New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-03

"a s,Ss tbp.p Il no 6sssle, Jill asprsa Browu coz.
Fpcous ia gay horae rode IN front q big Light 1ls
vision With voice sssn, eh;ef The W.
diminished W cne4ha fell back tn reform fheif a
lost for time The sd with eight oceas sasa bs
four wnppded wereas tin EnHhing 70 tie ias1' = II
the 10Th, 3Sd gth and ssth \. 4, ,,st N front II
Down vent Sir Heorgs in cloud o. duss ,as pm ali
fha hsfterv nc WAS soon up and shouted go 49,
riaht Bs sure TN remember This ana ~ 81 tSs
on arain hut Ia the shock prodnced ey n I'M, naa
cnei III san Meantime tho Guards the right
Of the Light Division, and the bfieaoe M ~. n sss
wsrc N rssssr A Though they in
sadenv tornado Of ronnd and grape rushed .nrougn
@ tsEOs srst ss ranks ~ ~ dozens &
II was evident just able % contend
te Y shsy s5s 81 q Russian esas infantry
rs as sasn moving down towards the battery ihey
halted II the crisis Of tbs day sharp sngas sa;
s ILL., NJ MAS beyopd all doubt that if our infantry,
rsssea Md thinned they were got into the battery
ss;sb fhev were but iii calculated to bear Iord Rag
III IN Tie difcnites Of the situation He asked \ y
would be possible 70 get couple Of guns 70 peaf en-
m replv ~ Yes and an artillery officer whose
name DO know brought up two guns 70 ,e On
d Ia nest cut through the ranks ceanly, and SO
keeny that clear lane could be seen Tor moment
through the square After few rounds the square r.
broken wayered and fro broke and fed over tne
brow of he hui leaving behind it or seven distinct
ZINES e Lying & s1 ss e pussDs
mn; I'M rel:eysd our infantry Of deadly incubus, and
they continued their magnificent and fearful up
example, and proved himself worthy Of his proud com
lnand and Of the Royal race from which he comes.
Hjablandersn said Sir G. Campbell, ere they came 70
III eharae Don't pun trigger till you're within yard
q the Russians! = They charged and well they oosyea
thar ehiefans wish Sir Colin had his horse snot nnuer
MINI but His men took the battery at . bound me
Russians rushed out and left multitudes Of dead oeana
them The Guards had tae rg. 4, ~ sa ~
Scots Fusiieer Guards were the first 20 enter
The second and light division crowned the heights
The French turned the guns the hill against the
v;nv masses which the cavalry in vain tried to cover
faw faint sruggles from the scattered infantry Few
rounds q and musketry and the enemy lied 20
sontheast leaving three generals, three gums zoo
prisoners and 1000 wounded behind them The battle q
the Alma was won 1t with loss Of nearly 5oou
killed and wounded on our side The list will appear in
fsw days The Russians retreat was covered ~ their
cavalry, but we had an adequate force we coula nave
HsloHrs or ALMA, Sept. 2l.-The battle Of the Alma
was perfect in all respects except onethe cavalry arm
was imperative The Russian cavalry covered Itself Win
Disgrace It gave our horse chance Ct charge
ana the nature Of the ground forbade our attempting
demopstrafon against very superior force manoenyrng
in higher position The Russians indeed barely covered
the sauadrons were too weak 70 Try aas
~ than, M an decentralization Of the several of
irht infantry skmishers heavy infantry and OF horse
ana field artillery the battle was complete ~.
"a bad the very thing do which alone could have
done and the French had to do work for which they
wore particularly suited Ours it was to face steady the
fra 1T tremendous batteries TO advance with rush,
steady ID sure ressess the swell q the ocean,
against the wall Of ire and solid masses Of infantry; to
frpale on at one time overwhelmed by crashing voleys
IL mnskery at another disorgsnized by round
so Winning The rom = sge
disorder at last to nail victory to our colos by the
ncvsr-faing British bayonet Y s SAID that several
Frepchocers declared since they viewed the ground
that they thought their would not have been able to
carry the position did General Ganrobet in mo.
tic close q the day All would ask Of fortune
that might command corps Of English troops for three
short weeks i could then die happy Y
81 the other hand the French had to scale the sides
steep raviues covered with dense Of infantry
supported by clouds Of skirnshers they had to cambe
they HID 10 gain most difficult position with qucknes
and aiacrty Delay wend have been fatal slowness Q
movement would lost the BATTLE tor without th
French On the heights right must have beer
driven across Alma thoy failed in carrying bat
teries Their energetic movements their rapid hame
spread from crag crag their ceaseless fusiade Of TIL
deadly rifle all astonishing and parayzed the enem,
Completely We perhaps could never have made such
rapid advance, have got 80 much ground in th
ID viii 81 Observed that the loss fell principally on th
It'll 23a and Sad regiments which formed the brigade
the Light Division the 3Dth 5oth and 95th regi
ens which formed the right brigade Of the second dva
In fact these regiments directly exposed to TIT
Tremendous fire Of the principal battery
under range almost the moment the advance wal
sounded The rifles got the stream in such loose
der that they wonderfully preserved in spite of hs
tremendous Of shot which ratified over them Col
colts charger received less than 1--WE mortal wounds
When the Seventh got out Of the stream, Colonel Ye
found himself and his at once under range of TIL
battery they could form, and obliged to ai
vance penell against the guns. Poor Mopck and Hair
fell The colors lost for time and thrice dix
the enemys shot strike down the officers who carried
them but Capt Pearson ad. camp to Sir a. Brown
passed the last poor fellow who bore them aud he wa
enabled to restore them the gallant Colonel They
torn to pieces with shot The Thirty third which
this first, headed by Colonel Blake,
down by round after round Of shot and case.
This Major, (Gough) Captain Fitzgerald Lieutenanti
Wallis and Washington, Ensigns Stree and Greenwood
fell wounded in q few moments lieutenant Montagr
died of hs wounds board ship The Twenty third
which between the Seventh and Thirty-third pur
sued In advance and received by fearful fire
rides and musketry grape and canister Encouraged b.
example OF the BrgAdier Codrngton, and headed b.
their gallant old General, Sir George Brown nobi
brigade rushed up The steep every moment diminishing
their numbers and strewing the ground with the deaf
and dying right IL front Of the battery that tn
Twenty third received their Revarest losses
While the First Brigade of the Light Division wa
charging up the hill side Of II, the left secon
Brigade the Second (sir De L. Evaas Division wa
charging the enemy close to them, and exposed
similar fire. and met with similar losses The Thirteti
Fftyttth and Ninety long lines Of dead benin
them, and just as they came to the battery sheet
lead passed through them like sword They utter
and Russians seeing their retreat leaped ont Of til
and breastworks, and actually charged Their
down the hill with the bayonet.
But few exchanges of the steel made probabl
not more than half dozen hayonet wounds we're in
neted and bitterly did the enemy repent temerty
The shattered regiments reformed and eheered
their ndefatigable Brgadier Pennefaer whose eourag
shone conspicnously than this day the,
the tine hill shelter of their
works, and then sent them flying beyond the hill pur
sued by volleys Of Mimic balls while Brigader Genera
Gndrngton's noble brigade dealt the vengeance
their opponents.
While the guards running up they fell fast an.
at lastthe Duke anxious ut the loss Of regiment
seemed Inclined retire his only for a moment tt
re-torm but diverted from doing by the advice
Sir Colin Campbell They continued their advance
therefore swallowed up in smoke and through ever
instant by shot and, after momentary check rushe
into the battery The Grenadiers and Scots Fusleer
commended eagerly for the honor being first in and s
eagerly for the hoaor Of capturing the beautifr
grass gun; and confess unable decide the contrc
yersy which will doubt be settled by the generals
have already mentioned the fire of the Hghlanders an
effect lin my former letter. and their appearance
the side Of the h coupled with their deadly yo
ley caused the instantaneous rout Of the enemy.
- y - ~
II was terrible and sckeniug sight to 10 over IL,
battlefield fill deprived Of my horse by chance sho
rode about to aseertaln far possible the loss
friends and in doing often brought to
Of wounded Russians mingled too often with our owl
poor soldiers The hills OF Greenwich park in fair tim
are not more densely covered with human beings tina
were the heights Of Alma with dead dying On tbes
bloody fell 2lS6 English officers and men an
upwards 1900 Russians while their western
covered with The bodies of 1409 gallant Frenche,
and Of more than 5000 Of their foes.
When Lord Raglan and his staff and the Duke of Can
bridge rode round to the top Of the hill troops cheere
them with thrilling effect---a shout Of victory whc
never be forgotten. The enemy who were flying i
the distance, might almost have heard lis echoes NJ
rolled among the hills Our had, indeed done the
work we'll for the action which commenced at i 81 q
our part was about In fact the actual clos
continuous fighting did not last two hours