American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-10-25

say - vi ihritoO " SAOuiu " blSb orpAta-
ted them from the enemy at few bounds
they drifted as lightly and ,auietly as
aptHmh leaYessbefore. the. vino, battalion
after battalion into the enbtasnres, ,,aDd IN
a minute or two after the head Of their col
umhs issued from, the. ditch, tho .tricolor
was floating over the kornilof Baslion.--
The mdSkcify Gas rsryfeeble At fFst-zin-
deed. our allies tookthe Russians; qpite,by
surprise. aid Merry few Of tie latter were
in the Malskof;;- but they soon, recovered
themselves, iard from IL ill past seven in
sthe etening the French bad " meet and
deIeat the repeated attempts Of The eDemy
% regain the work and the Eple Redan.
when, weary Of the fearful slaughter Of
his men, &bo lay In, thodsahds 0yeT the
exterior 81. the @drks, The -Muscoyi.e Gen
eral. despairing Of siiccess, wi;hdrew his
exhausted legioHs and prepared with ,ad-
mrable skill, I'd esaciiate the place
OF the French attack on the left, /, know
nothing. but that, if intended in earnest il
was not successful. and was followed BY
some losslto our allies. As soon as :be
tricolor was observed wayeriDg over the
parapet Of the Malakoff, through the smoke
aud dust, four rockets were sent up from
Ghapnian's attack one after another as a
sienai .fOrour assault on the Redaa. They
were almost borne back by the violeRceOf
tie wind, and the silSsryI Jets Of sparks
they threw out ION exploding were nearly
visible against the raw gray sly. III take
il foTgranted that there TisIno one in Eng
land who IS not by this time quite well ac-
quainted with the exterior Oft Redan,
and whod does not know its shape and situa-
ton. eriHaiso5 s7n edo ios7sqzq s4T
TtiR STRUGGLE FOR THE sREDAN-zTHEsBE1
DIDO 70 sriPrlsE OF the BRITIsa,roa vl5Es
When tie order for, the siorming Of the
Redan was received on the 7Sh, the gener-
al remark was-''This looks Ike another
18th Of nne." In fact, the attacking col
umus were not strong enough, the sup
ports were hot stfuhg enough, and were
alsd tito far behind, and the trenches did
no, afford room f,r sufficient nHmbcr Of
men,. Now, il &ill be observed that, where
we attacked the Redan with two divisions
only, a portion of each being virtually in
reserve, and not engaged in the affair, al
all, the French made their assault on the
Malakoff With four divisions Of the second
corps d'a rnee. dle first and f6urth diyis-
ions forming the storming eolnmns, and
the third and fiflh being, the support, with
! feseryes Of 10 900 men. The French had
! probably not less than $4,000 men in the
right attack on the =, Ii Of September, sds
Colonel Unett, OF, the 10Th Regiment
was the senior elficerin Brigadiet Shirley:
abstrice. and.or, him would have deyolyed
The duty, ofleading the stormins column o
the light division, had the latter not retur
cd, Col. ,Unett, ignorant Of the briga
dief''s intOntion, to leave shipboard, bad to
decide with Colonel Windham, who should
take precedence in the attack. They ,tos-
sed. and Colonel Unett won. Hehad y IN
his power to say whether he would go 6rsi
! or follow Col Windham. lie looked. al
the shilling, turned it over, aid SAID "My
choice is made: I'll be. The first man into
/ the Redan." Bit fats #illed it, 6thsrwise
aid lie Vas strtck down badly wounded
efs Jet he reached the abat,is. although hC
Was not leadiug the column. Scarcely
had the thsn left the fifth parallel when tht
guns on the flank of the Redan opened OF
them as they, moved up rapidly to the sal
lent, in which there were Of course ne
CANON, as the nature Of such a work doei
not,permit of their being placed in tha
particular positions In a few seconds
! Brig. Shirley was Temporarily blifided BY
the dust and earth. knocked into his eye'
by a. shot. He was obliged to retire
and his place was taken by Lieutenatt Col
oael Bunbury, of the e3I Regiment, whs
was next in rank to Colonel Unctf, ALREADY
struck down and carried TO the rear; Brig
( Van Straubenzee received confusion OF
! the face, and was also forced to leave the
field. Colonel Handbook fell mortalt
wounded in the head by bullet, and nev
er spoke again. Captain Hammond, fel
dead. Major welsford was killed on The
spot. Captain Grove was seterely wound
ed, Many officers were hit and fell; ant
cfthe commanders Of parties. only Acting
f3rigadier- General Windhan. Capt. Fy
ers, Captain .Lewes, and Captain lMaua'
got, untouched, into the Redan, and esca
| ped scatheless from the volleys OF grap'
and rifle balls which, swept the fanks ofth'
work towards the salient. ~
1t was a few minutes after twelve whel
our men left the 9Th parallel, The mus
kerry commenced at once, and in, less tha
five minutes, during which the, troops ha
TO pass over about thirty yards from th
nearest approach to the parapet Of the he
dan, they. had lost a-larges proportion
their officers, and were deprived of the alt
of their leaders, with the exceptions ,baS'
stated. The fifiemen advanced atifnrlra
bly,, but, from their position, they coult ilt
not do much 10 reduce the fire OF the gum
ON the fianks and below the re-enterlne
angles. As they came nearer The enemy
FIRE baeame less fatal. They crossed TIL
abattis without difficulty ;'it was torn =
pieses and destroyed by our shot,. and III
men stepped over and throughit with ease
The liciit division made straight for TN
salient and projecting angel Of the Redau
and came to the ditch, which is here jabou
fifteen feet, deep. The party detailed 40
| the pGtpose, placed the ladders but the.
Were found to be too short. t.- -.
| However, had there. been, enough 9
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