New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-09

when tue DnlIC eIlttAH.
1ronrJ gain beceme the seat Of action, then there
cpu the second rush OF the French BACK upon lnen
supports, for the former one was mere Ieh"A VI euy
of The stream. When rocket after rocket won. w
ouirously from the French Generals POSITION ana
seemed to smphasize by Their repetition some very
main command, we begsn to get nervous. III was
rrow darker and darker too 80 that with our glasses
We could with difficulty distinguish the au,l state oi
affairs There was even a dispute for some tiins as 10
whether our allies going IN or out OF the "orSs'
and n staff themselves were by DO means clear AZ 10
what was going on. At las through the twilight We
di.cerfe. tie French were pouring M Ai1er me IN,
erval of doNbt our ears could gather thSt 'ne sven
apdbabble of the fight was once more roilinS uo"h
the inner face of the hill and that the Russians were
couclusiyely beaten. "Iley are wen INTO u tns
tine. saws one to auo;her banding over the glass
The mutkethashes were no more 10 oe seen WIFI
in H. There was more lig htinng OF the heaNy
pul : from the en-. brssuns. shapeess hnmp upon
ILL., tie Mnmelon was an extinct volcano, uhth suih
time it should please Us 70 call II again mo acton
lien al last, the more hidden suusg'e OF QUIZ own
men in tie hollow on the left came upperm0st " how
are our fellows getting on = says one. Oh take
" NY word ior it, they re all right. says another
And they right far as the occupation and re-
teuion Of the qpaTTiss concerned, but hal ne
yerheless to fight all nieht and repel six successive at
tacks of the kussians who displayed the most stu
guar periinacity reckiessness OF lie Asst grew
dark our aJvsIced battery under The Green Hill nude
very pretty practice and pretty spectacle by Tipping
sh, is over eur mems heads at the Russians. From
tie MISTAKEN outline OF the pits fringe 81 FIRE kept
blsziug and sparkling IL waving Fort OF curve, Just
Ike ling OF as illumination Oh WINDY n4gh'i the
attemp, 10 tale them out Of hand was desperately
pushed, the Russians pouring in most terrific dis
charge of muskeuy, which caused Us TO small loss,
ard ss It ceue up the Jorge, extending wlh me trssh
wind sounded in the distance ike water gulpet stimuli
taleously from thousand bottles. Meanwhile the
fall of the Mamelon, and the pursuit OF tue hyg zoe,
did not by any means brug TIE COMBAT 10 an ehd on
the side OF our Allies. Tie ZOuayes, emboldened by
their success, ard enrsged by ther losses, car
Il
of getting INTO the Round Tower by coup
de man A new crop of battle grew up over
ali the intervening hollow between 1t aud the
Wnn,e,op and the ripple of musket-sbots FLASHED and
Loo, cd IN over the broad hillside. The combatants
were not enough for victory there too, but they were
enough for a sansumary aud prolonged contests
CONT ST 10 the eye far more violent IMAM lat when
preceded IT, The tower II elf or rather the lnsorous
slnn,n of what was the Round Tower, took and gave
shot and shell and muskeuy with the most savage
ardor and rd1idity. Tie fire of the muskery was like
one sheet of fame rolling backward and forward with
a dancing movement, and dwaried as II was oy the
distance and seen by in profile, could scarcely be
conuaed 10 anything small or large, except the notes
of a D ano nasld into fire throughout some rapid tune
Our guunels observing the duration ana ann OF the
sknmish redoubed their excrtl0ns, aud Hung thetr
shells into the Round Flower with admirable precision
doing immenee mischief 10 the defenders II was dark
now and every one of them came our against the
heavens p q il rose OF swOopcd. From GOrdons bat
ry and the second parallel they streamod and plunged
;rto tie eucenie up to which the IOuayes had won
their way unsupported herdlJed every now and then
bv the prompt and decisive ring OF round shot. Inc
Russian defense rather than their defeuses, crumbed
ovav before the tremendous fire, but, on the other
hand the attack not being fed as II was not designed,
leaan TO languish, and died gradually away. 1t was
drawn battle far, but there may be another story
to.morrow learn that one volunteer accompanied
tho French in their attack on the Mamelon-Com-
mander De riman Of the Caradoc-who conducted
him self e,. rrai ZoaaUe-skmished up to the outer
defens,s of the Round Tower and escaped 10y half an
L hull tbrouOh HIS hpnl- His services
and his insignia were neither sufficiently known 20
convince some of the more suspicious of ms fellow
combatants. He was twice marched of as a captured
Russian between two soldiers.
June s-During the night repeated attacks, six in
ALL we're nude upon men in the quarries, who de-
Tended their new acquisition with The u most courage
and uertipacty and at great sacrifice OF life, against
sureror numbers, continually repenished. The
strength of the party told off for the attack in all
only 1000, of whom 600 were i'll support AT the
commencement only 200 went ill., and another 200 fol-
lowed. More than once there was fierce hand to-
hand FIGHT In the pOst itself, and fellows had
freque y 10 dash out in front and take their assaians
in flank. The most murder0us sortie OF the enemy
took place about O'Clock in the mornings then the
whole ravme was lighted up with blaze OF ire, and
q storm of shot thrown in from the Strand Battery and
every other SPOT within range with a larger body in
reserve it II not doubtful that they could have been
into the ReSen in twiuklng. This Is asserted freely
both 10y officers and pnvaesi aud the latter ex rress
| their opinion in no complimentary manner. They
were near enough up TO II 10 see that 1t was scarcely
defended; and officer lost bis life almost within It,
Generally speaking the Russian gunners not very
active hroui the night indeed, there was little to
them to DO and they evidently shy of throwing
| away amuuition. On the other hand, their fatigue
parties busy bees repairing and strengthen
ing their shaken defenses and the sentinel outside ou
advanced works ia near enough TO hear the sound Of
their tools and the light their tobaccopipes The
French on the other hand were losing no time in the
| Mamelon, in which, by theby, they found only seven
| guns, five of them spiked. When morni. dawned,
| With the wind blowing even stronger than yesterday
the pOsiioD held by both parties was one OF expecta
ton. The French were in great force within and on
the outer slopes Of the MameoD, Al also in posses
sion Of two out of three offsets attached to the Nam
! eon on the the Saponr chill Their dead were seen
lying mixed with Russians upon the broken ground
outside the Malakoff Tower, aud were being carried
up to camp in slack succession. On the of the
Mameon their efforts 10 entrench themselves were be-
ing occasionally interrupted by shells from the ships IN
babor and from q battery not hitherto known to exist
| down the bill, while their left 'front.' the Round
Tower, showing still its formidable platforms of de-
Tense, and its ragged embrasure above, fired upon
their working parties in the western face and upon
| their reserves in the background The morn
ing brought out every side along with the percep
ton of advantage gained, and prey lying at our feet
all the haste and circumstance of the scene with its
! painful admi1tuIe of death and suffering. On oui
side sos rank and file and IS officers had been killed
and wounded. On the French side nearly double the
number of officers and total OF not less than 500
men, probably lthas been stated as high as 700
but there must be in the statement. The ammuni
tion-wegons the ambulanee-carts, the French mules,
with their panniers full reigh'ed thronged the ravine
below light division, which is he straight rather
! the crooked road down to the attack on the right.
/ Troops of wounded men came slowly up, some En-.
glish the greater portion French, begrimed with the
| dust of battle On the left party OF Zouaves had
stopped while to their burden bearing the dead
BODIES of three Of their officers little lower En-
glish soldier was down on the grass exhausted and
wellneh unconscious from some sudden seizure. A
party of French were gathered round him. supporting