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opposed principally 10 the lGlh and ~ - -
l-@sinz BY the number Of dead in front ofus.
nave no' zen able TO ascertain by whom they were
ee@rRssa n w he s5F e report tina. Men
was under d relative Of the Sloina.;s,
and that the right was under Bodahod, the military
Governor Of Seylstopol.
rus PLAN OF OPERATIONS.
cer plan Of operations was that NE French s.or'
. establish themselves under the fire oftht gum ~
heights on The extreme Of The enemy r.. on s the
7. that attack was sufficiently dcyelop u Msen
! with SUCCESS, the British army lu naa met
and part uf the centre orr As ~ 'ne Isht
4 day was gained. -Ash RUSSIAN i.lon, anu ,he
II srn,p ne vile Ien We ~ere y three miles
.aoa -. .ge the French steam, ian in as close
"a .cgl.d 10 the bluG of the Ne al the south
.e VI me Alma, and presently VI " them she'll
ins the heights in splendid style, shells bursting
/, over the enemy's squares and batN Il, and finally
| driving them from their position e right within
5000 yards Of the sea.
The French practice commence but halfpast II
O'clock, aud lasted for about an and a half
we could see the shells falling u he batteries of
the enemy, and bursting right.iI 'em and then
| heblatk masses inside the weI oke into little
st,ecks which Jew about in all d ons, and when
Inc smoke cleared away there ~e me to be seen
/. stfeeed over the ground. The ans answered
/ he ships from the heights, but y i effect.
/, THE FRENCH SCALE IHrhGHTs.
Atlo'clock we saw The French pns struggling
Z M tie bills covered BY cloud |nishers, whose
ere seemed most deadly. Once, ht VI a threat
: i ening mass Of Russian infantf, commanding
: II posiiion above them, who fred 0foleis among
/ Them the French pauseds bnt II |nly to collect
their skiInisheIs, Tor as soon had formed,
u they ran up the bill at The ~ |iargs and n
once broke The Russians, who IL Disorder, with
I loss, up the hill We could sHt1 dropping on
: both sides, and the wouhde @liPg down the
: steep.
& THE ENGLISH ARE tA1ED.
!, Lord Raglan waited patient. IL development
? of,hc French attack. AT lengtinI i,-camp came
10 him and reported the French tfIs sd the Alma
/. 4 but they had not established tsI|es suicienty
! 10 Justify us IN attack. The pifI therefore
ordered to lie down, and the q short time
was quite passive, only that od tII(y lourtd forth
a an unetasng fire OF she'll, re .nd round shot
J, which pluughed through the li4As, nd caused
Il them great loss. They did ndlFlF, hyeter, and
replied to eur artillery nianN Ueir hot filling
h among our men as they lay, Crryig of legs
= and arms at every round Ll''iaglanlt last be-
= came weary Of this inactiyit< spirit WIS mn
- lie looked around and saw bn v homie knew
h. le mtsfrs sfAe tisv - IL 9s,e4t tsritain
n by his side tpA- e1,5 Wig h little N hilifaTr
&C. into The Alma K gArl orders ~,
lis waters, which were hserItI ffssossasn ~ DE
,an deadly hail. At the oilffa the river were
,vE number Of whey ards aud ID urprse they were
Inc. occupied hy Russian I1ln Thrte Of the staff
were here shot down, mi Lord Raglan in
person. the rest id vance tln on the men. And
nov came the tuning r1inte battle, In which
=. Lord Raglan 81 his 81 .tii military skill pro-
rs batly secured the vieiaIf mailer sacrifice than
~ would have been oihetFb case. lie dashed
~ over the bridge, folloVld /. stall. From the
~, y" road over IL under ID Ri guns, be saw the
~, state Of the action. lii biline, which he had
- ordered 10 advance, wa4zfffg through the river
=, and upthe heights in ana<sln indeed, bnt now
VI 4. ed down hy the nlgfde rousot the batteries and
~ by grape, rouhd shot thtiister, case shot and
TX masaelFy from some 4 Ihsi Of the central bat
- tery, and from an mnend compact mass Of
4, Russian infiBiry.
Ky Then commenced on ofnost bloody and de-
"a termined struggles ia heels Of war. The "a
80 Division, led hy Sir l.. Evil the most dashing
,Gs manner, crossed the srea the right. The 18th
- Frsileers led by C0lancl were swept down By
hties The 55th, 30tH NH, led by Bfigader
~ Penneiailer, who we IN ihiekest or the fight
~ cheering on his men, Il All again. we've checked
- indeed, but never dr. ~ an their onward pro-
= gress, which was ma tFedl ferce roll OF MIME
3. nlnskeiry; and Briga 'ieilms, with the 4lst
=. 4 f7th, and 49th bravo q ed up the hill, and
~ aided them ia the ba "a George Brown, con-
~ sFicuous gray IDfade in front of his
- Light Division, urging tbo.h voice and gesture.
- 4 Gallant AAlowsi they Eo0rthy Of such gal
~ 4 LIANT chief The 7ih, 4|ue Cd by one-half fell
-. back to rc~torm their fqe lost for the time;
Il the sd. with eight of s@rsi and four wounded,
w were still rushing to the q aided by the 10th,
- 3sd 77th, and SSH.
Down went Sir George Il oud Of dust ID from
70 Of the battery. lie 80 aud shouted 23ds
az I'm all right. Be sure Aiber this day." and
x, 4 led them on sgaiD, but i4 shock produced by
nd the fall or their Chief thN 4 regiment suffered
&c terribly while paralized .homent. Meantime
e the Guards on tie right .ight Division, and
s. the Brigade Of Highlan cre sterming the
in heights o. the left Thei Las almost As regu-
"a Lar rs though they were id pak Suddenly
rs tornado Of round and sd sshf through from
70 the terrible battery, and ofhusketry from
10 behind thinned their front & BY lozens. TWAS
ie evident that we were just soAntend against
q the Russians, favored as ii eret great posi-
4 ton. At this very time an nenl mass Of Rus
sian infantry were seen md e ID towards the
nd battery. They baked. Il " The elsof the day.
- Sharp- angular. and sole, NJ lo4i IL they
- were ent Out Of the solid ~ II n beyond an
y doubt that if our infantrf harrast tnd thinned
= Is they were got into the |.tiery tiwouId have
= 10 encounter agnin ford liable fdahich they
y were butill calculated 10 Dr.
Lord Raglan saw The Iculties die situation.
n He asked II il would be.ssibIe q y a couple Of
y guns 10 bearonthese MAJ The ~ was s4'Yesn
and an artillery oificed hose nai, II DO not now
know, brought up two Is 10 ft.kn the Russian
,squares. The Erst shoN Used. ID the next and
the next, and The next thrfehthe ranks so
y icleanly, and SO kctnl ut dear lane could be
2 seen for moment thstH re stuart Af,er few
sroands the square bese broken vavsred 10 and
s Fe, lroke and fed owe stror Of de hill leaving
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