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se@~ Tue malakon round tower "a reRarde.
s' the ksy Of the dsfencas, and hence he en-
ergy Of the Russians in strengthening il. Con
'iderably in advance Of the tower is the eleva
ted mouOdOr bill. now called the 'MamelOn.
on which the besieged are erecting batter,
OF great strength. A little futher in adyane
Is the euinencs recently siezed 80 skiIiuIly b,
the Russians. and fortified with easthworks
Il Is now crowned by square redoubt, viii
hi1een guns visible on lis three Outwar,
sldes,-but they hsVe not yet opened fire.
Outside Of these defences are the rife pits
The Russian batteries ct Inkerman, their fort
on the other side Of the Tchernays, and III,
works Of MalakOf, cover the redoubt. and con
verge on The approaches in front Of Il. Thi,
explanation will convey an idea of the position
(which The French nightly contest.
f!iehting in the Pits.--During the night Of
MarcS IA, ithere was fierce affair. The Rus
slams had aGiyancssd some riasmen, in front Of
the French lines, who cac'sd considerable an
nOyance. When night fell, ttsmi-brigade Of
French went down and drove them out All
the city batteries along the front Immediately
opened, and continued furious cannOnads 10:
half an hour, during which a strong force of
the enemy advanced on the French and com.
PEELED them to retire, with the loss of 65 men.
The Russians re-Occupied The pits.
In the night Of the 18th, the French renewed
the attack and succeeded. with comparatively
little loss, in driving out the enemy's riaemen,
and occupying the pits as their own. The
French continued TO hold those on the right.
under heavy fire, over the IS and l7t6 of
March.
Night Of the l7th, another encounter took
place. AT SIX and half o'clock in the evening
the French, who had retired before the FIRE
from the batteries, marched down to re-occuuv
the ambuscades, but found the Russians had
anticipated them. A fierce conflict immediate.
| ly commenced, but it was evident the Russians
were in strong force, and the French were a
gain and again borne back by the weight ofire.
For four hours and half they persevered in
their attempts, and all that time a continuous
roll of musketry rang out, broken only By
brief pauses in the advance. In these lulis
the British could distinctly hear the voices of
the French officers cheering on their men, En-
0Udnt, mes en-, ans? En,aVaRt Zouauss !'-and
the tramp of feet and the rush Of men followed;
then roll OF musketry was heard, diminishing
in volume to rapid 6ghting--then Russian
cheer-then more musketry, a few dropping
shots. and the voices of the officers once more.
The Zouaves bore the brunt Of the fight, and
the action was somewhat peculiar, as artillery
took no part in it. The British Cd, 3D., 4th.
and light divisions we're told off for action,
and The entire British camp remained under
arms until the French desisted fl ON their at.
tack, but as the gallant French make it a
point of honor to take those pits without aid,
no assistance was offered The French were
5000 strong, and they state their loss at $50
killed and wounded, besides few prisoners.
On the 18th reinforcement of $4,000 men
entered Sevastopol. None Of the Russian bat
teries fired shot. The Russians continue to
throw up defences from the ravines of the Ink.
erman to the sea side south of the Belbek.--
To-day another body of Russians, apparently
about 5000 strong, was observed to march
towards Mackenzie's Farm, and were reported
to haze crossed the Tchernhys and advanced
upon Bsidar.
AT o'clock p. NJ. on the 18th. Gen. Can
robert with small escort, passed down to
WoronsoW road, by the British right attack,
and carefully examined the pits At nightfall
a strong force of French, with six field pieces,
was moved down on the left of their extreme
right, and another unsuccessful attempt was
made to take the pits from the Russians. AZ
Ter some hours heavy firing of artillery and
small arms, both parties Withdrew. Three un-
successful attacks were made by the French
ere morning, Their loss was aDOut one hun
dred and eighty.
March 23-We had last Light most hotly
contested combat, opposite the MalakOff Tower
About II o'clock at night the enemy atte mp
ted general sortie on the side, in which he
appears to have employed no less than fifteen
battalions, stated by the Russian prisoners to
be each 1000 strong. These troops. divided
into two columns, advanced in body and
with savage bowling attacked The head Of the
roadway we have already formed in front of
our parallel for reaching the ambuscades pre-
viously occupied b. the enemy, ambuscades
which it is our intention to connect strongly
VIII OuC ahObnOIBe 80 as w MAKE u tuotu u
place d. armes, Repulsed three times, land three
times led back by their officers, the Russians
were compelled to abandon their plan of ocCu-
pying this point, which was defended by some
companies Of the Sd Regiment of ZOaaves,
under the command of Lieut.. Col. Banon. The
combat there was obstinate and has cost us
dear, but has inflicted on The enemy losses far
greater than ours, and proporlioned to the
masses he brought up
The efforts of the enemy, who could only
pull down the still empty gabions, al this spot,
beng without effect, were next directed against
the left of our parallel, toward the ravine of
Karahelnia, where he was warmly received BY
fire of musketry. and was unable 10 penetrate
He then. suddenly threw himself upon the
right of the EAglish parallel. contrived to
cross the works, and found himself in theresr
Of our left, which for an instant was exposed
to q. .murderous Gre in reverse. General Au-
temarre, who commanded in the trench, made
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