The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-19

french TO retfievs the fortune of the day. From tho
Malakoft to the extreme left of the Redan-a space
oi about miIe-whole clouds OF q ime burst long
tne line from the sustained discharges OF some two
hundred cannon. whilst musketry filed up the short
intervals from both our own and the enemvs
ground The night was pfch dark, as the storm OF
sneiis whistsd through the air, nothing could be
gesLder than the fiery parabolas of these terrible
nsesengers from battery to redoubf, and from re.
doubt bsck again to battery.
10 was sgoniziugto see the wounded men who
were lying there under broiling sun parced with
excrueisting thirst recked with fever and apoBi
zsd with pain-to behold them waving their CAPS
faintly or making signals towards our lines over
which they coaid see she white dag waving. and
BOT DE able to help them. They lsy where they
ieii, Or had scrambled into the holes formed by
snei!s; and there they had been for 30 hours oh!
now long end how dreadful In heir weariuess. An
ohcer told me that one soldier who close to the
ahettis when he saw a few men come out of an
emorasure raised htrnself on bis elbow, and fear
ing he should be uUnoticed and passed by, raised
MS cap on stick and waved it till be fell back ex-
haustsd.
1As ATTACK ON THE PART OF THE FRENcH-AN.
OTHER ACCOUNT
A3other correspondent OF the Daily News says
About three O'Clock the French advanced to The
TACK OF the Malakoff and few minutes after
the signal WAS made for our own rush on the he
dan. By some uuaccountsble bluuderine the Gov
erius party oct ahead of the ssormers, and imme-
dtate confusion was the result. Instead OF making
ior their asssnedipoinfs OF attack at the three
moved on into the fire. Fearful was the reception
that awaited them. From out of every embrasure
whose guns we had thought silenced during the
day, an iron shower OF grape ard canister vom,
Hed iortn o5solating effect Knocking down dozens
for every gun, and adding panic to the pre- viously
existing confusion. Many of the men present were
raw recruits recently drafted from the depors Ia
England But even had they been veterans they
could not have advanced under so t., iicaly ami
hila'ins storm as met them along the whole
front
The supporting party then dsshed on to join hem;
but they, too were com ed with ,hatte red rank,
to see shelter behind the broken breast works of
the old Russian trenches before the Redap. whers
they ay for several hours inte rls shots
with the ensmys musketsers, who advanced within
and along the parapet Of the works and, seeing ey.
erYthng lost ths commanders of the several parties
that was found impracticaoe till our guns by a ter
rife fire had thrown oH the enemy's pieces from the
grape and canister shot, when our men were grad
usy enc bled to escape back out of hce, and 60 off
the field altogether, msuled and cut up more than
they would have been after ordinary general &C.
tion and this without having done single injury of
importance to the enemy. The 4th column, under
General Eyre, had, in the meantime, effected the
proposed lodgment 30 completely that they got in
the gsuutIett of similar fusads of grape to that
which hsd swept down 30 many of their comrades
can only hope to escape during the night.
? STIRRING SPECTACLE.
l have neither time nor power to describe the
magnificent but awful pyrotechaic scene. A badly
aimed shell from the Msl4ketf passed high over the
Msmelon, and fell some sixty yards from where
Stood but though this was safe enough, l deemed it
best TO shit my ground, AID retired. a loud
18th times three" upon the mdni ht air from
the direction of the Redar; and ore can never be
mistaken in this peculiar product of British lungs
jumped to the pleasant conclusion that the days
stain had been wiped away and that the Redsn was
our own. was however, mistaken; and the expla-
nation of the whole affair this dufiag The mig ht
the French, endeavorDg to take advantage of the
darkness had orept oat from the Mamelon ecover
number of scaling ladders which they bad been
cOmpeIIeQ to abandon during the attack he Rus
slams perceived them, and opened q smart fire of
grape from the guns of the Maakoff, which was re-
peated by she'll from the msmeIon. Almost stimuli
taueously, party of the enemy emerged from the
Redan, in expectation of Whist they deemed a smi
ing perceived by cur men, volley of musketfy was
p jursd into them and chase given with the bayoaet
and 1t was at this jancture that the harrshs have
msutioned were sent after them. After this the
esnnonade was kept up for some time from both
lines, Ia the manner have remarked.
BUkYING THE DEAD
Next morning there was hardly gun fired on
either SIDE; and about twelve O'clock we hoigted
sg to request The necessary truce for the burial of
dead delay Of some minutes having occurred
before answer was given-but during which mes
wards where we supposed the general of the Rus
sian trenches to be-hs wi,eaere of an offi.,r in
command on our aide, guardsmsn of more h. aht
than apparent intelligence, ordered the flag to be
pulled down.
Five minutes after, several Russian officers mpupt
ed the parapet and waived their caps, if inviting
as to renew the request; but Captain - refused
alleging that he must wait for further otders;' and
this, though many of our poor wounded fellows
were lying within sight wrthing in pain and thirst
under broiling sun! Further orders" waited
for" and truce again asked till 4 o. clock
when it was at once granted. aud wheu our dead
and wounded, the latter in most painful state,
brought ia.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS.
The Russians threw out an advanced line of sen
tries to keep of prying eyes from the Reian, and
similar ecauion having been taken side the
neutral space was thus narrowed greatly, TIE
scenes of battle carnage have been often enough
described SO need only say that this like the
rest hsrrowins to look on. Dead and dying lie all
the ground.
During this proceeding number of Russian Off
GERS mingled amongst our party and as several of
them spoke English haentlY, good deal was said
Their pumping inclination however, mark
ed as in most cases to defeat itself; though Of
officers guilty of ths indiscreton of inform
ing very suavs nterrogator that their grape did sad
injury 10 men in possession of the lately taken
Quarriss-a remark which procured his instant order
to the rear by General Airey.
1t was by one of these polite foes that the enquiry
wss made of an Englishman al my side whether
our generals had really been drunk during the
resent assault" The Russians having helped us to
gather in the dead, the whole sad duty wNs soon
performed, and the truce brought to an end. Since
then nothing of interest has occur ed and the firms
has nearly been suspended altogether.
Colonel Yeas BODY was found near the sbattis
the right OF the Redan his boots and epauiettes
were gone, but otherwise his clothing was untouch.
ed His he ad was greatly swollen, and his features,
aud hue manly face it had been, was nearly undis-
tin suish able.
Col Shadforths remains were Uncovered in sim.
liar state
The shattered frame of Sir John Campbell lay
close up to he abattas. His swerd and boots were
taken but the former Is said to be in the Light Dv
sion Camp 1t 10 likely he was carried away from
the spot where he fell up to the ditch of the sbat-
for the facility of ching the body he could
not have got far in advance the place here he
lay. Already his remains were decomposing fast,
and his face much dishsured
THE Losses THE ALLIES
1t appears from statements in the Paris papers
that the losses Of the allies in the affair of the 18th
June were much heavier than the previous advices
led to suppose TIE Union states that ths French
had upwards of 5 600 men put hors de combat We
have authentic details as yet of the British
sties We Learn from these last accounts W hat e
did not know bsfore-that the combined squadrons
took part in the general attack and lost oonder,
BILE number of men. Among the wounded was Capt
Lyons uf the Mirand whose death was reported
| by the last steamer. Tho Sdon had men killed
and III wounded.
AZcFF.
Nothing now from the of AZoh. On the 18th
the English steamer Ripon arrived with 253 inhsbi
tants of kertsh. including men, women, old pereopI
and children. This part of the population OF kerset
have been gu srtered at the English sdmrsltv. Ha
ziz Pacha has offered khan to lodge them. The ex
pspse Of their subsistence 10 provisonally at tht
charge of the English government. r
VICTIM OF JEALousY.-A young man by th,
| name Of George Potts hung himself Ia Johnson
burg Warren County N. j., on the 5,h instant In
| ht of jealously. He had been married but clever
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