Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-30

hundred men from The feet and army knetraied
| by the embrasures into one Of our baitdes. The
lienlenani Of artillery on duty, M. CIah, cried,
4 Qui vise !p-" We are English; do ndfre." re-
| Piled inyery good French, one Of the Isssianls
who leaped into the battery, followed bIhis men.
The lieutenant OF artillery, who is mdof cour-
/ age and resolution, soon discovered u subter-
fuge, and assembling his soldiers, chiged the
| Russians with the bayonet in The dark I'd drove
them out ofthe battery killing seven al taking
| four prsoners-among whom was al officer
! speaking French remarkably well, wh4had re-
ceiyed five or six bayonet wounds. He led very
| bravely the next morning, having conshtly re-
fused 10 give us any information.
"PAyIEG THEM OFF,"
Der. 26-Last night the Russians gavets their
usual savo. They showed in some forcdn front
OF the French, but were repulsed by ntsketry
from the covering parties. To pay thedoff for
their audacity the allies have sent strongbarties
Of sharpshooiers to-day, and between TIL luIl OF
eternal cannonade, which keeps up monopnous-
ly, morning, noon, and night, till the earE fren-
zied and worn out, one can now hear te pop
pop! pop Of the rifles at the embrazures.
RIDERLEss HORSES
Toward morning there was some m9ketry
heard from the French lines, and, to our 3nder-
ment, an inexplicable apparition Of rderleslorses
took place in our camp They turned oul 10 be
fully equipped and accoutred, saddled, Hidled,
and all, and were recognized as belonging Il Rus
sian dragons. How they turned up nj one
knows; il is supposed that their owners 81 into
a panic, and boted" ere they could get IMP the
saddle. Already 1873 have been caught.
NIGHT WORK.
Sir Colin Campbells aids-de-camp has jus|been
in TO say that the enemy are again menaciE us,
and again have cavalry and infantry been whiting
in expectation the plain for several hoursIthey
have just, however, returned again; this co4tant
turning out is very wearying. When we st9d to
our arms the whole OF the other night, Twas
amused by the remark Of one Of the men, 1hcm
Rooshans is too ugly 70 show their faces today ;
wish the brutes would come on and take heir
licking without so much bother.
WAS IT AN HOSPITAL?
The allies noticed large structure in the cetral
part of the city, surmounted by yellow flag, hdi-
ealing that it was an hospital. A communication
TO that effect was made to the generals command
ing the allied armies and orders had been givei TO
spare that part Of the town. Some time after,
however, some deserters from the place gave in
formation that the building was not an hospital
it was vast magazine. Acting on this NORMA
tion some shells were thrown into il, end the pre-
tended hospital blew up with tremendous report.
The ground around it shook as if with an earth
quake, and houses were thrown 10 the ground in
all directions.
STATE OF OUR ARMY.
The diminufion of our numbers every day is
enough 10 cause serious anxiety. One OF 3Youu
men borne on the strength of the army, therdare
not now more than 1880 rank and file fit forker-
vice. Since the 10th of this month upwards Of 700
men have been sent as invalds TO Baaklata.--
There is a steady drain of some forty or fifty men
q day going out from us, which is not dried hp by
the numbers of the returned invalids. Ever the
twenty or thirty day wounded and disabled,
when multiplied by the number of the days we
have been here, becomes serious item in thf ag-
gregate.