Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-08-01

it was inferred on Cathcart's hill his ia
vorite resort, where every one was sure o
a kind word and cheerful saying from the
gallant Brigadier. 1t was but the very
evening before his death that l saw him
standing within few feet of his owl
grave. He had come to the groand in or
der to attend the funeral of Capt. Vaughn
an officer of his own regiment, the (3Sth,
who died of wounds received two DAYS
previously In the trenches. aud he laugh
ingly invited one who was talking with
him to come to lunch with him next day
at the Club house of Sebastopol.
The following is Lord RAGLAS's official
report of the bloody doings on the 18th
ult., at Sebastopol:
SEBAsToP II, June 70.
Nv LORD Il informed your Lordship
on the 10th, that new batteries had been
completed and that in consequence the
! Allies would be enabled to resume the Of
fensive against Sebastopol, with the utmost t
yigor.
Accordingly, on the l7th at daylight
very heavy fire was opened from all the
batteries in the English and French tren-
ches and maintained throughout the day,
and the effect produced appeared so salts
factory, that it was determined that the
| French should attack the Malakoff works
the next morning, aud that the English
should assail the Redan as soon after as
we might consider it desirable.
Il was at first proposed that the artil-
lery fire should be resumed on the morn
ing 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 abatts
Ia the Redan bat on the evening of the
18th it was intimated to me by General
! 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 commenced oper-
ations as day broke; and as their several
columns came within the range of the en-
emy's fire, they encountered the most Sc
rious opposition, both from musketry and
guns in the works which had been sileuced
the previous evening, and observing this
| was induced al once to order our col
umns to move out Of the trenches upon the
Redan.
| It had been arranged that detachment.
from the Light, Second and Fourth Dlvi-
sions, which L placed for the occasion uu-
der the command of Lieut.. Gen. Sir Geo
Brown, should be formed into three col
umns; that the right one should attack
the left face of the Redan, between the
| fanking batteries that the centre should
advance upon the salient ang le and that
the left should move upon the re-entering
angle, formed by the right face and flank
| of the work-the first and the last prece-
ding the centre column.
The flank columns at once obeyed the
signal to advance, preceded by covering
parties of the rife brigade and by sailors
carrying ladders, and soldiers carrying
woolbags but they had no sooner shown
themselves beyond the trenches than they
were assailed by a most murderous fire of
grape aud musketry Those in advance
were either killed or wounded, and tie re-
mainder found it impossible to proceed.
| [ never before witnessed such continued
aud 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 ia the
! light ana fourth divisions, and the seaman
Of the naval brigade under Captain Peel
who was unfortunately wounded, though
not severely, Will show that very large
proportion of those that went forward
/ fell NJ aior General Sir John Campbell
who led the lett attack, and Col. Shad-
! forth, of the 57th, who commanded the
storming party under his direction, were
| both killed, as was also Colonel Yea of
the ROYAL Fusileers, who led the right
column.
[ cannot say too much in praise of these
officers. Major General Sir j. Campbell
/ bad commanded the fourth division from
the period of the battle Of Inkerman till
the arrival very recently. Of Lieut. Gen
eral Beutick He has devoted himself
to his duty without any intermlsslon and
| had acquired the confidence and respect
of all. [ most deeply lament his loss.
[ have not any definite information up
on the movements of the French columns.
and the atmosphere became so obstructed
/ by the smoke from the guns and musketry
that it was not possible by personal OBJ
servation to ascertain their progress.
though was particularly well situated
for the purpose; but | understand that
their left columns, under Gen. D'Aute-
MARIE. passed the advanced works of the
enemy and threatened the gorge Of the
Malakhoff Tower; and the two other col
umns, under General Mayran and Bru
net, who both, regret to say, were killed,
met with obstacles equal to those We en-
countered; and were obliged IN copse-
ouence to abandon the attack.
The superiority of our FIRE on the day
we opened, led both Gen. Pelllssier and
myself, and the officers of the artillery
and engineers of the two services Of the
armies in general, to conclude that the
Russian artillery fire was, in great meas
ure. subdued. aud that the operation We
projected could be undertaken with every
nrospect of success The result has
shown that the resources of the enemy