Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-11-03

Frem the fOhu over u, uuuer the rus
sian guns. he saw the state OF the nc
ton.
The British line, which he had or.
dered to advance, was struggling
through the river and up the heights
in masses, firm indeed, but moved
down by the murderous fire Of the bat.
teries, and by grape, roand shot. shell,
canister, case shot, and musketry,
from some Of the guns Of the central
battery. and from an immense and
compact mass Of, Russian infantry
Then commenced one Of the mosl
bloody and determined struggles in the
annals of war. The ed division. led
J by Sir ID. Evans. in the most dashnp
manner crossed the stream on tho
right. The 9TH Fusileers, led by Col
Yea. were swept down by iifIies.
IL was evident that we were Just able
to contend against the Russians. IA.
vored rs they were by n great posi-.
ton. AT this very time, an immense
mass Of Russian infantry were seen
moving down toward the battery; they
halted; IL was the crisis OF the day
Sharp, angular, and solid, they look.
cd as " they were cut out OF the solid
rock. /! was beyond all doubt, that
liz our infantry, harrassed and thinncd
rs they were. got into the battery
they would have TO encounter again a
formidable fire. which they were but
i'll calculated TO bear Lord Raglan
saw the difficulties OF The aituaiion.
He asked ii! would be possible to got
u couple Of guns TO bear ON these
masses.
The reply was Yes and, an artil.
lery officer. whose name do not
know, brought up two guns to fire on
Russian squares. The first shot miss.
ed but the next, and the next, and the
next cut through the ranks so cleanly
aud so keenly. that u clear lane could
be seen for moment through the
square. Ailera few rounds the square
became broken. wayored TO and fro,
broke, and fled over the brow Of the
hill, leaving behind six or seven dis
tinct lines Of dead. lying rs close as
possible TO each other, marking the
passage ofthe fatal messengers.
The second and light division crown
cd the heights, The French turned
the guns on the hill against the flying
masses. which the cavalry in vain tried
TO cover. A few faint struggles from
the scattered infantry. u few rounds
Of cannon and musketry, and the en-
envy fled to the southeast, leaving
three generals. three guns, 700 priso-
ners, and 1000 wounded behind them
| The battle Of the Alma was won. II
is won with a loss Of nearly 5000 kill
ed and wounded on our side. The
list will appear in few days. The
Russians retreat was covered by THEN
cavalry, but It We had an adequate
force we could have captured many
guns aud multitudes of prisoners.
II was a terrible and sicscning sight
to go over the battle fed. Till de-
priyed Of my horse by chance shot
| rode about to ascertain, as far rs
possible. the loss of our friends, and
in doing so | was ofter brought to q
standstill by the difficulty OF getting
through the piles Of wounded Rus
slams, mingled too often withi -FOUR owl
poor soldiers. The hills OF Green
wich Park in fair times are not NOR,
densely covered with human being,
than were the heights of the Aims
with dead and dying. On these bloody
mounds fell Q, 1876 English officers ant
men, and upwards Of 5000 Russians
} while their western extremity was GOV
cred with the bodies Of 400 gallan
, Frenchmen, and Of more than 5000 o
{ their foes.
, When Lord Raglan and his staff anC
! the Duke Of Cambridge rode round L
the top Of the hill. the troops cheereC
! them with u thrilling efiect-a shou
Of yictory-which never can be for
: gotten. The enemy. who were nyin,
in the distance, might almost hav'
heard its echoes as il rolled among tn
hills. Our men had indeed done thei
7 work well, for the action, which com
! menced at l,35 on our part, was owe
about 4 p. NJ. In fact, the actua
J close continuous fighting did not las
! two hours.
! The Russian regiments engaged
against us. Judging from the number
on their caps and buttons of the dea,
and wounded, were the ilth, i2th, 10th
18th, 18th, 3ist, 32d, sad, and SOM
of the Imperial Guard. The Rus
} sianregimenls consistofGour battalons
and each battalion may be said to b
600 strong. The soldiers were mostl
stout, strong men. Several Of thes
regiments, SD. and 10th for exam
! pie. wore black leather helmet, hand
somely mounted with brass cone OF
. the top, with q hole for the reception
Q of tuft, feather or plume, other
$ wore simply white linen foragin
: cap. They were oil dressed in Ion
: drab coats with brass buttons, bearin
! the number of the regiment. Thei
: knapsacks astonished our soldiers.
=, On opening them, each was foun
5 TO contain the dress uniform coatee {
: the man, blue or green, with white ia
b cings and slashes, like our own. a pal
P Of clean drawers, a clean shirt, a pal
b of clean socks, pair of stout mits.
d case containing good pair of scissor
: marked "Sarun," IN excellent per
knife with one blade, of Russian mar
d ufacture, ball of Irvine. n roll ,
/ leather, wax, thread, needles. and PIN
r a hair brush and comb, a small lookin
e glass, razor strop, and soap, she
h brushes, and backing. The gener'
d remark of our men was that the Ru