The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-26

tAs Asshts eeseP!sd b. sAs snsny sanass rsa 70 hav,
| attracted thslr notice and admiration.
ne oomman6sr Of the forces thanks the army most
warmly for it gallant exsrtions Re wt.sssed then
d.sy 8 report for tho oa.sas inisruss.o., Sow vi
sosio.y 3.atsiasd the soasr q tSs srisisS name nam
LORD Raglan COMEDIES most sincerely With Tie troops
the loss Of 20 many gallant oesrs ana brave msa,
whose memory it win BE- oonsolaton 70 thsr frsnds
J.B.B RsTCOURr.
War DEPARTMENT. Oot sly O'Clock. A. n.
The Lake Of Newcastle ha. received private letters
hsrrssang duties imposed upon ths troops By hs
lions after the battle Of Alma had prevented the nomi
nal returns Of the killed and wounded OF the
missoned officers aud privates being made out in the
different IN time to b sent with the dsspatchss
The Duke Of Newcastle expects thsm by ~ early mail
and they shall bs published the moment they are 70
esived.
SINKING OF THE RUSSIAN SHIPS AT THE ENTRANCE
OF THE HARBoR OF sEBAsTOPOL.
No. 4S9.
BRITANNIA, OF the Katscha, Sept. "a, 1854
s,R,-In ny letter Of yesterday, (No B7) reported
the exaordh AIRY char gs that had taken place Ia the
position hitherto maintained BY ths ensmy asst in the
has Dor Of Sebastopol and beg you will acQusint
the Lord Commissioners OF the Admiralty that the
afternoon on the appearance Of tbs allied asets sight
OF the whole OF the vessels moorei the
harbor sunk BY the Russians leaving their mass
more or less above water and went last evening I, the
mouth OF the hs-bor to assure myself Of this singular
Captain Drummopd has examined the harbor this
morning. and reports that the lower msstheads Of the
ships are generally above water that the passage is
closed sscepts perhaps small space tbs shoal of
The forth battery, and the double booms inside arc
hight SAL Of the line moored east and west inside
uf ths booms, and three OF the sh hesed
sve their guns more elevation to swssp over ths land
An intelligent seaman, adssertsr, who escaped from
ssbasopei on The 3D. had partly prepared me tor
oytv ifuQr mt Ia I'D
the ciews Of this ships moorsd thu hatbor 10
OF which he hsd been sttached) had been landed with
seh plugged ready for sinkrg that this guns aad
stcEes were All board and that the other ships
meored tbs south sd to defend the hirbor from at
tack from the northward He that The battle Of
ALMA had greatly dsped the Russians that tbs troops
bad reteatsd ON sebssopol without halt and that he
believes the whole Russian force not to exceed 00o
The mans statements were clear, and points that
came under his own observation mostly corrobo.
ormsun ssnay the On S,s I'm
In life afforded Of enabling aim obtain At the re.
quest OF Lord Raglan. have sent him shore to act
IS guide TO the army their approach to the envi
rons Of setastopo.
The. allied armies moved this afternoon to take up
aeet win move to meet tasir arrival there Ihsve,
&c, J.W. D. DuNDAS, Vice Admiral
To tho Secretary Of the Admiralty.
THE FRENCH ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION.
The Monesr Of the Tth contains the following
~.
living report Of the battle Of the Anna No ono can read
without emotion this simple recital of gre, vistory
where the General in Chief speaks Of every sxcsp.
himself. Nevertheless, tina government appreciates as
they merit the energy and ability displayed by the Mar
shall under these circumstances. The Emperor had de-
cided that salute Of twenty guns shall be fired to
celebrate this victory
FIELD or BATTLE OF ALMA Sept 81, 1884.
SIRE-Tbe cannon of your Majesty has spoken; We
ia q Oar
to add to the military annals Of France, and your Majesty
will have one to ad3 to the victories winch
sdorn the flags of the French army.
The Russians mad yesterday assembled all their forces
and collected oil their means in order to oppose the
person All this heights we,s crowned with redouSts
and formidable batteries The Russian army reckoned
10000 bsyonets, from .. POINTS Of the Crimea In the
morning there sived from Thee dosis 900 cavalry and
$50 pieces Of heavy and field artillery. From the heights
which they occupied the russians could count
man BY man from the 10th to tie oment whsn
rived on the Bubbanach On the Goth, from O'Clock in
the morning. carried into operation with the division Of
ahs BY Ign Fl S
slams and some Of their batteries Gensrsl Bosques
msnoeuvrsd with as much intelligence as bravery This
movement decided the SUCCESS Of tho day. had
that the Eng sh should extend their Left
at the time to Threaten the light OF tn Ru,sians
while should occupy them in .ae centre, but their
troops did not arrive 10 line until half past 10. They
haveIy made up for this delay. AT havast IL the line
o. ne aea army pccaPyos 81 sn.sns ., more than
ble Ere from the Tiraillsurs.
In this movemsnt the head Of the column of GsnerAl
BOsqust appeared on the heights and gave tho signal
for gene al attack. The lima crossed a. don ole
quick time Prince Napoleon, At thu head OK hts sivsion
took possession OF the large village Of Alma under the
FIRE Of the nussian batteries The prircs showed him
self worthy Of the great name he bears We then arrived
at ihs foot of the heights the Are Of the RUSSIAN
batteries Thore, Sire commenced real batle along
all the nea battle with its episoses Of brilliant fssts
Of valor Your Majesty may be proud Of soldiers
they have not 6egenerAed they tae soldiers OF Aus
terlitz and Of Jena At half past the French army
everywhere victorious Al the positions hsd been car
iEmpreur,S which re,Oundsd throughout the day.
Never such enthusiasm ssen the wounded
from the ground to join in it, On our left th English
met with large masses Of the enemy and with goat din
cules, but everything surmounted The English at
tackled the Russian positions in admirable order under the
SLAMS The bravery OF Lord Raglan rivals that Of antiquity
In the midt OF cannon and musket shot he displayed
formed on the heights and the ARTILLERY it, are
Then it longer reat, but rout the Russians
threw away their muskets AID knapsacks in order to
tanned immense results and Menschiso Off would longer
have had army hut it was late, troops hs
At och Ok in the evening We encamped on the very
bvouac Of the Russians Ny tent on tbs very rpot
where thk Of Prince Menschikof stood 10 the ling
and who thought himself Of beating that
left bis carriage there have taben possession Of it.
with his pockstbook and correspondence and shall tAxs
advantage OF the valuable Information II contains. The
Russian army will probably be able to rally two leagues
from this and shall find il to-mo the Katscha,
but beaten and demoralz.d while the allied army fun
remain here In order to send wounded and
those Of the Russians to ConstAntinople, aud to
procure ammunition and provisions from tho fleet. The
English have mad 500 men put hors de combat. The
Duke OF Cambridge 10 we'll his division and that OF Sir
G. Brown superb. l have 70 regret about 200
hors de com60t officers killed, 81 Wounded 2i3
sub officers and soldiers killed. and 03S wounded Gene
raj Canrobert to whom due in part the honor Of the
which strucs him in the breast aud hand but he is do
ing very well, General Thouas OF the division OF this
Prince, is seriously wounded BY bau in the abdomen
The ussiAns have lost about 5000 Toe feld Of
bate is covered with their dead, and Geld
full Of their wounds We have counted proper
ton Of Rusasn dead bodies for FreDch The
Russian artlers eauted US loss cut ours supe
fior to theirs shah all my life regret not having had
with me my two regiments Of African Chasseurs. The
Zousyes we're the admiration Of both armies; they
the first o'diers 10 the world
Accspt Sue, the homage Of my profound respect aud
Of my sntirs devoteaness
MAKSHAL A. DE ST. ARNAUD.
ORDER OF THE DAY OF MARSHAL DE ST. ARSAUD.
soaisrs- France and ths Emperor will be salts isd
with you. At Alma y0u have proved to the Russtsos