Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-11-02

The ascent of ,his hill was efiladed by
The fire of three batteries Of earihwork on
the right, and by another on the left, and
hese batteries were equally capable Of COW
erng the village, the stream, end The slopes
which led up the bill to their position. IN
the frs. battery were IS 32-pounder brass
guns of exquisite workmanship, which told
only too we'll. In the other batteries were
some 25 guns in all. !, was said the Rus
SLAMS had 100 guns on the hills and 10000
men 40 bs,lalions of infantry 1000 strong
each of the 16'h, 3ls,, 32d, and SD reei"
men,s.) We were opposed principally to
the 10Th and 32d regiments, judging by the
number of dead in front Of us. have not
been able TO ascertsin by whom ,hey were
commanded, bn, there is a general report
,ha, Menschik off commanded the army IN
chief, lha, the lel, was under Gor,schakoh
a relative of The diploma,is,, and that the
righ. was under Bodahof, the military Gov
ernor of Savaslopoi
| THE PLAN OF OPERATIONS.
! Our plan OF operations was tha! the French
should establish themselves under The fire
Of the guns on the heights on the extreme
OF the enemvis left. When tha, attack was
sufficiently developed, and had met with
success, the BRUSH army was 10 force the
right anG part of the centre Of The Russian
position, and the day was gained. When
we were about three miles from the village,
! the French steamers ran 10 IS close as they
could TO the bluff Of the shore a. the south
side Of the Alma. and pts sen,ly we saw them
Ill s,IopIi3 c,rlo ,ba
shells bursting over the enemy's squares and
batteries. and finally driving them from their
position on the right, within 5000 yards OF
the sea.
The French practice commenced about
h4f-pas, IL o'clock, and lasted for about an
hour and half We could see the shells
falling over the batteries Of the enemy. and
bursting righ, into them and then the black
masses inside The works broke into i!l!e
spechs which flew about in all directions.
aud when the smoke cleared away there
were some to be seen s.rewed over The
ground. The Russians answered the ships
from the heights, bu, without effect
| THE FRENCH SCALE THE HEIGHTS.
| Al O'Clock we saw the French columns
| ISIUggllDp up tIt bii!S. CbSSiEh ny tiobt
of skltmis hers, hose fire seemed most dead
Ily. Once, a, sight of threatening mass Of
Russian infantry, in commanding position
above them. who fred rapid volleys among
them. 'he French paused. hut it was only
to collect lheir skitm!shers, for as soon as
they bad formed, they ran up Ihe bill at the
pas de charge, and al once broke The Rus
slams, wbo fled in disorder. with loss, up the
hill. We could see men dropping on boih
sides, and The wounded rolling down The
steep.
THE ENGLISH ARE ENGAGED.
Lord Raglan waited patiently for the de-
velopment of The French attack. Al leng h
an aid-de-camp came TO him and reported
the French had crossed the Alma, but they
had no; established themselves sufficiently
to Justify US in an attack The infantry
were therefore ordered to lie down, and the
army for a shor. time was quite passive, ons
|ly that our artillery poured forth an unceas-
ing fire of she'll, rockets and round shot.
which ploughed through the Russians, and
caused them great loss They did not waver,
however, snd replied 10 our sriillery man
fully, their shot falling among our men as
they Icy, carrying off legs and arms a, every
round. Lord Raglan a. last became weary
of this inac!ivisy-hs spirit was up--be
Hooked around, and saw men on whom be
knew he might stake the honor and fale Of
Gtea, Britain by his side, and, anticipating
little in a military point of view the crisis
of action, he gave orders for our whole line
10 advance.
i Up rose these serred masses, and passing
through fearful shower of round, case shot,
and shell, they dashed into the Alma, and
."Aoundered" through its waters, which
were literally torn into foam by the deadly
hail. AT the other side Of the river were q
number OF vineyards, and TO our surprise,
they were occupied by Russian riAemen-
Three of the staff were h re sho. down, bnt
led by Lord Raglan in person, the res, ed-
vanced cheering on the men. And now
came the turning poin. of she battle, in which
Lord Raglan. by his ssgacity and military
t skill probably secured he victory at small
er sacrifice than would have been other
wise the case. He dashed over the bridge,
followed by his staff. From the road over
f it, under the Russian guns, he saw the state
of the action. The British line, which he
! had ordered TO advance, was struggling
, through the river and up the heights in
! masses, firm indeed, but moved down by
the murderous fire of the batteries, and by
. grape, round shot, she'll, canister, case sho,
and muskelry, from some Of the guns of the
central ballery, and from an immense and
, compact mass OF Russian infantry.
, Then commenced one of the most bloody
5 and determined struggles in the annals o