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caution to bring few soldiers with him The Cossacks
who had been dodgng among the rocks made dash a
him when within hundred yards This General had Il
run snd, was only saved By yoey from the fusilier
which brought his pursuers to a stand -
The rest of the was effected without an,
incident worthy Of notice Each officer carried in hi
haversack " pounds OF salt meat and Az pounds
biscuit as his ration for three days Besides this b.
carried his great coat strapped round his body wooder
keg for water small ration Of spirits change or two
volver Each private man carried The same as the ofi
GERS, and in addition portion OF the cooking ap
paratus hreock ana bayonet, cartouch box and fifty
rounds Of ball cartridge. Both officers and men were IL
capital spirits.
Correspondence Of the London Times
FRrDAr. September 15 1854.
Few q Us VIII ever forget last night; Seldom were
| "a 600 Engahnen more miserable. The beach wa.
almost cleared the troops had marched of to their
quarters the Light Division about Elk miles in advance
ion the cliffs and hills and part Of the Sd Division
the slope Of the hill No tents were sent on shore
partly because there had been time to land them
partly because there was no certainty of being able
to find carriage for them Toward night the aky looked
very black and lowering the wind rose and the rain
and early in the morning the water fell in drenchinc
sheets which pierced through the blankets great
coats q ne and tentless soldiers It was their
worse than all their experiences Of Bulgaria or Galpo
for there they had their TENTS and now they learned to
CINE all these old generals and young lords and nobleman
exposed hour after hour to the Violence of pees storms
q oed Das me ssssng puddle under the
twenty odd Thousand of poor fellows who could not ret
dry bits Of ground and had to seep or try sleep
no hot grog and noprospeot Of this
and add TO it that the nice change Of linen had be-
NV ana vo III TIE mems
of rather violent characterpartcularIy as It came
after all the luxuries Of dry ship stowage Sir George
Brown slept under cart tilted over The Duke had
similar conryance Sir De T. 1yans was the only
General whose staff had been careful enough to
him with tent IN one respect the rain Of service
gave them temporary supply Of water but then ii
IRE out Of the question: even If the men oould have
scraped up wood enough 70 make III the country
THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA.
The following are the official dispatches as comnanca
FoREIaN 0FrloE. Sept 80, lS54sir: am directed by
the Earl Of Clarendon to transmit to you for the
dispatch from viscount Stratford de Redce dated Com
stantnople September 49, forwarded by her
Consul General at Belgrade under date September 80
Ms containing intelligence of the stormng by the Al
lied forces Of the entrenehed camp of the Russian army
on the heights Of the Ama the afternoon Of the 10th
inst am ETC., s.sass54l. " n n .Nsorn d
Col Mundy etc, etc. etc
The entrenched camp of the Russians containing
men with numerous artillery and cavalry the heights
OF the Alma was attacked the Goth inst at p NJ by
the Allied troops and carried by the beyone at
with loss side about AGO killed and wounded
and an equal loss on the side OF the French The Rus
sian army was forced to put itself in full retreat
The Duke OF Newcastle feels it his duty in publishing
TINS dispatch to caution the public against
e4pecnng any details eEseverai days He fears none
car be received before the 9th of October r.
Every thing which is received by the Government will
be published immediately sss $500 n s.
War Department, Sept. 80, 1854 451i
WAR DEPARTMENT, Oct. l. lSs4-~The Duke of New
castle has this day received telegraphic dispatch from
General Lord Raglan, of which the following IS transla
Copy q teegraphic dispatch from General Lord Raglan
70 tne pake q Newcastle transmitted through Bel
grave not dated evidently from the 21st September
The Allied armies yeterday attacked the poton Of tia
the heights above the Alma and carried il after
nsttle q one hour and half before sunset
could srpsss the bravery and excellent conduct
Of the troops The position was very Formidable and IA
tended BY q numerous artillery of heavy calibre Cur
officer has been wounded The main BODY Of the army
ofthe enemy estimated at from $4,000 to $1,000 IN
fantry few prisoners among whom are two General
oncers and two guns, have been taken by the English
! SEES (signed) 4E .1lsq RlsfAr
DISPATCH TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.
The following rom the Monteurl is the dispatch from
Marshal st. Arnaud to his Government:
BvouAc on THE ALMA, Sept, 2O-We encountered the
which the river runs studded with houses and having
very steep slopes the left bank was occupied nv ths
enemy in great force These slopes were Strongly an
trenched and coveredsby powerful artillery ma And
armies attacked those difficult positions with Unparalleled
ygor Our soldiers advanced to the assault with cries
pfpe pEmpsres and carried all before them The battle
lasted four hours, and loss was 400 killed and
wounded am as yet Of the loss sustained by
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obstinate resistance, Signed 81. Aarapp.
-az THE RUSSIAN ARTILLERY
We learn that the Russian artillery was ";
three batteries and that the Russian force was quite
10000 men, including fair proportion of cavalry The
O'Clock the Russian position carried by the bayonet
Marshal st. Arnaud and Lord Raglan eon,psanded n.r
Intee angsn steamers protected the passage Of
shot in the abdomen supposed fatally and GEN. Canro
bert was wounded in the shoulder s
THE BATTLE OF KALANTAI PLAINs-sEgoNp DEFEAT |
OF THE RUSSIANS.
From the small number of gums or prisoners taken bv
Tine Allies at the Alma, the 2Is we infer that thar
the Ailes success amounted to no than driving
the Kuasians from their position the heigbts Az Mi
events Prince Menschiko had managed again to bring
MS forces into order the 23d September he
battle to the advancing forces the plains of Kalnnta
on the river Katcha. After sangunary enpaeemant |
which lasted hours the Russians were fotalJv ia
and TO their before sebas
topoi Here they appear to have made third stand and
10 nave again ofiered battle to the invaders.
NEW ELEMENT IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.
1t is stated on the authority of German TourraI a,
Frankfort that the English Cabinet has brought forward
an to revise the of London relative
Iofin an Important part in the future. -
g6ss RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA.
The St. Petersburg Journal publishes daerea forb;5
ding the export of corn to Austria
The austrian Embassador at Paris called on Drouyn
De Lhuys to express the satisfaction of his
at the successes of the Allied armies -
r. - ~ AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA.
ViEvEA, October l--Both Cracow and Olmutz have
been made store places for ammunition and arms and
every thing tends to show that Austria is preparing for
war with Russia Should the Frankfort Diet ion with
Prussia Austria is resolved to enforce the four
tees in common with the Western powers without either
Prussia or the minor States 2 2 ~ 'e'''st
WAR DEPARTMENT, London, October S-An extraord, |
nary Gazette will be published soon as the names
thoss who have fallen in action or havs been wnnnded
IN the Crimea shall have been received and The royai
commission, authorizing the collection and control ~
patriotic fund for the relief Of the widows and ornhans
soldiers sailors and marines killed or dying on actys er
vice in the present war will also be published at the
lime, If not previously promulgated. -
THE WAR ELSEWHERE. s. r.
letter from Galaz, Of September 81 in the Llovd of
VIENNA says There appears not to be any doubt that
Pacha Intends to strike blow at the Russians
'eutrated at IsmaiI He will not however Commences h;a
march Bessaraba until he hears OF the capture Of
,astopol. 825 70 fp'NAe =. ss-
letter has just been received from Paris in which IN
he following highly important information: -
learn that attack upon Cronstadt is seriously cnn
empated, almost Immediately General Neil the pena.
al OF engineers who distinguished himself in the Batc
the prominent part he took In the direction of The
iege Of Bomersund reported personally to the
nat he believed the attack practicable this
mis- report has been communicated to the English Al
nralty and have to believe the movement Of
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