New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-15

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| From the London Times Correspondence.
| March from the Battlefield Of the Alma to the
| Katoha.
| Sept. 23-Brigadier General Tylden, died in
| his tent early this morning Of cholera. He was
| buried in the valley under the heights of Alma.
1 The remains Of the deceased officer were followed
to the grave by number of officers, and by all
4 the members Of his staff. He is succeeded in
his command by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander,
r. E. who is the next senior officer, but the gal
liant officer in question has not been promoted to
the rank of Brigadier. Many men died of
cholera last night Ny sleep was disturbed by
the groans of the dying, and on getting up In
the morning found that the corpse Of q Rus
sian lay close to the tent in which | had been
permitted to rest He was not there when we
| retired to rest, SO that the wretched creature,
who had probably been wandering about with
out food upon the hills ever since the battle,
must have crawled down towards our fires, and
there expired in the attempt to reach them
Several men had died close to our tent during
the night Late last night orders we're sent
round the divisions to be prepared for marching
after day ybreak, and early this morning we left
the blood stained heights Of the Alma name
that will be ever memorable in our history.
Soon after dawn, the French assembled oil
their drums and trumpets on the top Of the
highest Of the hills they carried, and q wild
flourish and roll, repeated again and again, and
broken by peals of sound from the bugles Of the
infantry, celebrated their victory ere they de-
parted II was spirited stirring, and thrilling
: music, and us effect, 1T swelled through the
darkness of early morning, down over the val
: lev, can never be forgotten Our watchtires
were still burning languidly as the sleepers
e reused themselves, all wet with dew, and pre-
cared to leave the scene of their triumphs
The fogs of the night crept slowly up the hill
sides, and hung in uncertain folds around their
submits, revealing here and there the gather
ing columns of our regiments, in dark patches
on the declivities, or showing the deep black.
looking suuares Of the French battalGons already
in motion towards the south. #z
Dimly seen in the distance, the feet was mo
wing along slowly by the line of the coast, th'
long lines of smoke trailing back on their wake
But what is that grey mass on the plain, which
seemed settled down upon it almost without hf
or motion ? Now and then, indeed, an arm ma.
be seen waved aloft, OF @ man raises himself 10
moment, looks around, and then lies dow
again. Alas that plain is covered with tn
wounded Russians still. Nearly sixty lon
hours they have passed in agony on the ground
= and now, with but little hope of help or succo
wv more, we must leave them as they lie. All thi
- nameless, inconceivable misery-this eureles
pain-to be caused by the caprice of one man
Seven hundred and fifty men are still upon th
ground and we can do nothing for them. The
wounds have been bound and dressed we hss
Co., 4 and, r1na
we are to take them along with us or to ser
them away, we must depart. Ere our trool
/; marched however, Gen. Estcourt, by order
Lord Raglan, sent into the Tartar village |
the valley, into which the inhabitants were ju
returning, and having procured the attendan
49,, of the head men, he proceeded to explain
N' them that the wounded Russians would be CO
fided to their charge, and that they were to fe
and maintain them, and when they were {
eia well to let them go their ways. In order
look after their wounds an English surgeon "
left behind with these 750 men, This me
painful and desolate duty devolyed on
Thomson, of the 44th Regiment. He was u
Ind. his mission would be his protection IN case
:. Cossacks came, and that he was to hoist
a.. flag of truce should the enemy appear in sigl
aV- and then, provided with some rum, biscuit, a
sEg M9s salt meat he was left alone with his chafs
phia. Ere the army went, however, one OF the III
s% SspV sian officers addressed the wounded and {
,,.r planned the position in which they were plae
svsry and they promised to obey DR.. Thomson's
!. w. ders. and to protect him as far as they cou
fully and to acauaint any Russian force which mil
"S"e arrive with the peculiar circumstances un
!. eve eve which he was among them,
II was nearly o'clock before the tents
ST. 80 headuuarters we're struck and the march Deg
=, We had heard from the feet that the enemy
/. has not only left the Katcha, but they had even
seeea 9pon the ormr ah stream almost in
tiuuation of our march on the 10th, before
MS, battle. As moved along, the unfinished ST
@ snM. building intended by the Russians for
,EST graphic station, came into view. The Ere
had cut upon the entablature the simple inse
NUM- pl ton, LIE BattGie d.fla, 20 SepteH6re, IL
;s.. A similar building was visible further on
ns sold wards Sebastopol, and reaching the to-
ssd for one of the mills on our way, we could see
evil white light of Sebastopo at the end OF
ry 'D' promonotory which juts out into the sea-
- y,F- country through which we marched was
apI pIeS who and barren Amidst steep hillocks, GOV
virtues with thistles and separated from each oths
fats and times by small patches of steppe, or by
- undulating and less hllloeNy grouhu' miha' ~
road to sebastopol-a mere beaten II
marked with cartwheels, hoofs, and the ma
ran carriage wheels. We advanced uni
70 puntealy at an average rate of two and @ q
n fer miles an hour, halting occasionally to
11IT the troops and allow the baggage wagol
! ~ | come up. At O'CLOCK the peautInt Valp
say the Katcha came in sight, its opposite
zs Y s2A formed by a ridge Of hills clad with vel
bg tbem and with small forests of shrubs through
4 steals here and there, shone the white walls Of
'H' ''4 and snug cottages. The country over viii
dss ss2 IN were marching slid down as it we're gradua
hires q the level of the river, whose course was nj
y all along the base of the hills by lines Of
idRss and by the NEST luxurant vegetation, feI
AA q strong contrast to the barren and bleak
a, n nndsi ing tract on which troops advanced
m abroad Raglan and his staff rode on conslderan
ssas w advance Of the troops the great asonsi
-, and indignation Of Prussian otheer,
!, H. 3. loudly declared that such conduct was qui
~. 1854. posed ti the rules of war.
a se found Fluellin himself could not have been
Ts to Ps angry at such disregard of martial etC
- than the gallant gentleman in question
Anay.icA certainly our chief did show marked COZ
for the enemy and the most superb dis
his famed Cossacks. The fact was tn
". cavalry of the smallest enterprise nigh
10 from cut off my Lord Raglan, his aides, his &c
of Artillery and Engineers, and their st
toalae At. Quartermaster General and his staff, his
alf and tapt General and his staff, Sir John Bu