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

the position commanded that of the bill on which
the Second Division were encamped—were of very large
calibre. They threw their shells thickly among the tents
of this division, and notwithstanding they wore struck at
an early hour of the day, they have been literally riddled
with the fragments of the shells which burst among them.
In the early part of the morning, as column after column
advanced from the direction of the town, the Lancaster
gun, the only one which remained in the 5-gun battery,
was brought tp bear upon them, and did great execution.
The Russians made a very determined assault to secure
this piece, but were repulsed. Some of our troops, iu turn
advancing, drove the gunners away, and had actually
taken possession of four of the enemy's brass field guns
which they had advanced, but a large body rose which had
been previously concealed among the brushwood, an com-
pelled them by their fire to relinquish their possession.
At ono time the Second Division, having advanced toe
far to the right, were in a very great hazard of being cut
off, and were in a groat measure saved by the rapid ad-
vance of a large body of Zouaves and other French troops,
which, coming rapidly upon the Russians still more to the
right, prevented them from making a further attack
against our troops on their flank.
In the early part of the day—indeed, almost simulta-
neous with the commencement of the grand attack on the
right—cannonading was heard in the direction of Balak-
lava. It soon became evident that no very serious advance
was intended in this direction, and that part of the troops
previously lying in the plain had been withdrawn during
the night to assist in the execution of the principal object
of the engagement, carried on by the force against our
right. The attack on the left was of a more determined
character, and was made by several columns of Russian
infantry, supported by artillery. The French went out to
meet them, and though they received them with a heavy
fire of musketry, two hours elapsed before they were finally
driven back within their fortifications. Some of the Rus-
sian columns marched along the sea shore, and had one of
oar ships been within range much execution might have
been done among them.

It will be impossible until the returns are collected to
estimate the number of killed and wounded who have fal-
len this day. It is well known that the list will be a very
serious one. Sir George Cathcart, commanding the 4th
Division, is among the killed, as is also poor old General
Strangways, commanding the Ordnance Department.
His fine form, and snow white hair, had long made
him conspicuous among his troops ; equally, as he is said
to have been, Efor his amiable and estimable qualities
among the large circle of his friends and acquaintances.
He lost a leg, which was carried away by a round shot,
and died soon afterwards from the effects of the injury.
General Goldie is also killed. Sir George Brown was
wounded in the arm. It was a flesh wound, but he has
keen lately suffering from general indisposition, and, acting
upon the advice of his friends, he has quitted his com-
mand, and gone for treatment on board the Agamemnon.
He was removed on a litter in ono of the commissariat
carts. Brigadier General Adams is wounded, as is also
General Torreus, in command of a brigade of the 4th divi-
sion. Major-General Bentinck, commanding the brigade
of Guards, is also wounded, but, it is reported, not severely.
Brigadier-General Buller, commanding the 2d brigade
Light Division, received a contused wound in the leg from
a round shot. The ball went through the body of his
horse; it entered its chest, and bruised the general's leg as
it passed oat of the animal's flank.

The official returns will alone enablo the names of the
many officers of other grades killed and wound in this
action to be known. All the Regiments of the 2d Divi
Bien have suffered severely, and the Coldstream regiment,
particularly in the Brigade of Guards. The regiments
which happened to have been detached for ditty in the
trenches alone escaped without considerable loss.
General Sir do Lacy Evans, whose gallant defence of the
position under his command on the 26th ult. was so favour-
ably noticed by Lord Raglan in orders, was unfortunately
an invalid, and on board ship at Balaklava. Subsequent
to the action alluded to ho had a fall from his horse, but
he had previously been weakened by suffering from
illness. Hearing of the attack ho came up to the front,
and was present on the field ; but he was too weak to
assume eoranaand.

The less of the Russians must have been immense. Their
dead are lying up to the very doors of the tents of the
Second Divisioe, and they are thickly strewed among the
bushes around. The high road leading up to this position
from the direction of the Inkerman valley, and which
winds along one of the precipitous sides of a very deep
ravine, is covered with their bodies. The -wounded are
being collected, but numbers will have to lie where they
are until daylight shall again afford an opportunity for re-
moving them. About 603 prisoners are at present under
guard, and this number does not include the wounded
Russians who have been taken to the various hospitals.
One of the most obvious and serious deficiencies in our
arrangements—one which led to the unnecessary loss of
many valuable lives—was the absence of any earthworks,
a line of entrenchments, to protect the camp of the Second
Division. Its position on our extreme right—on the side
of the hill, with a gentle slope, and directly connected
with the high mountain which descends upon the valley of
the Tehernaya river where it falls into the head of the Se-
bastopoll roadsted, is necessarily very much exposed. Tho
absence of such works can only be attributed to our hav-
ing underrated the strength ef the Russian troops, or to
having held a too low estimate of their courage. At one
time ear men had to rally in front of their tents to save
the camp itself, and the numbers of Russian dead who are
now lying within ten yards of the advanced row of them
proves how close was the struggle, The rapidity with
which the French fortify a post as soon as it is occupied,
offers a striking contrast with our neglect of the pre-
caution in the present instance. A high road from the
Inkerman valley passes up to the camp by ono of the ra-
vines. Across this road was drawn a simple stone breast-
work, but beyond this the defence appears to have been
wholly entrusted to the courage and arms of the troops.
The courage has not been wanting; ,„and the position has
been retained, but it has been at a fearful sacrifice of life.
Another misfortune was that, owing to the continuous
damp of the night and day previous to the attack, many
of the percussion caps missed fire, and the men were unable
to discharge their musket,. This was found to be the
case particularly at the early part of the morning. The
French observed, too, that our men in repulsing advanced
too far without sufficient support.
It is said that the Russian soldiers had been liberally
supplied with raki previous to the commencement of the
attack. Their continued loud shoutings and the impetu-
osity of their attack render it probable they were under
the influence of some artificial stimulas of the sort. In
the canteens, also, of many of the killed on the field was
found a mixture of raki and water. The men who have
fallen into our hands, though generally of short stature,
are of sturdy frames, with broad chests, and well-developed
muscular legs. Their clothing is well-made and warm ;
and, though coarse in texture, an amply sufficient
protection against the weather. The voluminous folds
•f their great coats, the sleeves of which are
doubled back as nearly as far as the elbows, while
the skirts descend to the ankles,—throw the " skimp-
ing" ordnance great coats issued to our troops completely
in the shade as regards comfort and warmth. To prevent
the length of the coat inconveniencing the wearer when
walking, the skirt all round is mado by a very simple con-
trivance to loop up above the knees. So, also, the coat
can be worn loose like a cloak, or drawn in at the waist.
The men carry with them mittens of thick black cloth, the
filar fingers being together in one, the thumb in another
division of the glove.
Great advantages resulted from the employment of the
ambulances in the removal of the wounded during the pro-
gross of the action. It is to be lamented that so few of
these vehicles have been sent out—two only to each divi-
aion--and that the army is net provided with some contri-
vance similar to the mule ambulances of the French. On
each aide of the mule is an iron frame, which can be either
used as a seat or unfolded into a reclining couch, thus en-
abling two wounded to be carried either in a sitting pos-
ture or lying at full length. Numbers of these were occu-
pied in carrying the wounded to the rear. Their peculiar
h svialir beingi age is that no irregularity of the grouid prevents
able to arrive at the spot where the service of
an ambulance may be required. The hospital marquees
and tents were s. greet comfort in preventing the exposure
which occurred after the
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add that the surgeons h
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were to be seen
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I have just returned from the
field
The numbers of the dead far exceed w
in a like space at Alma. Fromthe emery
tents of the 2d Division over the hills, on tyhe highdoorsrs of the
road,
and along the ravine, down to the very valley below the
Inkerman ruins, the earth is strewed with dead
arms, and ammunition, clothing, and all the cle;hries
where wonfcl
the,
fight. At the angle of the hill which juts oat,
Inkerman valley opens to the plain along which winds thethe
Tchernaya river, was sometime ago constructed a two-gun
battery. The guns have been removed, but the work re-
mains. Within, and fora wide distance in front and on
each side of this battery, the ground is literally, not
figuratively, covered with dead and dying. Moro of the
grey colour of the Russian groat coat meets the eye than
does that of the hill or low brushwooi itself. Here took
Place one of the fiercest struggles of the day. The Guards,
who were occupying this work, were at one time over-
Pewered by the Russian force, and compelled to retire ; but
after re-forming they returned to the attack, and not only
expelled their assailants, but drove them clown the sides of
the hill with fearful slaughter. The breastwork of the
battery was 7 feet high, so that the guards could not fire
ever the parapet, ant BO sandbags had been placed to
enable them to do so. When the Russians for a short time
held it, they seized a few lying about, and made a step,
which was afterwards used against themselves. There has
evidently been much neglect here—it coatis like infatua-
tion. The Russians themselves ought never to have been
able to have advanceclso far as they did, much more to have
brought their guns with them. Now, when the evil
has happened, the Ottoman troons are being actively
emP:ved throv-in4 a lice of entrenchments our,: the
vamp ; breastworks are being raised in various positions ;
and
the high road, which winds down the side of the ra-
vine to the head of the harbour, and up which the Rilf3oi,4ll