Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-17
FULL DETAILS OF Tue EUROPEAN INTEL.

! full files of London and Liverpool papers extending
from the 23d to the Both ultinlo There is an entire
absence OF additional news from the Crimea. The
repulse of the aes from before tho Malakor and
Rrdun i. confirmed: but il we may credit he govern
,nent's published accounts, the rumnr,d loss was
much magntird. Lord Panmure gives nominal
Ii- showing % officers killed and wouuied, iii pri-
rH,c men killed, l,U5S wounded, auf l5J missing,
| (tukeu prsoncr>) Pcllissier names 3. French oiii
! GERS killed % officers wounded IL officers missing,
(prsoucrsI 54i private men killed nrd missing, md
l,6ii wounded. Total English h0rs de combat ,i3';
French, 3,331-boh, i.154 men, Generals Mayran
| and Bruilel were severely wounded.
The accounts yet 10 hand 90 not materially vary
the first announcement Of the repulse % the allies.
excepting as regards the number u: hs o. lin. De-
tails an1iously looked for, inasn Ieh as sundry
disagrcable runors urc in circulation; In Paris It
was reported that the failure was in measure at
least, owing ~ errors committed by the British
mandng officers. Their errors described IA two
tod-hrst, in not having had fnscines provided for
hlng up tho trench within the Redan and, next, IN
not having immediately apprized the French com
mGnder that they found il necessary 10 retire The
| British On their side, say that they took the Redan,
but could not hold it because the French failed to
silence tine guns oi The Mulakof.
Other rumoTe were current. but without foundation
1t was sad that battle had buen fought the Tcher
maya; that the Sardlnlans were cut 10 pieces that
the allies hud hna stormed and taken the Malak III
and Redan. But the official dispatches dispe,lrd
these statements by reporting entire absence of
news.
| THE CAPTURE OF THE MANELoy on JUNE 7rH.
The Monhenr has just published Gen. Pclias:cr's
d"spatch giving IN nccount ot his capture Of the
Manvon. As it contains :he best report that has yet
appeared of mat brilliant affair, we reproduce the de-
spatch III full:
BEFORE SEn,sroroL, June IL.
"MoNsIEuR LIE 3lAKECHAL: Ny two ;ergraphic de-
spachcs of the 9Th and Sth of June, and letter Of the
9th o the same month, have informed you in succnct
manner OF our brilliant affuir Of the 9TH. To-day.
received General Bosquets reports rs we'll as differ
ent information ! waited, and am now able 20 give
You full and detailed account of the combat, which
is real victory, much from the victory it throws
Hpon our arms rs from the important results obtain
"On the 9th, nj 3, p. m as have Ind the honor Of
informing yOu the artillery of right attack open
I'd against the town. The English batteries opened
fire AT the moment, and they Immediately
supported by batteries of the left attack. This
fire of artillery vigorously kept up during the
whole night between the 9th and Ith and at three
O'Clock in the evening it WAS completed by the fire Of!
all our batteries of the left attack; that, dating
from thHt moment, the place was enveloped with q
grdle OF lire, which, starting at the east from our bat
crcs at Careening bay, extended TO the wcst as far
az Quarantine bay. II then that the plans for
the attack concerted between Lord Raglan, Oner
Pasha, and myself. and, far concerned,
carefully studied by Gen. B0squct, began to be put
, into execution.
"The plan to carry, the right or the spur OF
Careening bay the works called by I'D the 'OarrageS
BionrS or works of the 22d and 9th February, to
carry in the ctHtre of Mameon Vert III frOE of the
MalnkOh Tower; while their side, on our lct, the
English storm the so-callrd puarrcs, in front
of the Great Rcian. Each of these attacks was Sc
paratcd from the other by steep and rocky rarine;
that OF the White Works was separated from the
Malakulf attack BY the ravinc of Carccng bay, and
the Mnnkotf attack separated from the English
attack by the ravue of the Carabenala. These ra-
vines inCOnveniently isolated the attacks, but their
covered spots enabled lis to place numerous and pow
erful reserves sheltered from the enemys fire.
"The I'd, Sd, 4h, and 5lh divisions of the I'd corps
had been selected for the attack. At i.3O, p M,
those four divisions took up their respective posi-
tions-the divisions Mayran (3) and Dulac (thl on
the side of Careening bay, and the divisions Canon
i2j and Bruct i5ihj to tho centre attack. Grn"lai
Mnyron TO direct the Simultaneous attacks
against the White Works of the 22L and eth Of Feb.
uary. The first brigade Of his division, commanded
by General de Lavarande, and consisting OF portion
Of the 10Th battalion Of the Chasseurs-a pied,
. iCommandant Cauber) Of the I'd Zouaves, Colonel
iaurin.) and Of the ih regiment of muriues lleut
Colonc Condrrc1urt, occupied our trenches OF "a
rccning boy This Column was charged to attack the
works Of the 9th of February.
"On the left ui de- LavGr'.Ides brigade WAS the Sc
cond br. .adc OF MayrGus division, uEdcr the orders
ot(ieneral de Faly, consisting of the remainder OF
the 18th battalion of Chasseurs a-plcd, OF the 10Th
Of the line, Colonel Damcrl and OF the lst battalion
Of the 9th. This column was to storm the work OF
the I'D OF February. The Duac division formed the
reserve oithesc two attacks The first brigade OF
this division under the orders Of General lie Saint Pol,
was 10 take up position i'll the parallels OF Carecn-
ns bay after the attack OF the first two columns; and
The I'd brigade OF the same division, commanded by
General Bison, formed the I'd reserve. Moreover the
ID battalion of the " Of the line, and battalion OF the
6lst under the command Of Lieutenan. Colonel Lnr-
rony dOrion, of the 9th, had been concentrated IN
the ravne of Careenng bay, to turn the enemy and
10 off his retreat after the stornng OF the OHrrd
grs Riancs.
'In the centre the operations were in:ustcd TO Gen
Camou The lst brigade of his division under the
orders of General de Wmpfean, occupied the paral'
lei of the Malnkotf spur: to the right. the Algerian
Rifles Colonel Rose;I in the centre, ;hc 5l;h "f the
liue Col de Brnncl0Gl to the ett, the 81 LouaVcs'
iCol. Polhes.) The III brigade OF the CaInuu d!vs-
ion commanded by Gen. Verge, wa, in reserve IN the
rayine of Carabclnaa, ready take the place OF the
Isl brigade in the parallels Tae division Brunet'
under the orders Of its chief also stationed III tho
Carabennia ravinc, 20 az: second reserve Two
battaous of the Imperial Gusri-ono Of grenadicrs,
the other OF gendarmes-wcrc placed ut the disposal
Of Gen. Camnu tu1 the attack. This ensemble was
completed By the Turkish division OF Osinan iasna;
which the GENERALS nlo, Omar Pasha, had detached
from his army Oh the Tchcruaya, and which took up
O. position on the lnkermau heights.
Sat half.past s o'clock, Lord Raglan was at the
English observatory. myself proceeded TO TILT
trench in front of the Victoria redouot, whence, as
agreed upon with his lrrdship, sent up rockets is
the signal for the attack. Gen. Bosqu", who was at
the battery next the Lancaster battery, had just
received mia last reports. Everything wa, ready the
troops burning with ardor, and perfectly CONT
dent of success.
"As the first rocket went up, the Lavarande bri-
gade, headed by its general, rushed forth from tue
second parallel Of Careening bar, aud, at running
charge, carried tie works OF inc 2L.n oi reofun.y
Despite the fire of grape and musketry It hah 10 iac
during the two hundred yards it had 10 cross, aud
which caused considerable, lnss, the column penetrat-
ed no the battery by the eln5rasures ArV breaches
A bapd-to.hand struggle cusued on every point, d
- ,Eo d..i.nd dnrs,y
we were soon masters of the rntrenchmeat.
"At the sarnv sisuul, and with the same lnpetuosi,
~ dc Fay's brigade rushed up0n the WORK OF "a
nj February. The distance is double, tho ground 70
cross ,nnrr difficult with murder0us faux fire from
the other work: nothing stopped this gallant argade.
|, arrived in dsse body at the bnttery, scaled the
uarnpet uudera rolling fire, and, Jumping into the
work the desperate resistance oi Tue enemy
by our men, the Russians fled IN dlsorder-5ouo To-
wards little battery constructed since the ID OF May
10 defend the entrance to the Careenlng bay raTiuc
and some towards the bridge crossing the bay by
which the ravinc deboucles into the great port Of Se
bastopol. Some of men,, carried away ny the
pursuit of the enemy, seized upon the battery Ot the
u OF May, and spiked the guns. As this battery,
however is 500 metres beyond the work OF "a oi
February the most distant from our lines and placed
under the double protection OF the works ct the en-
reiue and of the iors the north Of the roadstead
II is impossible to think OF occupying It US yet
General Mayran, perccving Russian column
advancing To retake the battery of NE 2d oi Nay
ordered his men to charge with fixed bayonets drove
back the column into the town. aud took sixty prison:
ers including three officers. He rallied his advanced
troons nnd led then, back to the works Of the 2d and
OF the 27,h OF February, which remain defni;vely in
our hands. ,
meanwhile the two battalons concentrated iii the
irvine of Careenny bay, under the orders oi Leue-
ant Colonel Larrouy dOriun, were anything but idle.
Discerning the rnvnc at the moment the attack Was
taking place the ridge, they pushed on us Tar as
the aqllcduct bridge, climbed up the right b"Ik' enc
GU: Oft the retreat Of the enemy driven from Inc hrt
two works. This movement executed with rs much
vigor as skill, and which procure, u. four hundred
prisulcrs including twelve officers, does the hIShest
crcGi, to Lieutenant Colonel Larrouy q ORION W nile
this YVES takns place ON the west side ot Careenns