The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-28 00:00:00

4th Regiment
28th Regiment. —1 rank and file wou
23rd Regiment.-1 rank and file wounde(
33rd Regiment.-3 rank and file wounded
38th Regiment.-4 rank and file wounded

41st Regiment.-1 rank and fife wounded.
2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade. —1 rank and file killed

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28,_ 1854.

anti m of the ene, a Di6"—
been again achievedfavour by the British and French, throup
the exercise of indomitable courage, directed by causatTlii;
mate skill. Mere superiority of numbers was 11°t
only, or indeed, under, the circumstances, the most impo

ed

taut disadvantage under which our gallant ......, -
clanusade, dthiteioreninfluetbe
of long-continued and exhausting fatig
ue, caused by
i...
wasty the
also disadvantagetn he placed
the incurred
d e pre s
st
ihnrgo u g h that
n ee
difficulty of the protracted siege operations, carried on
o
inadequate numbers in the face of a determined and battle
lant foe. The night which ushered in the day of t"
dwaa;hroeiaiek,ofehcaenagseeldesisntannad
dheenasveyanrdainhewidicelrii,njga;ntg,bbecnfon7
pletely enveloping the heights and the valley of Inkerraa!!
in a cold moist vapour ; so thick that objects were
.911,,,1!
invisible at the distance of only a few yards. Through
the
cheerless and gloomy obscurity of this deadening Pall,
sound of wheels was heard by the sergeant of an outly2E
picquet, which he quickly reported to Major Banbury. li_ a`cpef
sound was at once conjectured to arise from the passage ,f
ammunition waggons proceeding through the valley 'l,
Inkerman to Sebastopol. No suspicion was entertaiue?,
that the vehicles, the motion of whose wheels was 1 'a
e 2,
belonged to a large aggressive force of Russians, secur .i.)
advancing under cover of the darkness and fog to gain
the heights, and plunge with paralysing energy uPoll I
exposed flank of the Second Division. The exposed natar,e,
of this portion of the British position had been, it is saki,
perceived and pointed out by Sir De LaeY Evans so
the
time ago. From some unexplained cause,
.however,
o_.
idesPslnl4°,:tt°
warning was not attended to, and this remained thee rr,._s;
vulnerable, if not the only vulnerable point upon that
of of the British defences. It is farther noticeable, ''4
here also, nearly every point which was assailed ill "_,.
action of the sth instant had been essayed in the atta?!
of the 26th of October, a circumstance favouring the
conjecture that the movements on that occasion ic.e'"
merely attempts to ascertain the strength of the positiolt
and that the real endeavour to carry those defences vis:
delayed till the arrival of reinforcements, which the defences
were in expectation of.
The dispositions of the Russians, to secure surPvisce and
success, were made with considerable skill, and, in so far
the former object was concerned, with very (bilge— f
1 effect. Shortly before five o'clock a sharp ht
musketry on the hill side, to the left of the Light Division,
gave intimation that a hostile force was advancing' in f
direction. Favoured by the fog, the grey great oats of
the Russians rendered them nearly invisible, that
close at hand. So formidable was the unseen attao„e„at
theupo npitehqeuiertsmoafinthhendLy,ahntdDitivsipseioendiwlyehreeentliegeedr to re that
an
fdfe:rpeei
forcing
et attempthe
allies abouttwnarsaise tthe
eto s
siege, and,
andned,fori f thepn
drive them from their vantage ground, and push ' was
into the sea. To aid in this attempt, a demonstratiop c
made at the same time, by a body oecavalry and artoillaerrit,
supported by some infantry, in the valley above Bala
("to
partly to direct the attention of the French occupYium.o.ll-
- in that direction, and also to prevent the 111,,at
land brigade, and marines, from rendering assistauecot
the real point of attack ; and further, to take acivaatall
of any event which might occur to favour the Russiaifiteir
course of the day's proceedings. With this vie!","i by
cavalry were drawn up in order of battle, supPor" mi.
field artillery, and posted at the neck of the valley, tnn.,-to
vance over the heights, and cut our retreating tVacual
pieces, should the main attack prove successful. It 51;hts
telegraph had been erected by the Russias on the llinbe
above Inkerman, to communicate with another on 0
hill, covering the position of this corps of reserve and
observation, by which intelligence of our defeat was,t° slid
conveyed to the general commanding that e troops,9 in
similar means were adopted for apprising the ihe
Sebastopol, of this anticipated event, and to enable or
garrison to make a general sortie at the criticseall
ment. During the night too, a steamer, with very -reel:
shell-guns and mortars, was sent up the head of the c fire
at Inkerman, to aid in the attack upon our lines, t.lmell
from which, throughout the day, caused much iiJ ao,' oar
the enormous shells she threw over the hill amana

men. &Re'
To meet these formidable preparations, the best to
sitions available under the circumstances were ad was
with alacrity and cool decision. The second divisienne•
speedily got under arms, by Brigadier-General rt.ethe
father, on whom. this command devolved throng!' 015
illness of Sir De Lacy Evans ; one brigade el cos,
division, consisting of the 41st, 47th, and 49th regin2 the
under Brigadier-General Adams, was advanced 0: the
brow of the hill, to check the approach of the enemy 55tb,
other (Pennefather's own), consisting of the 30th, "4.
and 95th regiments, were led to operate on their
~nnd
Our troops were at once met by a tremendous fire el the
shot and shell, from guns' posted by the enemye'int
it
high grounds in front of our position, and at this re;rtil'
lery had been brought to bear against us.
was soon evident that at least forty pieces of heavY theo
• Gent
preparations had been made for our defence, Sir whic,
Cathcart promptly turned out all of his divisin°
clilY
were not employed in the trenches, and he speed 6sth
portions of the 20th, 21st, 46th, 57th, 63rd, aneft of
regiments against the enemy, directing them to the ;01
the ground occupied by the 2nd Division, which consiiot
of only 2,200 men. Sir George Brown, with the fides of
Light Division, rushed to the support of their corarebeavY
the 2nd Division, and in doing so were exposed t° avian'
fire from an unseen enemy. The foggy state of the
lois.
ing continued, alternated with smart showers, the soil,
ture of which turned the ground into an adhesiveerod
like a newly-ploughed field of loamy clay, which s their
to retard, as the fire of the Russian guns to destroy their
advance. While all the army was less or more in lne.„der
Whilst
the Duke of Cambridge brought up the Guards,Xteb.
Brigadier Bentinck, these splendid troops inlin‘e words
pushed on and gained the summit of the hills, tin the
which two columns of Russians were advancing,: The.
c 13rods e slat
ivo
edieurnithueundaetrursei
ro fitt h. eEgnrgoluanndd,wlovnal admit'
sd
ji
I,,crs
sting
ot
under arms, as a reserve, one portion of svb4i tchil ieg! :outs:
of the 50th and part of the 28h and of the
were engaged with the enemy before the contester
_ritseener
eluded. Such were the dispositions and arrange
our forces at the commencement of the fraY•
And now, (says the correspondent of the maned
in his general description of the fight,) cornraursecl
the bloodiest struggle ever witnessed since war cursedth
the earth. It has been doubted by
, the
rians if any enemy have ever stood a charge "
adlitarY
the bayonet, but here the bayonet was °lts! ebsti•
only weapon employed in conflicts of the
111°: to r;
nate and deadly character. We have been Pre- esoloie-
lieve that no foe could ever withstand the British
along
wielding his favourite weapon, and that at Maileat tot
did the enemy ever cross bayonets with him, bau.„-410"
battle of Inkerrnan not only did we charge in velo-f 0,1
only were, desperate encounters between masses
maintained with the bayonet alone—but we %cores,- ifant,";
to resist bayonet to bayonet the Russian' Tnere"''
again and again, as they charged us with ,
ble fury and determination. The Battle series „.°
man admits of no description. It was a edo,llo
dreadful' deeds of daring, of sanguinarY 7ijtqls,
hand fights, of despairing rallies, of desperate assate ife 0,
glens and valleys, in brushwood glades and rent the h
hiddenfrom all human eyes, and from whicb „e
gar I'
querors, Russian or British, issued only to en was ,g
foes, till our old supremacy, so rudely assailed,
umphantly asserted, and the battalions of the Czar p c
lo,eil
before our steady courage and the chivalrous fire en a si!,.g,
No one,.however placed, could have witnessed e're,oo.o
portion of 'the doings of this eventful day—fort e bee ta
fog, and drizzling mist obscured the group der it „ifs;
struggle took place, to such an extent as to raw' of a 'ej,
possible to see what was going on at the distant.° grn,nbe
yards. Besides this, the irregular nature of here „e,
the rapid fall of the hill towards Inkerman ;tea 1;01
deadliest fight took place, would have Pr.es.einore t It
under the most favourable circumstances, seelne below. by
a very insignificant detail of the terrible w ori‘ roused e,
was 6 o'clock when all the head-quarter camp" sliarP,,rpo
roll after roll of musketry on the right and l•Y that
port of field guns. Lord Raglan was infortne' r se by
afte ahi
enemy were advancing in force, and soon foilowe
o'clock he rode towards the scene. of action, p, 13r150,
a.
his staff, and accompanied by Sir John Burg°33l- ides"
eral a the
dier-General Strangways, R.A„ and sev-, oun," .et,
camp. As they approached the volume 0, fang of
steady, unceasing thunder of gun; and rifle, ?r,e shet,iy
told that the engagement was at its height.
the Russians, thrown with great precision, burstoetiail?ej
among the troops that the noise resembled it',„
discharges of cannon, and themassive fragmene
R'iss the
death on every side. One of the first things ""to see oto.
did, when a break in the. fog enabled them n the tewas
camp of the Second Division, was to open after° tent
with round shot and shell, and tent to the py
blown down, torn to pieces, or sent the ona-
while the men engaged in camp duties and
horses tethered up in the lines were killed or rive hex
to
Colonel Gambier was at.onee ordered to get Ito rell to
date ~
guns (18-pounders) on the rising ground, and
a fire which our light guns were utterlY 11:17; ose:01-3,
meet. As he was engaged in this duty, ancl,,,in fer,ooo
himself with Captain Dom' Aguilar to urge t" dange,tAent
Colonel Gambier was severely but not ,s,„ was, Olt
wounded, and was obliged to retire. His Olio
.0
by Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson, and the con orlst.:claY'
officer in directing the fire of those two
th pieces,of to
the most marked effect in deciding e fat! aamoodY
was such as to elicit the admiration of the ar;tiot 111)
deserve the thanks of every man engaged Ib'f,sol
fray. But long ere these guns had beeo_opy, t
there had been a great slaughter of the• ooere.-•
heavy loss of our own men. Our generals eeiony to•
where to go. They could not tell where the 0160
from what side they were coming, Ana wie'ad °llrivbiell
In darkness, gloom,- and rain they had to. _sae
through thick scrubby bushes and thorny
broke our ranks and irritated the men, Wiicono anfeiniie
was marked by a corpse or mall wounded
rattle °
by the
whose position was only indicated by the
ketry and the rush of ball and shell. ont-
Sir George Cathcart, seeing his men disorder iv,ae_eots
fire of a large column of Russian infantryr.v_i% rer,irc.ol
flanking them, while portions of the, villa ions
11,04,. the
composing his division were maintmrn • Oe
struggle with an overwhelming force, theTetooll.
ravine in which they were engagedz..%j'ans had 'l. of • one:ei
perceived at the same time that the lois
hill in the reaer
it
gained possession of a portion of the nev
urr,ing
flank of his division, but still his stout itt; ena7vios
him for a moment. He rode at h. that
them, and when .a cry arose that tue
you net led•till
failing, he 'said coolly, " Have oho!
the. heio
bayonets?" As he led on his rued
itthr t
top ?,_io to
another body of men had ganre-vres
volleyimposs
behind' them on the right, but it
Sir GeTrof bona
poured into our scattered regimencs,
Wu but a flig.,s, close ay
A deadlY o.cebe,,l
whetherthem and
theyled
tihveerme
bfacrikenudps otbreeffoeeust.
from his
passed where he rode, and he
en had to "g"" TheY ▪ thcir"-et
the
Russian
columns. Theaglost fearfully. a ~o, thole
through a host of enemies,
with diminished sA
b 0,47 Na'
desperate way up the hill, wr • the bead,le
Si George Cathcar
1 in file,
loss of near 500
ineliv.ith a bullet wounci,is stra—
afterwards recovered
ds in the body. In Lieroeity,_i
and three bayonet woun
th the greatest ale 6
surrounded and bayonetted on all sides, ranks, and v
y,
ded as they fell, Col. SwY,,4;or .1
bayonetted the woun
Lieut. Dowling, 2th;
_i•O'nod 'trio
a most gallant officer,
ans fought
whose names will De
Goldie (e4nco
Brig
rally
he has ',oa
iBvBhtehre,
atnhde
oßtuhsesri
offieers
Gazette, met their death,
the wounds of willetoicertain,
57th Regiment) received
ht was eqoally sgth g°l
died. conflict on the right. Thstsion, file
-in& bloody. In the Light and Bri