The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-18

the Maakoh being undertaken 81 ne Fronth aad ~ ~
dan by ourselves The hrst manifest asaAfaala4s y sls
arrangement was the spreading " oar oFcss ofV 4 4
difficulties nearly doahen extent and enabling u ensoy
to bring vast number u guns INTO play Asainti -
which, In the former case could net have tnlufet nae
To vastly enhance the chances u failure iuxayst Ia
plan 10 ourselves whole attacking iofce itclodlng
supports and everybody else was limited ~ Some four
thousand meg whilst the Preach. with waeh lasieI
appreciation OF the difficulty that cell 10 their shs oe
OH twenty-five thousand.
BLUSDEE Msa0 VIM
OF our handful again large proportion eonslsied -
recruits recently arrived 70 gu up thf gays tn ~
regiments selected for the sersicereglmens which via
one or two exceptions have borne the whole brun ~
trench fgh,ing aud suffered accordingly lhs was doas
through want of old soldiers o. whom The THIRD and
fourth divisions could have furnished Sbapdancomsa
who have been kept comparatively idle whilst their
rades OF the light and second divisions have bu worked
like galeysayes. Sir George Brown beiiese . 70 b.
thanked for this selection anxious he gain fresh
laures for his command, though he well knew the
Eaaere of which large proportion Of lie strength y
composed. have already mentioned that the I'D Icsi-
ment had been chosen 10 lead the attack and u through
similar motive Of mistaken desire TO bring glory 70 his
own iayorite corps, General Airey was at the eleventh
hour permitted to assign this place OF honor % the 34h
regiment which, whether Justly not, enjoys only
moderate reputation amongst the others now IA camp
FURTHER MISTAKES.
Later still in the evening preceding the assault sir
George discovered that the major commanding the 23d
still laid up with wound received in the attack -
the Quarres and that the senior eaptanan officer ~
the way, OF eighteen years serviec-would la 3
charge OF the during the SlormlnE "inpoSslDt
this viii never do said the friend Of apoplecc neck iurn
ture, another regiment with field officer in command
must be substituted"
message to this effect was elegraphed to headquar-
tiers but Lord Raglan with degree Of common sense
which quite unmiitary, overrued his seconds ohje
ton, and replied that an officer OF Captain s lengtd
of service be his rank what it might should be quite ht
to lead his regiment into action as any field officer in the
service and, accordingly that substitution should be
made merely mention these trifes to show the state OF
uncertainty and confusion in which preparations
till almost within hour before the assaulting force
marched down towards the of its struggle and de-
feat
REFLECTION ON PELIssIER
Then another deviation from the original plan OF the
tack made also at the eleventh hour by General Pc
ssier, to which both military sense and common sense
agree attribung small share of both the French and
failure Though the bombardment had been kept
up vigorously the whole Of Sunday night necessarily
PEELED slackenng of the allied fire, and during this
spite there to expect that the Russians would
employ themselves in making good the injuries done
their batteries during the day 1t was therefore arranged
that daybreak Monday terrific fire Of shot and shell
should be poured into the Redan and Maakot to render
many of their guns possible incapable of mischief
An hour or so, however, before the combined forces
marched from the camp the French comnandern-chief
rode headquarters and declared that he
could not wait for this preliminary assault OF artillery
he would have many men in his trenches before the
Maakof that there would be for them, and,
sequeniy they land we) must attack daybreak at all
hazards and take the chance of finding the enemys guns
in the most favorable condition in which our lombard
and their owners subsequent deness might havelet
them.
PREDICTED
Ofcourse Lord Raglan complied though forty-nine
of fifty Of the subaerns in his camp would have fore
told the consequences to be expected and accordingly
after the FIRST streaks of sunlight broke the hor
izon the doomed thousands rushed to defeat and death
So little is known of the details of French operations
here that give yon few particulars Of the attack
the Maako but their plan of assault appears to have
consisted in assaulting the work both tanks and the
front simultaneously, and with overwhelming numbers
twenty-five thousand are said to have been engaged
THE BoMRAgpNRar nEeuS
In lust retrbuon for the disregard of their general
the good be expected from short mornings lombard
ment they found the redoubs swarming with defenders
and guns brising from every embrasure. On hem
own men, soers Of grape and canister were poured
out leraHj nocag doun schokc 5atalons at time; whilst
from along the whole scmi-circuar line Of paapet the
crowd ofrifemen sent voey after volley into their dis
ordered ranks that passed through them like sheet Of
molten lead Three times they gave way, and often
rallied but finally driven back after struggle of
some three hours and half leaving the space between the
Mamelon and Maakof literally covered with the dead end
dying. ih
An AWFUL SCENE
With our own men the space to be passed from
most advanced trenches to the RedaaAaas where
about hundred yards and from the first moment of
their rushing over the Parapet towards the point Of attack
they met by the awful and annhilatng
storm of canister and grape Many fell within the first
dozen yards and thence to broken ground about
midway in which the remainder sought cover the field
was strewed with the slain and wounded An officer pres
ent in the affair." and who of the few who escaped
uninured, described the fire being perfectly awful
much he assured me- than that which greeted
our men at Alma where he also fought and received
wound Few Of them reached the aas in of the
worknone believe, the deep ditch which
protects its approaches
THE REPULsE COMPLETE
have already mentioned the confusion which character
lied the commencement of movement aud coup
ling this with the murderous preparations made by the
enemy YOU will be at loss understand that
was improbable shall presently mention what the
Russians thought OF generahip repeated in my
hearing by of themselves During the whole af
fair Lord Raglan and Sir G. Brown ensconced within
our s-gun battery but though this afforded good view
of the the struggle and the disorder which marked
IT, for some reasons unknown to unnitated spectators
they appeared unable give any efficient directions for the
correction of our multiplied blundcrs When the sad
was ended our struggled back by every safe
to the camp in of dspired confusion well in keep
ing with the mobilize disorder in which they had been
throughout the assault
Igpi6sArIoS GENERALS
/ know not what may have becu the feelings of your
home public reading the Geographic of our de-
feaor presume the scrbes al headquarters made at
tempt TO conceal the naked fact that rcpulse
neither more nor less than q defeat-but here mingled
shame and Indignation general throughout the camp
Officers and alike felt that disgrace had been incurred
acement Of their generals From drum-boys colonies
sense Of humiliation filed every breast the deeper that
every body was sensible that neither regimenta
officers had shown themselves deficient in what under
proper guidance, would have commanded success.
THE cANSosADE RESUMED.
About midnight of Monday reused up by the