Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-12-02

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When day brokethis morning we saw the Russians ac-
lively engaged in fhowing up new works at the Of
the Recan to proteche ordnance stores aud buildings
They were in readiness open, on us by the time we
commenced fire. at six o'dock.
The Garden Battery livery troublesome to us and the
French The latter arepushng up zgzags and parallels
close to the enemys les and expect 10 be able TO get
their batteries within four hundred metres OF the place
They exposed to very heavy fire. and the Russians
ply them with shells admirably. Every one is talk
Of ormng We could have stormed with chance
Of when first set down before the place Yes
we could perhaps, bat who was to know 1t! When we
have reduced them to the state in which they when
up from Balaklaya-i Q. left Sebastopol minus
batteries five shall only have done is said
what could have done then without going to all the
labor of making earth-works and trenches. How
ever do net agree with this No could have calcu
lated the msfortunes of the French and the weak
Of their attacks The very wors OF sencing these
Russian eathwork is productive Of the best results for
by the time we have done so we shall have cowed the
enemy inflicted enormous loss their troops and have
damsgcd the and rendered it unfit for defence. So
far, indeed shots anticipate our mission.
At250 n. NJ fire broke out behind the Redan, caused
by rockets SHE'LL and hst shot II looked very
promising time but died out towards sunset From
the column Of smoke which it must have been
siderable. At 3l5 p. Nj. fire OF less magnitude was
visible to the left Of the Redan, further in towards the
centre of the town.
Our wounded officers all getting on fsyorably Our
loss yesterday three killed and thirytwo or thirty
three wounded.
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most disastrous We have unfortunately burnt the hos
pital which the dcserters say full OF wounded
from the Alma and from the batteries We have also de-
stroyed small war steamer.
OCTOBER 21--Any day is like another, and the scenes
Of yesterday scarcely dstnguishable from those Of
to-day. The enemy seemed more afraid of cur Lancas-
ters this morning. and are told they are drawing over
towards the French. The latter become more ygorous
in their fire. and doing marked damage on the lett OF
their line Their energy in working the new parallels is
rapidly producing it's results and their works creep
ing up hour after hour towards the enemys walls Sand
bags have been placed the top OF most Of the
public buildings to prevent their taking fire. tits evil
dent we must advance works little nearer trun
knocked off one Of new 6Spounders and the
gun rendered unservceabe in the night attack where it
doing good service The firing lasted on both Sides
with short intermisson from sunset to sunrise Ones
head aches with the repeated bursts Of artillery The
Earl Of Shafesbury has into Balakava with siege
train and ordnance stores just in time The Russians
slacken fire. There only three guns from the Redan
to-day worked vigorously; the Round Tower and Gar
den Battery strong ever The enemy have got
up large gun Inkermann with which they pitch shot
and shell into the camp Of the second divisions merely to
annoy them. They still active and troublesome
There two exposonsone in our own works, one ID
| the Russans'-towards noon to-day.
| OoToDEE 22-Lord Dunkellen, Captain of the Cold
stream Guards and eldest of the Marquis Of Clanr
carde, was taken prisoner this morning, He was out
with working party Of his regiment which had got a
little out of their way when number Of men were OBJ
served through the dawning light in the ravne in front
the men, Nonsense; they're fellows" said his
lordship and off he went towards the asking in high
he got near, Who is in command of this party n
His men saw him more As they were unarmed they
retreated rapidly but there is no fear of his ordshp
safety, for the Russians fred shot, and merely closed
round and seized him ere he could get away.
/ The Russians opened very heavy cannonade on us
this mornings they have always done so on Sundays.
Divine service performed with continued bass of
rolling through the responses and liturgy The
French terribly the Garden Battery more
however, by their misfortune Of last night The Russians
made stealthy sortie towards morning, and advanced
close to the French pckets When challenged they
piled "Ingls, Inglis," which passed muster with our
allies as bona fde English they say and before they
knew where they the Russians had charged them,
got into their batteries and spiked FIVE morars They
were speedily repused but this misadventure has
tilted brave allies exceedingly The night before
they fired party of men who used the same posse
paro and they turned out to be Russians They were
too confding the second time. We are all liable to mis-
takes.
There was great alarm the other evening Eleven
bataons of Russians crossed the Tchernaya, and de-
poyed towards Baaklava but we quite satisfied to
leave Sir Colin Campbell to dispose of them. However,
night muskery and opened along the and
woke all up It turned out that the officer of marines
on the heights had been told he always would have
clear space left for his guns play upon in of attack
and that some newy-arryed Turks, of this
rangemen hadtrenched space with lanterns in their
hands, whereeupon knowing the Russians about he
blazed away Mt the poor Bono Johnnes, all OF whom
/ he fortunately missed.
The French General sent to-day to ask for assist
ance in silencing battery which tormented them
excessively We gladly rendered and slenced the bat
terry before sunset.
No incident of consequence occurred to-day TWAS all
filed up with volleys Of artillery. Pole and some RUS
slams deserted last night They tell that the enemy
have lost three thousand killed and wounded that the
town is in frightu state the shops closed, the mer
chants fed the goods placed underneath in the cellars
and that the ponted balls and shells Lancasters do
frighfu mischief There longer 0otuers to work
the guns, there at first. The men have now to
be forced to the batteries. Many poor and chill
dren have lost their lives in this terrible caanonade IL
incredible that the Russian authorities should have
let them stay in the town when they could have easily
Provisions still continue plenty and water 10 abundant in
the town. a a
There was fire in the town at o'clock in the
ing it was speedily extinguished The explosions in the
Round Tower yesterday must have done seme mischief
That which took place behind welvegun battery was
harmless
OoroBEa 24Tbe return Of the killed and wounded for
the 22d of the month during the greater part Of which
heavy FIRE directed trenches and battery at
tacks right and left shows the excellent cover Of
works and their great solidity We only lost man
killed in the light division and two in the siege
train of wounded we had in the first division, two in
the second division two in the third division, six in the
fourth division FIVE in the light DIVISION and ten in the
siege train Lieut. Brown of the 44th regiment lost his
leg yesterday. Capt Childress, Royal army, killed
in his battery. He had just ordered gun to be fred
and had to look through embrasure to watch the
effect of the ball, when shot in and struck off his
head. The request made to by the French that
would direct our fire the Barrack Battery, which
noyed them well attended TO that before
evening had knocked to pieces and silenced it. The
Garden Battery is little better
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