The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-12

pnne ana opedience. Aa though some giant rock nau
into the sea and forced back the waters that
had buGsted it, did tho Russian columns press down
against the spray of soldery which eted their edge
with fre and STEEL and contended in vain against their
weight The struggling band forced back by the enc
who moved crushing FREUD and foe beneath their
sosa Tramp and bleeding, psnting and exhausted our
sheltered themselves behind stones and in bomb craters
in the slope of the work. or tried to pass back to
tet Of tremendous fire. Many of them lost their lives
or seriously wounded in this attempt The scene
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the precipitation with which many brave and gallant fell
lows did not hesitate from plunging headlong upon the
mass Of bayonets, muskes, and sprawng sodiers-the
ladders all knocked down broken that II was
difficult Tor the men to get at the other sde and the
dead the dying, the wounded and the sound all
lying in heaps together The Russians out Of the
embrasures Piled them with stones. grape shot and bay
onet but forced to retire by the fire Of bat
teres and rcmen and under of this fire many OF
our men escaped to the approaches.
FALL OF THE QUARANTINE BATTERIEs-NAvAL
OPERATIONS AGAINST sEBAsTOPOL.
Inc following IL letter from officer who took part
in the naval operations against the Quarantine Batteries
before sebastopol, on the Sth ut:-
Orr sEsAsroPoI, Sept 10On Saturday, the 9th inst,
We were al TO have gone In lat noon) to alta the FORTS
&c, ut the time that the assault was the
Malako Redan and Central Basion but unfortunately
fleet from getting under weigh the great dsappoint
ment Of ALL CaptgWilcox very fortunate in being
conjunction with the Yrench doing good service. The
mortar vessels kept up CONSTANT fire the forts Alex.
ander the Quarantine, and The bastions and
which destructive several places Atnoou
or rather about r MI We observed the French in pos
session OF the Malakot which appeared to have been
carried with and the most success but not
so the Redan Central Basion where both troops
1and the French we're repused with great loss
raj firing ceased towards evening, with only partial
cannonade up to midnight when explosion after explo
sion rapidly succeeded each other in the and out
works. Soon after daylight discovered that the Rus
slams had deserted the south sde and that the whole
place was on fire and their lneofb ships sunk.
During the forenoon Of the 9TH forts Nicholas and Alex
ander were blown the explosions terrific, quite
darkening the place for hours, spreading the mantle Of
destruction for miles around
great number of both French and English met with
dreadful accidents from being too in trying
to penetrate into the burning town. some in search of
plumber, and some from curiosity. This morning the
10th we found all the forts partially blown up and the
town still burning, with occasional explosions. The Rus
slams are very quiet and there is apparenya great panic
among them. Large parties burying their dead in
dep trenches the north side and from the number of
wounded and dead left their defences their loss must
have been enormour-more expect, than they will ever
own All the fleet placed in position to prevent
the possibility OF the Russian steamers making tneir
cape during The night forming Gordon outside OF sebas
tCpo for miles They will probably be destroyed in
day two by the morar-vessels and rocketboats
less they the trouble by sinking them alongside
of the line of battle ships. An armstice of twenty four
hours has been granted after that suppose shall go
to work again. and drive them from the neighborhood
The whole place has desoate appearance and the
quiet which has now taken the place Of the constant boom
ing of guns Is most remarkable.
WHAT THE FRENCH SOLDIERS SAID.
The French indeed have been generous enough to say
that troops behaved with great bravery, and that
they wondered how we kept the Redan so long under
such tremendous fire, but British soldiers rather
accustomed to the nil aimirori under such circum-
stances and praise like that gives pain well plea
sure Many soldiers, Of the opinion to which l have
alluded think that should at once have renewed the
attempt once made and is but small consoInti on to
them to know that General Simpson intended to attack
the Redan the following morning nasnuch as the Rus
slams anticipated probable and by retreat
deprived US of the chance of retrieving reputation
and at the time acknowledged, by their desperate
the completeness OF the success achieved by
our allies.
THE LOssEs--THE WOUNDED AND THEIR TREATMENT.
1t will be seen that no less than 1854 wounded
in the Light Division, and it is most credable TO the
medical olc in charge, Dr. Alexander, and to his
geons, that all these comfortably in bed and
had their wounds dressed and their wants attended to
by O'Clock the same evening The loss Of officers in
Windhams Brigade, and in the portion Of Warren's
Brigade which moved to his support i equally seve
than 7o0 men. The whole loss cannot be estimated at
less than 2 100 or $50 men,
EVACUATION OF THE TowS ny THE RussIANs-rRE
EXPLOSIONS, FIRE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE
FLOATING BRIDGE.
At eight O'Clock night of September st the Rus ,ans
began quietly to withdraw from the town. in the pinci-
pal of which they had previously stored up
busibes in order to render Sebasopol second Moscow
With great art the general kept up fire Of musketry
from BIS advanced posts as though he intended to
morning Of 9th the feet had been skuted and suns h
the exception Of the steamers.
About 49, the men Of the ID division duty in the
trenches observed preernatura silence in the Redan
and some volunteers crept up into it, Nothing could
they hear but The heavy breathing and groans of the
wounded and dying, who with the dead, the sole
occupants OF the place. As the Redan known to he
mined the men were withdrawn, and after wards
T. Russian tactics began to develope themselves
About O'Clock flames we're observed to break out in
different parts of the town. They spread gradually all
over the principal buildings.
AT O'Clock a stupendous explosion behind the elan
shook the whole camp it followed by four other
blossoms equally startling The city was enveloped in
fire and smoke and tore nsunder with the tremendous
4,45 an
GA den batteries blew up Al $50 two Of the southern
forts went up INTO the afr and the effect of these exp,
sions immensely increased by the rush Of great
number OF live shell into the air. which exploded IL AL
directions All this time steady current of infantry
passing in unbr,ken masses To the north side
the bridge and at 64b the last baalions passed over,
and the hill sides opposite alive with their
Several small explosions took place inside the town at
ITO. Columns of black smoke began to rise from The
neghborhood of Fort Paul at 7.l2.
At I15 the connection Of the floating bridge with the
south side severed.
At TIC flames began to ascend from Fort Nicholas.
Al 81 the bridge Goated of in portions to the north
o'clock several violent explosions took place in the
works On our left opposite the French.
The town by THIS time in Of flames, and the
seemed to surpors the very heavens The French kept
up firing guns on the left, probably to keep out strag
sailors in it, and engaged busy in punderng. Mo-
shot Cred to the front and centre. The Vadimlr
and very busy towing boats and stores
across Cavalry and sentlies were sent up to prcyess
any one going into the town, but without much
Visited good portion of the place. Explosions occurred
all through the day. The plumber was enormous.
LAST RALLY OF THE RUSSIANS AT THE MALAKoFf.
The Russians did not however, leave the French in
possession Of the Maakof without grand effort
dislodge them. Between and O'Clock they on,
having drawn up their reserves. Nor had the French
lost their time Mellinets division of tho Imperial
Guard had up and at the time four batteries
of field artillery arrived They lost horses pass
ing the open ground from the Mamclon TO the Malako
and tnmbril exploded just they passing the
former but they bravely advanced and occupied posi-
ton in the rear between the Maakof and the Little Re-
dan. All the efforts OF the Russians unable gain
any advantage it fight in the open field and they
we're no longer match for gallant allies. Besides.
the second line Of the MslakoT works being closed all
round was now turned against them
According to the accounts of prisoners, Immediately
after became clear that the Russians had chance Of
retakpg the Maakof the order for cvacuatng the
whole south side given although the musketry was
continued till late in the evening As the French ad-
vanced into the suburb Of karabelnaia they still found
the Russians who had betaken themselves the ruined
houses in vain attempt to hold out, and numbers OF
their dead were lying in the interior.
AN ALLIED DESCRIPTION OF THE MALAROFF.
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