The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-30

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OF thirty sharpshooers had OCCASION while pointing out
certain position to officer Of engineers to him
sell and some Of his men to the eneys observation Not
long afterwards body of the enemy about hundred
rection towards the sharpahooters Lieutenant Webb
them conceal themselves among the - ~
left OF the ravne that should the Russiaus make thu
s sasy msns tnas Ss exposed to asnking fire.
curing the English officer and the few Who
were with him; but ae soon as they within conve-
nient range the party towards whom they sdvanc
ing fred into them. This Gre they returned but alnost
afterwards the remainder of Lieutenant
MINES among them with well aimed effect The Russsns
were seized with 2 panic, many OF them threw down
their arms and all asd in disorder Their leader alone
he seized Of their muskets and waving II In the air.
tried to rally them While holding it in this position he
received ball in the elbow and at once to okthe weapon
in the other hand He thus vainy trying to restore
courage to his and urge them forward, whom two Of
the sharp shooters took aim at him. One Of the balls
wounded him severely the and face breaking h
lower jaw He then tried to retreat but was made pr
soner and brought together with one OF his men, nto
camp He WAS powerful man, and scarcely distin-
gushed in dress from the soldiers he leading Five
Of the Russians who had been killed buried the
back to their lines. One Of the nth regiment,
killed, was the only casualty in Lieutenant webb's
party.
INDIVIDUAL BRAVERY OF A BRITISH PRIVATE.
private Of the SD regiment Duke OF Welingtons)
by name Mcguire, has attracted the notice OF the
and was msd. 81
He was being marched away between tive Russian sol.
ders third being in rear when seeing his guard for
moment careless, and looking in another direction, he
suddenly seized loaded muaket from one Of the two
at his side and discharged It at him No had
with il struck the second man on his other side blow on
the head which feed him to the ground The third Rus
san decsmped and Mcguire effected his escape He was
at the time within hundred yards or the Russian lines.
His own Mimic, which had been taken from him,
being carried by Of the two men by his de but he
ekat oth
out to be loaded The affair witnessed by sergeant
OF the rife brigade and in consequence Of his report
SYMPATHY OF THE GEAR WITH THE WIDOW OF AD-
MIRAL KORNuEFF.
The Hamburg correspondent of the London Times,
writing November 10th, says:-Accounts to the Sd
inst from St. Petersburg state the great public sym
pathy shown, on the death Of Admiral Kornlef becom
ing known, towards his widow The Emperor and En-
following is translation Of the Emperors letter. from
the st. Petersburg Journal:-
feet of distinguished Admiral and myself Of one of
my most beloved fellow laborers, whom had fixed up
on to S9r up the successful &c 4S aSors o. Michael L..
sharing by all in your grief cannot add in
honor Of the remembrance Of the deceased than to
peat with respect his last words He SAID ~ feel hap
py In dying for my country" Russia will not forget
there words, and the honored name of your children
win stand foremost in the history Of the EassaD navy
GATsCHINA, Oct 20.
The Empress. in her letter of coincidence has named
Holy Grand Martyress Catherine" of the second Glass;
the insignia of which order enclosed in the auto
graph Communication.
The Russians look upon the death of Kornlef as Sc
we're loss to the navy One of the Russian journals the
Srmnik in Of the copious articles relative to the
operations in Sebastopo from the 18th to the Goth Of
October names seven superior officers killed and 100
men wounded.
EXPLOSION OF THE REDAN (Russ1AN) BATTERY.
t6eiofe seoastopo ct ~ correspondence OF the Lon
Until twenty minutes after o'clock, (Oct 1877 the
french batteries directed their hre on this work, when
into their battery that alingnto of their tumbrls
situated in the middle Of their ammunition, It
exploded causing Of course, fearful loss Of artillery
men, few minutes afterwards-that is, about half
past two-another shell directed towards the
spot with similar unfortunate resuts The Russian bat
teres having it now all their own way hammered unre-
mtngy upon with the greatest v2cty They had sent
forth from their rampars loud shouts of defiance or Of
victory when the explosion of the French and Englsh
magazines acquainted them Of misfortune but it
now our turn to crow, for about hafpast there
Redan on our front, white iivd flame, which assembled
Ugh into the air. and, while all paused to gaze the
pectacle, sound which made the very earth tremble
eneath us, followed by most awful report told
hat the Redan had ceased to exist for in the next
minute it's garrison of hundreds blown to
stion Of the explosion, Wers discovered
undreds Of yards above the parent earth.
So fearful and terryinga spectacle never have
hope ever again to witness. In the midst Of dense
volume Of smoke and sparks, which resembled water
spout ascending to the clouds visible to the naked
riors mingled with cannons wheels and every object Of
military warfare and may say with every living thing It
contained The explosions in the French and English
batteries were like flashes in the pan of musket COM
pared with this
The correspondent of the London Morning Post thus
alludes to the capture OF Lord Dunken IL sorry to
that at last have had the misfortune to lose
Of our ocers-not by ball sword, but by deficiency
started hs night Of ws
party Of the Guards for of the batteries missed his
road and walked into the hands Of the Russian outlying
MEL Eln h0v
when they discovered their error rushed at from
the danger, and escaped. Being unarmed and few in
question: moreover it quite dark. As Prince Mem
schiko is Of the old Russian party, he WILL doubt
not direct the greatest attention to be paid to his noble
prisoner; and there il further reason why Lord Dun
keln should be well cared for-his father
bassador to the Court Of ST. Petersburg and necessarily
personally acquainted with the Prince Lord Raglan has
directed that for the future all parties shall be guided
their respective posts by staff officers thoroughly qua
lifted for the service.
sKLTCHES OF THE DECEASED AND wOUNDHD OFF,
GERS, MILITARY AND NAVAL.
from the London Times, Nov 1871
Among the many valuable lives which the operations
the Crmea have cost not the least to be amented
is that of Lieutenant Colonel c. G. Alexander who sac
ceeded Brgadier General Tylden commanding Royal
owed his first sword to the Duke of Kent and his
mission second lieutenant dated July 90 1918.
mat At he e mis- % xa one Of active IN
with the duty Of experimenting the exhuming Of the
body Of Napoleon in the West Indies and the Channel
WAeIe on Wnen belected for service
in the East He died Of apoplexy in his tent where no
had flung himself on his bed, without undressing, for
short sleep, after his return from the trenches His
death was, no doubt, due to exerton-to mental
and bodily wear and tear in the construction Of those
English feldworks before sebastopo OF which Sir Bur-
goyne reported TO Lord Raglan that he had known
works better executed. To Colonel Alexander we owe
those trenches and batteries under singular
Difficulties OF ground but which, tested by the Russian
artillery feldworks before have stouty
and successfully stood the trial Among the friends Of
Colonel Alexander there but regret beyond those
he
to the achievement 10 the contamination OF which he
bad so much contrbuted but IL his death lacked the
glory of the battlefield 1t not the less soldiers
DEATH encountered at his post in harness. front the
foe The only consolation for the widow he leaves be-
hind will be to know That her dead husbands country.
men so look upon his death.
The service has also sustained most severe loss by
the death Of Captain L. Nolan the celebrated writer
cavalry strategy, who slain in the affair on tho
9th Of October while acting the stat Of Brgadisr
Airey, Quartermaster General Captain Nolan for many
years belonged to the 18th kngs) Husars, in which