New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-30

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sdvsDced up the IA ghts toward toe redcuOss' oe'
rot before ruey were taken. The fugitive turks
Originated by Russian cavalry, at last io1med
nca;u ou the fanks of the Higolanders. Inese'
/ In order - shelter Themselves rom the hasSitn
nfe. I5id down behind the crest Of an Cndulauoa
Of ground. in adgaUce OF al the positions stlll
he'd by tie allies, AID supported by the cavalry
division only 10 their left. 10 the meantime tue
Russians had formed their line Of battle on the
bigbts where the reoOubts were situated-on
their left flank Azoi, next - the right the
Ukraine. next the Ods ssa infantry. These three
regiments Tiled up the space between the re-
doubts, sDo occupied what had been the hrst line
of the allies. Further on. TO the right of the
Odessa regiment the undulating plain formed
favorable tbeater for cavalry movements Thither
the two husssr regiments were sent, and they
found themselves directly opposed to the British
cavalry, which was drawn up about two miles
dstsnr The regiments OF Suzdal and Vladimir,
part of the artillery al i the lancers, which were
iust coming up. remained in reserve.
When the 93d HighlandeIs, REINFORCED BY the
convalesee1t battalion and the Turks, made
stand against the Russians the Husssrs were
launched against them. But before they could
come up the British heavy brigade Of cavalry
charged them. The seven or eight hundred
British heavy Dragons dashed at the Russians
and dispersed them in one of the most brilliant
and successful charges on record, considering
Their far inferior numbers. The Russian Hussars,
twice as numerous, were scattered in mo.
nent The few Russian squadrons which had
charged the 93d Highanders, were received with
quiet Scotch yolley at fifteen yards from the in
fantry, and reeled back as well as they could.
If the Turks had run away, the English, up TO
this time, had earned nothing but glory. The
daring of the Highlanders who received cavalry in
line, without deigDiDg to form squares, the dash
ing attack of the heavy cavalry, were certainly
things to boast Of especially as they were per-
formed before any reenforcements came up. Bat
now the First Duke of Csmbridge's) aud Fourth
(Cathcart's) Divisions, as well as BOsquet's
French Division and the brigade of ChasseurS AZ
rique Cavalry came up. The line of battle was
formed ard only now could it be said that there
were two armies in presence. The French of
Bosquet forming upon the Heracleatic nights,
Lprandi sent the regiments Vladimir aud Suzial
to form the extreme right wing on the nights be-
yond the position Of the cavalry.
The1, the fire having almost ceased, because the
armies were out of range OF each other, a msun-
derstanding which is not cleared up, caused a
charge of the BIitish light cavalry--a chargewhich
bad DO object and ended in defeat. An order
arrived to advance, and, in few moments, the
EaIl of Card gan led his light brigade up valley
opposite his position-a valley fanked by cOverg
ing nights, crowned by batteries, concentrating
their fire on the lower ground below. The W hole
brigade amounted but TO 200 sabres; when within
range of grape, they were received by the fire Of
the artillery and of the rifles stationed on the
slopes; they charged the battery at the upper
ED of the valley, received fire at twenty yards,
rode down the gunners dispersed the Russian
bussars, who made u second but wagering charge,
and were on the point OF turning back when the
Russian lancers took them u flank. They had
just come up, and fell at once upon the painting
horses of the British This time, in spite of par
tial successes, the British had to turn back, and
were fairly defeated BY the Russians, but, it must
be said, by far superior numbers, and by the aid
OF amistake, which sent them, without en- OBJ
ject, right against the cross.fre of a numerous
artillery. OF the 200 men that advanced, not
200 came back in fighting condition. The light
cavalry brigade may be considered destroyed I'M
til re formed by fresh arrivals.
This disaster to the Brtish would have been
far greater, and hardly man would have come
back, had it not been for two movements made
on either flank Of the charging light horse. On
their right, Lord Lucan ordered the heavy brigade
to demonstrate against the Russian batteries in
front Of them. They maneuvered forward during
few minutes, lost about ten men by the Russian
fire and gallOped back. On the right, however
the French Chasseurs d'Afrique, two of the finest
cavalry regiments in the world, on seeing their
allies broken, rushed forward to disengage them
They charged the battery which took the British
light horse in flank and which was placed higher
up the HILL in front of the infantry regiments of
Vladimir, were within the line OF guns in a mo-
ment, sabred the gumers, and then retreated.
having accomplished their object-whch, too,
they would have done, even without the advance
the Vladimir infantry instantly made on them.
Here was anoSher instance of the British sys-
TEN of warfare as manifested in this campaign,
such as, more than Qnce, we have had occa-
sion to point out. They first made blunder,
and then recoiled from the untactical movement
which could have alone ayerted its cOnse Iuences
But the French Chasseurs instantly felt what was
TO be done. On their side of the cavalry action
10 flank attack of Russian horse took place, be-
cause their dash prevented it: while the cautious
"hesvies of Brtgadier scarlett merely demon