The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-17


the desthbed Of Lord Raglan the
tor the hrst time the operations OF the allied armss
sustained serious check, ana that his last
FIELD OF battle had fAlsd to give the wonted sxAs
0f victory 1t would III become ua, especially at such
moment, to convey the slightest impusahon upon tn
military Judgment Of those brave but ussortuua',
nsn, who are now gone whore humsn praises car
reach tbem no more We are confident on tbs ontIsry
me. me .nSs n,o, .s will i.s upon the o. sn
occasion fAs the undauntad vaior Of tho troops and
the officers been brilliantly displaJed Ihs three
left columns Of attack and the storming pArty-Msjor
General nr John CArpbeii Coonsl ShAdforth anil Colo
sst w long ss OF Other %cs1: were =, s.,si
val Brigade, shot through the Bat this profass
sacrihcs OF life Was, anhAppy maze Ia valn saecsss
- ths attack IA nov described to us, hopeesa; aud
was d dsmoCstrAted, had bssn led 10 anticipate
mi 70 than week ago, that tie interval between 7h
ard the 18th OF had enabled the eaey To
tensold tie dsftnces Of tho MsAkhof To and the
kedsn. II would require Ucre accurate knoweige OF
the facts than 70 possible for 10 possess to form
the events now before us on official au
thoiity and mus not shrak from the Atte upt to
core AZ action no. the less gallant ause unsuc
cesafui nor the Less instructive because 1t unfa
vos able to our
The ars which opened along tho whole Of our line,
ON the 18th Of June ut break day, had appeared to
produce very satisfactory results NJ tho Rsdan
VAS nearly silent, four guns only stu answered from
two the left OF the tower; and before the close Of
the day II Was supposed that ths moment for success
tul assault had arrived Nevertheless the plan OF tho
the 18th for ths purpose OF destroy the
deftnces thrown up by the enemy In the night and OF
cordipg to non official account which has reached ths
country. this plan disarrADged BY powerful sortis
u the Russians In the night tho Mansion which
was rsPused by the FRENCH who thus drawn to
begin the assault than had been Intended Lord
Raglan, however, expressly states that Gen. Pelisssr
to Sga I'm s s' ns. ~ n.a M 70
following morning The signal for the attack OF this Re
dan by the English Was to be given when Lord Raglan
thought ut, by hoistiDg flag from the esht-gun
With their accustomed energy and agility the French
net (both Of whom vera un.ortunAtsly killsd) CON.
msnoiDg their dvtsons ON tue right aud General D. Au
tsmac the centre This last corp comprising the 10th
ssurs, succeeded In entering this gorge Of the Maako
towsr But fresh ditch had been sunk in tho night,
many Of the guns seDcsd the previous day hAi
Iemonnted and his French assai,ns columns wsrs met
by Terrific fire from large masses Of the enemy
esnrstsd In the works. Lord Raglan appears to have
been imperfectly informed at the time OF the prscse
Atate Of the French assault but he enough to con
vince him that II was incumbent the British army.
moving out Of the trenches TO storm the Rsdsn.
TIE attack began In three columns, uuder the
command Of sir George Beo.n, bat so murderous
the moment Of their appearance. that they wsre
swept down like flowers BY tae hail, and as Va have
already mentioned, each Of the commanding officers was
killed the spot The folio xsd, but only
meet the sane fate IL Was, in fact, attempt not
only contrary to- but almost unknown In TIE practice Of
wsr, 10 take body OF mon without up TO for
trees defended by superior numbers Of the enemy and
by rupsrior weight Of guns the result therefore
what might have been confidently anticipated fro such
. departure from an the rules OF attack. Tn. early
sfges In the Pennsusr war, the two rst Aboriive At
have been described a. bntsh. ries from the ei.po
sttien Of our officers to supply the want Of superior
sh BY the incomifabls vAour Of the troops such a..
tempts have fometiuaes succeeded But have 10
counter in sebasiopS, instead OF exhausted gsrri.
son, . wen appo,Dtsd army-not only DER ain mum
Der OF batre but whole arsenal OF guns and these
N q u
ability, rEdU point ylsak attack such works tas
most dprate enterprise IN which troops car be engag
ed. To approach surh WORKS, which and rsceds
We advances Is 6cuir Ugh with all ths a. ths
disposal OF tas engineers bat to attempt to tn,
ketry certain desrrctor aad c,ordagly Lord Rag.
Ian states that "a very large proportion Of those WHO
went forward feli could not DO Others sss and the
only time Mt which such pos,ton could be no carried 10
rot when the enemy perfectly prepared to repsl the
attack, but vhsI he has bssn bsatn back from some
less perfectly constructed work.
TteIs sfi obseurity ~ (, ths precise na.urs
o. o. ihs movement conducted BY General Brnsrd an
General Eyre, on the extreme left down the woroaIoa
Ravne and near the bead Of Doskyard Cfesk This
attack, however was partially successful though Gene
raj Eyre was wounded but not. II would seem, tssea
prisoner, ss torle accounts hal stated.
THK PLAN OF ATTACK AND CONFERENCES OF THE
OFFICERS IN COMMAND
lCorreepontence OF the Londoa News
BWoRK LnBssroroL, July n, ls5b.
This original plan Of attack contemplated q Join.
English and French assault OF ths Malakhon, which,
commanding the Redan and formag the grand key 4,
the petwork OF redOubts batteriea front
the place. would, taken, have at rendered tbs
former unteDabls and placed tho whole town and har
Dor At the mercy Of the csptor For reasons
which nobody can understand, this very sensible and
apparently most practicable design abandoned and
ths plan changed into one OF simultaneous attack
Of the two great works tas MAlskhof being
by the French and the Rsdan BY Ourselves. Ths first
manifest disadvnntsgs OF this arrangement tas
.presdps OF our fo.ces over field of dihcutss nearly
double in extent, and enabling t1s enemy to bring
n vast number OF guns into play against us, which,
In the former case, could not have injured
mar. To vastly enhance the chances Of failure IN
volvsd In this plan 10 oursslven, whole attacking
forcs including supporis and every body else lin
tied to some four thousand whilst the French with
much justsr appreciation Of the difficulty that fell to
their share told OF twenty i've thousand or hand
full sgsin large proportion consisted Of recruits
recently arrived to oil up the gaps 10 the rexnns Sc
ected Tor the servcs-repimen.s which, With two
exceptions, have borne the vhoo brunt OF trench
Sighting, and suffered accordingly This was done
through no want of old soldiers, Of vhom the
third and fourth ayisions could have furnished sbun-
dance-men who have been kept comparative idle
whilst their comrades Of the light and second diysoas
have been worked IKE galley slaves sir George
Brown behave, Is 10 be thanked for this selection
anxious a. he was TO gain fresh aursls for his own
command, though hs well knew the untrisd m1srLi
OF which large q proportion Of 4 strength IL con-
posed. have already sntonsd that the I'D Regiment
had been chosen TO Lad the attack, and that through
SIMILAR motive of msaAn aesirs 10 bring glory his
favors corps 0sDswAl Airey was a. the elsventh
hour, psrmtfsd - s~isn this place Of honor 10 ths
34tha regimen N rh, whether justly not, enjoys
only moSa,uss rsyusssoa amongst the others no In
camp. kseSwtr In ls evening preceding the assault,
Sir GesRe os-eossssd shN ne Major Commanding the
22d uas ssA IA. M ~ wound received In the sttsck
tts cn. and that she senior csptsinan oie.r,
BY he ~AEs ot sozs ssshteen years service
have rharse 81 tn corps during the storming Inpos
sihs; shs nSvy do," ssli the isnd Of spoplscte
DSsk furnAsIve sszoler rgnent with dsd onieer In
csEpSaa mott be e'etitutsd mss.sgs 20 this effect
va<thRS FAed 70 bsftqusrsrs but Lord RsgIsn with
dsgfee Of 6ommon score which quits unmtsry
evsrusi his seconds obscAon, and replied that an
officer Of Captain 's length OF service be his rank
chat II might, should be quite as az 70 lead his rsgi
ment into sctloa any asA oncsr Ia The services sEd
Accordingly that no substitution should be made !
mreiy mention these iGes - show tbe State OF
sinty and copfumon IN which our prspsrstions we're
TIL sIrrost within hour before the sssa 1og force
marched down towards the oflts struggle and de
Eat Then smother deviation from the origiasl plan Of
attack made, also al the eleventh hoar, By Gsasra
Peiissisr, 70 witch both Ditsry sense AMI comm IN
agree In stiributlDg sm, share of both th,
French and failure. Though tbs lombard
msnt lad been kept np vigorously the whois ~ Sun
dsy night necessarily compelled slscksnlng Of the al
lid FIRE and during this respite there vas rsssoD 10 er
psct that the Russians vouh employ hensslres 10 mss
Ing goci the ufss tons 90 their bkttsrsa d1fsg the
Cay. 1t was therefor. arranged that ., dsybrsAh On
Monday terrific Gre of shot AMI sbs should be poured
into the Redsn and MsAsof 20 rcn'sr many % their
surs as po~ibls incapable Of mischsf An hour o. 20