The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-24 00:00:00

rately than I could give them, but I learn that ;our total
toss is estimated at 2,400.
Yesterday I again went over the field. I can add little
omy previous account of it. The fire locks, nearly all
Russian, lying about are innumerable. I cannot esti-
mate their loss with any accuracy, The ground is thickly
xwere/ with dwarf oaks, and the dead and wounded are
lying on hill and valley even down to the plain. It will
be some time before they are all discovered. Many of the
wounded were not then brought in, and the troops are so
hard-worked that some time will elapse before it can be
done, and all the dead buried ; and the dead horses are so
numerous that it is no easy matter to get them even out of
the camp. Many of the wounded were dying for want of
assistance ; they had not even had a drop •f water, and
their moaning was horrible. It could not be helped, for
there was no ono to g• ant to give it to them, and which is
scarce, and has to bo brought from a great distance. The
Russians should (as any civilised nation would have done)
have sent in a flag of truce and surgeons, aad asked per-
, mission to attend to their wounded, and bury their dead,
but that would have been acknowledging their defeat.
There is no doubt that our force is too small for so great
an undertaking as the capture of Sebastopol, to do it
properly. 20,000 more men would have carried the place
while the battle was going on, and finished the business ;
as it was, both our flanks were nearly turned, and we
might have had the worst of it had it not been for the
valour of officers and men of both the English and French
armies. As it is, it may yet be long before we succeed,
but succeed wo must.

Draughts are coming out from England ; but, in-
stead of sending every available man as they should do, they
only send out driblets. For instance, ono subaltern and. 80
men to the 95th, once 1,000 strong, and now having about
6 officers and 200 men. We really deserve to lose.
The Turks, since the battle, have been employed in
throwing up works on our ridge, where heavy guns are to
be mounted. It ought to have been done before, for it is
the weak part of the position, and I expect the Russians
will again attempt to force it, as it is said 18,000 more
men are on their way from the north. The Russian guns
were so much heavier than ours that they had it all
their own way until twe long 18-pounders were brought
up, aid in some measure silenced them. The Turks
are lazy workmen ; to make them work properly, there
should be one Englishman or Frenchman with a stick
to every six of there. To-day, the 7th, the remainder of
the wounded Russians are being fast brought in, and the
dead buried. The dead horses are being dragged to a dis-
tance from the camp, for there are neither hands nor time
to bury them. The dead men are being piled up in strains
and drawn down to the valleys, where great holes are
being dug to receive them. The order of the camp has ,
been somewhat changed. Some French battalions have
been brought up to our right, and are encamped near the
Guards. Up to this time our troops have fought in their
greatcoats, and it is said that during the action they were
occasionally peppered by the French, whe in the confusion
mistook them for Russians, who also took them for irregu-
lar troops. To-day an order has been issued for them always
to fight in rod during the day time. This is as it should be. I
have just been retard the field again. The dead are being
buried as fast as possible, bat I fear it will be some days
before they aro all collected and buried. Large pits are
being (lag, and the bodies laid in crosswise—head aid feet
alternately. The Russians are buried separately, and the
English and French together. They lived together, fought
and died together, and are buried together; indeed, the
soldiers have a repugnance even to place a dead Russian in
the came cart with an Englishman or a Frenchman. One
field battery alone lost 40 horses. It is fortunate the wea-
ther is not hot, or the number of dead horses and men
would create a pestilence, and the ground is so hard and
stony that it is only in certain places that graves can bo
dug. A report was spread about to-clay that the Russians
had sent in a flag of truce, but it was not correct.