The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-08

tluue0 Muco eyDIehn, Qoletly ana bODefIy
sudden fury about three o'clock, and was kept ap
nom that hour to the critical moment vita great
activity. The sfsir issf came of but little after
the anticipated tune. Betw en- 8 and Lord Raglan
and his stan took up ;Ohspi uOus position the
edpe Of the hin below ,he LimekiIn. where IL COM
msnds very plainly orr four gun batters, and looks
straight into the teeth of t1s Rsdan. fsgstsf was
serected with threatening 0stsntaon shortly before
he came down. and iirtle angle OF rude wall was az
hastily thrown up % bresstwork. The man with
the signal rockets IL attendance, but there Was
pause Jet tor while. Sir Colin Campbe6 Vas
observed to psnt himself on che next summit, snlt
legal phrase, the Green Hill His appearance drew
some ire and the shells drop ned and flashed close
by, but without dis o. ring his purpose Of hav-
ing thorough goo lookout place.
1t was half-psst six when the head q the French
attacking column came into view from these two
spots, it climbed It's ar1u road TO the Mameon.
A rocket was instantly thrown up as the signal Of
oor diversion, and 81 pstSufly tho small force OF
oar men detached Tor the post OF honor made rush
at the auarries. Afrse one sight check they drove
" tno Russians, 81 u ming round the gahon8
commenced making themselves snug; but the inte-
rest was 20 eDurey concentrated upon the moro
bad 10 walt good while o~fore attention was d.
rscted to their cor d 90. The French vent up the
steep to the Mamelen l. a most beautiful style
and 10 lo'fe ofder, and ev. stranng O., gas upon
their movements, winch tpr ceclining daylight did
OF throw out into bold rsIief. Still their faures
Ike light shadows lifting across the dun barrier
4 earthworks, wera seen to mount up unfaillrg-
ly-were seen rupDii j., climbing, scrambling like
work, amid giunpibg fipe from the guns, which,
owing to their loose or nason, did them as yet little
damage. Asan officer, VINO saw Bosquet wave them
on, taid at toe mon.ut, "toey went in like clever
pack OF hounds" Ia q moment some Of these dim
wrsiths out clear saInst the sky. The Zouaves
wereupon the pafapes q ing into the place from
above; the next moment flag was up as rallying
point and defiance, ana seen to sway hither and
thither, now up, nov as the tide OF bRttla
rsged round it, aud DOW IKE swarm they were in
The heart Of the Mamsiop, aud iercs hand.to hand
eEcouoter, here Niso the tDu.ket, there with the
bayo1et, was evident. Il wss seven minutes and q
BALI from the commencement OF the enterprise.
Then there canlo Tusb through the angle where
they had entered, ana there was momentary con-
fusion outside. Giod0s, slms idle, some busy, some
wounded, we're coIeotsd % the hither side, stand
ing In shelter. and Ard then to the far coraer
shell flew from the gish battery facing it.
But hardly had the need Of support become mani
fest, and gun or two again flashed from the en-
brasbre against THIN, than tnere was another run
in, another sharp bayonet fight inside and this Tina
the Russians went our, spikiug their guns. Twice
the Russians made head against the current for they
had large mass ct troops ID reserve, covered by
tie guns of the Rsund tower. Twice they were
forced back by the ons Re-pog food OF French, vino
fought az they hsd eyes up On them TO sketch the
swift event In detail FIR ten minutes or 40, the
quick fash and roll OF small had declared that
the uncertain Eight waved and waved inside tho in
closure. Then TIE back door, II one may use an
humbe metaphor, WIS bursi open. The nolBe OF
the conflict went away down the descent towards
the town, and the arena grew larger. It was appa-
rent by the space over which the battle spread that
the Russians had been reinforced. When the high
81 ground again became che seat OF action-wher
there came the second rush of the French back
npon their supports, ;,r the former ona
Was a mere reiux Or eddy of the stream--
when rocket after rocket up 0min0usy from the
French geneyals position, and seemed to emphasize
BY their repetition some very plain communicative
began 70 get nervous. IL was gro Wing darker and
day kerr too, 80 thas With grasses could with
difficulty distinguish the actual state OF affairs.
tner our allies were going IN or out Of the work, and
she stan themselves Rere by no means clear as to
what was going on. At Last, through the twilight,
We discerned that the French xers pouring in. After
the interval Of doubt could gather that the
swell and babble Of the fight was once moro rolling
down the inner face OF the NIL and that the Russians
were conclusively beaten. They are we'll into it
this time" says one TO another, handing over the
glass. The mueket tssnes we're no more to be seen
within It, There wss NJ more tightening of the
heavy guns from the embrasures. A snapeless
hump upon hill. The M.me0n, was an extinct
volcano until sucn time % y should please us 70
hidden struggle Of our own men In the hollow
on the left came Up permost. "How are our'feIlows
getting on ?" say one. "Oh take my word for it,
sheyfe ell right" says another. And they were
right, far a. the occnpsdon and retention If the
quarries was con cetDed, but had, nevertheless, to
fight all night and repei Fix successive attacks Of
the Russsns, who display ed the most singular per-
tinacty and recklessDess Of lie. As 1t grew dark,
cur sdvanced battery, nnier the Green hill, msde
very pretty Practice and pfet.y spectacle, by dip.
ping shes over our mems heads at the Russians.
From the mtsshapen outline OF the pits fringe Of
FIRE kept blazing and sparkli1g In waving art Of
curve, just like ring Of gas Illumination on win
dy night; the attempt to retAke them out of hand
vas desperately pushed, the Russians pouring In q
most terrible discharge o. muskstry, winch caused
rs no small loss; and as It came up the gorge con-
tending with the fresh wind sounded in tne distance
like water guiped simui aneousy r. m Thousand
bottles Meanwhile the fall Of the Mamelon and pur-
combat to an end on tie SIDE Of our allies. The
Zauaves, emboldened by tseir success, and enrAged
by their losses, carried their pro step too far
and diesmt Of getting into the Round Tower by .
sll the intervening hoIliw between it and tie
Msmelon, and the ripple Of musket shots FLASHED
and lesped all over the broad hill side. rhe COM
batants were not enough for victory there too, but
contest contest 10 the eye far more Violent than
that which preceded l.. The liver ITSELF or rather
the inglorious stump Of what was the Round Tower,
took and gave shot and shell and musketry With the
most savage ardor and rspidity. The fre of its
mushetry was ike one shef OF fsme. rolling
backwards and forwards with dancing move.
ment; and, divorced as it vas BY tse dis
tsnce, and seen by rs in profile. could scarcely
the notes Of piano fasned into fire throughout
some rapid tune. Our gunners observing the dura-
ton End aim Of the skirmisb, redoubed their exer
ti0ps, and flung their shells into the Rouud Tower
with admirable precision, doing immense mischief
to the defenders. IL vas dark nov, and every one
OF them came ont against .oe heavens as ii rose or
swooped From Goidoa's Battery and the Second
Parallel they STRAINED and plunged one altar an
Their into the encente no 10 which t1e Zouaves had
won their way unsupported hersIded every now and
then by the prompt and decisive ring of round
shot. The Russian defence, rather tban their de-
fences, crumbIed away before this tremendous Ere,
but on the other hand the attack not being fed al
II was not designed, began TO languish, and died
gradually away.
The victory, however, WAS not yet won, for the
Russians, reinforced from the Malaknof Tower,
attacked stooty on their side, supported at the
same time by the heavy guns of the Tower
aud the eightgun battery on the other side.
They possessed themselves Of tho trench connect
ing the Hamelon wish the Tower, and opened q
heavy nusketry fire. One could see quite plainly
how the reinforcements ran ont OF the Malakhofr
and hanfaned To accunu adxancod srench