Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-11

rupt our progress Our march Was continuous but by
road which allowed only one horseman 10 ride by the
side OF each gun The Duke Of Cambrdges baggage was
actually within gunshot Of Sebastopo quarter Of an
hour AS Lord Raglan was riding in front Of his staff
ne found hmse on emerging from wooded road the
open space in 'front.' in the immediate presence Of body
of Russian infantry which turned be the baggage
guard Of large detachment Of the Russian army march,
ing from Sebastopol to Bakshserai They not more
than few hundred yards distant Lord Raglan simply
turned his horse and quietly cantered back to the rear
of the first division Of artillery.
The cavalry, consisting of portion Of the l1h and
9th hussars, were quickly got in 'front.' the guns
mbered and opened the retreatng of Russians
the I'd battalion Of rifles in skirmishing order threw in
voey of Mimic balls, the cavalry executed charge and
the result was, that after few rounds the Russians
broke and fed along the road in great haste without an
attempt at resistance, leaving behind them enormous
quantity of baggage of every description for two miles
over the ground in the direction Of their fight
This was fair and legitimate plunder and the troops
halted and allowed to take what they liked and what
they could carry They broke open all the carts and
tumbed out the contents the road but the page was
conducted with regularity, and the officers presided
it that there squabblng and that no man
/ took than his share.
Immense quantities of wearing apparel boots Shirts
coats dressing valuable ornaments and jew
elry found in the baggage CARTS well military
chest containing some money-there are people who say
it held $4,000 The carriage of Prince Menschikof fell
into our hands. In it found his grand orders
Great Prince of the Russian Empire and they in
the hands Of Captain Peel. Russian artillery officer,
who found in of the carriages, in very
oval mood and had evidently been making rather free
with the bottle Plenty Of champagne was discovered
among the baggage and served cheer the capors during
their cold bivouac that night great number Of very
handsome hussar jackets richly laced with silver and
made Of fine light blue CLOTH which had never yet been
worn were also taken and sold by the soldiers for
varying from 20s to 80s apiece Fine large winter coaks
Of CLOTH lined with rich furs, found in abundance
The enemy pursued two three miles the road
to Bakshisera but they fled precpitatey the cavalry
ennA not nnvnas, ruth thar + / u
This punder put the soldiers in great good humor and
they marched the whole day in excellent spirits leav
ing Sebastopo on their right till they arrived at the little
hamlet of Trak the Black river Just before sunset
and halted for the night As the baggage separated
from the bulk Of the army by the distance Of miles,
Lord Raglan was fain to put up in miserable little lodge
for the night while his staff slept the ground in ditch
outside it, The baggage had to march all through the
night, and it was literally forced march for them and
for the baggage guard as well as for portion Of the
fourth division.
Not the smallest attempt was made by the enemy to
interrupt annoy during this very remarkable march,
which could at any time have been greatly harassed by
the smallest activity the part Of the Russians but the
fact we have learned to despise them thoroughly far
and all hope Is contempt may not lead into dan
ger by inducing us to neglect ordinary precautions Our
march was through woods along bad and often precpi
tous roads, and few trees feed at intervals would have
sufccd to stop the army for hours We had however,
taken the enemy by surprise and they showed themselves
quite destitute Of resources Near hating place for
the night is place called Mackenzes Farm. ltderives
its from Russian Admiral Of Scotch origin, who
made plantation OF trees for the Imperial navy here,
and there is long guardhouse for soldiers watch it,
However, it was burnt by the French before we left
BALAKLAvA, (TuEsDAY,) SEPT. 26-I never more
astonished in my life than when halted the top Of
of the numerous hills of which this portion of the Cri
is composed, and looking down under my feet
little pond closely compressed by the sides of high rocky
mountains On it foated six seven English ships, for
which exit seemed quite hopeless. The bay is like a
Highland tan and it is long the eye admits that it is
some hamie in length from the sea, and varies from
two hundred and fifty hundred and twenty yards
in breadth The shores steep and precpous that
they shut out it the expanse of the harbor and
make it appear much smaller than it really is Towards
the the cliffs close up and completely overlap the
channel which leads to the haven that is quite
invisible
On the southeast corner Of the poor village which
struggles for existence between the base the rocky hills
and the margin Of the there the extensive ruins
of Genoese FORT built two hundred feet above the
level of the 1t must have once been large and i'm
portant position and its curtains bastiops towers and
walls all destroyed and crumbng in decay though they
eynce the spirit and enterprise Of the hardy
who penetrated these classic long There
may be doubts whether the Genoese buti but there can
be that Is very old and superior in workmanship
to the edfces of the Turks and Tartars The town Of
Balaklava is approached in this direction through mar
defle, leading from the open country about
Traktir. 1t is formidable pass and few resolute
men posted there might occasion great trouble to
large army but we were permitted to 60 through with
out let or hindrance of any Kind
The staff advanced first the town. and were proceed
ing to enter it, when to their SURPRISE from the old forts
above four spirits of smoke in rapid succession and
down four shells into the ground close them We
then that small piece of level ground outside
Of the of the ruin the Russians had got small
body of men, who seemed resolved hopeless defence
The dose Of shell repeated but by this time the Aga
memnon outside the rocks heard busiy sending her
shot against the fort The rifles also advanced and
of the light DIVISION and opened fire within hun
dred yards with their rifles closing they crept along
and the fort after few harmless rounds more,
moned, hung out flag of truce and surrendered
The colonel commandant had only sixty men under
him. and they oil made prisoners On being asked
why he fred from position which he must have known
have been unenabe he replied that he did in order
that he might be summoned and that he felt bound to FIRE
till required surrender The guns which projected the
shells small brass mortars. The men belonged to
the militia of Baakava. Lord Raglan entered about IL
o'clock in the day. As he toward the principal street
the inhabitants meet him, bearing trays laden
with fruit and flowers Some Of them bore loayes Of
bread cut pieces and placed dishes covered with
salt, in token Of goodwill and submission He assured
them of his protection and rode down to the beach, and
after English steamer came in and anchored The
fleet and army thus united and Lord Rag
had secured his base Of operations The
On march to-day the cavalry took Mr.. Upton,
Engshman by birth, and son Of the English engineer
who constructed many useful works at Sebasopol He
captured on his farm and taken before Lord
Ragan but he refused in the most decisive way give
any information respecting the Russians he said he
could not reconcile it to his notions Of honor to njure
Government in whose military service he had been. He
is In the custody Of Mr. Mcdonald Provost Marshall 93d
regiment Itis believed he has not much to tell.
The town is poor fishing village inhabited by Greek
colony There are, however, two good houses Of
the usual character in the neghDorhood and found