Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-05-18

three. The devastating traces Of the sbo,
we're also most apparent. Not only wcro
the lower tier OF guns quite destroyed. b,,
the upper seemed in fair way of followin,,
them. Two or three Of them were alrooJ,.
dismounted, and the earth of the parnpets =,
scanned and torn that the rest Of the ordnance
appeared as If pointing out between lonso
piles OF earth. The Barrack work WAS all
suffering much, and nearly one-third of ~
ombrasnrcs were empty.
A new battery which the English h.1
formed III the advanced trench was connla,
ed, and opened this morning. The trencnS
OTIS vOlley with which IL commenced. mt
took the Russians by surprise. Each d,,,
they had been accustomed to see our 10 Incl
mortars fire from the same part Of our works
and doubtless for that very reason never a.
tcipated further molcstation. The snddon
aud coftlnued fire. therefore, of eight enc
nous guns, IN addition to their old assaiior,s
the moriars, was complete and unplens,n,
surprise. At the first discharge one of thor
guns was dismountcd aud another ninrod
and their nnlllerymen either ran away q,
concealed themselves, as they were not 10 no
be seen Only one gun was fired In renlv
SO that for i've or ten minutes our ba,tetv
had nothing TO do but blaze away wnbon,
fear of opposition. After that time the cnem,
appeared to take heart. and several INNS
were fired but 1t was fully half an hopr no.
fore they had made anything like vporon.
defence. Then, indeed, the fire they main.
tanned showed that very many of the embr,.
sures which were supposed 10 be siloueoJ
merely had their guns Withdrawn, and
these they brought forward aud well manned
For about an hour the enemy fought wnb
great determination; but from the first thev
had no chance OF being able to maintain I,
long. As soon as 1t was seen that the Nal.
ukoff works were determined 10 enpare on,
advanced battery, oGo face Of Gordon's Bal.
terry, mounting ten guns and two morlars
was directed upon ID, ind The IL inch NOR.
tar bauery az the picket house also threw ns
missiles against The Round Tower Wih
these, and with the assistance of the leur m
inch mntars near the advanced work. and
several cob1rns throwing 32 10 shell. Der.
feet haIl was poured into our old enemy.
For a time 81 was well fought; but our i'm.
mensc shot dismounted the guns or en-, M
the caHhworks, while the shell dopping
over burst continually among its defenders
Towards cigi. o'clock us ire had slackcned
considerably, and before nine the enemy fir
and such guns az coud still be used wen,
withdrawn from the embrasurcs, and our bat.
tcrles lcit 20 do their worst upon The earth.
works. Daring this battery fight the Name.
lon. AS usual. revived from It's state of mac.
ton, and. 10 the estonishment o. every one
put forward five guns and fred them coniin.
ally. 7 be denomination, however did hnle
good beyond drawing on IT, when the Nnla.
E.tf Al Ftf..
OF the pickci-house, and under these tremen.
dous bombs il was soon reduced to It's former
inaction. Our advance work then continued
to fire at the Malakoif. which never offered
any serious resistance for the remainder or
the day. livery twenty minutes or so two or
three OF It's guns were run forward unl fred
bat beyond th- 70 was quiet and seemed 10
have no mote than twenty or thirty men On IL.
The daily casualties have been hoavcs,
among the naval brigade. which. though ess
than sixth OF lhe force 10 the batteries fur-
nishes rather over one thrd Of our total ioss.
Inc average each day has been about 60
killed and wounded, and about 100 French
The wounded are now infinitely better fakcn
care OF than at the former bomhardlucnt.
The ambuianccs remain 10 sheltered ravines
behind the batteries. 10 which he wounded
are conveyed 20 headquarters. and there
placed upon The railway trucks and sen,
down easily 70 Balaklava. The cssos Of
ampniatioh and severe wounds remain there
IN hospitals the others arc Immediately om-
bnrked on board SHIP
Our bombafdment continued throughout
tho whole OF Friday night the 1911 with
mech effect and next morning the runs
again recommended. The fire OF the enemy
was slackening more and more each dav.
There was lghl sorlie on the night OF the
18Th upon the french. who were sapping up
towards the Flagstaff 1t was instantly re-
pulsed, with loss OF ten or twelve killed to
line Russians.