The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-30


received by awen directed Gle, Which killed great
number Of them aud sorte, executed with a rare
Sgor, forced them 10 return TO their lines.
During this last movement, and little before three
IN the afternoon General Iprlndi with part OF the
forces under his command attacked the English lines.
desperate engagement ensued. ordered forward
from Tchorgun the troops that could be collected in
haste 10 support them.
Our Dragons executed two brilliant charges. The
enemy defended themselves most stubboruly and the
approach Of night alone put end to the combat.
In our snare OF the day proceedings p osO men we're
ours has been about 600 men, and that of the enemy
nj least as great.
cidents which occur SO frequently in war Had our
forces been concentrated, should, without doubt
getting all our up from Smpheropol
Baktchi sera and sutachya. We are about TO reso'
1utely the offensive, and shall not allow one
days repose to the enemy. Their forces are diminish
ing vsbly The partial endorsements which they sue
cessfuly have received have not been sufficient all up
the voids which and mala.les have made in their
ranks Their number cannot be more at present than
DO 600 men, This army cannot escape us we have for
us the moral ascendancy and great superiority in mum
bers We are on our own ground and we are fighting
at the same time for soil and for the most holy Of
causes.
from the Paris Debats, Nov. 49,
The despatch of General Canrobert proves that the
Russians are making the most desperate efforts save
Sebastopo The disposab,e reserves have at last a.:
rived from the banks of the Danube the Dneser, and
the Don and with these troops the Gar sends two of his
sons to raise the courage Of the garrison The trenches
Of the besegers had advanced to within half musket
shot of the place; the preaching batteries
the town were already preached by the English and
French guns; and II announced that the assault
could be given on November s. 1t is that very day
that at the same time, on two points of the line OF in
Testment the Russian army made with all its forces
formidable attack, which might have been attended
with disastrous consequences, il il had not been
pulsed with the most valiant energy. The despatch OF
General Canrober which could not at the first moment
inter into the details OF the affair, allows however,
r. form idea Of the battle in its ensemble and above
I'll, TO appreciate It's result
The plan of attack Of the Russians may be considered
y be this. In the affair Of October %, Baaklava
shere General lprandi was beaten Notwithstanding the
capture Of three redoubt and in spite of The losses
ergone by the English cavalry in charge of too hazard
gus character that general had perceived the nposs
bilty Of forcing that point the redoubs and the line
of decentralization of the allies the escarpcnt of which
Was almost everywhere unapproachable. The Russian
generals in attacking November g. with very superior
forces the English army its right close to the river
Chernaya to have been anxious to force the line
Of siege and to get between that line and that Of circu
valuation, in order to fall Balaklsva If that maneu
the both the trenches and the positions on which
ahe exterior redoubt of defence placed At the same
ame that the English troops were vigorously attacked by
3he Russian army Of reinforcement the special garrison
of Sebastopol executed grand sore against the French
apenches. is easy to perceive all the consequences
That might have resulted from serious attack,
when made by considerable forces and ably
6ined it appears to have been Fortunately the Eng
sh army although not very numerous supported the
right this formidable attack, with the impossible firm
which characteristics it, and the French troops had
Df the garrison was vigorously repused on the left by
She French in their trenches The battle lasted all day.
and OF stubborn character the despatch.
IT adds that the Russians have lost from 900
nen, comprising the thousand Of the garrison
So large loss only be explained by the extraor lin
desperation Of the enemy and by not less
remarkable the part of tile allies. The Russian gene
rails in the habit of not sparing their men, and Of
sacrificing them by masses in order to obtain the
result which they aim at 1t is not astonishing that
5n order to gain these points they should have had
vast number of men killed in their desperate efforts
Dur losses also have been rather great In this
double attack of the Russians against the line of SIEGE
ahey must have momeutariy found themselves masters
nr@s of - 10
batteries Prince Menschkof, in despatch this af
1ar states that the spiked in English bat
aery and in French one His despatch is terminated
by remarkable circumstance which General Canrobert
does not mention According to Prince Menschkef the
eie: in pursuing the sRussans, delivered assault
@hch did not succeed That result was without doubt
ahe consequence Of the impetuosity of victorious
troops who dashed at some point where the breaches
proves in most marked manner that the Russian army
was vigorously repused The Alma, Balaklava and the
battle Of November g. demonstrate the
Periorty Of the allies the Russian troops, whom
khey have three times beaten although having the ad
santiago OF numbers.
GFrom the London Chronicle Nov III
Tho official account which has been received from the
English Commander in Chief of the great and important
confirms the statement transmitted by General Canrobert
% his government. The most material addition to
hns despatch consists in the fact that the
Russians engaged in the battle much exceeded that of
the troops who defeated the Alma 1t is true,
nnfortu natey that the enormous injury inflicted the
enemy in some degree counterbalanced by great
losses own part and the country will anxiously
await the arrival of detailed accounts of engagement
in which brilliant has been achieved at
sacrifice Lord Raglan enters into few particulars
print in the despatch creates some unc ertany even as
10 the list of the troops engaged. II, however, an
obvious correction is supplied, it may be collected
chat the forces employed to repel the main attack
Of the enemy were the Second Division, under Sir
Do Lacy Evans, General Bentinek's Brigade of
Guards, the Light Division, under Sir G. Brown, the
fourth division under General Cathcart and portion Of
Sir r. highlands third division, together with large
considerable portion of the French army was we
9esrn from other simultaneously occupied in
sah had n 81 =" ny
Ahird division and Of Sir Colin Campbes brigade which
Was probably employed in guarding against possible
attack from General Lprandi's left wing Lord Raglan
Goes not expressly state whether he asssed
ding to Prince Menschikos version of the affair by the
garrison OF Sebastopol or by the main Russian army;
but his report of the numbers Of the enemy sufficiently
proves that General Canroberts account perfectly
nccurate It must be assumed that Prince Menschkoff
occupies the valley of the Chernaya for its entire length
well the southern side of the ravine which extends
olong the rear Of the allies in the direction Of
"a; and thus overlapping the English position with
greatly superior numbers the Russian general had the
power of acting at the same time front and on
our flank.
cannot be collected either from the English FROM
dhe French despatch, whether the attack directed
simultaneously from the town and from the enemys
camp TO the north Both Lord Raglan and General Cans
robert must however be understood assigning % the
garrison only subordinate share in the battle. On the
other hand, the official Russian despatch, dated from
Warsaw expressly states that the attacks against the
right and left of the allied position consisted Of sortes
from Scbastopo fuller version OF the matter, pur
porting to be despatch from Prince Menschikoif to
Prince Paskewitch is in respects grossly inaccu
rate General Eprandi is there represented having
attacked the English lines about three O'Clock in the
afternoon and it is added that the battle only ter
minated by the approach of night. Yet it will
have been noticed that Lord Raglan distinctly
declares that the struggle lasted from dawn till
pnortly after midday. II the document in ques-
4ion Is not altogether spurious, the motive for
such msstatement may be easily understood General
jprandi is accused Of acting without the orders of his
Dmmaader-in chief with the view Of converting a vi
prous sortie into regular battle. Prince Menschikof
represented in this despatch alleging that the heavy
sustained by his troops only Of the acct
ents common to "Had forces,n says the
sEriter, sheen concentrated, should without doubt
gave reduced enemy to the utmost extrcmites" 1t
satisfactory TO reflect that the general who attributes
an engagement q blunder virtually admits defeat
1t doubtless the policy Of Russia to represent dec