The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08

covered by light infantry and a troop of
horse artillery; the second division, uD-
der Lieut.. Gen. Sir De Lacy Evans, for
ming the right and touching the left of
the third division of the French army,
under his Imperial Highness Prince Ma
poleon, and the light division under Lit
G Gen George Brown, the left; the first
being supported by the third division,
under Lieut.. Gen. Sir Richard England,
and the last by the first division, COM
manded by Lieat G en- his Royal High
ness the Duke of Cambridge. The
fourth division, under Lieut.. Gen. Sir
George Cathcart, and the cavalry, under
the Major General the Earl OF Lucan,
were held in reserve to protect the left
flank and rear against large bodies Of
the enemy's cavalry, which had been
seen in those directions.
THE OPERATIONS OF THE FRENCH.
| Marshal ST. Arnaud sends the fellow
ing account CT the French operations in
the battle to his Government
On the Goth, from six o'clock in the
morning, carried into operation, with
the division of Gen. Bosquet, reinforced
by eight Turkish battalions, movement
which turned the left of the Russians
and some of their batteries. Gen. Bos-
quet maneuvred with as much intelli-
gence as bravery This movement de-
cided the success of the day. I had ar
ranged that the English should extend
their left, in order at the same time to
threaten the right of the Russians, whilst
[ should occupy them in the centre, but
their troops did not arrive in line until
half past ten. They bravely made up
for this delay. At half past twelve, the
line of the allied army, occupying an ex-
tent of more than league, arrived on
the Alma, aud was received with a ter
rible fire from the tirailIeurs.
In this movement, the head of the
column of General Bosquet appeared on
the heights, and l gave the signal for a
general attack. The Alma was crossed
at double quick time. Prince Napoleon,
at the head of his division, took posses
sion of the large village of Alma under
the fire of the Russian batteries. The
Prince showed himself worthy of the
great name he bears We then arrived
at the foot of the height under the fire
of the Russian batteries. There, sire,
commenced real battle along all the
line-a battle with it's episodes of brill
liant feats of valor. Your Majesty may
be proud of your soldiers; they have
not degenerated; they are the soldiers
of Austerlitz and of Jena. At half
past four the French army was every
where victorious. All the positions had
been carried at the point of the bayonet.
to the cry of 'sVive rEmpereur," which
resouuded throughout the day.T--.-
At o'clock in the evening, we en-
camped on the very bivouac of the
Russians. My tent is on the very spot
where that of Prince Mcnschikoff stood
in the morning, and who thought himself
so sure of beating that he left his car
| riage there. L have taken possession OF
it, with his pocket book and correspon-
dence, aud shall take advantage of the
valuable information it contains. The
Russian army will probably be able to
rally two leagues from this, and l shall
find it tomorrow on the Katzcha, but
beaten and demoralized while the allied
army is full of ardor and enthusiasm.
THE ADVANCE.
At $50 our line of skirmishers got
within range of the battery on the hill
and Immediately the Russians opened
II fire at 1900 yards with effect, the shot
! ploughing through the open lines of the
rihemen, and falling into the advancing
columns behind. Shortly ere this time
dense volumes of smoke rose from the
river, and drifted along in the eastward
rather interfering with the view of the
enemy on the left of our position. The
Russians had set the village on fire. L
was fair exercise of military skill
was well executed-took place at the
right time, and succeeded i'll occasionins
good deal of annoyance. Our troops
halted when they neared this village
. their left extending beyond it by thu
; verge of the streames our right behint
the burning cottages and within rang
t of the batteries. 1t is said the Russians
had taken the range of all the principa
r points III their front, and placed twig
t and sticks to mark them. In this the,
5 were assisted by the post signboards OF
{ the road. The Russians opened a furl
e GUS fire upon the whole of our line, bu
s the French had not yet made progres
e enough to justify US in advancing. Th
r round shot whizzed in every direction
a dashing up the dirt and sand into tn
faces of the staff of Lord Raglan, VIII
were also shelled severely, and attracts
y much of the cnemy's fire. Still Lor
: Raglan waited patiently for the develop
:; meut of the French attack. At lengt
/, an aid-de-camp came to him and reported
Q that the French had crossed the Alma
t but they had not established themselve
n sufficiently to justify us in an attack
n The infantry were, therefore, ordere
:, to lie down, and the army for a shor
is time was quite passive, Only that our al
a tillery poured forth an increasing fire {
y shell, rockets and round shot, whic
l. ploughed through the Russians and caui
Is ed them great loss. They did not wavei
e however, and replied to our artiller
'r maufully, their shot falling among ou
d artillery as they lay, and carrying o
& legs and arms at every round.
d Lord Raglan at last became weary
N It's inactivlty-his spirit was up-h
1t looked around, and saw men on whom
r knew he might stake tie honor and fai
ii of Great Britain by his side, aud al
le ticipating little in military point
view, the crisis of action, he gave orde
t for our whole line to advance. Up ro'
ID the serried masses, aud passing throug
D. fearful shower of round, cascshot, al
of shell, they dashed into the Alma, al
~ g Aoundered through its waters, whit
5 were literally torn into foam by Il
as deadly hail. At the other side of ii
o, river were number of vineyards, al
ID to our surprise they were occupied
d. Russian rihemen, Three of the sta