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Foreign News by the Washington.
The principal features of the Washington's
news, as also of the later accounts by the Nj
agara and Pacific, have been already received
here by telegraph. We publish the full par
ticulars of the battle Of the Alma, as given by
| correspondents Of the London Times The ac-
counts will be found highly interesting:
| BANKS OF THE ALMA Sept 49,
Last night orders were given by Lord Raglan that the
troops should strike tents at daybreak and that all
should be sent board the ships the fleet Our ad
vance had been determined upon and it understood
that the Russian light cavalry had been sweeping the
country OF all supplies up TO short distance of lines
and outlying pickets. At o'clock in the morning the
camp reused by the reyee and all the 80 coo sleep
the beach to receive the tents The comsariat officers
struggled in vain with the very deficient means at their
disposal to meet the enormous requirements of army
OF $4,000 men for the transport OF baggage ammunition
and food and ecene which to unpractced eye would
seeIn one of utter confusion began and continued
several hours relieved only by the readiness and order
Of the regiments they paraded previous marching
The French in advance on right, up betimes
miles along the horizon and minging with the lights of
the ships almost anticipated the morning Seven thou
sand Turkish infantry, under suleman pasha, moved
along by the seaside next them the divisions
of Generals Bosquet Canrober Forey and Prince Napo
leon Our order Of march about four miles to the
right OF their left wing and as many behind them The
right of the Allied forces covered by the feet which
moved along with its magnificent order darkening the
air with nnumerable columns of smoke ready to shell
the enemy should they threaten attack our right and
commanding the land for nearly two miles from the
| shore.
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army were prepared for marching. The day was warm
advance delayed by the wretched transport
furnished for the baggage-an evil which will fear be
more severely felt in any protraced operations Every
thing not absolutely indispensable on board
ship The naval officers and the sailors worked indefa
gaby and cleared the beach fast the deposited
the baggage and tents there At last the fell in,
and the march Of the campaign began. The country be-
yond the salt lake, which encamped is per
ecty destitute Of tree shrub and consists Of wide
plains, marked at intervals of two three miles with
hilocks and long irregular ridges of bills running down
towards the at right angles the beach It is but
little cultivated except in the patches of land around the
unfrequened villages built in the higher recesses of the
valleys Hares were started in abundance and afforded
great sport to the whenever they halted and several
were fairly hunted down among the lines Of men, All
horses cattle had been driven by the Cosacks
The soil hard and elastic and was in excellent
| artillery
utes, during which Lord Raglan, accompanied by very
large staff Marshal ST. Arnaud Generals Bosuuet Forey
and number of French officers rode along the front Of
the columns The men spontaneously got up from the
ground rushed forward and column after column rent the
air with three laundering English cheers 1t good
omen. AS the Marshal passed the both regiment he ex-
claimed, English, hope you will fight well to-day u
Aepei" exclaimed voice from the ranks, sure you
know will The troops presented spended appear
ance The effect OF these grand masses of soldery desce.
ing ridges OF the hills rank after rank with the sun
payipg over forests gtering steel can never he
gotten by those who witnessed it. Onward the torrent of
swept after huge stately pillows of armed
men, while the rumble of the artillery and tramp the
cavalry accompanied their progress At last the smoke
the burning villages and farm houses announced that
the enemy in front were aware of march 1t was
sad sight the white walls of the houses backened
with smoke the flames ascending through the roofs of
peaceful and the ruined outlines of deserted
hamets Many sick men fell out and carried to the
rear IL was painful sighta sad contrast to the mag
neent appearance of the in 'front.' to behold litter
after litter borne past to the carts with the poor sufferers
who had dropped from illness and fatigue.
Presently from the top OF hill wide plain was vs-
BILE beyond which ridge darkened here there by
masses which practiced eye recognized as cavalry ii
was our sight of the enemy the left of the plain
up formed by the inward sweep Of two ridges
lay large village in flames right before was neat
white unburnt though the ouhouses and
We're burning This the Imperial post house of Bou-
ianak just 20 miles from Sebastopol small stream ran
past u.s. which was object of delight to thirsty SOL
diers who had marched than eight miles from
their camp The house deserted and gutted .-op,y
picture saint, punches of herbs in the kitchen and
few household utensils left and solitary peahe
which fell victim to revolver, staked sadly about
tina threshold After short halt for and horses by
the stream, the army pushed on again.
The cavalry (abou 500 the Hussars The 11th
Hussars, and 18th Light Dragoons) pushed in front
and arriving about mile beyond the post-house we
clearly made the Gossack Lancers the hills front
Lord Cardigan threw out skrmshers in line who covered
the intervals of 10 II yards from each other
The Gosacks advanced to meet in like ORDER man for
man. the steel of their long lances gtering in the sun
They fellows, mounted sturdy little
but the regularity Of their order and the CELEBRITY
their movements showed they regulars and by ne
despoable foes As skrmishers advanced the
Cossacks halted the foot OF the hill Their
not well in sight, but from time to time cump OF
ances over the summit of the hill and disappeared
Lord Cardigan to try their strength and per-
mission given him to advance somewhat nearer
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the of the hills and became evident that
our men charged up such steep ascent their horses
would be blown and that they would risk of being
surrounded and cut to pieces by force of three times
their number Lord Lucen. therefore, ordered the
airy to halt gather in their skrmshers and retire slowly
None of the infantry artillery in sight of U.S. as
they had not yet topped the brow of the hill When
skirmshers halted the Cossaeks commenced fire from
their line of yidettes which quite harmless Few OF
the balls came near enough to let the whiz be heard
Two three officers who riding between the
airy and the skrnishers lieutenant Colonel Dickson
A. Captain Felowes Twelfth Lancers Dr. Elliott, r. A,
looking out anxiousy for the arrival of Captain
Mandes horse artillery, when suddenly the Russians
: emboldened by halt the brow of the hill
and slowly descended the slope in three solid squares
We had offered them battle, and they had lost their
chance for our cavalry turned round aud rode
quietly towards the troops Our skirmishers who had
replied martly the fire of the Cossacks, without
effect retired joined their squadrons At every fifty
cavalry faced about to receive the Gossacks
they prepared to charge Suddenly of the Russian
cavalry squares openeda spirit of white smoke out
the gap, and round shot, which pitched to my
horse the column of cavalry behind, anG
rolled between the ranks OF the reen in the
just they in view of the cavalry In another
slant second gun bowed right through the Eleventh
Hussars, and knocked horse, taking of his rider
leg above the ankle. Another and another followed tear
Ing through ranks that 1t quite wonderful
few of the cavalry were hit
Meantime, Gaptsin Maude's artillery galoped
hock, but halted by Lord Raglan's order at tn,
base in the Of the cavalry the left flank. This
done probably to entice the Russians further down h
hill. Meantime, cavalry drawn targets fol
the enemy guns and had they been OF iron they could
not have been more solid and immoyable The Russian
gunners fired admirably they rather slow but the
balls bounding along quite visible as they passed
in right lines from the centre of the cavalry columns
After thirty rounds from the enemy artillery
opened fire Their round shot plowed up the columns
the cavalry, who speedily dispersed into broken lines
wheeling round and round with great adrotness
the six and nine ponnd balls Our shells were not sue
cessu but better directed than the rest burst rh
in the of column Of light infantry whom the Rus
slams had advanced to support theirtav airy.
Our fire was so hot the service of, guns quch
that the enemy retired in about fifteen minutes after
opened them. While this affair going on tn
French crept up the right, and surprised body
Russian cavalry with round from battery Of nine
Founders, which scattered them in all directions, w
could count six dead horses the field the line
fire. 1t was not possible to form accurate notion
the eecct of fire. 1t must have caused the Russians
greater los than they inflicted Welost six horses