Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-25
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN til
FRENCH AND RUSSIANS.

The correspondent Of the London Times gives 'ho
following account OF fight between tn Fr'nrh nsi
Russians before Scbasopol, on the ] Tin ult
The severe and pro,raced conflict on III" Ien.
which kept us up OH Cathcart's Hill last rGEt be.
yOnd the small hours, originated III v"rr I"-"u'p
and angry soriie of the Russians from the n--iTf
batteries on the lei; o: the French. 81 rsl the wh'
OF the torrent of armed men which swept ont ~ Ito
enemy's lines bore back the French III IN" EGvau' !
works where the covering parties ere necessarily
thin, and many lost their lives by the Dnyon"i but
our gallant allies contested the ground d"sr"rei"!s.
and having received the aid oI an ucUmsI."rUhn r''
serve charged the Russians md drove them rgLt MO
their own In:a, 10 which they hed with such pr'cT
on TINT the French entered across the paraiH a""I
with them, and .nnched their advanced gEr:, "h'.'
they could have spiked, had the men been PI"N!1el
with the necessary McaIls OF doing ho'
The enemy poured such voilrys nj mUsk"irY .rnV'.
canister and round shot our allies that lh,Y 40
obliged 10 return 10 their own works, and if,"I ~"
-rrps had been taken 10 enable them to- .'cu" i"'r
mold OF the place. IA thSy were re'ing u"iF. =
heavy ire the enomy made another sorti" ~ g.-H'''
strength and with more determination and iurE 'h'h
before. A saUguinary fight took plac. hti'''eh 80
works. in which bayonc!. the nU.krt .t""k hl' 80
bullet wcre used in pcl.me struggle, but t!- iT"eh
asserted their supremacy ono" more hHh IN 'pl" -
tl. fierce chargc. Of the Russians, in defiance -! r
stubborn resistance evoked by the erie. and '&nr''
Of the enemv's officers and b" r:peated C"r'n.
forced them battling baek across tneir nehc""+ '.
which they held all night in defiance of the cU'.n'
Efforts 10 di.odce them by vigorous canncnadr >
which the allies replied by inccssnnt shells
In order to distract the attention Of the cneuf ~"
prevent too many of them rrowding over 10 tie r.'
Of the town, Genera. Bouquet sent down wo.I'n 'np
men in the trenches right 10 keep up 81, uI-
slant fisade OH the Russian works The I"t' 81 rrf
allies wns regret TO say. considerable ~ ms h'.
liant nffair. The report is, that they ha'i ga "'".'
and 800 men h0rs dr. r0mbat, but believe ihIIs 81
six officers killed and nine officers wnundtd. 1''
energy aud the spri, with which the French Io"-H.
are beyond all praise. The remarkably ii"" I'"''-
of the metal Of the Russian Guns-ln o'h'' $500. '
their excellent ron--gve- them greG: "cr'Ain.r ~
enabling them to lire rapidly and continuous.%. J..
sides, many Of their troops are under cover III '''''
p-. and galleries, at the back Of the bf:'ef's' "'' t
the elevated ground On which they Hre huli .'".-
wit,stsnding all this. the resolution, .'r"'s ih.''
liable perseverance, and devotion to the r.''. go
them the superiority III every kind OF co:' ~ ,
,nrIny. Every day fresh rum, arc nreunU.t'"l
around the Fla ss;an battery from tho f:",'" u"
and ,hcr. can be no doubt whatever t.Ut H. -" ..
r eY,n..i 10 verv prea; !os. from tho trnomcn;s +
s,onss aud timber struck by our shot.