The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-02 00:00:00

COLONEL Wa
VDHAM AND THE REDAN.

It is known only to a few of the friends of this gal-
lant officer who have survived the Crimean campaign,
flank movement of the army
that when the celebrate
was made on Balaklava Colonel Windham on that oc-
casion was the bearer of the t;espatch to the naval corn-
inander•in-chief (Admiral Dulajas) requesting the co-
operation of the fleet, and that ha Atterwar(7B proceeded
with the order from Admiral Dundaa to Sir Edmund
Lyons, directing him to take the Agamemnon round to
Balaklava, and was on board at the time when the gal-
lant young nay.l officer made his appearance with a mes-
sage to the same effect, and for which ftc received his
promotion. Colonel Windham was the man on that oc-
casion, as he was at the Redan, and as he has now won
for himself an imperishable fame, it is but fair the pub-
lic should know this fact, as he .raay proudly look for-
ward to the day when the deeds of the past may meet
with the deserved rewards which a grateful country
knows so well how to bestow upon those of her sons
who have in the hour of trial stood in " the imminent
nod deadly breach."

Constantinople papers of the 20th contain long
letters from the Crimea, with details of the capture
of Sebastopol. Some of these are interesting.
" We thank. God," says one of the writers,
" For having allowed us to fail in our attempt ag.-Linst
the Centre Bastion. .fiad we taken it 20,000 men
would have established themselves there, pending the
capitulation of the town or the retreat of the Russians.
Well, according to every probability, not one of them
would have escaped, and to the inevitable loss suffered
in the battle would have been added the still far
greater grief of beholding our heroic soldiers buried in
the craters of innumerable mines. . . . .

The Russians were taken by surprise by our attack.
Some of the officers have told us that they nu longer ex-
pected us on that day ; they thought the assault would
be given 09,r1y in the morning. The enemy's troops had
just dined when ours assailed them. A sad dessert ! I
saw on the morrow in the Malakhoff, bowls, wooden
spoons, and pieces of bread strewn by the side of these
unfortunates, who had not even finished their last meal.
Each loaf was cut into little square pieces the size of dice.
I send you one as a specimen."

Another letter gives the following sketch of the
attack on the Redan :
"At the moment that the French swarmed into the
Malakhoff the English planted their first ladders on the
reverse of the ditch ; but at that same moment a mine
exploded on the right, and the alarm it caused was such
that General Windham's column remained for an instant
as if paralysed. This brave officer jumped alone into the
Redan, and remained there (s' y promcna ), eabre in hand,
calling to his troops ; he was followed by his staff, then
by his soldiers, and a furious melee ensued. On the
other line of attack the regiments had passed the coon-
terscarps and the chevaux-de-frise, the ladders were
placed, and Major Welsford, of the 27th, first mounted
to the assault. But he had not raised his head above
the parapet when a Russian officer discharged a gun,
which threw the brave Major headless into the ditch.
A sergeant who followed hard upon the heels of Major
Welsford ieaped upon the parapet and put his sword
(bayonet ?) to the breast of the Russian officer, who ex-
claimed in good English, 'lyield myself prisoner.' He was
seized and led away. The 30th and 41st Regiments mount-
ed to the assault almost at the same moment, in spite
of an infernal fire ; but the struggle was out of all pro-
portion ; five explosions successively took place under
the very feet of the occupants, who were swept away
by volcanoes contrived in the ground ; in the ditch the
other regiments awaited a favourable moment. Then
from top to bottom of the Redan a terrible combat en-
sued, and lasted until the moment when,, unable to hold
out any longer, the assailants were obliged to retreat
upon their places dames."

We extract the following from the latest General
Orders : .

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by
Head-quarters, Sebastopol, Sept. 1.
° ...
In coniequenco of the difficulty experienced
e
Pay-
master,, when it is found impracticable to procure the
proper returns, in charging against the soldiers proceed-
ing from Scutari to Balaklavathe stoppages for rations
whilst on board ship, the Secretaryat War approves of
the arrangement that each soldier sh :all be charged with
ship rations from the period of being settled with on
embarkation at Scutari to the
qualification—that, in
date of rejoining the regi-
ment in the Crimea, with this
cases where the dates of ef r
mL,
,arking and disembarking
are doubtful, the stoppage
meucement or tor o one day, either au-
t the eco
termination of the voyage,
re-
mitted to the soldier. may be
Colonel Shewell, C.II Sth Hussars, will assume com-
mand of the Hussar Brigade, in succession to Brigadier-
General Parlby, who has gone on leave of absence on
medical certificate.

September 17.
The service for which the naval brigade was attached
to this army having been completed by the fall of Sebas-
topol the force has been ordered to rejoin the fleet. The
Commander of the Forces heartily thanks the officers,
petty officers, and seamen for the very efficient services
they have rendered in the batteries, and on all occasions
when their aid against the enemy was required ; and he
has.to notice the patience and couraze with which, side
14 side with the soldiers of this army, they have endured
the dangers and hardships of nearly a year's duty in the
trenches. General Simpson cordially acknowledges the
obligations he is under to Rear-dldwiral Sir Steplaeu