Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-04-09
Fighting in the Crimea

The latest foreign advices, by the Baltic,
embrace the details Of the coup de main as it
is called, executed by the French in the nj ght
between the 23d and Oath of February. Gen.
Canrobert admits that the French loss was
considerable, "but not in proportion to tho
danger of this nocturnal combat" whore, he
says, "the soldiers were exposed until they re-
turned to the branches, to the Ere of the ar.
tillery of the town" The French, it is statsd,
were badly whipped.
The Journal de st. Petersburg publishes q
Russian version CT the attack upon the adj
vancsd redoubt on the night Of the 23d of Feb.
ruary. 1t is as follows:
To complete toe bulletin from the Crimea 70.
latiye to the attack upon the Solenghinck re-
doubt on the night between the 18th and 18th.
(231 and 24th) of February, we give the fol.
| lowing details Of that affair extracted from
the report Of Gen. Osten Sacken, dated 18th
OF February, (27th) addressed to the late Com
mander-in. chief of the forces in the Crimea:
Towards the evening of the 23d the troops
destined to complete tho construction of the re-
doubt, commenced on the preceding night,
were placed as follows
The regiment of infantry selenghinck with.
In the redoubt; the fourth battalion at tn (.
works; the I'd and 81 in the interior of the in
trenchments, and the first in The fosse.
Tho batalions Of the infantry regiment
Volhynis were advanced to protect the works
viz: the 4th In columns of companies beyond
the placings made in front Of the rsdoubt, the
DIT and % on the right Of tho redoubt, and
the Sd on the left, in columns Of stack.
At two in the morning after the moon had
gone down, which had up to that hour bril-.
lianty lighted up the ground, dismounted
Cossacks of battalion No. Of the Black Sea,
who occupied the secret posts in front of cur
placings, gave notice that the enemy's columns
were forming in front Of the trenches. At the
| same moment tho chain formed of tho 10 h
and llth companies Of musketeers of the Vol
hynian regiment opened a sharp and we'll.
maintained fire, and Msj Gen. Khroustcheff,
who commanded the two regiments, advanced
the first and second battalions Of the Volhy-
mans, who were under arms to the right Of the
rsdcubt; but psrceiving that the enemy, who
had penetrated through the space between the
second and third battalion, was already at
lacking the redoubt, he made the two first bat.
talions turn sharp round to the left and fall
upon the flank and rear Of the enemy's col.
umns, while hsnd-to hand combat had al.
were Immediately thrown into disorder, leay.
ing the foSSs fall Of dead men
At the same time the third battalion of tho
18th company OF musketesrs Of the Volhynian
| regiment, who were on tle left flank, drove
back the attack Of another column, which b ad
| advanced more to the left of the redoubt.
Major General Kroutscheff, profting by this
| advantage, ordered to sound the charge. The
| brave Volhynians, under his personal com
| mand, advanced rapidly, putting to the point
| of the bayonet the Zouaves and marines who
| endsavored to oppose them The struggle
lasted for some time, but the Russian bayonet
ultimately prevailed, and the enemy fed in
disorder to their trenches.
Meantime Colonel Sabaschinsky, with the
LIST battalion of the 6slenghinsk regiment, I'd.
vanced rapidly to support his brothers In arms
The 4th company OF 9renadiers, tho 10th
company, and detachment of the llth COM
pany Of the Vslhynisn musketeers, Joined
bin under the command Of Col Svistchevsky.
These troops fastened through the path made
by the sappers, and defeated French column
in the rsvins. that was advancing to support
the Zouaves.
Twice the enemy attempted to renew the
attack, but each time was driven back With
loss to the trenches. After an hours combat
| at the point Of the bsyonet, during which the
Russian drumpsrs never ceased to beat tho
charge, the enemy was compelled 70 retreat,
leaving In our power more than loo killed,
among whom were eight e&esys. IN OIL, the