The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-08 00:00:00

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at the point of the bayonet, and they had the gallows burst. A few minutes afterwards we cAliglAyatirt4" 'll it
rigged,.and were hanging them by the dozen. The town ward on the lower'deek, so we bad to ceasiaWr-k;;:;
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wai in an awful state. There is a report that the Poles extinguish the fire, which was done in\klbeiut tad- '-*.k, '
will turn on the Russians as soon as our troops assault minutes. I could nct see a yard before Me bathe a B
it, which is not unlikely. smoke was so thick. It got so hot at last thaMrd
George gave the order to ship the cables. Whilst the
LORD DUNKELLIN. men were over the port e;de shipping the cables a
He went with a party of his regiment to convey am-shell and shot came in forward. It must have clearedl
munition to the new battery on the right about 4 a.m.
o away- had they been at their
shippedguns. the cable we found that the anchor
There was no one to show the road and they missed the
two guns' rews
track. The serjeant at last observing troops in front When we
called the attention of Lord Dunkellin to the fact, and had never been on the ground, so we had been drifting
in towards the forts all the while, and, what was worse
ward to reconnoitre. He did not return, and after some
he, ordering the party to remain where it was, went for- in
all, we had got a shoal ahead and astern, so the
steamer
.could not go ahead. Luckily the Spitfire was
time waiting the serjeant marched the men back to the
within hail, so she towed our head short round, and we
camp. Lord Dunkellin advanced too far, and, being
near-sighted, was made prisoner,
got out. We were the last ship, and we hauled out at
- 7 o'clock. Two shells had burst on the main deck, and
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT GREATHED. one on the upper deck, which I am sorry to say killed
One of the enemy's round shot struck the muzzle of a poor little Forster. No doubt you remember him. He
large 68. pounder, breaking it, and killing and wounding was standing under the poop, the port side, when the
by the fragments several who were around. Among shell came in, and burst close to him. He was as black
the victims of this shot was Lieutenant Greathed, First as a coal. A piece of his skull was knocked out ;
Lieutenant of the Britannia, flag-ship. He had been he also had severe wounds on his face, and luckily be
invalided home, but returned to his duty, and was on died 24 hours afterwards, but was
,r side and rigging
not sensible. We
the eve of promotion. A great part of his side was
anchored in our old diggins with ou
carried away ; but, in spite of the terrible wound beautifully , he wasad five men killed and sixteen
able to dictate his last wishes in a letter to friends far cut up. We
away. He survived the injury upwards of half an hour. Sh
Two sailors and an artilleryihan were killed by the same wounded, besides several bruisesewhaitdh a splinters.narrow
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a lieutenant killed, and three officers wounded, and ten
' men killed. We are about the fourth worst ship. The
Britannia, Trafalgar, Queen, Vengeance, London, and.
Rodney, are hardly touched. Our sides are awfully
ripped up. We had the first gun on the lower deck
disabled, and two porta nearly knocked into one.
Our wheel was knocked away. I think we are
hulled about fifteen or twenty times. Our main top!
mast was shot through. The total loss in the English
fleet is 45 killed and 256 wounded. Ido not know
the loss of the French. The Turks had only one man
wounded. Fort Constantine was nearly silenced ;it is
cracked rightdown, and has been since propped up with
spars. Most likely we shall go in again when the troops
stone the place. I never expected to get through it
without a scratch. I had four shbts on the lower deck,
and I know they were good ones. Poor Forster was
buried on Thursday. lattended his funeral. You can-
not think how we miss him : he was universally liked.
The Britannia has the name of Navy-back given her.
I have not time or room to enter into further details."

Information has been received from a prisoner of the
death of the Governor of Sebastopol. It is stated that
he was wounded in the leg by a round shot, and that he
sank after the amputation of the limb.
Admiral Dundas is reported to have given up com-
mand of the fleet to Sir Edmund Lyons.

The position of the English batteries is as follows :
That called the 40-gun battery, or the Greenhill, or
sometimes Captain Chapman's battery, is on the extreme
left, facing the lines of the 3d and 4th divisions.
The 21-gun battery, or Frenchman's hill, or Captain
Gordon's battery, is in front of the Light Division.
The 1-gun battery (the Lancaster gun) is in rear and
to the left of the 21-gun battery.
The 5-gun battery is on the extreme right.

THE FLEET.

OFF THE KATCHA, OCT. 21.

The fleet has again relapsed into the state of repose
from which it had been disturbed by the bombardment
of Sebastopol on the 17th inst. It is busy in effacing
the souvenirs of balls and shells, in making conjectures as
to a future more serious and better combined attack, and
in discussing the deeds and adventures of the different
vessels engaged in the affair.
I give you what I could collect of the latter, partly as
an eye-witness, partly from the accounts of others who
were so, for, as smoke formed decidedly the most promi-
nent feature of the bombardment, it was only now and
then possible to catch a glimpse of other vessels, which
appeared and disappeared like so many huge phantoms
in the midst of the flashes awl the thundering peals of
artillery.

THE ALBION BEFORE -FORT -CONSTAR TIML
Extract of a letter off Sebastopol, Oct. 18, H.M.S.
Albion :
" It is a very difficult and laborious task to get
the guns up the heights, as the enemy' • is continially
firing, night and day. Day after day we have seen
waiting impatiently for the army to begin, as that
was to be the signal for attacking the forts. Yes-
terday morning the Allies opened a tremendous can.
nonade on the inner forts, and down went the fleet,
each ship having its allotted post for the battle—ours
was the Waif battery, which is to the north of Fort
Constantine : it mounts about twelve guns, and is on
very high ground. The French line-of-battle ship
(screw) Napoleon, with the Agamemnon, began the
fight ; we had to pass Fort Constantine, and in so
doing got within range of their guns, so we had the
Waif battery and Fort Constantine, with about 100
guns, bearing on us, through some mistake of the
steamer who towed us. The Admiral had been mis-
informed, or we should not have been within two
fires. However, we opened on Fort Constantine,
which they returned, but it was too Bach for us ,-
we were on fire in three places, and the enemy poured
in grape and canister in quick succession. We are
fearfully knocked about, and report says we go
to Constantinople to repair damages. The other
ships kept up their fire till dark, when they all hauled
off. I think the Arethusa and ourselves have suffered
most. If the Russians had managed their guns well
they could have sunk us easily. The forts were se
high we could not depress the guns on the lower deck
sufficient to roach them, being so close under their bat.
tery.