The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-26

esh bsyoast Il sAid that ssver.l Preach sssrs have
declared, sisce they vtsvsd the ground. that thor
carry the positios a. did General Canrobsrt, in
msment 81 enthpsiasn, exclaimed 70 oas Of our
& fortune uov = sSss might & mnsnd corp. q
English troops for three abort weeks could then die
haSpyp On ths oshsr hand, the French hsd to scale
infaEtry supported BY clouds Of skirmishrr they had
to Chamber up rocky sleeps, defended By swarms Of
With qaisinss. ass aiscIity Relay would have bean
fatal slowness OF movement would hAvs lost us
the battle for without the Frsnch the heights
right must have been driven across the Alma, as
they would have bean swept into the valley had Jailed
In csrrying batteries Their energetic movements,
their RAPID fame like spread from orag to cfag tn sir
ceaielsss fusade Of the deadly rife wsie al as.ou.h
rg and psralJ zed the enemy pietsly We perhaps
could never have made such . rapid advance, have
got over so u 1ch ground In the sams time.
THE ADVANCE
Atls0, our line Of ssirmsshers got within rapcs ~
the battery the hill immediately the Ru,sians
opened fire 200 yards with effect the SD u
the advancing columns behind. Shortly this time
deDse volumes Of smoke from the river, and drisd
slorg to the eastward rather interfering III the visw
OF the enemy the left OF position The Russians
had set the village on FIRE 1t Was fair exercise OF
right time and succeeded in occssionipg good dssl Of
annoy spoe. Our troops halted when they nesred this
village ther left extending beyond It BY the verge Of
the stream right behind the burning cottages and
within rsp2e of the batteries II is said ths Russians
had taken the of all the principal points in their
front and placed twgs and sticks mark them In tais
they assisted by the post sgnbosrds the road
The Russians opened furious fire the whole Of
line but the French had yet mads progress enough
to justify in advsncing The ronnd shot whiz,sd Ia
every drectcn 6sshing up the dirt and sand into the
faces Of the stan OF Lord Raglan who also shsed
Lord Regain waited patiently for the developer Of
French attack At length aid de osmp came to him
had established them elves uaiceory to Justify US
In an attach The nis ntry were therefore. ordered 70
lie down and the army for sh IT time was quite
sve on tat cur artillery poured forth unceasng
Ere Of shell rockets and round shot, which ploughed
Though The Russians and caused them great loss They
OLD not wayer however and replied to artillery
fully their shot falling among as they lay ana
carrying of legs and arms at every round Locd Raglan
up-hs locked around, and saw mon on whom he knew
he might stake tie horror and fate Of Great Britain by his
ride, and anticipating little in mi itsry point of vev
the crisis OF action be rders for whole line to
sdvarce Uprose the SERTED masses passing through
fssIfa shower Of round casesht and she'll they dash
ed Into the Alma, and houDdcrsd through its wGtera
Which were literally torn into foam by the deadly hail
At the other sit OF the river number Of vineyards
nna 10 Tsr sepp,ss sss we're occupied oy rifle
by Lord Raglan in person they aivaDcet, cheering
the men And now came the turning point OF the battle
in which Lord fselan, BY his ssgacty and military skil
probably secured the vi:tory ut smaller sacrifice than
would have been otherwise tbs CASE He dashed over
the bridge followed by his staff From the road over t.
under the bussap guns he the stats OF the action
The British line which he had ordered to advance was
struggling thIorgh the river, and up the heights in
areof\he battses, and BY grape round shot, SHE'LL
lister, case shot,. and musketry, from some OF the
comga act mass OF Russian infantry. Then com
menced of the most bloofy and determined
led 81 si Evaps in the most d.shrg manner crossed
the stream on ths rgh. The It'll Fusiers led by COL
Yay were Iwept Gown by ffties The S5th, soth, and
9bth. LED by Brigadier Pennsfather, who In the
thiciest of the fight, cheering his msn, again and
again checked Indeed but drew back their
onward progress. which wAs marked by asrcs roll Of
Mimic mrsketry and Brigadier Adams with the 4lst,
Attn and 49th brayely charged up the hill and aided
,hen IN ss 1 ,os M Gtofgs spcuoas
them with voice aud gesture. Gallant fellows, trey
we're WORTHY Of SUCH gallant chief The III, diminished
the time; tie 23c, with eight officers dead and four
wounded were still rushing to the front aided by the
cloud Of dust in front of the battery &c was soon
up, and shouted "23d, Pm al right Be sure I'll
remember this day." and led them on again but
In the shock produced bv the fail o. ,ber chief,
the gallant regiment srifered terribly, while pa.
raiysed for moment Meantime the Guards on
the hight OF the Light Livsop aod the Brgace Of aigh
lsndets sto' ming the heights tue LIFT Their
line was almost a. regular as though they wire in Hyde
through from the terrible battery and rsar OF mus
Esry from behind thianed tter front ranks by
II rs evident that just she to contend ag,nst
the husi lars, favored az they by ya. position
At this very time immense OF Russian infartry
were seen moving down towards the battery. beyha
solid they Looked they cut out OF the solid
rick. 1t wes beyond all doubt tina. IL orr insautry
sars s and ,ipned =. they were got iato the bat
bic fire, which they hut I'll calculated TO bear
lord Raglan the difficulties OF the situation.
He ssked if IT would be possible to get couple
81 guns TO ten on these The reply was
'Yes" and artillery officer whose Mans do not new
kLow, brought up two guns to Are the Russi
squares The frst hot missed but the next and tn,
next ard the next cut through tho ranks Clearly and
SO kseny. that clear lane could be for momsnt
through the square After few rounds the columns
Of the square became brksp wavesi TO and fro broke
ard fed over the brow o. The hi leaving behind them
oIy attprt rcc l,fx
bic to each othsr marking this passage of tho fst
Mrgers This act relieved inf nry of deadly ncu
bus ana they lnued their magnificent and fearful
progress up the hill The Duke encouraged his men BY
voice and example and proved himstl worthy Of his
proud 'r mand snd OF the roys race from which he
comes. .HighAnccrs," said Sir c. Campbell, thsy
came to the charge 81 am gocg to ask favor OF you
1t is that you viii act to Justify me ia asliny
percussion Of he Qoeen for you 20 wear a bonnet
Don't pull trigger til you're wilma yard of The Rus
sisps" 1hey cas,sei, and well they obeyei their chief
his men took he battery at . bound The Russians
Iust ed ont and left multitues o. dead behind them
The Guars had stormed me right of the battery the
got into the left and it said that the Scots
Fusltef Guards were tho drst to enter The Second
and Light Division owed the heights. The French
tnrfd the guns the blu against the flying asses
which the cavalry in vain tried to covsr Afew faint
struggles from tie scattered Infantry fe7 rounds Of
cannon and nn,ke'ry, ana the enemy lied to the south
eest, leaving three general crums three guns 700 pr
soIers anu 4Ct0 wounded behind them 1be battle of
Alma was won. It il with loss Of nearly 5000
kilied and wound SIDE. Ths Russiaps rei;e.t
wac covered By their cavalry but II we had had ade
quae fo-ce could have ,tured many gut and null
tisudes Of prisoners.
NARROW ESCAPE OF PRINCE NAPOLEON.
Not far frtm ths French ge. era, Prince Napo con,
who made most brilliant debut ct the BATHS OF the
Alma, had narrow escape from death, or AZ least
grevous injury DgriOg the time that ths sh.rpsaooers
OF his division were endeayoring to dsodge the Russsn
sharpshooters ball directed against line struck
the ground few hundred steps from the Prince and
bounding took the direction tosards him Gensral
homas luckily the ball. and seeing the direction 1t
was abaut to take had tine to cry out " fate care,
si'" hs Prince turned his horse rapidly SIDE
and the ball broke the leg OF Sosineden Leblanc who
wss standing behind Leblanc has since besn Obliged
20 sui init to have the limb amputatsd
SCENES AFTER THE BATTLE.
It was te ribls and scsening sisht 60 over the
battle field Till deprived OF my horse by eli shot
rode about 20 ascertain as tar possible the loss Of
friends ard In doing 80 was often brought to a
stsndst b. the dculty o. getting through this piles Of
wounded Russians nineled too often with poor
soldiers The hills OF Greenwi IN Park Ia fair time
not more denEely covered yih human beings III
the heights OF tue AIM. with dead and dying these
Ia sll rpv off, al