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

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

(From the Special Correspondent of the Daily News.).
CAMP, ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, SUNDAY
EVENING, 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 ex-
ceeding that sustained by the British troops at Alma.
Among the list of casualties 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 distributed over nearly every division of
the army. The Second Division, Brigade of Guards of the
Hirst Division, the Light and Fourth Divisions have 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
large body of prisoners has fallen into our hands.
The aetion may be said to have commenced about
6 a.m., long before daylight, and not to have con-
cluded *ntil 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 bs described as a
concentrated attack upon the extreme right of the besieg-
ing army, while a feigned attack on Balaklava and the
right flank were made at the same time, to engage the at-
tion of the Allies 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,
or at least of preventing their troops operating as a support
elsewhere.

The attack commenced by some skirmishing wit h the
advanced piequets in advance of the Second Divisietn. and
' First Brigade of the Light Division, about 6 a.m. The
day before there was a change from the previous wea,ther ;
the wind had veered round to the west and was accom-
panied by oontinuoes rain. This was followed by a dense
misty fog. Towards morning this mist in a great measure
disappeared, and about 7 o'clock the light enabled us to
perceive that the Russians had placed guns in an exceed-
Mgly strong position upon the summit of a hill about a mile
in advance, and to the north of that on the side of which
the Second Division was encamped. This position was
separated by two ravines, communicating with each other
from the British camp. Strong columns of the, enemy
were also seek to bo marching out of Sebastopol, 'while in
addition large masses of infantry were already occupying
the hill on the summit of which their battery had been
Placed. This 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
Pennefither (the Division General, Sir De Lacy Evans,
having gone on board sick) shortly afterwards advanced to
most them. Then commenced a contest which lasted
for five successive hours without interruption. The rattle
of musketry, as tho infantry fought for each inch of
ground, and the booming of the heavy guns, and the
shower of shell and shot from the enemy's battery, and
our own field guns, which flew over head, went on
unceasingly till noes, and did not cease altogether until
two hours after. The brigade of Guards under Major-
General Bentinck, Light Division under Sir George
Brawn, and Fourth Divison under Lieutenant-General
Sir George Cathcart, wore quickly brought up to the rap-
port. At first, after a fierce struggle, the enemy were
driven back as far as the bottom 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 pressure,
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 Ru,,sl^.,ls: that an artilLryruLe, l'Jariug the loss of
three guns, actually spiked thsui in case of the worst,
but ucceeded in bringing them away. The gun'
whi e'Qreff 114(1 placed c the height-70nd the

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