New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-30


ireal OF SeysstoPOi to fol before the sirs, tho'e
rivslsin courage snd sacrifices IL most Omioously
viewed. The extracts il another columa VI 5his
iOurnsl. from The LoEd0a Times, exhibit sn a.
tered temper. aud spirit Of dOub. which may
be mistaken 10y some for approaching de-psir.
In the absence of details respecting the battle OF
the 9Th sufficiently coherent to base remarks up-
on we shall now oder some on the operstions OF
the siege just previous 20 that tine.
Toe 25in OF October was tRe day on which she
SOW mOnotony Of tas siege of SevastOpOl was
h:st interrupted b. q dramatic incident. The
Russians, On tost day attacked the allied position
covering the siege, ana the advantages being
more equally distributed this time toeither side,
the result was very different from that of the
battle of tie Alma This action, in fact, was the
very c5unterrart Of tnat Of the Alma it was a
caysry fgbt almost exclusively. while st the Alma
20 cavalry ~ss engaged; and instead OF occupy
ing defensive po sitiop. the R0ssiens we're the
ss.fsants, While the advantages OF strong post
toDs were with the allies. Ii WIS., indeed, 8
drawn battle ga nearly as that of the Alma, bus
The Herscleauc Chersonese, the peninsula
south Of the Bay of Sevas!opol, borders toward
Il main snd OF the Crimea by range of nights
running from the mouth Of the Chernsya or
the head Of the Bay Of Sevastopol, to the south
west This range slopes down gradually on its
Forth west side toward Sevastopo while it is
generally steep and bold toward the southeast,
facing Balaklava. The allies occupying the Her
acleatic Cbersonese, this range was their natural
defensive position against any Russian army try
ing to raise the siege. Bu! unfortunately, Balak-
lava WAS the ''base Of operations" Of the British,
the chief harDor for their feet, the grand depot
for their stores; and Balaklsya lay about three
miles TO the southeast of this range of hills. 1t
was therefore, necessary to include Balsklava in
the system Of defense. Pie country about Bal
sklava is formed By group of very irregular
bghts, running from the southern extremity of
the aforesaid range, nearly due east and west
along the coast and like al hills ia the Cfimea,
sIopiDg gently toward the northwest, but steep
aud crsgey toward the southeast. Thus an an-
gle formed between these two groups Of nights, is
filled up by an undulatng plain, rising gradually
toward the east until it ends in steep descent
toward the valley Of the Chernaya.
Tie most remarkable feature of this plain is
range OF hillccks and Of slightly elevated ground
running north west and south east uniting what
we call tie Hersceatic range with the mountains
on the south coast. Ii was on this elevation
about three miles east and northeast OF Balakaya,
that the allies bad thrown up their fret line of
defeDses, consisting of four redoubts, defending
the roads from Bakshiserai and from the Upper
Chernsys. These redOubss were gsrrisoned by
Turks. A second line OF field works was erected
Immediately in front Of Baaklsva, and continued
upto the spex Of the angle formed by the coast
nights, snd the Hersclestic range which latter
were fortified by the French division of General
BOsquet, stationed there. Thus, while the Sc
cond line, defended by English soldiers, marines
snd sailors, was continued and hanked by the
French line of redo ubts, tie first or Turkish
line, nearly two miles in advance, not only was
completely unsupported, but strange to say, in
stead Of forming line perpendicular to the road
on which the enemy could come, it was con
stIucted almost in the proloDgaticn Of that line
so that the Russians might first take one, then
then the second than the third and finally the
fourth redoubt, gaining ground each time and
without the possibility of one redoubt mich sup
porting the other.
The allied position was occupied: toward
BalaklsSa, by the Turks in the redouts, or first
line; by British marines, on the nights, in the
immediate vicinity of Balaklava; by the 93d
Highlauders, and some convaescents in the
valley north Of BalaklAya. Further north was
the camp Of the British cavalry; aod on the
Heraceatic nights, that OF the advance guard Of
Bosquets division.
At 6 O'Clock on the morning of the 18th, Gen.
Liprano led the Russians to the attack of this
petition. lie had under him combined division
consisting Ct six regiments of infantry, Dnieper,
Act. Ukraine, Odessa, Vladimir Suzdal, the
9th battalion Rifles, and one battalion TchOrno-
mOrski Cossacks, or % battalions in ALL three
and combined regiment of Laocers, or "a to %
squsdrOns, about two regiments of Cossacks, and
30 guns of which 30 we're l2.pounders.
lie sen. Gen. Gribbe by a defe on his left to
occupy, with three battalions Dnieper Infantry,
the village of Ksmara in front Of which the first
and strongest redout is situated Gen. Gribbe
occupied the village, and his three bait aiions ap-
pear to have spent the day there very quietly. as
they have never been named during the fight
which followed.
The main column, following first the course of
the Chernsya, and then by-road. gained the
bHh-rosd from Bskshsera to Balaklava. Here
they met the rtdoubts, manned by Turks. The
first redOubt being pretty strong, Liprandi had
FIRE OF artillery opened upon it. and then sent the