The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-11 00:00:00

HAZARDOIIS WORK.

This is the sixth day of the bombardment, and a
dreadful week it has been for us, for I will tell you
what we have had to do. We have bad to run all along
the entrenchments with boxes of powder for the gunners,
which is very dangerous work, for we have to run
through all the fire, with shot and shell flying around
us in countless numbers. In fact, you don't know for
a moment but your head may be blown off your_
shoulders ; but I think God is protecting us, for we
hare lost but a very few men, considering the dread-
ful fire they had to stand. All we have lost is about
sixty or seventy men; but they, poor fellows, have met
with a hard fate, for some had their heads cut clean off,
and others were cut clean in two. You must think,
my dear father, what a 56-pounder would do if it hit
you, and the shells of the enemy burst right over our
heads ; but God has saved us so far.
THE LATE CAPTAIN ROWLEY.

The following is an extract of an official letter from

the lamented Col. Hood, commanding the 3d battalion
of Grenadier Guards (who was himself killed the day
afterwards), to Colonel Wood, commanding the Grena-
dier Guards :

" Camp before Sebastopol, Oct. 17.
"My dear Wood,—lt grieves me much to have to re-
port the death of poor Rowley. He was killed on duty in
the trenches yesterday morning about 9 o'clock. He was
in advance of the trench, lying down. A shot struck the
rock, bounded up at a very short angle, and fell upon him.
Ho never spoke afterwards, and died about a quarter of an
hour after the blow was given.
"Staff-Surgeon Wilson was with him immediately. No
medical assistance could have been of any avail.
" He is to be-buried this morning at 10."
PROBABLE DURATION OF THE SIEGE.
The siege goes on with unabated vigour on our side.
This is now the sixth day of our cannonade, and the
Russians certainly do is3t seem to give in, so far as I
can see or hear. It is now almost gun for gun. How-
ever, those who ought to understand these things better
than I do, say that the fire from the Russian batteries is
not nearly so strong as it was, and all reports appear to
say that they are losing heart. My opinion is that the
place may ultimately fall, but not for some time. I
would say the siege will last 21 days; the French allow it
the same time, and they are pretty good judges in these
things, although as soldiers or sailers in real work we
have nothing to learn from them. The first batteries,
erected by the French, blew up two hours after they
opened. This has delayed us at least a couple of days.
It is quite a mistake to think Sebastopol will be like
Bomarsund, for, with the exception of Gibraltar, it is
the strongest place in the world, and the Russian artil-
lery as good as any. The work for our men is now
very severe ; they are always on duty 12 hours out of
the 24, one day protecting the trenches, the next repaif.
ing the damages, with shot and shell flying all, around
them.

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HORRORS oF WARY"' •
How little the people at home know of the hortora of
war. Were they to see a glimpse of what is going on
here they would never grudge to pay for the means of
bringing it to a close, and I believe the only means that
will bring us peace is a much stronger army and a good
navy. More troops must be sent out if this lasts, as our
force is fast dwiidling away with sickness, and we have
now not above 18,000 available men, the rest are either
dead or gone to Constantinople ; but I believe that every
man here from the highest to the lowest, will do his
duty as long as his country requires him, and may Ged
send us victory l The sickness is diminished—cholera
very mach so—and although fever is very prevalent, it
is as yet of a mild type.