Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-08-02

aud remained there till the attack failed. The
Fourth Division were guided down by their
active Quartermaster-Ge Col. Wyndham,
and took ground in the trench TO the left but
It would seem as if they attacked little too
near the apex of the Rcdan. Poor Sir John
Campbell seems to have displayed courage
amounting TO rashncss. He sent away Capt.
Hume and Capt Snodgrass his aid de-camp,
gust before he rushed out of the trench, as if
averse to bring them into the danger he med
Hated, and fell 10 the act of cheering on his
men. have in my former letter stated the
losses OF the Fourth Division, and the part
!ney took 10 the fight, dreadful and useless as
It was The 9th, out of 400 men, had more
'nan third killed and wounded, and it became
evident that the contest on the lett w.s aa
hopeless as the fight on the right, and in fifteen
mlnutes all was over. ''''"
BRITlsh tTTAcK ON THE BArrrRrps
brigade'under Major Gen. Eyre which w n"o
destined to occupy the Cemetery and carry the
oar Darraek Batteries, consisted of the 9th. 18th
10Th, 18th, and 44th regiments. -Four yolnn.
'eers from each company were selected to form
advanced party, under Major FieIdep, Of
the oath Regiment, to feel the way and covcr
The advance. The 18th Royal Irish followed
as the stornling regiment The brigade was
turned out at IL o'clock, and proceeded to
= down the road on the left of the Green.
|nf'l battery to the Cemetery, and halted under
cose' while the necessary disposition were
EseJg made for the attack. General Evre
fs,agesslog the 18th said, IL hope, INV men
I'M ''hs moaning you will do something that
u, MI make every cabin in. Ireland ring again !"
i9f reply VASE loud cheer, which instantly
as@ ~'op the !mep shower OF grape. The :
hllsies advanced just as the general attack.
Ta'sss.af and ~ist soidct Freuct, op slss,r ,vs.,
Eushe9at the Cemetery, which was Very fee
defended. They got possession OF that
dee aiter.a slight resistance, witfsnall loss,
ind took soule prisoners but the moment the
e6dly retreated, their batteries opened
heavy FIRE on the place from the left Of the
Redsp and from the Berrack battery. Four
coIG1nes of the 18th at once rushed on out
OF ke Cemetery toward the town, aud actu-
Laffy succeeded in getting possession of the
rAhburb. Capt. Hayman was calamity leading
on his company when he was shot through
the knee. Capt Esmonde followed, and the
men, once established, prepared to defend the
houses they occupied. As they drove the
Russians out. they were pelted with large
stones by the latter on their way up to tho
battery, which quite overhangs the suburb.
The Russians could not depress their guns
sufficiently to fire down on our men, but they
directed a severe hankng fire on them from
an angle of the Redan works. There was
nothing for it but to keep up vigorous fire
from the houses. and to delude the enemy into
the belief that the occupiers were more nu-
merous than they were. Meantime the Rus
slams did their utmost to blow down the houses
with shell and shot, and fred grape incessant-
.Ily; but the soldiers kept close, though they
lost men occasionally, and they were most
materially aided by the fire of the regiments
Fin the Cemetery behind them, which was d.
ERECTED at the Russian embrasures, SO that the
Z enemy could not get out to fire down on the
! houses below. Some of the houses were conf
fortably furnished One of them was as vel
fitted up as most English mansions, the rooms
full Of fine furniture, piano in the drawing
room, and articles of luxury and taste not
dchcieat Our men unfortunately found tina
the cellars we're not empty, and that there
was abundance Of Muscat wine from the south
coast of the Crimea, and of the stronger wines
perfum, with roses and mixed with fruits,
which q grown in the interior, in the better
sorE SAouses. Some of the officers, when
they. ent away, carried off articles OF cloth
ing aud papers DIS proofs of their entrance into
the place, and some others took away pigeons
) and guinea pigs, which were tame in the
> houses. The troops entered the place about
4 O'Clock in the morning, and could not leave
- 1t till O'Clock in the evening. The Russians
!, blew up many Of the houses and set fire tc
Others and when our men retired the flames
- were spreading along the street. The 18TH
!. Regiment lost $50 men.
!, BoRiAL OF THE DEAD.-The Russians threw
~ out along line of sentries along their works
! in front Of the abbatis which guards them
and at the same time we advanced another
!, line Of sentrics opposite the Redan, and thu
! French similar Gordon before the Mamelon
! The officers on duty FASTENED to the interme
\ date space, and the burying and searching
3Iparties came out on their sad duty. TIL
~ Quartermaste-G General and his staff were o.
] the spot, and every precaution was taken tt
Keep officers aud men from crowding about
The men in the trenches were enjoined not t.
!. get up on the parapets, or into the embrasures
;. or TO look over. All officers and men not o
: duty were stopped by the cavalry mile be
!, mind, orFat the boyanx in the trenches. TIL
Russians seened.to be under restraint, also
: but they crowded on the top of the Reda
. and Malakoff parapets and watched the pro
. = ceedings with great interest. walked out Q
u the trench unmolested on the right and rea
= of The Quarries, under the Redan in which W
i have now heavy battery, at the distance {
- 400 yards from the enemy's embrasures. III
of ground slopes down from our attack for som
:. few hunl. ed yards, and then rises again I
J the Rsdan. 1t is covered with long ran
a grass nIsds, with large stones, wit
- tumulr nSpt formation wit
~ hoiesssat Icucm 3 IL or fec
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