The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-15 00:00:00

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,)

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.30 a.m.
Wind S.E., steady, and wet.
The sloop Letitia, of Arklow, from Wexford, for Liven
pool, was passed this morning by the steamer Windsor,
inside the North-west Buoy, in a sinking state, having
been in contact with a schooner.
Arrived—Gertrude, from Norway; Moire, Quebec;
Hermanns Franciscan, Leghorn ; Acrome, Trieste ; Fanny
Mitcheson, Alexandria; N. S." de Bergona, Santander;
Occidenten, Stockholm ; and Louisa, Prestoe.

(BT XIIBNARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.22 A.M.
Wind S. ; tide, high `eater; raining.
Arrived—Nov.l4, Millbay. from Malaga; Mallard, Cal-
cuts a ; Wisp, Tarragour. ; Star of tho East, Raniousky ;
British King, Callao; Julia, Oporte.

DEAL, Wednesday, 9.30 a.m.
Wind S., strong, with rain.
Passed—Contest, from Petras, for London.
rPoisSing—iiedbrunt, Deg, from Twitward,

THE SIEGE OF
SEBASTOPOL.

THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE

25 TH OF OCTOBER.

THE CHARGE AT BALARLAVA.

The following is an interesting account by an
officer

"We were "ordered to charge some Russian batteries
and cavalry, and the Light`Brigade went down—the 17th
and 18th leading in line ; the 11th were ordered to hang
a little back as a support, and the 4th and Bth followed,
in a sort of third line.

" We all knew that the thing was desperate before we
started, and it was even worse than we thought.
" In our front, about a mile and a half off, were several
lines of Russian cavalry and nice guns—to get at which
we had to pass along a wide valley, with the ground a
little falling, and in itself favourable enough fur a charge
of cavalry ; but the sloping hills on each side gave the
enemy an opportunity (which they used) of placing guns
on both our flanks as we advanced ; and not only guns,
but infantry with Minis rifles.
"However, there was no hesitation, down our fellows
went at the gallop—through a fire in front and on both
flanks, which emptied our saddles and knocked over our
horses by scores. Ide not think that one man flinched
in the whole brigade—though every ono allows that so
hot a fire was hardly ever seen. We want right on, cut
down the gunners at their guns—(the Russians worked
the guns till we were within ten yards of them)—went
on still, broke a line of cavalry in rear of the guns, and
drove it back on the third line. But here our bolt was
shot : the Russians formed four deep, and our thin and
broken ranks, and blown horses, could not attempt to
break through them, particularly as the Russian cavalry
had got round our flanks, and were prepared to charge
our rear (with fresh men). We broke back through
them, however, and then had to run the gauntlet,
through the cross fire of artillery and Minis rifles back
to our own lines, with their cavalry hanging on our
flank. The heavy brigade, which had made a good
charge of its own in the morning, covered our coming
out of action and lost some men from the artillery.
" There is no concealing the thing ; the light brigade
was greatly damaged, and for nothing ; for though we
killed the gunners and the horses of nine 12-pounders,
we could Rot bring them away.
" Nolan, who brought the order, is dead. The first
shell that burst hit him in the breast. He gave a loud
cry, his horse turned, trotted back (with him still in the
saddle) between the first and second squadrons of the
13th, and carried him so for some way, when he fell
dead. He was hit in the heart.
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through the thigh ; White through the leg; Thompson is
supposed to be killed, &c. One of Lord Cardigan's
aides-de-camp is wounded—Masse • the other, Lock-
wood, is missing, and supposed to be killed. We have
lost about 335 horses (exclusive of officers' horses) out of
a little more than 600. which wo (the light brigade) had
in the field ; besides that, a great number are wounded
with gun-shot wounds, and about 25 have already been
destroyed, and more will. . . It was a bitter
moment after we broke through the line of cavalry in
rear of their guns, when I looked round and saw there
was no support beyond our own brigade, which, leading
in the smoke, had diverged and scarcely filled the ground.
We went on, however, and hoped that their own men
flying would break the enemy's line, and drive them into
the river. When I saw them form four deep instead
I knew it was r all up,' and called out to the men
to rally. At this moment a solitary squadron of the
Bth came up in good order. This saved the remnant
of us, for we rallied to them, and they, wheeling
about, charged a line which the Russians had formed ii
lour rear. You never saw men behave so well as our
men did. As we could not hold our ground, all our
dead and badly wounded were left behind, aid we know
aot who are dead or who are prisoners. All this makes
me miserable, even to write ; but it is the naked truth.
Our loss in men is not so great as that in horses ; for
men whose horses were shot in the advance got back
on foot. I hear from a man who dined with Lord
Raglan to-day, that they do us justice at head-quarters,
and say that our attack was an unheard-of feat at arms,
and that Lord Raglan says that the moral effect has
been wonderful. The Russian prisoners since taken at
Sebastopol say the Russians were petrified at the auda-
city of the attack and the energy that could, after such
a fire, break through their lines. These prisoners were
taken in a very successful affair by Sir De Lacy Evans.
Do the old fellow justice. He is a first-rate division
leader."

The following extracts are from a letter, written
on board her Majesty's ship Himalaya ; it is dated
Balaklava Bay, Oct. 27 :
I could see occasionally shells bursting over the high
hills by which the bay is surrounded ; so as soon as
possible I went on shore, and found that a very heavy
cavalry notion, with artillery, was going on, the
Russians having driven the Turks completely out of
three batteries which bad been erected and armed
with guns, and the Turks placed to man them.
However, they got panic-stricken and fled, and
down came the Cossacks and Russian cavalry (Im-
perial Guard) to attack ours, and a most bloody fight
ensued, our Light Cavalry—viz., 4th Dragoons, Bth and
11th Hussars, and 17th Lancers—being dreadfully cut
tip, having charged a battery of guns numbering SO.
They were supported by the Greys, who have again dis-
tinguished themselves beyond praise, suffering, how-
ever, severely in the affair. They charged right through
the Russian cavalry, who numbered about five to one ;
got surrounded by them, made another charge, and cut
themselves out by sheer fighting. Colonel Griffith got
shot in the head, Brevet-Major Clarke a sabre cut at the
back of his neck, Cornet Prendergast shot right through
the foot, Cornet Handley stabbed in the side and arm,
being at one time surrounded by four Cossacks, three
of whom he shot with his revolver, and the fourth
was cut down by his sergeant. I saw this young
gallant fellow a few hours after, and he was then
getting ready to rejoin his regiment from the tem-
porary hospital, not finding his two wounds of suffi-
cient consequence to keep him from his pest. The
Colonel did the same, after getting his bead dressed.
Major Clarke did not, I believe, leave the field. I also
saw Lieutenant Elliot, sth Dragoon Guards, riding into
Balaklava, his face so covered with blood and his head
bound up that we could not recognise him. The gallant
Captain White, too, of the 17th Lancers, was lying on
his back when we came up to hire, with a sound shot
right through his leg, with Sir W. Gordon, dreadfully
cut about the head, both receiving, however, every at-
tention and care from Surgeon Kendall, who was for-
merly at Southampton with Mr. Ward, surgeon, of that
town. In this garden and temporary hospital could be
seen men with every description of wound, from the
sabre cut to the grape and canister shot. One poor fel-
low's leg was taken off while we were there, nor can one
easily forget the shocking scenes, the result of such a
day's fighting. The surgeons (Brush and his assistant
Chapple) of the Greys were working away with their
sleeves turned up, arms bloody, faces the same, looking
more like butchers than surgeons, so hard had they
worked all day.
CAPTAIN MAUDE.

During the afternoon, subsequently to the Russians
being repulsed with heavy loss, their object evidently
being to take Balaklava, they retreated to the brow of
a kill on the right, and formed themselves round the
battery they had driven our allies, the Turks, out of ' •
and our troops, with the Rifles in front, were formed in
line of battle, Rot more than three-quarters to one mile
f; one them, occasionally trying the effect of the shells
from the artillery guns, and the precision with which
these missiles are directed is truly astonishing. Poor
Captain Maude, of the Horse Artillery, than whom I
believe it is universally admitted a more gallant or more
efficient officer does not hold a commission in her Ma-
jesty's service, was severely wounded early in the day
by a shell, which, bursting near, hit him in three places.
The loss of his services will he severely felt, and he is
universally regretted. He was carried into the har-
bour, and placed on board ship.

OUR RIPLENI2N.
One of the most wonderful things I think is to see the
way in which our riflemen go about in small detached
parties, crawling along on the ground up the side of a
bill, till they appear to be within 300 yards of the
enemy, and thus they lie on their bellies till a chance
offers, when crack goes a Minie, and down falls a Rus-
sian. I was informed most creditably that one of these
brave fellows a few days since thought he would go and
do a little business on his own account, got away from
Lis company, and crawled up close to a battery under
shelter of a hill, lay on his back and loaded, and turned
over and fired, when, after killing 11 men, a party rushed
out, and he took to his heels, but, sad to say, a volley,
fired after him by this party, levelled him with the earth,
and he was subsequently picked up with 32 balls in his
body.
THI WOUNDED.
"To-day (Oct, 26) numbers of the wounded were sent
on board different ships in Balaklava harbour, and a
most mournful sight it was to see the poor fellows car-
ried down on stretchers, some minus a leg, others an
arm ; one with his face battered to pieces, another with
a sabre cut at the back of his head.