New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-01

4 ard 20 have failed. our gus are becoming yefy
/ shsky from repeated firing. We mast have mora
| men. ard tbat speedily. The ~estass Is leyely-th,
I Gays beng a. warm as ours ~ july
How LORD DuaKELLIs WAS TAELs.--lt .>,m,
that LORD Dunkelin was oat With vccsIag party II
lis regimen which hsd got I!e out u the;r ways
wbsu number OF mea were observed tsroags the
cagniDg light IN tie rsvIne "a tropt oi t6sn. ras,
ara the Rasslans exclaimed one OF the mas,
"Nopss nse-tbey re onr fellows, said his lortssip
ard on he went tos yard thetnesking, ie hi n toas
as he cot near "Nho is IN comm md Of this Darsyf'
His men saw him DO more. IA they we're onarmei
thew ietrt aod rapidly, but :here Was no fear Of bis
ordships safety for the Russians bred no shot aat
merely closed around, and seized him ere he c0sh
get away. No doubt he Will be Vel taken csre Of
ard Forwarded probably to St Petersburg. 20, hi,
a,ber was ambassador AZ the Court OF the Graz ssi
is said to have once enjoyed his friendship.
WELCOME VISITORS To THK E@GLIsa CANA
very heavy musketry fire WAS heard from BLakiavs
at tie camp las. night. Ii was caused by troop u
Russian horses who had broken their picket ropes
and dashed into the French line. The Ioaayes re-
ceived the charge with fearful m0sAes nre, winch
brought down meny of the animals, and oar two bt-
teries MAJ incl before Balaklaya opened across6rs
upou the supposed foe. Our cavalry stood to aras
After halt an hours well sustained hre, Is Was disco
we're that the horses were without riders. Mach
amusement was created by this little Dighs-sdrpfse
Above one hundred and sixty capital horses were 80
cured including a generals chsrgoT, witA very ias
trsppDgs
THr RIFLKuES-One of the most wonderful ,aisgs
think is TO see the way in which our riaemen ~
about in small detached parties crawling along on the
ground up the soe OF hil, tiu they aP Sear 70 be
within three hundred yards OF the enemy, and thus
thew lie on their bellies till ohsnoa odsrs xhes
crack goes Mimic ana down falls Russian. was
informed moet credby that one OF these brave fellows
a few days since thought he would 20 and do little
business on biz own account got away from his
many end crawled up close 10 battery under shelter
of hill Law on his back and loaded and turned over
ana fred when after killing eeye, men. party
rushed out and be took TO his heels, but sal TO ssy
A yollev fred after him by this party, leyeled Am
him with the earth and he was subsequently, picked
up with thirty two balls ia has body.
A NARROW EsCAPE.-A series of hand TO hand
encounters 90 on between our skirmshers aud those
of the enemy all day long az In which our fellows
are uniformly successful. They 90 out 30 these
encounters with almost childish delight and tbs
escapes Of some of them seem miraculous. In one II
these encounters rifiemn was taken on tho 10Th.
and carried prisoner INTO the Russian Trenches There
in the presence of our army he succeeded in killing
and woupdiny three Of the enemy, broke through ell
who tried to stop him. scra0blod over the Rasiisn
works and though whole voleys OF shot we're sent
after him, and be was pursued by hundreds, hs con
trived to elude all, and reached camp amid trs
mel dous cheers. Lord Raglan TO mark his
ful caanfry, made him present of - anil paid hin
a high compliment on his courage aud activity.
The HORRORS on THE BATTLE FIELD-As INST |
ter of course the field the spots where the cavalry
contests had taken place horrible sight: morn
so from the peculiarly CHASTITY naturs OF ssb1
wounds. In such places the dead aud dying mea
and horses literally covered the ground. Both our
selves and tie enemy appear to have had two horses
killed or wounded for one man. This gave the field
an unusually sanguinary appearance very likely tcI
mislead those not on the spot. l have alwaysI
imagined that split skulls and cloyea heads were
figures of speech until to- day, when have indeed,
been terribly convinced of the reality OF such horrors
Some of the dead to-day had their heads as conf
plettly coven as if the operation was performed by
surgeon with a saw. Nearly all the Russians wersl
I'll L.l Lnan Nrsnn ll.r ali Il
with lance thrusts; | saw one body with 10 suchi
wounds throl Oh the chest and stomach. Another
nan had six which all were mere flesh wounds, and
not dangerous. The same nan, 10 the 18th Lsncsrs
extraordinary and inoreo ibe as it may appear hal
two horses killed under him, or two sabsr and Il
bullet wounds in his cap, his sword bent double Ia ia
sheath by Mimic bullet five bullets ia his saddle,
in bis lanco-stSh, and sword cuts innumerabe Such
escapes may well appear almost miraculous, yet 10 /
hurried handto hand combat they ofton rheo
wts large proportion Of killed and wounded Russisa
officers it quite impossible to distinguish than
from the pryates except by the superiority OF their
under clothing. Their uniform was precisely simlx
to the common soldiers, with the exception OF mar.
row "trip of gold lace on the shoulder. Struck with
this peculiarly addressed one OF the Russian Off
GERS, who was slightly vOunded. and could SPEAK
French, and be informed me that the cause OF the
change in their dress was owing 10 an order TO that
effect, which had come from St Petersburg about
three months ago, when the invasion OF the Crimes
appeared probable He also said that Gen Iuden
had commanded ia chief the attack Of TO day, and
that the cavalry under the orders of the Grand
Duke Msximiianovitch. Most Of the troops has
been sent in by Menchiko6 who had collected thea
from different garre0ns and depOts throughout the
Crimea. They had marched from all parts of tho
country and still had five days provisions with them
and expected more. Prince MenchikoR was greatly
out Of favor with all the other Generals, in
querce Of bis defeat on the Alma, a position which
from its strength, he should have held against thu
world. The defeat was attributed to his negligence. On
the day Of the battle Menchkof wore the uniforma
private cavalry soldier. The same officer infornd
me that he was certain we should never take Sc
yastopol, either by sea or land The Russisas hM
thrown up so many additional works that the plsS
was even stronger than when we first sat dovabe-
fore il. Our fire on the town, however, had donss
good deal Of mischief especially in setting fire tos
Russian hospital in which were one thousand sick ad
wounded, the majority of whom persisted in tbs
flames. He laid the blame Of this awful accident 90
the Russian commanders, who declined TO hoist asy
distinguishing flag by which the allies might knos
and respect the building. Several other Of the Rvs
sian wounded spoke English. One unfortunate ycu&
officer, who had desperate cut across the abdomen.
through which his intestines were prolrudins, and
who seemed in great agony, was inplodng one ma
10 kin him. saying il was mercy as he could not liys
After the fight quite done, saw our men bssuax
out, with the butts Of tier muskets, the vrsteAsi
Turks who were hiding away under the trees iss
bushes in all directons. One of our m irines s1 "
orally kicking back into the field nearly huadfsi
Of these crayens. Until saw the condue! Of thes
fellows l could never have believed that even s
most efftmina.e race would have behaved 20 VIZ
arms in their hands. The few men they hst wounasa
were ell bit by their artillery they ran h5s
their batteries. Unfortunately many Of oar woaad
remain near the Russian batteries in the eaemJs
hands.
TIE GREAT CivNLRT CBARGE.-The Rassiss
have had some severe struggles. but they have ~
the pluck OF EnglLshmel, for, though ne 40 u
inferior in NUMBER we always beat them bsck. W
are in the saddle night and day. | cant tel ySw
long ii is since was uDdressed; l only kaes ns