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

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

(Fro►t the Special Correspondent of the Daily NeteJ.)
CAMP, ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, SUNDAY
EVBNING, Nov. 5.

A battle has been fought to-day, which it is feared will
be found, when the returns of killed and wounded are col-
lected, to have been attended with a loss considerably ea-
evading that sustained by the British troops at Alma.
Among the list of easualties are no less than eight general
officers killed and wounded ; and instead of the brunt of
the attack falling, as at Alma, on two or three brigades, It
has this day been slistributed over nearly every division of
the army. The Second Division, Brigade of Guards of the
Pint Division, the Light and Foertb. Divisions hare par-
ticularly suffered. The enemy has been repulsed with
great loss ; the number of their dead left on the field
would appear to exceed fivefold that of our men, and a
largo body of prisoners has fallen into our hands.
The action may ims said to have cernmenced about
6 a.m., long before daylight, and not to have con-
cluded until 2 p.m., so that the majority of the troops
were not able to return to their camps until a short time
before sunset. In brief the battle may be described as a
concentrated attack upon the extreme right of the besieg-
ing army, while a feigned attack ou Balaklava and the
right flank were made at the same time, to engage the at-
tien of the Allis* towards the rear, and a strong sortie was
made against the extreme left, for the purpose of destroy
ing the advanced works of the French in that position,
sr at least ef preventing their troops operating as a support
elsewhere.

The attack commenced by some skirmishing with the
advanced piequets in advance of the Second Division and
First Brigade of the Light Division, about G a.m. The
day before there was a change from the previous weather ;
the wind had veered round to the west and was accom-
panied by continuo's rain. This was followed by a dense
misty fog. Towards morning this mist in a groat measure
disappeared, and about 7 o'clock the light enabled us to
perceive that the Russians had pieced guns in an exceed-
ingly strong position upon the summit of a hill about a mile
in advance, and to the north of that ou the side of which
the Second Division was enearaped. This position was
separated by two ravines, communicating with each other
from the British camp. Strong columns of the enemy
were also seen to be marching out of Sebastopol, while in
addition large masses of infantry were already occupying
the hill en the summit of which their battery had been
placed. Ti. force shortly afterwards advanced with loud
cheering, the sound of which was heard a very long dis-
tance, and the Second Division, under Brigadier-General
Pennefsther (the Division General, Sir De Lacy Evans,
having gone en board sick) shortly afterwards advanced to
meet them. Then commenced a contest which lasted
for five snocessive hours without interruption. The rattle
of 'musketry, as the infantry fought for each inch of
ground, anti the booming of the heavy guns, and the
shower of shell and shot from the enemy's battery, and
our own field gins, which flew over head, went on
unceasingly till noon, and (lid not cease altogether until
two hours after. The brigade of Guards under Major-
General Bentinck, Light Division under Sir George
Brown, and Fourth Divison under Lieutenant-General
Sir George Cathcart, were quickly brought up to the sup-
port. It first, after a fierce struggle, the enemy were
driven hack as far as the botto►x of the hill on which they'
had mounted their guns; but immense reserves which
they had posted there rose up, and in turn our troops had
to retire. The Russians at ono time advanced close up
to the tents of the Second Division—following upon the
steps of one of our regiments (I believe a regiment of
the Fourth Division), who, under the heavy pressures
were retiring in some disorder, but here a rally was
soon effected, and the Russians were again driven back
with fearful slaughter. So close was the advance of
the Russians that an artilleryman, fearing the loss of
three guns, actually spiked them in ease of the worst,
but ucceeded in bringing them away. The guns
whi *;jae ()wrotly had placed on the Leight7and tbg