The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-14
FURTHER FOREIGN NEWS.
ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE OF THE
MAMELON


The details by the Pacific furnish interesting
sccnnnts of the eiege at the Crimes, and among
them full details OF the capture of the Mamelon.
cApruAE OK THE MAMKLoS.
From the Paris Monteuf.l
The Miniser OF war has just sceived the follow
ing report from General Pelisier:
BsEoRg SsBB.ToPoL, June IL, 1855.
MnNsIHua LR EAREsCHAL-My two te legre ph il
despa,ches of the 7th and 6th of June, and my let
ter of the 9th, inorm2d you briefiy OF our brilliant
affair OF the 7th.
Having to day received the report OF Gen. Bos
oae, az well as other Intelligence which expected
[ sun enabled TO give you general and detailed
account o. this action, which 10 real victory, from
the lustre which Il casts upon our arms and from
ths importance oil its results.
At3o'cIock 10 the afternoon of the OH, as had
the bsnor TO iaorm you the artillery OF cur right
attack opeped ON the place. The Engiish batteries
commenced their IrU at the same molnsEt and
tbsy were supported ss sOon as possible oy
2ar of the batteries ol Our left attack. The hiring
was continued with activity during the Whoie
mig at from the Oh to The ill., during the day OF the
7.h, and at o'clock 10 the afternoon, 1t was COM
pieed by the opening OF all the batteries OF our lei;
attack, 90 tba. from that time the place was enve
oped in girdle Of fire, which, commencing from
the east OF our careenng batteries extended to the
west as far as the Quarantine hHrbor.
The plans Of attack concerted betw cen Lord
Raglan, Omer Pachs and myself, and -as far az
we we're concerned carefully considered by Gen
BOsguet, then began TO be put in execution. The
obi ect was TO get possession On the right on the
counter fort Of the works called By us oRUrGges
J!Qncs, or " of the 22d and 9Th of February;" in
the centre to carry the Mamelon Vert opposite the
Malakof; whilst on their parts the English or our
left should make themselves masters of the Rus
sian work called the Quarries, facing the great
Redau. Each Of these attacks was separated from
the other by rayine between steep and rocky
g,OLes that OF the 0AuTageS GlGnCS was separ lted
from tho MalakOtf attack Dy the Careening ravine,
and too II Mglakod attack from the English attack by
tie L Ea!abelnsi ravine. These ravines were ipcoD-
vsuleut luasmuch as they isolated the attacks but
their covered portions enabled US to place In them
numerous and powerful reserves Out OF reach OF
the enemy's fire. The Cd, 81, 18th and 5ih divisions
OF the second corps had been designed for the at
tack Al half-past four in the afternoon these four
divisions took up their positions the divisions OF
Msyran (the 31) and Dulac Qhe 4,h) on the side
towards our batteries opposed TO the GARDENING
bay, and the divisions OF Camou (tEe . and Brunei
uhe 5th) on the attack on the centre.
General Mayran was to direct simultaneous at
tacks on the plateau of tho Careeping bay against
the oaUra geS bLancs of the 22d and 9th of Febru
ary. The first brigade of his division, command
ed by General Lavsrande, and composed OF q
part Of the 18th batslian of ChaAseurs a pied
Command ant Caubert,) of the % OF the Zou8ves
Colonel Ssurin.) and of the Cd Regiment of Ma
riue, (Lieutenan. Colonel de GendrecourO occu-
pied our trenches of the Careening bay. This CO.
lumn was charged to attack the work OF the 9th
of February.
On the left of Lavaraude's b. ligade was the %
brigade of Mayrans division under the command
of General de Failly, consisting of the remainder
of the 18th battalion of Chasseurs a pied, of the
95tG OF the line, Colonel Danner) and of the lei
battalion Of the 9Th. This column was TO carry
the work of the 22d of February.
Dulacs division formed the reserves OF these
two attacks the first bri issde, under The orders o
General de Saint Pol, was TO station itself In the
parallels of the Csreening works after the advance
10 the attack of the TWO frs. columns, and the
formed The second reserve.
Further, the % battalion of the 97th of the line
and one battalion Of the 6lst, under the command
OF Lieutenant Colonel Larrouy defOrion, of the
97th posted In the Careening ravine, in order
to turn the enemy and cut off his retreat after the
capture OF the OuUrdges btancs.
Ia the centre the operations were coEfded te
General Camou The first brigade of bis division
under the orders of General Wimpien, occupied
the parallels of the Maskhof counter fort. o.
the right, the Algerian trsilleurs Colonel Rose |;
Ia the centre the 50th of the line Colonel d'
Brancion } on the left the Sd of the Zouaves (Col.
onel Polhes.) The 2d brig sde of Camou's division
commanded by General Verge, in reserve IL
the Karsbelnaia rsV,ne Ia readiness to replace the
1st brig ade in the parallels
Brunet's division, also posted in the Karabeln ais
ravine, under the orders of its chief was to fur.
nish the second reserve.
Two battaions of the garde imperiale one o
the grenadlers, and another of gendarmes were
placed at the disposition of General Camou for thi
attack.
The whole force was completed by the Turkish
division OF Osman Pachs, who had been detached
by the Commander In Chief, Omer Pacha, from hi,
army On the TcherIaya, and who Ia d taken up hi,
position on the heights oil lnkermann.
At half past six Lord Raglan was near the
English observatory and l arrived at the entrench
ment before the Victoria redoubt from which
nIa aH aH haByu ND
his lordship, caused rockets to be discharged 81
the signal of att. cs. General Bosquet, who wal
stationed ct the neishbering Lancaster battery
had just received the iaat orGers. All was read =
the troops were burning with ardo- and animated
with entire confidence of success
On the discharge Of ths first rocket, De Lsland'
brigade with the general bis head dashed at the
second parallel OF the CarssLtng bay, and Carried
a! double quick march the work of ebruary 81
Notwi:nslandng the grape and musketry which
during the 200 metres length OF ground TO be
over, cost !. great number of men, the column
penetrated into the battery by the em5rasures and
the breach. A hand TO hand fight began at al
points, many of the defenders were killed ON the
spot, and we soon became mss.ers of the en-.
treGchment.
At the same signal and with the same impetuos-
i,y, Failly's brigade bad rushed against The work
OF February %. The d is.ance was twice that o.
the other redoubt the passage 10 it more diff eut
the flank fire of the first work more destructive -
pact mass IL reached the battery, scaled the para.
pet under rolling fire, aud overpowered even tc
the Interior OF the works, the desperate resstauc
of the enemy.
Forced at these two points, and hemued in BY
Our troops, the Russians fled In disorder, some TO.
watds small battery, coIatructet since the I'd o
May TOR defending the mouth of the ravine a, the
Careening bay, and some towards the bridge tina
crossed the bay where this ravine opens into tht
great harbor OF Sebsstopol.
e tnl 81. Ia
III enemy, captured the battery Of May 2, tn,
guns of which were mme diately spiked. Neverthe
lasf, SIS This battery Was 500 metres from the worl
Ut februsry 22-the most remote from our lines
AID as 1t was plsced under the double protection
OF The enceinte and the north forts OF tina road
stead, Ii was impossible to think of still occupy
ing L.
General Msyran, seeing Russian column nd
ysncing in order to retsks the battery Of May 2
ordered a bayonet charge, which drove this col
unn back into tho place, giving sixty prisoners
three of whom were officers. He then rallied hi
advanced troops, and brought them back Into th,
works of February % and 81, which remsnes
DE- hniteiy In our power.
III the meantime the two battalions collected II
the CsIeening bay rsvine, and commanded b,
Lieutenant Colonel Larrouy d'OIioD, had been ia
from remaining inactive. Descending the ravn
at the moment the stormng party became visibl,
on the ridge, they pushed en- the height of th
aquednci bridge climbed the embankment ( tn.
ght bank, and cut oil the retreat If the enem.
driven out of the dest TWO works This turnii
movement. which was conducted with as muci
vigor IS skiil, and which has given us 400 prison
ere (l2 of whom are offieefs) does Lieutenan