The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-23 00:00:00

ATTACKING FORCE.

Ist Administrative Brigade Middlesex Artillery—Lieute-
nant-Colonel H. Creed, six guns.
let Huntingdonshire Light Horse—the Duke of 31anches-
ter.

Bucks (Taplow) Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain Nathaniel
Grace Lambert.
Ist Administrative Battalion Buckinghamshire Rifle
Violuateer3, 5t4 Lincolnshire, 21 Adrninistrati-re Battalion
Cambridge, and 15th Glocester and 17th Worcester—Lieu
tenant-Colonel the Hon. P. Barrington.
19th and 23d Surrey and 47th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer
Corps—Major V. H. Labrow.
let Administrative Battalion Oxford and Ist Adminis-
tration Battalion Warwick—Major J. W. C. Hartopp.

DEPENDIXG FORCE.
guns
'lion. Artillery Company—
Captain W. C. Jay
gun
'H
s—C aptorse Araintillery
Home sT. Kof Royal Bucks Yeomanry Ca;al-ry—,2
.
Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry
the Duke of Buckingham and Cl,.dbciol:ieutenant-Colonel
2d South Middlesex Rifles.
Ist Admistratire Battalion Hertfordshire—Ca-
ptain, J. S,
Gape.
let Administrat'Al Battalion Bedfordshire---Lieute
ColaColonelna,stin- nant
es
let Adml7l.. Russell.
istrative Battalion Northamptonshire—Lieu.
tenant-C`Jionel the Duke of Grafton.
Be`e.tdes the above, there was present a newly-
rr.sed corps of Oxford Light Horse, of promising
appearance. It did not take any part in the pro-
ceedings, but assisted in keeping the ground.
The review commenced about 2 o'clock, when a
body of the Backs Yeomanry Cavalry were pushed
out on the part of the defenders to ascertain the
strength of their antagonists, who soon presented
such a front, and made such practice from their four
9 pounder and two 18 pounder guns, that the 'Yeo-
manry, although supported by the light field-pieces
of the Hon, Artillery Company, were forced to re-
tire. The skirmishers of their body, who had dis-
mounted like the old Dragoons to fight more at
their ease, were the first to retire, and then
the squadrons relieved each other alternately.
Whilst this movement was being executed
the guns of the Han. Artillery Company made two
spirited dashes at the enemy, rushing up at full gal-
lop to short range, firing, and then retreating again
before the heavy guns could be trained upon them.
C.A. Erskine meanwhile led on an advance of his
forces in line covered by skirmishers, shook the dee
fenders out of their originally strong position, and
forced their cavalry to retire for shelter behind the
infantry. The Duke of Manchester's Horse, on the
attacking aide, now had matters entirely their own
way, and so warmly did they enter into the spirit
of the fray that whatever was for the time opposed
to them, infantry or cavalry, it seemed
much as
the riders could do to prevent their chargers from
daShing in among them. The south Middlesex and
20th Middlesex, acting together as a battalion,
checked the advance of the cava!ry for a time, but
it soon became evident that the defenders must give
way still further. Swinging room upon the Greed
Sand as a pivot, they accordingly showed front in
a new direction, their right resting upon the Grand
Stand, their left upon the garden wall, and the in-
termediate line extending right across the plateau,
giving the spectators a fine view of the proceedings
which followed. Further maeceavring, leading to
a further retreat, eneu. d, and white the blttalions
were in the act of retiring, and ,vere Will en echelon,