Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-15

DAILY VIRGINIAN.
Incidents OF the siege-crawling and Fir.

AheieoHtb Oh the 5leBe-C1dwl1ng and Fir
ing
SEnAsroPoL. May IA brisk sortie was made
ngnnst the left attack last night AT O'Clock
the weather seemed doing its worst-nothinp
could hc seen for the rain and darkness An
alarm was given, the men were formed up in strict
slIence,--the weapons were looked to, and each
detachment, under the command of its officers,
proceeded to its appointed post Orders we're
issued that none were to fire until the general
command was given. Colonel l.. Yea of the
sth' was held officer in command of the whole
purity. hrigadier general was in command in
chei OF all the troops in the trenches but he was
stationed with the reserve. In the meantime the
Two sentries, who had remained in advance wait
ed quietly for some further indication of the enc
hys presence. After about quarter of an
hours anxious expectation the tread of BODY of
men. advancing quickly and cautiously. was dis
iinctiy heard One of the seutries Instantly re-
turned To report II, the other remained at his
| post, nnl they were within 40 yards of where he
lay. lie then began roireating, keeping close
TO the ground neither going too fast or suffer
ing the enemy to overtake him. When within
stones throw of our tenches, the Russians
stopped; our sentry quietly entered our works
and pointed ont their precise position. All our
troops preserved n strict silence, aud so quiet
were tho enemy that il was impossible to say that
they Ind not altered their plan and proceeded in
another direction. few minutes passed in this
n"nnef' aho 'n'h IN an instant fifty shots
iired into our lines at distance of six feet
II seems that when the Russians halted they
| lay down on their bellies, and crawled forward
unohseryod until within musket's length of our
trenches, whom number of them fred and sprang
| upon their feet. Our men wore in no way taken
hy surprise. Their positions wero already as.
signed, aud they lay so close under cover that
only two men wrre struck by the enomys volley
One man killed ON tho spot, another danger
wounded he vhn b.J e.
risen, made an attempt to rush into the work un.
urt cover OF their fire, which they believed hnd
taken ns entirely by surprise, but nearly all who
ired were shot or bayoneited. The rest of tho
! party, which now seemed about 1000 strong, com
meneed heavy fire, but il was totally inefficient
! against our troops. who were sheltered by the
! hrenstwork. Our fire, on the contrary, was cool
E., and well sustained and Mt tho short distance
! told with murderons effect on the crowds of Rus
| SInns. they fell on all sides, while we scarcely
lost n man. After n few minutes the enemy be-
came confused, and fell back in disorder. 1t ap-
| pears, however, to have been only momentary
! lhme, as, ntter reircating short distance, du-
ring the whole time of which they were skirmish-
ing, they returned Mt the charge, and, with tho
utmost GOODNESS and daring, moving more to tho
| lett, tried To storm the breastwork at another
! point. In this they were unsucce ssful as in
! their first attempt. The troops reserved their
! fire until the Russians closed and giving one tre-
! mehdouS yolley, prepared to receive those who
| might strive to cross the breastwork with the
| hayunet But severe was the effect of
! their volley that the enemy seemed paralyzed.-
Thor officers tried 10 lead thom up, but the men,
| though they fired fast seemed disinclned to fol-
low. They were waverng fast when second
| force OF Rnssinns, about 500 strong, came
! upon the field The reinforoements made
| no fresh effort to force our trenches, con-
tenting themselves with skirmishng to CO.
yer the retreat of the attacking party
! The English never quilted their breastwork but
/ hred with deadly accuracy into the enemy, who
/ were trying TO remove their killed and wounded.
/ While etfeeting this they suffered severe loss
from our fire, which, from our very sheltered po-
! siton. they were quite unable to return, at least
with any effect. After about aqnarter of an hours
| skirmishing in this manner the enemy fell back
and got under of the Redan. As usual, the
instant the attack was repulsed, and the Russians
clear OIL their batteries opened fire upon the por
! tlons OF our lines on which the sortie had been
made. These poured in regular yolleys of round
! shot, grape, aud she'll The very heavy, dark
sky which lowered over every thing. seemed a
perfectAurora Borealis, with the incessant flashes
OF the guns. This retaliation was fully expected
and all our troops lay down until the iron hale
had passed Only one man was killed by round
shot. None others were even wounded. In
about half an hour the cannonade ceased and ex-
cept an occasional gun from the enemy or large
mortar from ourselves and the French, all Sebas-
topol and the alliedtrenehes wrapped in per-
feet silono Our whole loss from this sorte was
three men killed and thirteen wounded, two of the
litter very dangerously.
! JUMPING IN THE BATTERIES.
| SEBAsToPoI, May I3-Last night, in the
midst of an awful storm of rain and wind-so
thick that no one could yard beyond him
"A body of Russians came up left attack,
but the sen'res gave the alarm just in time; and
Col Macbeth, of the 6Sth Regiment, got his men
into order and received the first fire Of the enemy
as they came up to the trench with perfect
steadincss. Some of the Russians leaped upon
the parapet and jumped into the battery. where
they at once met their fate. There a despe-
rate struggle between the Russians and the men
of the 6Sth, outside the lines, in which the bay
onet was freely used on both sides; but the ene-
my were repulsed by our follows, led by Col.
Macbeth. Lieut.. Hamilton, and a sergeant of the
6sth. regret to say that Capt. Lloyd Edwards
and six men of the 6Sth were killed, and twenty
two men of the same regiment were wounded.
Wo took some wounded prisoners. 1t is of course
impossible, at this early hour, to ascertain the
particulars of the attack, as the men have not
come up from the works yet. Some of our men
were wounded by stones flung by the Russians,
whose guns would not go off owing to the wet.
The enemy lost heavily, and they were seen drag
ging off their dead during the night.