The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-07-23
RY THE ARAGO,
ENGLISH ACCOUNT OF THE REFUSE.
The following is the last dispatch of Lor


On the 9Th at daylight very heavy fire
was opened from all the batteries in the
English and French trenches, and maintain
ed throughout the day. and effect produced
appeared so satisfactory that il was deter
mined that the French should attack the
Malakoff works the next morning, and that
the English should assail the RedaIi as soon
after as might consider it desirable.
1t was at first proposed that the artillery
fire should be resumed on the morning of the
18th, and should be kept up for about two
hours, for the purpose of destroying any
works that the enemy might have thrown up
in the night, and of opening passages through
the abattis that covered the Redan; but on
the evening of the 18th it was intimated to
me by Gen. Pellissier that he had determined
upon further consideration, that the attack
by his troops should take place at three the
following morning.
The French, therefore, CONNIE need their
opera tons as day broke, and as their several
columns came within range of the enemy's
fire, they encountered the most serious oppo-
stion, both from musketry and the guns in
the works which had been slenced the prevI-
GUS evening, and, observing this, | was in
duced at once TO order our columns to move
out of the trenches upon the Redan.
It had been arranged that attachments
from the Light, Second, and Fourth Divi-
sions, which | placed for the occasion under
the command of Lieutenant General Sir
George Brown, should be formed into three
columns; that the right one should attack
the left face of the Redan, between the
hanking batteries; that the center should
advance upon the salient angle; and that the
| left should move upon the reentering angle,
formed by the right face and flank of the
work-the first and the last preceding the
center column.
The flank columns at once obeyed the sig
nal to advance, preceded by covering par
ties of the rife brigade and by sailors carry
ing ladders and soldiers carrying woolbags;
but they had no sooner shown themselves
beyond the trenches than they we're assailed
by most murderous FIRE of grape and MUS
kerry. Those in advance were either killed
or wounded, and the remainder found it i'm
possible to proceed. | never before witness
ed such continued and heavy fire of grape
combined with musketry from the enemy's
works, which appeared to be fully manned;
and the long list of killed and wounded in
the Light and Fourth Divisions, and the sea-
men of the Naval Brigade, under Capt. Peel,
who was unfortunately wounded, though not
severely, will show that very large proper
ton Of those that went forward fell. Major
General Sir John Campbell. who led the
left attack, and COL Shadfotth, of the 9th,
who commanded the storming party under
| his direction, were both killed, as was also
Col. Yea, OF the Royal Fusiieersi who led
the right column.
have not any definite information Upon
the movements of the French columns, aid
the atmosphere became SO obscured by The
smoke from the guns and musketry that II
was not possible by personal OBJ seryation to
i ascertain their progress, though was partic-
ulary well situated for the purpose; but
understand that their left column, under Gen..
D'Autemarre, passed the advanced works
1 of the enemy and threatened the gorge of
the Malakoff Tower; and that the Two other
columns, under Generals Mayran and Brunei,
who both, | regret to say, were killed, met
with obstacles equal to those we encountered,
and were obliged in consequence to abandon
the attack.
The superiority of our FIRE on the day we
opened led both Generals Pelissier and my
self, and the officers of the artillery and en-
eineers of the tw services, and the armies
lin general, to conclude that the Russian
artillery fire was, in great measure, sub
d1ed, and that the operation we projected
could be undertaken with every prospect oil
success. The result has shown that the
resources of the enemy were not exhausted,
and that they had still the power, either
from their ships or from their batteries, to
bring an overwhelming fire upon their as
sailants.
While the direct attack upon the Redan
, was proceeding, Lieutenant General Sir R.
England was directed to send one of the
brigades of the Third Division, under the
command of Major General Barnard, do Rn
1t
support to the attacking columns en- his right,
and the other brigade. Under Major General
Eyre, still further to the left, to threaten the
works at the head of the Dockyard Creek.
have not yet received their reports. and
shall not be able to send them to your Lord
, ship to-day; but General Eyre was very seri-
ously engaged, and he himself wounded,
though | am happy to say not severely, and
he possessed himself of churchyard which
the enemy had hitherto carefully watched,
and some houses within the place; but as the
town front was not attacked, it became
, necessary to withdraw his brigade at night.
shall make special report upon this by
; the next mail, and / shall avail myself of the
same opportunity to name to you the officers
J who have been particularly mentioned to me.
am concerned to have to inform you that
Lieutenant Colonel Tylden, of the Royal
Engineers, whose services / have had the
greatest pleasure in bringing SO frequently
TO your Lordship's notice, is very severely
{ wounded. The account | received of him
D this morning is, upon the whole, satisfactory,
and entertain strong hopes that his valua-
BILE life viii be preserved.
feel greatly indebted to Sir G.. Brown,
for the manner IN which he conducted the
duties intrusted to him; and my warme t
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are due to Major General
: Harry Jones, not only for his valuable assist