New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-17


- ,cnrcely difference of opinion in this army. 1.-THE
Russians were indeed about to assault the Msmelon
before dawn be would have been prepared for them
with overwhelming numbers, could have deeimated
bern as they rereated with his artillery, and could
have Immediately attacked position held by beaten
and dispiriied enemy. II they were not prepared 10
attack the Msmeon, but were prepared to resist Us,
the original plan of bombarding them for three
hours before we attacked could not have failed
10 drive them from their works under cover,
ard IN siav great numbers Of them. That
plan was perfectly successful IN the attack on the
Mamelon which was easily taken aftere herce cannon
ade in the open day. which drove the enemy out Of the
works. Although we had silenced many guns in the
Redan we had not senced OF, nor had we touched tue
ships batteries; and Prince Gorchakof tells US daily
and az we find truly, The damage done to us by day
we repair at night" We never searched out the
strength of the Redan on that morning, and the Rus
slams might haye-for all we knew aud kH0U-repaced
every injured gun and have had the battery IN as GOOD
order a. when we opened fire. We were certain OF
success Sir George Brown inflated by the bloodless
conquest Of Kertch and Yenikae, directed the opera
Ops as If the garrison Of Sevasopol were body OF
serfmiliiia. A private memorandum was sent round
the night before the attack 10 officers commanding
regiments &C., TO request them to keep their men
in order, ana to make Them observe silence when
"tbey got inside the Redan till the enemy were
entirely subdued." II does Dot appear why
there was no attack the Russian works our left.
One would certainly have thought that even feu by
the French against the Flagstaff Batteries would have
been attended with advantage. However, these are
points beyond my province aud shall stop here with
he assurance that am expressing the opinions OF 9TH
ers and am not hazardng any one statement OF my
own on a subject Of such vast importance. IL Is ~
impossible TO forget that memorable morning as 1t Is
hopeees TO attempt TO describe what occurred
II will be remembered that re pl an OF attack org
inally proposed that the Ales were 10 open eau
nonrde for three hours on the MsakOh and heda1 az
Ter dawn on the morning OF the lsth that the French
were TO assault the Malako, and that when tey had
oaned possession of were 10 attack The Redsn. As
The latter work is commanded by the 7rmer II "oud not
he possible to carry hold the Maakon was taken
1he manner of our attack was az fOHo"s: Inc
senior bIigades of the Light Division Second Divi.
sion Third Division and Fourth DIVISION were to
furnish each one column OF $50 men, 10 WHO'LL were
;oned 60 sailors and these columns were 70 De en-
Mo, ed against the Redan and the Cemetery ana oa
eres on our left of the Redan, close to the neck OF me
backward Creek. The second brlgadss OF tnese u'i-
s;ons wore 10 be in re erve and the GUARDS brisa'e
ard Highland Brigade were moved up ana kept ~ re-
serge also for an, duty that mg occur Inc @ttack-
ing party of the Second Division was the ony eAyeP
ton to these rules as it was formed OF oIohelI
Lrigades Sir George Brown had the urectoh Oh
the assault The 1850 men in each instance were
formed of 400 men en- the assuming coiumh 10
cover them in case OF lodgment ana 70 IeNe'So
the work 500 men support ana IOV Inemeii vi
slarpshoOers preceding the head ., 'uo a,
column TO keep down the fire OF the batteries ana
Of the enemys Chasseurs, and 80 men carrying WOOL
nacks to bridge over the bitches To these were added
20 sailors bearing scaling-Gdders The Light Divls-
the rceptering angle; the Second Division column
was TO attack the apex of the Redan a. soon as me
Iioht Division and Fourth Division bad carried the
work nj the TANKS the Third DIVISION was 10 a-sau,t
the Cemetery and the Barack Batterie-i ule rou.tn
Division column TO assail the ieft hahk OF tue
Redon M the reenterng angle. The Second DIVISION
was only 10 attack the apex after the Lght DIVISION
and Fourth Division had gained The Hanks and affected
junction along the base OF the works when they
were TO prevent the consequences of forcing strong
body of the enemy from tie tanks into the angle OF
the Redan. The attacking column of the Light Divs-
ion was furnished by the 9TH Fusileers 23d Welsh the
33d Duke of Welington's) Regiment, and 34th kegl-
ment. The stOrmng party was led by Col. Yea OF
the 7th The 18TH nth and sjth Regiments, or the
Second Brigade, were in reserve under Col. Shirley.
Soon after 10 o'clock they moved down from camp
and took ground i'll the trenches under the direction OF
Neor Ualliwell the Deputy Assist8nt-Q uarermaster
Ger eral of the Division The Second Division was
on their left the Fourth Division the left of the
Second Division, and the Third Division on the ex-
irene left. The movement Simultaneous, and the
troope moved off together till they Into the
trenches from which they were to issue forth TO at
tack the dark wall of earth sordted with embrasures
before them.
These embrasures were only too well filed. The
fire which we opened on Sunday morning preliminary
TO the assault was marked by great energy, weight
and destructiveness In the first relief the Quarry
Battery, commanded by Major Strange, threw no less
than 800 s-inch shells into the Redan, which Is only
400 yards distant and the place must have been nearly
few through it. So near are the works that fragments
of our 3nch shells fly back from the Redin into the
Quarry Battery, and on some occasions our men nave
been injured by the splnters of their own shells whlch
have raiated from the inside of the Russian batteries.
Throughout Sunday our artillery frei 1900 rounds
of the leaviest ordnance into the enemies lines, ana
Oh the following day fired II 946 rounds OF saot ana
shell. The Russian fire weak aud wild. Although
they fred good DEAL they kept many pieces masked,
and one six-gun and egh gun battery on The HANKS
of the Rodan silent, and were lett comparatively
unnnoctd by our artlerymen. The only damage hey
did by all their fire ughout the whole OF sunday wac
the demolition of the wheel OF a gun carrlase' Hap
the three hours cannonade and bombardmsnt which
Lord Raglan decided administering TO the RUSSIAN
batteries before we assaulted been delivered 10 men,
ii is very probable that we should have iound out
small body of troops prepared to receive Us az ane par
apets and il mus, be esteemed very unfortunate cir
cumstance that his Lordship was induced 10 ABANDON
bis intention in Difference TO the wishes OF Ueheia re
lissier. General Peissier in requesting the Ehgnsa
General to change the original plan OF attack and to
forestGl the hour which at first agreed upon is
not stated to have assigned any specific reison for the
alteration but il is reported that he wished TO anci-
pate the enemy, who were about, as he was informed,
10 make an assault the Mamelon. He felt too,
that the masses of French whom be had prepared
could not be concealed from the Russians tor any
lene of time, that they would soon be revealed
by the noise which always attends the movements OF
large bodies OF men. Ii would, indeed, have been
impossible 10 conceal the fact of the accumulation of
SO many bGttalions close 10 the Malakoh and their
presence would have been indicated certainly as soon
as dawn and probably earlier.
The Russian column which is said 10 have issued
from MalaEof Just before our assault 10 attack the
Mameon certainly small that II according
TO some merely intended a feint 10 draw out the
French and lead them TO the assault, for which the
enemy were only too well prepared. deserter VINO
came in Yesterday Tuesday has declared that the
garrison have been expecting attack since the
termination of the third bombardnent, aud thai the
allies got the Quarres and tile Mamelon because the
bulk of the Russians concentrated IN the kedan
and Mslakoff, which they thought we should attack