! death, saying he died
five days after receiving •the wound halls knee.
" A.ihniral'lstomine was also killed by a shell ii 2
the Malakhoff Battery—the same peisOn Who was
_well known to Sir E. Lyons,' and who exchanged
presents—,' a cheese for a deer'—some time back.l
" Summer is fast making its appearance. The-
mometer oftedat 60 deg., and the weather exceed-
ingly mild.

The Russian Captain Kovrseleff, who was on boar
the Agamemnon some time,
Sand was ultimatel:
exchanged for Lord Dunkellin, was shot 48 hour
after he, had landed for having been "capture
drunk."

A letter from the fleet at Balaklava,; dated Marc
23, says :—" There are in harbour her Majesty'
ships Diamond, Leander, Wasp, Vesuvius, 'an
Caradoc. The Medina arrived here a few days ag
with warrant officers' stores, and sailed yesterda
for the fleet. Lieutenant Cambier, of the Diamond
lice been invalided. Huts are in course of construc
tion for the reception of the sick belonging to th
Marine Brigade. When they are completed th
sick will be removed from the transport Pride o
the Ocean to them. Huts are also in course o
erection for the steres for the Navil Brigade, whe
they will be transferred from the transport Si
Robert Sale. By these arrangements two larg
vessels will be disposable. The Vesuvius sails to
morrow for Constantinople and Malta. Lieutenan
Casey, R.M., is on board a transport under tiedi
cal treatment. Admiral Boxer has shifted fro
the Oscar steamer to the Columbia sailing trans=
port. The. Danube, purchased steamer, arrivel
here yesterday from the fleet."