The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-13 00:00:00

RUSSIAN NE i7l; • FROM TEE CRIMEA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 3.
The following was issued yesterday in an Extra-
ordinary Supplement of the Invalick Busse :--
".In order to complete the hasty narrative of Oct. 25,
we (lavalide Russe) give lower down the detailed report
of General Lipraudi, chief of the 12th division of infantry,
respecting the same affair. Together with this report,
which was transmitted to him by A. D. C. General Prince
Menschikoff, H.M.- the Emperor received the Turkish flag
and pennon, of which mention is made therein.
" From the 25th to the 27th inclusive, the enemy under-
took nothing against the position occupied in his rear by
the detachment of Lieutenant-General Lipraudi. During
these same days, the fire of the English batteries against
Sebastopol had been much weakor than on the preceding
days. The French batteries still kept up a tolorably heavy
cannonade, but, as before, did not inflict on us any impor-
tant damage. Our artillery replied with such success, that
a now battery raised on the 230 by the French, at about
200 sagenes (1,400 feet) from the bastion No. 4, and in-
tended to hold about 30 guns, could not be armed before
the 27th, in consequence of the murderous fire of grape
from the said bastion.
GENERAL LIPR..,k.NDFS ACCOUNT OF THE
FIGHTING.

"According to the orders of your Highness, the troops
of the division confided to my command, together with
those attached to it, executed, on the 25th of October, a
general movement in advance from the village of Tchor-
goun, and attacked the fortifications of the heights that
form the valley of Kadykol.
"In conformity with the disposition I had made the
evening before for this day, all the troops of the detach-
ment left the village of Tchorgoun at five o'clock in the
morning, by two defiles. The regiment of the Ukraine chas-
sours, under the command of Major-General Levoutsky,
marched through the main defile leading from Tchorgoun to
Kadyko4 with four guns of the heavy gun battery, N 0.4, and
six guns of the light battery No. 7. These troops advanced
with precision, and on approaching the heights of Kady-
koi opened their fire against the redoubts Nos. 1 and 2 ,
after them, the Azoff regiment of foot, the 4th battalion
of the Dnieper Regiment, with four guns of the battery
of position No. 4, and six guns of the light battery No. 6,
moved on under the command of Major-General Semiakine.
Along the second defile, leading to the valley of Baidar, ad-
vanced, under the command of Major-General Gribbe, the
first three battalions of Ihe Dnieper Regiment of foot, with
six guns of tho light battery No. 6, four gnus of the battery of
position No. 4, a sotnia of the regiment No. 53 of the Don
Cossacks, and a squadron of the combined regiment of lan-
cers. Major-General Gribbe, advancing, occupied the village
of Kamari, after sending the sotnia of Cossacks in the direc-
tion of the valley of Balder. Simultaneously with this
movement, Major-General Semiakino went into position
to the left of the Ukraine regiment, under cover of
the fire of the artillery and of a train of sharpshooters,
formed by the second company of the Rifle battalion,
with the men armed with rifles belonging to the
Azoff regiment, and ad ranced rapidly with this latter
regiment in two lines. by columns of companies, with no
more than a distance of 100 paces between the lines. The
3d line was formed by the Ist battalion of the Azoff regi-
ment, and•the 4th battalion of the Dnieper regiment, in
attacking columns. Having approached within a distance
of not more than 150 paces the fortified height of the
enemy, Major-General Semiakino ordered the assault. The
companies threw themselves forward, and by half-past
seven o'clock the Azoff regiment had planted its colours on
the fortifications. The trophies at this spot were three
rampart guns and a camp. In this redoubt the loss of the
enemy in killed alone was nacre than 170 men.
"At the same time the enemy, seeing the rapidity with
which the principal height had been occupied, and also
seeing the Ukraine regiment of chasseurs advance, aban-
doned the redoubts Nos. 2 and 3 (the former armed with
two guns and the latter with three), which were imme-
diately occupied by our troops. The Odessa regiment of
chasseurs, with the light battery No. 7, under the com-
mand of Colonel Scuderi, marched up to the redoubt No.
1; but the terrified enemy at this spot also did not wait
for our attack, and abandoned the redoubt, in which there
were three guns,. Moreover, in all the redoubts the enemy
left his tents, powder magazines, and engineering tools.
" Immediately after the taking of the redoubts, I or-
dered the troops to establish themselves in them. I had
the redoubt No. 4 razed immediately, because it was too
far in advance, -and I ordered the guns in it to bo spiked,
the wheels of their carriages to be broken up, and the frag-
ments thrown down the mountain. When these orders
were executed, the troops that had occupied this redoubt
joined the general line of the other corps.
"The huezar brigade of the 6th Light Cavalry division,
under the command of Lieut.-General Ryjoff, who accom-
panied the detachment was posted ontho right wing °four
general line of battle, with the light horse battery No. 12,
and the Cossack battery of position No. 3. During the
forward movement of the troops the artillery of the Don
was brought rapidly up in front, and, being placed in posi-
tion, contributed by its well-directed fire to the success of
the general attack.
" When all the redoubts had been occupied, I sent on
the cavalry, with the regiment No. 1 of the Ural Cossacks,
and three sotnias of the regiment No. 53 of the Don Cos-
sacks, towards the enemy's camp, situated on the other
side of the mountains. Our cavalry advanced rapidly as
far as the camp itself; but, received by a flank fire from
the enemy's sharpshooters, and in front by the English
cavalry, it was obliged to halt.: After that it resumed its
first position on the right wing of the general order of
battle, taking up a patibulated form behind.
" Then Major-General Jabokritsky, with a detachment
of the Vladimir Regiment of Foot (three battalions), and
that of Souzdal, ten guns of the battery of position No. 1,
four guns of the light battery No. 2 of the 16th brigade of
artillery, two companies of the rifle battalion, No. 6, two
squadrons of the Hussar regiment -of the Grand Duke of
Saxe Weimar, and two sotnias of the regiment No. 60 of
Popoff's Cossacks, marched to the heights on the right of
our cavalry, and occupied them.
" Hardly had our cavalry had time to form in battle
array beyond the right flank of our infantry, when, from
the other side of the monntain, where the redoubt No.
4 was, the English cavalry appeared 2,000 strong. Its
impetuoup attack induced Lieutenant-General Ryjoff to
fall back on the road to Tchergoun, in order to draw on
the enemy. At the same time I sent forward towards my
right wing the combined regiment of Lancers under
the command of Colonel Yeropkine, which had arrived
from Raider, and joined the detachment of Major-Gene-
ral Gribbe and I ordered this regiment to station itself
behind the infantry in a covered place. The enemy
made a most determined charge, and, notwithstanding
the well-directed fire of grape from 6 pieces of the light
battery No. '7, and that of the MOll armed with rifles be-
longing to the Odessa regiment of chasseurs, and of a com-
pany of the 4th battalion of rifles at the right wing,. as
likewise the fire from a part of the artillery of Major-
General Jabokritsky's detachment, he dashed at our
cavalry. But at this moment three squadrons of the
combined regiment of Lancers attacked him in the flank.
This unexpected charge, executed with precision and vigour,
met with brilliant success; the whole of the enemy's cavalry
was dashed headlong back in disorder, pursued by our Lan-