The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-18 00:00:00

coverings then, and all that were on the heights were
crowded)—part while exposed to an incessant fire of small-
talk in a tent full of excited and garrulous officers, I find
I have ma-!e mistakes which I confess without a blush,
and which, I trust, are excusable under the circum-
stances in which I was placed, especially when it is con-
sidered that the undertaking, under the most favourable
conditions, is not an easy one. For instance, Lord Raglan
and staff did not cross the stream by the bridge. It
had been destroyed by the enemy and was impassable
till repaired by the exertions of Captain Montagu and
his Sappers. Nor did the Highlanders " take" the
battery which dealt such destruction upon us. As I
saw their advance, their bonnets mingled with the bear-
skins of the Russians, they appeared to have got into
the Guards battery, but the fact is, their line was con-
siderably to the left of the line of the Guards, and the
left of the Guards extended beyond the front of the bat-
tery, so as to tum its right flank. The march of the
Highlanders took place up the other slope of the hill,
and it was their firma appearance, together with the
tremendous volleys the three regiments poured into the
Russian infantry on their fl ink, which produced such
an effect on the Russians. The Highlanders, as will be
seen by the returns, were exposed to very little fire ;
scarcely any of the enemy's guns bore upon them, and
their advance was too rapid to allow the Russians " to
take their measure" for practice.

There is no doubt the Light Division, the 7th, 23d,
33d, and 19th first carried the battery opposed to them.
A man of the 7th rushed in and bayoneted two men in-
side the earthworks, when the regiment was obliged to
re-form. Colonel Yea made him a sorjeant on the spot
A man of the 33d chalked the number of his regiment
on one of the guns which was subsequently taken by the
Grenadier Guards, and I understand the gun has
been given up to the former regiment. Men of the
7th, 33d, °3d, and 55th were all inside the battery at
one time or other ere the Russians were finally bro-
ken. Major-General Codrington, who led his brigade
of the Light Division in a manner beyond all
praise, was twice within the earthwork of the battery.
Ergo, he must at one time have been driven back along
with his men. Indeed I saw the Russians coming out
of the battery and actually charging the Light Division,
which was broken up into clumps of naen firing inde-
pendently on the enemy, and huddled together round
their officers ; but they never crossed bayonets, except
perhaps in one or two instances, when some of them
closed with the 55th, and they all dearly repented their
temerity. The 30th, 55th, and 95th did their duty
equally well ; no officers or men ever behaved better,
and it was perhaps erroneous to have said that the 19th,
that Brigadier-General CodringFon's brigade c,f the
Light Division, or that Brigadier-General 13.3unefather's
brigade of the Second Division ever " retired," as it is
asserted that there were some men of the regiments
forming these brigades who never receded a step. They
certainly never turned their backs on the enemy—not
one of them faced about.