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CIV on THE LIGHT DIVISION, June IL, 1885,
rnn DAYS or more before this reaches yoa the cleo
a., telegraph viii have given you the news that Sc
,.tonol hos been again bombarded and stormed-
rrsucccssfully. Soften down the humiating fact as
mat obedient messenger may, have TO report the
n.Lad truth and apprise you that we have received
an uu,edeemed ard undenisble check, which not in
adequately balances accounts between the enemy and
or.Ives for at least Of three general actions
souob, and won since we set foot in the Crmea lit
smooth away the unpleasant results Of defeat by
ooncealiDg losses on our own side and undertaking
brave deeds lerfoned and substantial benefits gained
by the enemy, were In any way compatible with me
duty Of whom some, at least, of the home pub
lie are dependent for their knowledge OF what occurs
here might attempt 10 give softening coiorig 10
the affair which would be more . Official than
siraig hiorward in The element Of naked truh. beaien
we have been however. as the following unVarDlshed
narrative of the whole matter from first 10 last will es
fssh-n the face OF every statement TO the contrary,
from those whom either official OF other uhWnnSheoS
TO the fact may induce to represent Otherwise.
In one Of the closing paragraphs OF my last letter
mentioned that camp rumor and significant movement
of troops toward the 'front.' justified the expectation OF
early and decisive action against the town; and the
mail that bore my dispatch was not half way across
The Black Sea before the guns along the whole line of
attack opened FIRE for third general b0mbardment.
This took place about dawn yesterday morning. vixen
shower Of heavy shot and shell began 70 be poured
Redan which seemed 10 render it impossible for any
men who ever breathed TO work replying guns for an
hour. Work them, however, the Russians dldi ana
till well Oh IN the forenoon they gave us Roland Tor
"an Oliver" from every embrasure from which they
could point gun. About noon their hre slackened
and from tie Malakoh especialy-on which the French
were keeping up perfect food of shot and shell from
The adjacch 1T Mamelon-Only an odd discharge from
solitary couple of guns replied TO the storm
tbst burst from along the line OF the Allies
batteries; the Redon was rather brlsker, but be
2. Ia.I ia
oniens from tie wel-direcied fire of Our own batteries
on lie frobt and the belief general that ITS guns
were deprived OF further power Tor HARM Inc Russian
shipping still lay out in the harbor in position OF very
tempting exposure; but request having been made
TO lord Raglan, carly in the day, TO spare them on
the ground of there biDg sick on board his lordsmP
with lis usual and characteristic readiness 10 comply
with the wishes Of the hostile general gave orders TO
that effect and the six liners and eight or ten steam
ers and smaller craft Oated safely through the storm
that ragged around. Five hundred rounds gun had
been served round 10 the batteries and from TINS am
ole store poured out an ince.sant shower OF SHOT
and shell-mainly against the Malakoif and Redan-
which fell thckly within the enemys enclosures as
any anii-Muscovite spectator from the nights IN front
of our division could desire In fact the reyerDerang
hundere Of the discharges broke upon the ear not IN
single sounds but in one long deafening rumble III
which difficult to distinguish the separate peals
The Victoria FRENCH rocket battery kept sending It's
terrible messengers meanwhile into the TO and occa-
sionally among the shipping, but with what result in
the latter direction WAS unable TO ascertain Inc
plan of the allied Generals being to eifectuay silence
the two main works of the enemy before stOrmng the
fire was vigorously kept up with both shot ana smell
ill sunset when the practice confined to the NOR
tars by which, however the enemy received SUN
silently warm continuation of explosive compliments
from both ourselves and the French.
Such in brief was the character of the bombard-
ment IN oughout the day-unceasng, and apparently
in every way satisfactory in its results so far as
can ascertain at this carly hour after the unfortunate
affair the original design of the allied generals was
H. tI.IUi .H xvainH
TO make Joint attack upon inc Malakon- wh.ch
taken. the Redan could be no longer held by the
enemy The English were TO assault II on the south
west side, while the French stormed on the north
east another column simultaneously making fent
against the Redan TO keep those of its Hawking guns
which might be sill unslenced from annoying the
assailans of the Malakof. Our force to be engaged
was TO consist of three attacking parties OF 400
each, and the same number OF working parties OF
200 each Such was the arrangement 30 far as
ANYTHING was known of IL among the qaldanAcs
of the camp till late last evening. 1t then, however
became rumOred that the whole plan had been a.
tcred and that the French were TO have the Malakon
10 themselves while we made threefold attack on
the Redan at Its salient anu two reentering angles
This was the case Our force was to consist oil -FOUR
columns for each Of the points OF attack composed
of an engineer officer and ten sappers, covering
marty of one hundred rifles fifty men with woODags,
100 isailos) with scalng-laddors, 400 main sorners'
a supporting force of 500, and working party oil 4O!,
with a fofith TO advance and threaten the enemys
works at the head of the DOckyGrd Creek and II pos
sihe effect Judgment in the ruined buildings on tnat
side of the town. Accordingly about midnight me
troops told of for these services paradea ana nsreneu
down fiom the camp by the r4vines which lead from
the font TO the several directions above mentioned
/ sbould remark that the -23d Regiment had been
chosen 10 lead the storming; but shortly atter
o'clock-an hour after the affair began-uen Arey
sueceeded in having this honor transferred 10 the S4'n
b;s own old REGIMENT with what result Will be SEEN
About 2 o'clock the French advanced TO the aitack
of the Maakoif, and few minutes alter the signal
was m ede for our own 10 rush on the Rcdan By some
unaccouniable laundering the covering parry got
ahead of the stOrmers, TO whom report ATTRIBUTES no
great haste in advancing, ana immaculate coLluson
MAS The result. Equally unexpGinable s the TACT
that instead of making for their assigned points OF
attack al the three angles above speclhed, the
parties jumblod into one, and IN tins state moved
on into fire. Fearful then was the reception
that awaited them. From out every emOrasure-
whose guns we had fondly thought sienced during the
day-an iron shower of grape and canister was Nomed
forth with desolating effect, knocking down uo@ehs
for every gun, and adding panic TO the previously eA-
istine confusion. may mention, IN partial explana-
ton that many of the presen, were raw recruits,
rccently drafted from the depois in Engandi but even
had they been veterans OF many hard-iought cam
psien thew could not have advanced under so teinc
and annihilang a storm met them along the whOe
front Seeing the sad plight OF the stormerS ana ich
coyerers the supporting party then dashed on 10 ION
them. but thew too were compelled, with sadly shat
tered ranks to seek shelter behind the broken breast
works of the OLD Russian trenches before the kedan
where they lay for several hours interchangng nhe
shots with the enemy's musketeers, who swarmed
within and along the parapeis OF the work Seeing
everything lost the commanders OF the several parties
gave tie order to r, tire early in the morning, but that
was fop ad impracticabe till guns, by terrific hre
had drawn of the enemys pieces IRON their grape ana
canister practice, when our men were gradualiy on
shed to escape back out Of fire, and 80 on the Held at
topethcr-mauled and cut up more than they would
have been after an ordinary general action, and tins
without having done single injury Of Importance to