The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-09
THE AMERICAS MAILS.
TEE GREAT BATTLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH
Riot Among american Sailors, &c.

L
| Riot Among american Sailors, &c.
The mails by the steamer America, which ar.
rived at Boston Friday, are at hand and from them
| we make the following extracts:
/ vi the attack on the 18th of June, the London
Herald says: Tue British troops carried the out.
worksof the Redan, hut found that enemy had
prepared deep trench which 1t was impossible to
pass without scaiiag laGders or plauks. The GAL
| isnt band were exposed to a most murderous fire.
snd after sustaining, is said. loss OF from four
hve thousand men, and having forty officers killed,
retired. Our cssuaities were mucn augmented by
the auus of the Maakof epfIading the outworks of
the Redan, added to which the men Of war in the
hsr5or were laid brosdsiie on and By their fire on
| the retiring troops, caused fearful havoc, there
being no cover or shelter whatever from the storm
| OF projectiies."
THE BATTLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE.
| From the London Times. June %
The intelligence OF the unsuccessful attack of the
| allied iorces:ou the Malakoff Tower and the Re-
dan, on the 18th OF June, reached at so late an
| hour yesterday morning that remarks on the
progress of the siege had alresdy soue to press
| and our readers will have observed hat although
we were not acquainted with The sinister reports
a'rssdy In circustou, we were unwilliug to place
reiepce upon the until they had sce tved the uu-
equivocal sanction OF official authority. The de-
spaches which hsve since arrived. both from Lord
| Rsgsnd and General oslisser. established beyond
| doubt that the combined movements of the allied
| armies Recommended on the l7h and that early
Ia The merning ot the following day-a dey hereto
fore known to our military annals TOR 'he lusre of
| victory-an attack was made on the Great Redsn
| and the Malakcff Tower, which was repulssd wi b
| a most heavy and erievous loss on our side The
troops withnrew into owa lines etfecring their
| retreat in order, and not being harsssed by the
enemy; but In the fearful struggle which took place
! upon and within the works where a partial sue
cess at time Obtained both French and
English were moved down by the means of de
fence accumulated by the enemy 10 the rear OF the
hokt tar}. W. xr.t.t \ l.
| the esses of the allied forces are believed 10 he
greater than iu any former action of the war. Str
| John Campbell, Colonel Yea, of the 7th Colonel
Shadforfh, of the 57tE, apd many other officers of
di tnguished gallantry tel, In ranks. while the
French have lost two general officers and vast
| number Of men in all branches of the servise
This event is calculated TO excite the strongest
national regret, from the check it gives to she
dent hope5 which had been entertained OF imme.
dia,e succsss, and from the additional lossAs such
contest has caused to both armies, vat / must
be borne in mind that In the progress CT a ,sug and
difficult siege there is nothing exraordinsry In the
repuss OF one or more partial assaults This Is in
fact the first tine since the commencement of the
Crimean war that our armies have suffered anv
check in an important combined operatiou The
Russians have BEEN repuised dozen times during
| the siege in their nocturnal sorties and attacks
| on the French and English lines, although our
works are incomparably weaker than the Mala-
koH Tower and the Redan. Scarcely siege of
any magnitude Ia to be found in military history In
| WHICH tuc SdtEtsOu HRS ECt once or twice beaten
back the besegers from the works The Russians
made no less th au five assaults on Silistrla and
| were five times defeated. ohs French were foied
| n their frst attack on the Name ou though they
| are now victoriously possessed of H. Our sorrow
| at this failure and especially at the sacrifice Of
gallant and devoted men which 1t has cost US is at
| eas. unmixed with despondeucy, although, il,
seems we have ye. to learn the whole extent of the
resources of the place and the enemy to whom we
| are opposed.
| As the Redan Ia commanded by the Malakoh'
works, success In the former W az contingent on
that of the French gsinst the latter nurs elevated
position, because the Redan could not be held
long as the fire of the Malako batteries could be
| directed sgainst it, We have some reason to be-
iieva that this is what actually occurred the 18Th
| ard that the British troops had already carried
| the RedaD, when they found themselves exposed
| to such fire from the enemy's guns In the flank
and rear that, as Sir T Graham said In his &C :
| count of the assault of San Sebastian "No man
outived the attempt to gain that ridge"-and they
were consequently obliged 10 retire. Some idea
mey be formed of the appalling difficulties which
| the French bad to encounter at the works round
| the Malakoff Tower, from the obstacles which
foed their first attack on the 7th. The Girst onset,
| es described by our correspondent on that dav
| carried all before 1t
| Tao French not only drove the Russians out of
the Mamelon, bu, pursued them to the earth works
abutting on the Malakoff tower. There thew fou, a
| themselves on the brink of huge ditch formed
| by the excavation of the earthworks and in the
| diches strong abattis or palisade was erected,
| through which they attempted TO force their wsy.
The French troops were extremely exposed: il Ia
1 not clear that any Of the usual means had been
provided for efscting the descent cto the ditch or
| for blowing up the sbattis; but the trenches were
| lined with Russians, and hand to hand battle en-.
| sued which ended in the French being driven
| back, not only from the Maskof tower, but from
| the Mameon ITSELF for they were hoty pursued
the enemy. AID, 70 complete their danger mine
| wastlred IN the MarneIon under their feet
| Nevertheless, after this struggle, the French
| kroCUR reformed with indOnitG hi
ed to the attack and Ultimately drove The Russians
| from the Msme on altogether. Such were Ii Q
| principal incidents of the combat OF the II h.
| which we must beg our readers not to contonnd
with those OF the 18th, the latter are sill very
| imperfectly known TO u.s. end ii must ever remain
| doubtful point whether, on the former occasion
the result which had been obtained eould no. have
bsen turned 20 more decisive results.
| The details OF the assault upon the Mameon and
| The rife querries the 7th ur have come TO
| hand ana they are necessary to the understand
| ing of more recent events, we give them in foll
| June T. At O'Clock this morning the Redau
gave some evidence OF having yielded TO ROUGH
Treatment, the Jaws of Its embrasurss gaping and
| Its fire being irregular and Interrupted
| Il was about haif-past six when the head of the
FEsnch attacking column came into view from
these two spots Ii climbed its arduous road to
| the menaelon. rocket instantly went of as the
signal OF cur diversion, and Instantly the small
| force OF our men detached for this poet of honor
made rush st the Qusrries.
| Ater one sHeot cnecK they drove out The Rus
slams, and turning round the gabions, commenced
| making themselves snug; but the int-rest was 40
| entirely concentrated upon the more exciting
scene, full 10 view upon the right that ihey had 10
| wsiL good while before attention was directed 10
| tt cir corhict. The French went up the stesp to
Msmeion In most beautiful styl and In loose or
! der, end every strainipg eye upon their move
| meuts, which the decliniog daylight did not throw
| out In bold relief. Still their figures like light
| shadows fttlng across the dim barrier OF earth
| works, we're seen TO mount up unfanely-run
ming, climbing scrambling like skirmishers up the
| slopes to the body of the work amid plunyjpg
| hre from the guns, which, owing TO their loose
| formation, did them az yet little damage As an
| othcer, who saw Bosquet wave them on, said at
th- moment, They went Ia like clever pack Of
| hounds"
10 moment some of these wraiths shone on,
| GEAR against the sky The Zouaves were upon
The psrapet, firDg down into tn place from above:
| the mex. moment flag was up as rallyins point
| and dtfance, aud seen to sway hiiher and
| thither now up, cow down, as the tide of battle
| ragged rouud II; and now like swarm thew were
| In the heart OF the Msmelon, and here a fierce
hand. TO hand encounter with the musket ther
with the bsyonet, was evident. II was seven
minutes and half from the commencement of the
enterprise. Then there came a rush through the
| angle where they had entered, and thers was :
| momentary confusion outside.
Twice the Russians made head against the eur.