Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-10-31
TIE RATTLE OF TIE ALMA \ llS hH-
Sl'LTS.

THE BATrL.. OF TIE ALMA AMI 10 M
SUITS.
Tho u,,s, iutcrcs,in. passages "f history arc '''"''
IN whicl, the iuri,l,It,- OF great hnt;lra are rc'"'r"
lint the dc.crir,ion ri the b"AIr 81 me .i'"" ~ "
,ro.,,,,r which we reproduce i'll another column &"
,I;s MINER. Infinitely SURPRISES III vivid pIci"iiai rep
sor,;,r ,l. distant and innnimatc details OF
,ho o,rr,is. Ihi, generation hos seen no sUch con-
a;o, NJ, ,rus whether rs respects the severity o:
tho shock ar the dreadful curnagc i'll which it Resulted
Tho novelty Of the thing will attract the '"""S"'
while every intelligent person will eagerly l'fuSe '"e
d.tail. of IN event Of such magnitude M" t"'se-
quence. ~
The .tatcmrut il irnma British writer, and must he
taken with ample allowance for national bins ma LOT
the exaggerated style Of military bulletins Never
rI.I,ss if confirms in n remarkable manner Our con-
icctural estimate OF the results of the battle.
II is perfectly manifest that the Allies w"ii oniy "
nominal victory. The forces Of the Russians were
but forty thousand. # SO m"ch while tn" H'i'r" army
numbered at least sixty thousand soldiers lho ~"
tErt wns DESPERATE, and the valor OF the h"ss'a"'
every whit us conspicuous rs that OF their c''''hy' Il
the British statement of the Russian loss ~ '''i'''
(which we doubt,) they d~isplnyeda c"ur"Ec n"u Il"
durance without 4 parallel. In ANY cfrhtu''! ucicAa'
cd their position, according {" the confession VI me"
enemy, with consunmnt" skill and f"rtitu'e' III tue
renurt of ST. Armand the loss "i the luSsihhS Is '"'-
pntcd at IRE hon<ard, and that "fthc Allies III about
tho sou,, irurc. OF course the Allies undersiate their
ovr I,ss, and cxaggcrrtr that of the Rnssinns. In M
announcement pu,tcl mp in Warsaw, Prince Paskie-
witch. saws the Russians lnst only ON" thousand III Kill
rJ and wounded. The statement "t one party il IN
uoor ,hc ,ruth as the statement Of the other. But the
Allies drove the Russians from their position. Men
.cLikotr au,iciuatcl this result. He never expected
f., srr,., murI, less rcpulsc The Allies. His object was
only TO intiict Il blow 10 harnss and to weaken 'he
enemy. lie accomplished this with signal sncc'T7.-
For f,ur hours he kept the allied army at bay, ana
then retired orderly and l~risurcly, leaving II" prison.
c.s and only two cannon behind him. But ho left
IRE iLom<0nd If the enemy killed and wonn"c" "h 'h'
field. No attempt was made 1" har'tss his retrea'' II
j. NOT SURPRISING under these circumstances that the
Russians claim the victory, nor that iaHRle"llrlI
should issue al cxultirg proclamation To the army at
Warsaw.
The movement Of the Allies, after the battle, be-
trayed no consciousness OF victory or "i Assured
strength. On the contrary, they changed their pian
,,i orcrutions, and selected Il base which affords
cr.oter facilities Of communication with the fleet
I,..,rnri;r N, m;I;,urv maxim +, u,cnar, for
-,..", 1890 rho ha,,lc, Their mprch from the AL
p.,n,,,,, w,. , n,;ufuI oud n,rilnus move-
o,, :, ,,.,. ,..r. r,t ,uol.s,,.l hy Mcu.rbiknr
,.ora o,ccs.;v,lv hurnsscd hy thirst and fatigue.
.,r,l, .,,ob,i. bcd n, RpIuklova, they are preparing
% ,,,,cl, s.y,s,,u,l, I'm, no ,o the 9Th no attempt had
hoe, mpIe uuon il. Their fleet will be altogether
,..I.s. ~ tho si,r. md ns.,uIt. and the marines have
.u,;,,a 18th ,ho land i,r.cs Cholera ia ru,;no
:. ,.;. r.uL, orj ,h. ou,,mr,I s,orns on tbe Eu,ipe
I.aa,an, ~ in,orrun, ,hc;r apnn,i.s. This i. the ,i,ua.
,;o, of tho Allies. nv their own r,prrscnta.ions.
c,,o,r,I "a mo, invested On the North, md the
o,orr,nco,;on h.,wccu Mcu.chikofr mud the cnrri.
son i upiut,rruutcd With m army VI twenty thou
.,rl rcn he awni,s the arrival oi Os:cn Suckrn
..:,L c,.,. rooSro,,. uuL ,h. rurr;.nu of Dirssa,
,iu, :, al :, is .un,,,.rL ,o fifty Thousand sol.
,:. n-,., So,lcu wu. ., pcrok,n ON RI. "a. md
,.or,, ,r.c, . ;nuc,,rc with Mcu.clikotrbv the 10Th Of
n.,nh,r TIN. r,,,rr,- =, Anaun has been DESTROYED,
mud IN. garrison. Numbering twenty thousand men,
nrc marching Ia the seen" Of action. With these re-