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the Redsn, as evidence If tho terrible sni.
mostly Of the struggle. Bot the solid weigh,
Of the advancing mass, urged on, snd fed
each moment from the rear bv company az
ter company and battalion sfer battalion,
prevailed at lac, against the isolated and dis
joined band, who had abandoned the pro-
lection Of uuanimitv Of courage end had los,
the advantages Of discipline and obedience.
As though some giant rock had sdvsnced
into The sea and forced back the waters that
bufe,rd it, so did the Ruseisn columns press
down against the spray Of soldiery which
're''ed their edge with fire and steel and
commended in vain sgains, their weight. The
struggling hand was forced back BY the en-
envy, who moved on crushing friends and
Zoe beneath their solid tramp, and bleeding,
paniing, and exhausted our men lay in hes ps
~ The ditch beneath the psrspe', sheltered
themselves behind stands and in bomb era
tiers in the slope Of the work, OF tried to
pass back TO our advanced parallel and had
!" run the gauntlet Of q tremendous fire.
Many Of them lost their livee, or were seri
"nsly wounded in this attempt. The scene
in the ditch wa. appalling, although some
oi The officers have assured me thu, they and
The men were laughing a, the precipitation
win which many brave and gaIso, fellows
did not hesitate from pIunging hesdlong up
on the mass Of bsv one,e, muske,., and
SPRAYING solders--,he ladders were all
kaoeked down or broken, so tina, i, was df-
fcult Tor the men IN get up q, the other side,
and The dead. the dying, and The wounded,
and the sound were ell living in heaps to-
gether. The Russians came ou, Of the EN-.
brasufes, piled them with stones, grape shot
and the bayone,, but were soon forced TO re-
tire, by the fire Of our batteries end ,iiemeo.
and under cover Of this FIRE many of our
men escaped to the approaches.
10 some instances The enemy persisted in
remaining outside in order TO plumber the
bodies OF those who were lying on the slope
OF The psrspet, and paid The penalty of their
rashness in being stretched beside their foes;
but Others came forth on . holer GRAND and
actually brought water to our wounded. u
This las. act be true, j. is but right 10 die
cred, the story that the Russians placed our
wounded over the magazine in the rear OF
The Redun, near the Barrsck Battery, ere they
fired 1.-THE only foundation for which, ss
far IS ] can discover, is that many Of the
bodies of our men found in the Redan were
dresdfuliy searched and buru,; bu. there
were many Russians lying there in n similar
state. General Pelissier observed the fail
ure Of our attack from the rear Of the Mals-
kof, and sen, over 10 General Simpson to
ask If he intended to attack sgsin. The
English COMMANDMENTS Chief is reported 10
have replied tho, he did no, then feel in q
condition TO do SO. All this lime the Guards
and Highlanders, the Third and Fourth d.
visions, and mos. of the reserves were un-
touched. They could, indeed, have furnish
ed materials for another assault, but the sub
sequen, movements of the Russians render
i. doubtful whether the glory Of carrying the
Redsn, and of redeeming The eredi, Of our
arms, would not have been dearly Purchss-
ed BY The effu.ion Of more valuable blood.
THE SEvAsropoL HospIrAL.-Of all the
pictures of The horrors Of war which have
been presented to the world, the hospital Of
Sevaslopol presents the mos. horrible, heart
rending, and revolving. !. canno, be des-
cribcd, and the imagination Of Fuseli could
no. conceive anything q. all like unto it.
How the poor human body can be mu,iIa,-
ed and ye, hold its soul within, when every
limb is shattered, and every vein and artery
is pouring on, The life stream, one nigh,
study here Q, every step. end .. the some
time wonder what l,llle will kill. The build
| ing used ss en- hospital is one Of The noble
piles insids The doekysrd wall and is 'itu-
ale in The centre Of The row q. right angles
10 the line Of the Rrdan.
| no uhnla ali u
to the action Of shot and shell bounding o.
yer the Redan, and TO the missiles directed
at the Bauack Battery, and i. bears in sides,
roofs, windows and doors, frequent end de-
s,ruc,ive proofs Of the severity Of the can
nonade. Entering one Of these doors be.
held such a sigh. as few men, thank God,
have ever Witnessed! 10 long low room,
supported by square pillars, srched al The
top, and dimly lighted through shattered
and ing LACED window frames, lay the woun.
ded Russians, who he'd been abandoned 10
our mercies by their General. The woun-
ded did say? No, bu. The dead, the rot
ten and fostering corpses Of The soldiers, who
were lef, 10 die in their EXTREMIST agony IN
tended, uncared for, packed as close as they
can be slowed, some on the floor, others on
wtelched uesIes and bedsieads, or pallets
Of straw, sopped and saturated with blood,
which oozed aud .rickled through upon the
floor, mingled with the droPpings Of corrup.
ton.
With the rosr Of exploding fortresses in
their ears, with shelI and sho. forcing ,hro'
The roof and sides Of the rooms in which
they lay, with the cracking and bissing OF
FIRE around them, these poor fellows, who
had served their loving friend end master
the Car bu, too well, were consigned 10
their terrible fate. Many nigh. have been
saved by ordinary care. Many lay, ye, q.