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London, England, 1854-11-23 00:00:00

E SUN, LONDON, TITTIRSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER is, 1854;

TUE BATTLE OF INKERIVIAN

as many of his division as were not employed in the
trenches, and led the portions of the 20kh, 21st, 46th,
57th, 03d, and 68th Regiments which were available
against the enemy, directing them to the left of the
ground occupied by the columns of the 2d Division. It
was intended that one brigade, under Brigadier-General
Torrens, should move in support of the brigade under
Brigadier-General Goldie ; but it, was scon found that
the enemy were in such strength that the whole force of
the division, which consisted of only 2,200 men, must be
vigorously used to repel them. Sir G. Brown had rushed
up to the front with his brave fellows of the Light Divi-
sion—tile remnants of the 7th Fusiliers, of the 19th
Regiment, of the 23d Regiment, of the 33d Regiment, and
the 77th and the 83th Regiments, under Brigadiers
Codrington and Buller. As they began to move across
the ground of the 2d Division, they were at once brought
under fire by an unseen enemy. The gloomy character of
the morning was unchanged. Showers of rain fell through
the fogs, and turned tho ground into a clammy soil, like a
freshly-ploughed field, and the Russians, who had, no
doubt, taken the bearings of the ground ere they placed
their guns, fired at random indeed, but with too much
effect on our advancing columns. While all the army
was thus in motion the Duke of Cambridge was not be-
hind hand in bringing up the Guards under Brigadier
Bentinck —all of his division now left with him, as the
Highlanders are under Sir Colin Campbell at Balaklava.
These splendid troops with the greatest rapidity and
ardour rushed to the front and right of the Second Divi-
sion, and gained the summit of the hills towards which
two columns of the Russians were struggling in the
closest order of which the nature of the ground would
admit. The Third Division, under Sir R. England, was
also got under arms as a reserve, and one portion of it,
comprising the 50th, part of the 23th and the 4th Regi-
ments, were engaged with the enemy ere the fight was
over.

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(From the correspondent of the Times.)

BALAKLANA, Nov. 6.—lt had rained almost inces-
santly the night before, and the early morning gave no
promise of any cessation of the heavy showers which
had fallen for the previous four-and-twenty hours. To-
wards dawn a heavy fog settled down on the heights and
on the valley of the Inkerman. The pickets and men on
outlying posts were thoroughly saturated, and their arms
were wet, despite their precautions ; and it is scarcely
to be wondered at if there were some of them who were
not quite as alert as sentries should be in face of an ene•
my; for it must be remembered that our small army is
almost worn out by its incessant labours, and that men
on picket are• frequently men who have had but a
short respite from work in the trenches or from regi-
mental duties. The fog and vapours of drifting rain
were so thick as morning broke that one could
scarcely see two yards before him. At 4 o'clock the bells
of the churches in Sebastopol were heard ringing
drearily through the cold night air, but the occur-
rence has been so usual it excited no particular atten-
tion. During the night, however, a sharp-eared ser-
geant on an outlying picket of the Light Division heard
the sound of wheels in the valley below, as though they
were approaching the position up the hill. He reported
the circumstance to Major Bunbury, but it was supposed
that the sound arose from ammunition carts or arabas
going into Sebastopol by the Inkerman road. No one
suspected for a moment that enormous masses of Rus-
sians were creeping up the rugged sides of the heights
over the Valley of Inkerman on the undefended flank
of the Second Division. There all was security and re-
pose. Little did the slumbering troops in camp ima-
gine that a subtle and indefatigable enemy were bring-
ing into position an overwhelming artillery ready to play
upon their tents at the first glimpse of daylight. It
must be observed that Sir De Lacy Evans had long been
awaro of the insecurity of this portion of our position,
and had repeatedly pointed it out to those whose duty
it was to guard against the dangers which threatened us.
It was the only ground where we were exposed to sur-
prise, for a number of ravines and unequal curves in the
slope of the hill towards the valley lead up to the crest
and summit, against the adverse side of which our
right flank was resting, without guns, intrenchments,
abattis, or outlying defence of any kind. Every one ad-
mitted the truth of the representations addressed to
the authorities on this subject ; but indolence, or a sense
of false security, and an overweening confidence, led to
indifference and procrastination. A battery was thrown
up with sandbags and gabions and fascines on the slope
of the hill over Inkerman on the east, but no guns were
mounted there, for Sir De Lacy Evans thought that two
guns in such position, without any works to support
them, would only invite attack and capture. In the
action of the 26th of October, the enemy tried their
strength almost on the very spot selected by them this
morning, but it may now be considered that they merely
made a reconnaissance in force on that occasion, and that
they were waiting for reinforcements to assault the posi-
tion where it was most vulnerable, and where they might
speculate with some certainty on the effects of a surprise
of a sleeping camp on a winter's morning. Although the

And now commenced the bloodiest struggle ever
witnessed since war cursed the earth. It has been
doubted by military historians if any enemy have ever
stood a charge with the bayonet, but here the
bayonet was often the only weapon employed in conflicts
of the most obstinate and deadly character. We have
been prone to believe that no foe could ever withstand
the British soldiers wielding his favourite weapon, and
that at Maida alone did the enemy ever cross bayonets
with him, but at the bottle of Inkerman not only did
we charge in vain—not only were desperate encounters
between masses of men maintained with the bayonet
alone—but we were obliged to resist bayonet to bayonet
the Russian infantry again and again, as they charged
us with incredible fury and determination. The Battle
of Inkerman admits of no description. It was a series
of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary hand-to-hand
fights, of despairing rallies, of desperate assaults—in
glens and valleys, in brushwood glades and remote dells,
hidden from all human eyes, and from which the con-
querors, Russian or British, issued only to engage fresh
foes, till our old supremacy, so rudely assailed, was
triumphantly asserted, and the battalions of the Czar
gave way before our steady courage and the chivalrous
tire of France, No one, however placed, could have
witnessed even a small portion of the doings of this
eventful day—for the vapours, fog, and drizzling mist
obscured the ground where the struggle took place to
such an extent as to render it impossible to see
what was going on at the distance of a few yards.
Besides this, the irregular nature of the ground, the
rapid fall of the hill towards Inkerman, where the
deadliest fight took place, would have prevented
one under the most favourable circumstances seeing
more than a very insignificant an _I detailed piece of
the terrible work below. It wag six o'clock when all
the Head-Quarter camp was roused by roll after roil of
musketry on the right and by the sharp report of
field guns. Lord Raglan was informed that. the enemy
were advancing in force, and soon after seven o'clock he
rode towards the scene of action, followed by his staff,
and accompanied by Sir John Burgoyne, Brigadier-
General Strangways, R.A., and several aides-de-camp.
As they approached the volume of sound, the steady,
unceasing thunder of .gun, and rifle, and musket told
that the engagement was at its height. The shell of
the Russians, thrown with great precision, burst so
thickly among the troops that the noise resembled con-
tinuous discharges of cannon, and the massive fragments
inflicted death on every side. One of the first things
the Russians did, when a break in the fog enabled them
to see the camp of the Second Division, a as to open fire
on the tents with round shot and large shell, and tent
after tent was blown down, torn to pieces, or sent into the
air, while the men engaged in camp duties and the un-
happy herses tethered up in the lines were killed or muti-
lated. Colonel Gambier was at once ordered to get up
two heavy guns (IS-pounders) on the rising ground, and
to reply to a fire which our light guns were utterly ina-
dequate to meet. As he was engaged in this duty, and
was exerting himself with Captain Deguilar to urge them
forward, Colonel Gambier was severely but not dan
gerously wounded, and was obliged to retire. His place
was taken by Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson, and the con-
duct of that officer in directing the fire of these two
pieces, which had the most marked effect in deciding the
fate of the day, was such as to elicit the admiration of
the army, and as to deserve the thanks of every man
engaged in that bloody fray. But long ere these guns
had been brought up there had been a great slaughter of
the enemy, and a heavy- loss of our own men. Our
generals could not see where to go. They could not
tell where the enemy were—from what side they were
coming, and where going to. In darkness, gloom, and
rain they had to lead our lines through thick scrubby
bushes and thorny brakes, which broke our ranks and
irritated the men, while every pace was marked by a
corpse or a man wounded, from an enemy whose position
was only indicated by the rattle of musketry and the
rush of ball and shell.
Sir George Cathcart, seeing his men disordered by the
fire of a large column of Russian infantry which was
outflanking them, while portions of the various regi-
ments composing his division were maintaining an
unequal struggle with an overwhelming force, rode
down into the ravine in which they were engaged
to rally them. He perceived, at the same time, that
the Russians had actually gained possession of a
portion of the hill in rear of one flank of his division, but
still his stout heart never failed him for a moment. He
rode at their head encouraging them, and when a cry
arose that the ammunition was failing, he said coolly,
" Have you not got your bayonets ?" As he led on his
men it was observed that another body of. men had
gained the top of the hill behind them on the right, but
it was impossible to tell whether they were friends or
foes. A. deadly volley was poured into our scattered
regiments. Sir George cheered them and led them back
up the hill, but a flight of bullets passed where he rode,
and he fell from his horse close to the Russian columns.
The men had to fight their way through a host of ene-
mies, and lost fearfully. They were surrounded and
bayonetted on all sides, and won their desperate way up
the hill with diminished ranks and the loss of nearly 500
men. Sir George Cathcart's body was afterwards re-
covered with a bullet wound in the head and three bayo-
net wounds in the body. In this struggle, where the
Russians fought with the greatest ferocity, and bayo-
netted the wounded as they fell, Colonel Swyny, of the
63d, a most gallant officer, Lieutenant Dowling, 20th,
Major Wynne, 68th, and other officers whose names
will be found in the Gazette, met their death, and Briga-
dier Goldie (of the 57th Regiment) received the wounds
of which he has since died. The conflict on the right was
equally uncertain and equally bloody. In the Light Divi-
sion, the 88th got so far into the front that they were sur-
rounded and put into utter confusion, when four companies
of the 77th under Major Straton charged the Russians,
broke them, and relieved their comrades. The fight
had not long commenced ere it was evident that the
Russians had received orders to fire at all mounted offi-
cers. Sir George Brown was struck by a shot, which
went through his arm and struck his aide. I saw with
regret his pale and sternly composed face, as his body
was borne by me on a litter early in the day, his white
hair flickering in the breeze, for I knew we had lost the
services of a good soldier that day. Further to the right
a contest, the like of which, perhaps, never took place
before, was going on between the Guards and dense
columns of Russian infantry of five times their number.
The Guards had charged them and driven them back
when they perceived that the Russians bad outflanked
them. They were out of ammunition too. They were
uncertain whether there were friends or foes in the rear.
They had no support, no reserve, and they were fight-
ing with the bayonet against an enemy who stoutly con-
tested every inch of ground, when the carps of another
Russian column appeared on their right far in their rear.
Then a fearful mitraille was poured into them, and vol-
leys of rifle and musketry. The Guards were broken ;
they had lost 12 officers dead in the field ; they had left
one-half of their number on the ground, and they re-
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arrangements of Sir D. L. Evans on repulsing the sortie
were, as Lord Raglan declared, " so perfect, that they
s could not fail to insure success," it was evident that a
larger forcethantheßussians employed would have forced
him to retire from his ground, or to fight a battle
in defence of it with the aid of the other divisions of the
army, and yet nothing was done. No effort was made
to intrench the lines, to cast up a single shovel of earth,
to cut down the brushwood, or form an abattis. It was
thought "not to be necessary." A heavy responsibility
rests on those whose neglect enabled the enemy to attack
us where we were least prepared for it, and whose indif
ference led them to despise precautions which taken in
time might have saved us many valuable lives, and have
trebled the loss of the enemy had they been bold enough
to have assaulted us behind intrenchments. We have
nothing to rejoice over in the battle of Inkerman. We
have defeated the enemy, indeed, but have not advanced
a step nearer towards the citadel of Sebastopol. We have
abashed, humiliated, and utterly routed an enemy strong
in number, in fanaticism, and in dogged resolute courage,
and animated by the presence of a son of him whom they
believe to be God's Vicegerent on earth ; but we have
suffered a fearful loss, and we are not in a position
to part with one man. England must give us men.
She must be prodigal of her sons, as she is of her money
and of her ships, and as they have been of their lives in
her service.

It was a little after five o'clock this morning when
Brigadier-General Codrington, in accordance with his
usual habit, visited the outlying pickets of his own bri-
gade of the Light Division. It was reported to him
that "all was well," and the General entered into some
conversation with Captain Pretyman, of the 331 Regi-
ment, who was on duty on the ground, in the course of
which it was remarked that it would not be at all sur-
prising if the Russians availed themselves of the gloom
of the morning to make an attack on our position, cal-
culating on the effects of the rain in disarming our vigi-
lance and spoiling our weapoas. The Brigadier, who
has proved a most excellent, cool, and brave officer,
turned his pony round at last, and retraced his steps
through the brushwood towards his lines. He had only
proceeded a few paces when a sharp rattle of musketry
was heard down the hill and on the left of the pickets
of the Light Division. It was hero that the pickets
of the Second Division were stationed. General
Codriugton at once turned his horse's head in the direc-
tion of the firing, and in a few moments galloped back
to turn out his division. The Russians were advancing
in force upon us ! Their grey greatcoats rendered them
almost invisible even when close at hand. The pickets
of the Second Division had scarcely made out the ad-
vancing lines of infantry who were clambering up the
steep sides of the hill through a drizzling shower of rain,
ere they were forced to retreat by a close sharp volley of
musketry, and were driven up towards the brow of the
hill, contesting every step of it, and firing as long as they
had a round of ammunition on the Russian advance.
The pickets of the Light Division were assailed soon
afterwards, and were also obliged to retreat and fall back
on their main body, and it was evident that a very
strong sortie had been made upon theright of the position
of the Allied armies, with the object of forcing them to
raise the siege, and, if possible, of driving them
into the sea. About the same time that the ad-
vance of the Russians on our right flank took place, a
demonstration was made by the cavalry, artillery, and a
few infantry, in the valley against Balaklava to divert
the attention of the French on the heights above, and
to occupy the Highland Brigade, and marines, but only
an interchange of a few harmless rounds of cannon and
musketry took place, and the enemy contented them-
selves with drawing up their cavalry in order of battle,
supported by field artillery, at the neck of the valley,
in readiness to sweep over the heights an cut our re-
treating troops to pieces should the assault on our right
be sruecessfal. A Semaphore post had been erected
on the heights over Inkerman in communication with
another on the hill over their position, from which
the intelligence of our defeat was to be conveyed
to the Cavalry General, and the news would have been
made known in Sebastopol by similar means, in order to
encourage the garrison to a general sortie along their
front. A steamer, with very heavy shell guns and mor-
tees, was sent np by night to he head of the creek at In-
kerma*, and caused much injury throughout the day by
the enormous shells she pitched right over the hill upon
our men. Everything that could be done to bind victory
to their eagles---if they have any—was done by the Rus-
sian Generals. Ti,e presence of their Grand Duke Mi-
chael Nicholaievitch, who told them that the Czar
had issued orders that every Frenchman and English-
man was to be driven into the sea ere the year
closed, cheered the common soldiers, who regard
the son of the Emperor as an incarnation of the
Divine Presence. They had abundance of a coarser
and more material stimulant, ' which was found
in their canteens and flanks ; and, above all, the
priests of the Greek Catholic Church " blessed" them
ere they went forth upon their mission, and assured
them of the aid and protection of the Most High. A
mass was said for the army, and the joys of Heaven
were freely offered to those who might fall in the holy
fight, and the favours of the Emperor were largely pro -
raised to those who might survive the bullets of a here-
tical enemy.
The men in our camps had just begun a struggle with
the rain in endeavouring to light their fires for breakfast
when the alarm was given that the Russians were ad-
vancing in force. Brigadier-General Peunefather, to
whom the illness of Sir De Lacy Evans had given for the
time the command of the 2d division, at once got the
troopsunder arms. One brigade under Brigadier-General
Adams, consisting of the 41st, 47th, and 49th Regiments,
was pushed on to the brow of the hill to check the ad-
vance of the enemy by the road through the brushwood
from the valley. The other brigade (Pentiefather's
own), consisting of the 30th, 55th, and 95th Regiments,
Was led to operate on their flank. They were at
once met with a tremendous fire of shell and round
shot from guns which the enemy had posted on the
high grounds in advance of our right, and it was sour
found that the Russians had brought up at least 40
pieces of heavy artillery to bear upon us. Meantime,
the alarm had spread through the camps. Sir George
Cathcart with the greatest promptitude Wilted out

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
(Prom, Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.)
It was on Sunday, the sth of November, that the
battle of Inkerrran was fought and won. The action
commenced at daybreak and terminated at five in the
afternoon. In the night and the early hours of the sth

ha hells of Sebastopol were heard sounding the to csin.
Towards three in the morning the Russian batteries be-
fore the town opened a fearful fire upon the French ad-
vanced works and at the rear of Balaklava. The-enemy
brought forward a large force of infantry, cavalry, and
artillery, apparently with the intenthn of menacing
that place. This, it was discovered, ere long was but
a feint to occupy the French position under General
Bosquet, which, later in the day, took part in the battle.
The real point of attack was upon the British position,
which, as will be seen, was assaulted in face and on the
right flank.
At daybreak (that is, at six o'clock) the alarm was
given in the British camp that the Russians had surprised
our advanced pickets, and were already in possession of
all the heights which commanded our position. The
whole army etood to arms without delay. Presently, a
Russian battery appeared upon the crest of the height,
known as Shell-hill, near Careening Bay, whilst columns
of infantry were descried already descending the hills, or
marching up the ravines, which, it will lee observed on
reference to the map, face the front of the British posi-
tion. The most serious attack of the Russians, was, how.
ever, directed against the flank of the British army along
the heights which I have described as running parallel to
the valley of Chernaya. The ascent from the valley had
been already effected by the enemy before the alarm had
been given. The greatest credit is due to the Russian
general who concerted this bold plan of attack, and to
the troops who carried it out, though subsequently re-
pulsed. The greatest blame must be attached
to the picket to which the key of the British position
was entrusted. The Russians had in the dark of the
night dragged their guns, consisting of 32 and 24-
pounders to the base of Shell-hill, and at daybreak had
taken possession of that position. Their infantry at
the same time had remained concealed in the valley, and
had partially ascended the heights to the right flank
before their presence had been dreamed of by our
pickets. One picket, it is whispered, fell into the hands
of the enemy. The Russians were favonred in their
dangerous enterprise by the fog and mist, which lasted
until noon.

At the time the alarm was given the Russians
had possession of the heights, from whence their
artillery at once opened a fearful fire upon the en-
campment, and had, moreover, established their
infantry in every favourable position. The 2d British
division, under Brigadier-General Pennefather (Sir De
Lacy Evans was sick on board ship, but arrived later in
the day on the field of battle), with the light division
under Sir G. Brown, at once advanced to check the
progress of the Russian columns advancing in the front.
The Duke of Cambridge proceeded with the Guards (the
Highland brigade was entrusted with the defence of
Balaklava) to repulse the flank attack of the enemy.
The 4th division, under the gallant Sir George Cathcart,
divided itself partly to assist the Guards, whilst the re-
mainder reinforced the light and 2d divisions. Two regi-
ments of the 3d division were alone actively engaged,
viz., the Royals and the 50th. The entire force which
the British mustered to defend their vast front and flank
lines was confined to the following. The remainder of
the army were in the trenches, prepared to oppose any
attack upon the siege batteries :
GUards, about l,OOO
2d Division, about 2,500
Light Division, about l,OOO
4th Division 2,200
3d Division
The odds were therefore frightful, and it was only three
hours later that General Bosquet opportunely arrived
with his splendid division (5,000 strong), the same which
had fought with us at the Alma.

The Russians in the front had now advanced to within
500 yards of the encampment, and the action commenced.
The musketry fire was awful, and the enemy, who had
now guns upon every favourable position, hurled shell
and round shot at our advancing lines. The enemy's
oolunans continued to push forward, trying to overwhelm
the British regiments with their superior numbers.
Discharges took place here at ten and fifteen paces,
and gradually the conflict became a hand-to-band one.
The Russians would push on, covered with their supe-
rior fire, and were met and driven back at the point of
the bayonet. Concentrating their massive columns, they
would in their turn bear down with the steel upon the
weak British lines, and then a fearful struggle would
ensue. In every ravine a separate action was going on.
One British regiment was making face against a column
of 4,000 or 5,000 Russians, sometimes surrounded and
having to bayonet its way from the pressing foe, at
other times driving back the enemy like a flock of
sheep, and then in its turn being repulsed from sheer
want of strength. '.lhus did the contest continue for
three hours. The loss here was necessarily great,
from the personal nature of the contests. British
bayonets and the Minie alone sustained this un-
equal struggle, where every mounted officer was either
killed, or lost one or two horses. Our officers did great
havoc, when surrounded in the 2nglee, with their revolv-
ers, and many had to cut their way out at the point of
the sword. Brigadier-General Pennefather commended
here with great coolness. From the nature of the
ground no generalship could prevail. It is alone to the
undying pluck of the officers and the men that we are
indebted for preservation. To the survivors generally
not the slightest credit for the display of any miltary
talent is due. It was essentially a struggle between
pluck and confidence against obstinacy backed by num-
bers. Whilst the contest was thus going on in the front,
towards the flank it was no less severe. At the right
angle formed by the heights, and slanting off along the
course of the Chernaya, a small battery having embra-
sures for twoguns had been constructed hymn. engineers.
This was the only defence erected to secure the flank of
our army from an attack.
Sir De Lacy Evans had repeatedly pointed out the
unprotected nature of the position, but his sound views
were apparently not entertained elsewhere. This small
work, called " Sandbag battery," had only been es.
tablished when the enemy had erected some threatening
work in the direction of the Inkerman. Upon the Rus-
sians discontinuing these works, the two 18-pounders
which had been mounted on Sandbag battery were taken
away, and the battery left without guns. The Russians
in great strength now assailed this redoubt and the line
of heights flanking the valley. The Guards advanced to
repel them, and a dreadful struggle took place. Four
times were the Guards driven from the battery, and four
times did they repulse the enemy and regain their posi-
tion. More than half of the Guards who entered action
fell hero, but aroand them lie heaps of the enemy. About
this redoubt alone not less than 1,500 Russian
corpses have been counted. At Alma, on the hill whore
was constructed the murderous redoubt, the number of

column of French infantry (chiefly of the Foreign Legion).
The Russians, wearied already at the deadly struggle
they had sustained with our little band, drew back, and
the musketry, which the French now poured in in-
-1 cessantly, took frightful effect in their confused ranks.
The English and French drove them to the redoubt,
and down the hill into the valley below. Several stands
were made by the Russians, and it was not until
four in the afternoon that the route was complete.
I must now return to the Russian artillery which
was dealing out destruction to the British lines defend-
ing the front against the repeated assaults made upon it.
My account of this murderous battle is sadly diffuse, but
so also Was the action. It was not an attack upon one
given point, but every portion of the lines. Every ra-
vine, every bill witnessed its fray. Not one regiment
was aware of what the remainder of the army was doing.
Upon the height known as Shell-hill the Russians had
established a battery of 32-pound guns, which, besides
shelling our artillery, swept the encampment of the 2d
division, with the view of checking the arrival of succour,
in men or ammunition. I beard an artillerymen observe
that so fierce was the cannonade in this direction, that,
when sent to fetch up ammunition, he had felt it a re-
lief to return to his battery, notwithstanding the fire
directed against it. Our artillery speedily took up posi-
tion, and sustained, with fierce courage, the unequal
contest in which they were engaged ; 9-pound guns
were sadly disproportianate to 32 and 24 pounders.
Beyond Shell-hill the enemy had another heavy bat-
tery, and on every favourable position were field-
pieces. A strong Russian column had adve need on
the road leading into the second division camp,
having evidently lost its way in the fog. The Rus-
sians came suddenly upon Major Townsend's battery,
which was responding to the Fire of Shell-hill, and
finding the guns unsupported by infantry, they
fell upon them. The gunners lied time to spike one
gun before they were driven back, and the Russians at-
tempted to disable two others by driving wood into one
and clay into the other. Having effected this, the
colunm, evidently panic-struck, re tired hastily on a few
shots being poured into them from some companies of in-
fantry which had hastened to the spot. While this was
occurring, poor Major Townsend rost his life, a fragment
of shell mutilating his head. CA.tain Miller dashed in
amongst the Russians around the guns, killed one, rode
over another, and was instrumental in rescuing the
pieces. The guns were again rend ered serviceable, and
took a part in the contest until the end. In the front, the
second (light) and part of the fourth division, with the
Royals and the 50th, gallantly maintained their ground
against the obstinate assaults of the enemy. o-
wards four o'clock a decided change took place in
the respective positions of the belligerents. The
Russians had been routed on the right flank
and rendered inoffensive ; the French pushed on,
and bore down upon the flank of the Russian force in
front. 'he Russians then commenced retreating along
that portion of the line followed up by the British and
French. Colonel Dickson, R.A., with great judgment,
brought up two 18-pounders, which he placed near
Sandbag battery, and opened fire upon the Russian 32-
pounders. The practice of these guns was really splen-
did. The whole crest of Shell-hill is torn up with shot
and shell. More than thirty dead artillery horses were
lying amongst dismounted tutubrel and dead or
wounded artillerymen. Upon witnessing the retreat of
their infantry, the Russians limbered up all their guns,
and dispersed in various direc ions. The infantry,
thus unsupported by artillery, quickened their re-
treat, pursued by the French. Our bravo fellows
were fatigued to death by this unequal contest of
eight hours. Our cavalry was brought up at this
time—with what object I really cannot attempt to fa-
thom. The hilly nature of the ground, covered as it is
bes7iies with bushes, would have rendered any cavalry
contest hopeless. The French now brought up five field-
pieces, which they planted upon Shell-hill, and hurled
shot. as-id shell at the flying Russiaus in the plain below.
For two hours the pursuit continued, and at six
o'clock', p.m. the battle of Inkerman terminated. Instant
attention was given to the wounded of both armies, but
I regret to say that the Russian ships in the harbour
had the barbarity to shell our men, although they were
occupied in the generous task of carrying up their own
people. _Above 500 prisoners are in our hands--rather
an nnwelcvme burden. The Rifles were engaged in the
ravines du ring the whole action, and displayed that
bravery an d enterprise which we are accustomed to ex-
pect from that distinguished corps. The battle once
gained, and. the enemy repulsed, it becomes a melan-
choly task tA., record the bitter losses sustained by the
British army,, and I doubt if ever in modern warfare se
many general officers have fallen in one action.

Whilst the battle was raging along the British lines,
a column of Aussiaus issued from Sebastopol and at-
tacked the Frculch batteries, marching up to the very
trenches. WL ‘en arrived at this point, the French force
in the reiouhts gave them one fearful volley, and the
Russians, when!ing round, fled for the town. The
French pursued the fugitives with the bayonet, and en-
tered the town together with the latter. Had this attack
been supported, perhaps part of the town might have
fallen into the hands of the allies.

THJ WINTERING IN THE CRIMEA DETER-

MINED ON.

A council of war, presided over by Lord Raglan, was
held. on the 7th, when it was determined to winter in
the Crimea.

Savural changes in the position of our army will be
effected. The second division will be incorporated with
the fii lit.

The 416th Regiment has arrived.

A co u imitttee of inquiry has been established, to as-
certain the conduct of the Russians to onr wounded.
According to all accounts, their behaviour was barb a-
rous. fitny of our wounded were bayoneted on the
ground.

The Ruo siaus are expecting still larger reinforcements,
and anotLti ?sr action will most probably be fought ere
long.

Sir G. B t own is going on well, and will return to his
division be fore long. A false alarm was raised lalet
night, and t lie 4th division was under arms the whole
night. Brig itdier-General Buller commanded that divi.-
sion temporarily. The 2d division camp presents a re-
markable as; lest. The tents are literally riddled with
shell and rota WI shot. Several of thecommissariat cattle
were killed, :%s likewise many horses. The loss of the
army is stated to-day to be 2,350 killed and wounded.

( From the Patrie.)
" The detaNe. which we receive are most honourable
for our arms. The allied troops, although inferior in
number, have gained a signal victory over the Russians
who attacked uts on the two extreme points of our posi-
tion before Seb astopol. At the extreme right 45,000
;Russians, unde r favour of a thick fog, attacked the
English division which occupied the point of Inkerman.
The Ist and 2d French divisions came to the assistance
of the English, and to the number of from 5,000
Off 6,000 held ground for more than two hours. Onr
b rave soldiers mixed with the English battalions and
then attacked the Russians at the point of the bayonet.
70here was complete enthusiasm en our side. The Rue-
sinus left the field of battle covered with their doad. It
was literally impossible to walk without stepping over
them. The number of Russians, killed, wounded, or
prisoners, was 9,000. Several artillery waggons fell
into our hands. Our loss amounts to 1,736 killed or
wounded, of whom 24 officers wen e killed. On t►ie extreme
.left a sortie from the garrison o f from 5,000 to 6,000
in e.3n also favoured by the fog, attacked our trenches and
p enetrated into two of our haocteries ; but the guards
of the trenches, under the command of General de la
11,.w.he Rouge, repulsed them, and General Forey
i.ving with his div►sion, compelled the enemy to
re( ;r eat. It was then that G'ineral do Lournel, put.-
Su' iitg the Russians with animal., advanced close un-
de e the walls of the town. He was seriously wounded,
an if died soon after. The brigade retired under the fire
of • the place, protected by like brigade of General
d'. t urelle. In this sortie the enemy left 1000 men in
ow!. hands, killed or wounded. We had not a single
gun: spiked, and the siege works were not at all injured.
Ge v .eral Canrobert received a ec►ntusion in the arm ; had
it' been a centimetre further the bone would have been
bn )ken. He always wished to be the first in the fire.
Thu English were admirable from their unshakeable
co 01, cress ; and our soldiers showed a ♦igour and enthu-
sia in beyond all praise. A gr►:at number made them-
eel :l'es remarkable by a valour which was truly heroic.
At I the attack on the right our hold artillery did wonders.
Co o iposed of two mounted batteries, under the orders of
Ces imandant La Boussinibre, and of two mounted bat-
ter' es, under Commandant Barral, it kept up a fire
d.a, ing the whole day, in preseaoe of the Russian artil-
lery -, which was much more numerous."

Russian corpses was horrible to behold. Th• confined
space surrounding this redoubt at Inkeruaan was still
more sickening to witness. The killed were literally
heaped one upon another, and I remarked that most
were shot through the head. The position of the Guards
became every instant mere critical. Fresh masses of
the enemy had advanced between their limes and the
second division, thus taking them in the rear. Pressed
by this now foe, the Guards prepared to fall back,
omtesting every inch of ground, when another Rus-
sian column, which had ascended the height below
their position, now attacked them on the flank.
They were thus simultaneously assaulted in the
rear and right flank. Nothing remained but to
break their way through at the point of the
bayonet. The Russians evidently considered the
Guards either doomed to destruction or to capture, for
they gave a tremendous cheer, or rather a drunken yell,

which was taken up by the whole Russian army, and

sustained for fully ten minutes. The Guards, undaunted
by their horrible position, back to back fought their way
out of the surrounding masses, and were now rejoined

by part of the 4th division (the twentieth part of the
63d, and two companies of the 46th), under Sir George
Cathcart. Another of the fearful hand-to-hand strug_
glee which characterised this sanguinary day again took
place at this spot. Opposed to these 1,800 English-
men were more than 9,000 Russians, animated with
great courage, and confident in their superior num-
bers. Our troops met the attack, and the bayonet
or butt-end of the musket repelled the foe when the
closeness of the quarters prevented the use of fire-arms..'
Sir George Cathcart was at the head of his non, en.
couraging them with his undaunted bravery, when a
bullet struck him in the breast, breaking, it is said, a
little cross of the Bath, attached to a ribbon round his
neck. Sir George continued to advance, and when at
five paces from the enemy a second bullet struck him
mortally, and the brave old hero fell dead from his horse.
His body was recovered mutilated with bayonet wounds.
Colonel Charles Seymour, assistant-adjutant-general to
the 4th division, fell by the side of Sir George, shot
through the heart. The Russians had the brutality
also to transfix the body three times with the bayonet.
Major Maitland, deputy-assistant adjutant-general;
received at the same time a severe wound. After a
rigid struggle against the superior number of the
enemy, who was bringing up fresh battalions every
instant, a welcome sight offered itself to our brave
mon. On the crest of the hill dashed the well-known red
garments of the Zouaves, and before the enemy had re-
covered from his surprise at this timely succour to our
weakened lines, these splendid soldiers were amongst
them. Then advancing at pas de charge along the ridge
of the heights flanking the valley, appeared a strong

General Bentincic has arrived in the Caradoc. He is
vet 'y badly wounded in the arm. The Mauritius has
jug t arrived with wounded.
7.e Protestant Sisters (charitable nuns) and hospital
nrar:ri is may be seen about Scutari discharging their
tr tIY wnaritable and harrassing duties, each wearing an
up ron and baud, with " Scutari hospital " embroidered
-cm i t,.
Th, 3 rectory of Charlwood, near Rei gate, in the clic.-
( lege of Wincliester, has become vacant; by the death of
4-, be Rev. Starner James Porten, M.A. The benefice,
deb is worth QOM a year, is in private patronage.
•

THE SICK AND Tr OUIVDED AT SCUTARI.

GENERAL CANROBERT'S ACCOtifiT OF

THE BATTLI7.

(From the Moniteur. )
The Marshal Minister.of War has just received
from the General Commanding-in-Chief the Army
of the East, the following report :
HEAD-QUARTERS—BEFORE SEBASTOPOL,

SCUTARI, Nov. 10.—As compared with the arrange-
ments of our great hospitals at home, it is not difficult to
find many omisione and defects in the hospitals here,
hut they al'3 no longer of so serious a character as for-
merly, and they are daily diminishing in number. It is
therefore to be hoped that henceforward both our sol-
diers and their anxious friends at home may have the
consolation of knowing that whatever car be done for
the relief of the sick and wounded will be done as
promptly and well as the exigencies of war render
possible. The sensation created at home by the state-
ments published in the newspapers has already reacted
most beneficially here, and brings an increased number
of willing hands to bear in the administration of medical
relief. If nothing else had resulted from it beyond the
number of additional surgeons sent out by the
Vectis, the aid thus afforded far outweighs any tempo-
rary inconveniences that may have arisen to the service.
Among the passengers by that steamer were Dr. Cum-
ming, who comes out here as Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals, and Mr. Maxwell, a barrister, who has been asso-
ciated with Dr. Cumming and Dr. Spence by the Duke
of Newcastle, and commissioaed to inquire into the
alleged want of medical aid for the sick and wounded
after the battle of the Alma. Besides the medical offi-
cers, the Teeth brought out here Miss Nightingale and
forty nurses, carefully selected with a view to efficiency
in attending on the sick and wounded. Suitable accone
modation has been provided far them in a tower at one
of the corners of the Barrack Hospital, and they are now
actively and usefully engaged in the discharge of their
duties. The employment of female aid in this way was
tried once before in our army and failed, and many
experienced officers are doubtful as to the success of this
renewed attempt, but in the French service it answers
admirably, and there seems no sound reason why those
who, in the popular belief, as in the poets' language, are
"ministering angels" by the bed of sickness and death.
should, on fair trial, he found wanting now. The public,
ever ready- to appreciate acts of devotion, will watch
with lively interest the-progress of such an experiment.
In great hospitals, containing at the present moment
upwards of 3,000 patients, there are an immense nuin•
ber of wants to supply, unobjectionable in themselves,
and which tend to assuage suffering, though it is impos-
sible for any Government establishment, however well
organised, to anticipate them. Such, for example, have
been the objects of Lady Stratford do Redcliffe's bene-
volent visits to the sick and wounded, both at Scutari
and Therapia. Iu the same spirit, for the last few days,
Mr. Stafford, M.P., might be seen busily engaged in
writing letters to the dictation of poor exhausted soldiers
too prostrate to do so themselves, yet anxious to com-
municate with their friends at home. The Hon. and
Rev. Sidney Godolphin Osborne, accompanied by his
son, has come cut here with a noble philanthropy to
tender his services, not only as a minister of reli-
gion, but as having a knowledge of surgery to help
in curing the body also. In both capacities, but
especially in that which is more strictly his call-
ing, he has already made himself very useful.
A visit to the well-conducted hospital for seamen and
marines at Therapia enables one to sea the beneficial in-
fluence of books and newspapers in diverting• the minds
of invalids, and warding off those anxious thoughts about
themselves which are so apt to retard the recuperative
energy of the constitution. This want has been, .1 under-
stand, anticipated by the Duke of Newcastle, and a
library of the cheap railway literature is said to be on its
way out here.
There are at Scutari two hospitals, one called the
General and the other the Barrack Hospital, standing
at no great distance from each other, both of a rectangu-
lar form, with au open square in the centre, and both
well lighted and airy, having spacious generics and side
rooms off them adapted to serve as wards ; so that up,en
the whole the manner in which the invalids are housed
is better than could be expected. The barrack. '
hospital is the larger building of the two, so large,
indeed, that, though it contains the greater number of '
patients, a portion of it only is set apart for that purpose,
the rest being used as a depot for troops. The space left
vacant by a draught of 600 men sent off yesterday to
the Crimea, and of convalescents who leave to-morrow
for Malta, will be filled up by the wounded now arriving
in great numbers from Sebastopol. Yesterday morning,
before any of those poor fellows had come in, there were
2,650 patients in the two hospitals, of whom 905 were
Russians, 11 being officers. Our wounded enemies re-
ceive precisely the same treatment as our own people,
and great care has been taken by the authorities that
every attention practicable under the circumstances is
paid to them,
The following authentic list, made up to yesterday,
of the sick and wounded officers iu hospital at Scutari,
will tend to relieve the anxiety of friends at home. It
will be perceived thereby, that up to that date there
were no less than 73 of them, and that number will now
be largely augmented :
Captain Franklin, Royal Artillery
Lieutenant Leote, 28th
Ensign Lewis
Ensign Harcourt, 30th
Ensign Bennett, 33d
Captain Gould, 63d
Captain Barclay
Lieutenant Spurcoat, 93d
Lieutenant King, 13th Light Dragoons
Lieutenant Legrew, Staff
Lieutenant Moseley, 420, severely wounded
Lieutenant Baker, Scuts Fusilier Guards, severely
wounded
Lieutenant Webb, 4th Dragoon Guards
Captain Bruce, 23d
Lieutenant Currie, 6th Dragoons
Captain Booth, 4th Dragoon Guards
Lieutenant Bailey, 19th
Lieutenant Gunter, 4th Dragoon Guards, severely
wounded
Lieutenant Morgan, 4th Light Dragoons
Captain Stewart, 41st
Lieutenant Hemming, 88th
Quartermaster Benham, 20th
Assistant-Surgeon Cootos, 26th
Captain Sykes, let Dragoons, severely wounded
Captain King, 55th
Captain O'Brien, 30th •
Captain Cooper, 44th
Lieutenant Dowbiggin, 4th Dragoons
Lieutenant Vandelore, Royal Horse Artillery
Veterinary Surgeon Byrne, 4th Dragoon Guards
Lieutenant Redcliffe, 33th, severely wounded
Lieutenant Carpenter, 7th, severely wounded
Lieutenant-Colonel Sanders, 19th
Ensign Siree, 33d, severely wounded
Ensign Armstrong, 55th
Major Heyland, 95th
Captain Wing, 95th •
Lieutenant Bradford, 44th
Lieutenant Hartop, Ist Dragoons
Lieutenant Houghton, 11th Hussars
Captain Atcherley, 30th
Ensign Fraser, 63d
A. G. Finley, Staff Assistant-Surgeon
Lieutenant Clarke, 21st
Dr. Gilborne, R.A.
Lieutenant Trevelyan, 11th Hussars
Captain Brown, severely wounded, 44th
Captain White, severely, 17th Lancers
Captain Hutton, 4th Dragoons
Major Cootz, 53d
Captain Maude, severely wounded, R.H.A.
Lieutenant Harriett, 41st
Lieutenant Clutterbuck, severely, Sth Hussars
Captain Morrie, severely, I7th Lancers
Major M'Pherson, 42d
Lieutenant Wallace, 33d (Preen the Invalicle Busse.)
A. G. Manifold, 67th This morning, November 12, his Majesty the Feu
parer received, from the hands of the Captain of Cavalry,
Captain Jones, 7th Count Levaschoff, the following report from General
Major Gough, 33d Prince Menschikoft, under date of November 6 :
Captain Watson, 7th . " Yesterday, the sth, a sortie was made from Sobas-
Major Whimper, 55th topol, on the side of the bastion No. 1 ; the following
Ensign Carl; 49th troops took part in it :----Of the 10th division of infantiry
Lieutenant Clair, 21st —the regiments of Catherinebourg, Tomsk, aid.mlCoonetss-
Captain Coney, 7th van. Of the 11th division of infantry—the g
odfivSiseiloi nugolifi s
Lieutenant Eoothby, 95th, leg off
Captain Cambell, Royal Dragoons k'
infantry—talclra"t'i regimentsa nd
°
Lieutenant Elmsall, Royal Dragoons and Ouglitch and of the 17th division
regiments of Boutirek, Borodino, and_
kohf ovtsika
d.
iiinnOfi.!;:tseoleu
zld6atil:
Hon. G. Neville, sth Dragoons many guns were employed as the n
permitted the men to take with thorn.*
Lieutenant Currie, 23d 'TfaroutitnroY.—
Confided to General
" The command of tbe troop! dithcalty of the gatAtiels
Lieuteaant Harrison, 79th
Dr. Gordon, 95th fantry corps.
k on the heights was very fortunate ;
Dr. Poulton, 75th Dannenberg, the counnamier-in7cahief of the 4th in-
" Our first attack
Dr. Woods, 23d this first movement,
Unfortunately,
in
From a carefully-prepared return if . the English fortifications were
.carried, and 11 of
meet,
y of the troops, who were attacking the
appears that there
has been an aggregate of 534 deatlits in the hospitals at entrenchments area redoubts, were wounded. . While
Scutari since the 21st of September . Of those 7 lave these swats were pass.ing,.the French. forces arrived in
been British officers, 5 Russian oaiteers (one of tl wee a aid of the English. The srge. of these. last was
general), 26 Russian soldiers, and • 5 women. It •will placed in position on Ulfe
le-ict. of battle, and it was no
also be observed that on the 21st of September, la e tore longer possible for our 1.6 (i pieces to contend with it to
any wounded men had been br. iught here from' - the advantage. The numerical superiority. of the enemy's
Crimea, the number of deaths was .nearly as great as it infantry, armed with rifles,. occasioned great losses in
has been since. horses, artillerymen, and infantry officers.
"This circumstance made it impossible for us to coin-
wasThe disembarkation of the wont-Med here yeeterdl •Y
s, plate, except by a great. sacrifice of troops, the redoubts
conducted with great regularity and care. yt
,points
ich duri.ng tihe fighting we had begun to throw up en
indeed, a painful spectacle to see the struggling pro°
sion of emaciated, crippled, and bandaged men s lovas • points which t enemy 8 position commanded, even as
mount the hill, but a certain amount of pleasure he. Nmed tar,,a,sthe town of Sebastopol itself.
in most of their war-worn faces at reaching a roe Ong- lime retreat was effected in good order on Sebas-
, opol, and over the bridge of lukerman, and the dis-
place where surgical aid, attention to their more pres sing
want?, and, above all, the chances of recovery, a% vait aeounted guns were carried off the field of battle back
them. A list of the officers who have arrived wil. Ibe %nib the place;
forwarded by the next mail. !"Cho Grand Dukes Nicholas Nicholaievitch and

Nov. 7, 1854.
Monsieur le Mar6chal—l have the honour to confirm
to you my telegraphic despatch, dated Nov. 6, and thus
worded :---" The Russian army, swelled by reinforce-
ments coming from the Danube, and by the reserves
collected in the southern provinces, and animated by the
presence of the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas,
yesterday attacked the right wing of the English posi-
tion before the place. The English army sustained the
combat with the most remarkable firmness. I caused it
to be supported by the division of General Bosq'iet,
which fought with admrable vigour, and by the troop
nearest at hand. The enemy, far more numerous than
we, beat a retreat with enormous loss, estimated at 8,000
or 9,000 men.

" This obstinate struggle lasted the whole day. On
my left, General Forey had to repel at the same time a
sortie of the garrison. The troops, energetically con-
ducted by him, drove the enemy back into the place,
and inflicted on him a loss of a thousand men. This
brilliant day, not purchased without loss by the Allies,
does the greatest honour to our arms."
The action, summarily expressed by the despatch
given above, was ono of the hottest and most violently
contested. From the very first musket shots that were
fired the deserters that came over to us revealed the
true state of the Russian army with respect to its effec-
tive strength, and we were enabled to cedeulate the re-
inforcements it has successively received since the battle
of the Alma. These are-Ist, some contingents from
the Asiatic coast, from Kertch and Kaffa ; 2dly, six
battalions and some detachments of marines from Nico-
laieff ; 3dly, four battalions of the Cossacks of the Black
Sea ; 4thly, a great part of the army of the
.Danube ;
10thly, llthly, and 12t'uly, some divisions of infantry,
forming the 4th corps, commanded by General Dannen-
berg. These three divisions were transported by post-
horses, with their artillery, from Odessa to Simpheropol
in a few days. Finally arrived the Grand Dukes
Nlichael and Nicholas, whose presence could not fail to
over-excite this army, which forms, with the garrison of
Sebastopol, a total of at least 100,000 men.
It was in this condition that 45,000 men of this
army surprised the point of the heights at Taker-
man, which the English army had not been able to
occupy with sufficient forces. Only 6,000 English took
part in the action, the remainder being employed on
the siege works ; they valiantly sustained the shock
until the moment when General Bosquet, arriving with
a part of his division, could lend them such aid as might
ensure success. One hardly knows which most to praise,
the energetic firmness with which our allies braved for
a long time the storm, or the intelligent vigour dis-
played by General Bosquet, when conducting a part
of the brigades Bourbaki and d'Autemarre, in order
to attack the enemy, who extended beyond them on
their right.
The 3d Regiment of Zonaves, under the chefs de bat-
taillon Montaudon and Dubos, there justified most
signally the old reputation of the arm. The Algerine
Rifles (tirailleurs), Colonel de Wimpffen ; a battalion of
the 7th Light Infantry, Commander Vaissier ; the 6th
Regiment of the Line, Colonel de Camas, vied with
them in ardour. Three times they crossed bayonets
with the enemy, who only yielded ground after the third
charge, upon which he left it strewed with his dead and
wounded. The Russian heavy artillery and their field-
pieces were very superior in number, and had a com-
manding position. Two horse batteries, Commander
le la Boussisiere, and one battery of the 2d Division
of Infantry, Commander Barrel, the whole under the
orders ,
of Colonel Forgeot, sustained, concurrently
with the English artillery, the struggle during the
entire day.

The enemy decided on beating a retroat, leaving behind
more than 3,000 dead, a very large number of wounded,
a few hundred prisoners, as well as powder chests, in the
hands of the Allies. His losses in the gross aggregate
cannot be put down at less than from 8,000 to 10,000
men.

While these events were taking place on the right,
about 5,000 men of the garrison made a vigorous sortie
on the left of our attack siege line, under cover of a thick
fog and along the ravines that facilitate their approach.
['he troops on duty in the trenches, under the orders of
Gen. de la Motterogue, marched against the enemy, who
had already invaded two of our batteries, and repulsed
him, killing more than 200 men on the site of these bat-
teries. _

Lieut.-General Forey, commanding the siege corps,
arrived by rapid and skilful evolutions with the troops
of the Fourth Division to the support of the guards in
the trenches, and himself marched at the head of the sth
battalion of the Chasseurs h pied. The Russians, re-
psilsed along the whole line, retired precipitately on the
foxtification, with considerable loss, when General Lour-
mei seeing them fly before him, and carried away
by a chivalrous courage, flung himself headlong
in thvir rear with his brigade, and fell wounded under
the very walls of the fortification. General Forey had
much difficulty in extricating him from the very ad-
vance d position to which, yielding to the impulse of
superslundant courage, he had led his brigade. The •
brigade of Aurelle, which had occupied an excellent
position on the left, covered his retreat, which was
effected. not without a certain loss under the fire of the
fortification. Colonel Niol, of the 26th Regiment of the
Line, wL'o lost his two chefs de bectailion, had taken the
command.: of the brigade, the energetic conduct of which
was beyond ail praise. The enemy in this sortie lost a
thousan,i 'Lien killed, wounded, or made prisoners, and,
in addition to this, received a very considerable moral
and physi.r..al check.
The battle of Inkerman, and the contest maintained
by the body of besiegers, has shed great glory on our
forces, and ha .s augmented the moral strength which the
Allied armies have always possessed. At the same time
we have sufrered losses which must be regretted. The
English army has lost 2,400 men killed or wounded,
among whicA aro to be reckoned seven generals,
three of whom are killed. The French army has
suffered to Vie extent of 1,726 killed or wounded.
We have bitter iy to regret the loss of General de Lour-
mei, since dead from his wounds, whose brilliant quali-
ties promised a grand career in the future. It is my
gainful duty also to acquaint you with the death of Col.
du Camas, of the 6th Regiment of the Line, killed at
the head of his ,troop, at the very instant in which they
came in contact with the enemy.
The vigour of ,the Allied troops, subject as they were
to the twofold struggles of a siege of unprecedented diffi-
culty, and of battles which recal the greatest struggles,
of our military h.;story, cannot be too highly praised.
I send you herewith my order of the day for the battle
of the sth.--Accept, &c.,
The General-en-Chef, CANROBERT.