Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-01

were placed in the advanced parable
as quietly and as unostentatiously a
possible. About the same hour Ger
Simpson and staff moved down to th
second parallel of the Green hill Bate
Try. Sir Harry Jones, too i'll to NOV
hand or foot, nevertheless insisted o.
being carried down to witness the as
sault, and was borne to the parallel on
litter, in which he remained till all wa
over. 1t was, as l have said, a bite
cold day, and stranger would hsv'
been astonished at the aspect of tn
British Generals as they viewed the as
sault. The Commander-in-ch chief, Gen
Simpson, sat in the trench, with hi
nose and eyes just facing the cold ant
dust, and his cloak drawn up over h.i
head to protect him against both. Gen
Jones wore red nightcap. and reciin
ed upon his litter, and Sir Richard Air
ey, the Quartermaster General, had a
white pockethandkerchief tied over hi:
cap and ears, which detracted somewhat
from a martial and beligerent aspect
The Duke of Newcastle was stationed
at Cathcart's hill in the early part of the
day, and afterwards moved off to the
right to the Picket-house looking over
the WoronzoG road. All the amateurs
and travelling gentlemen, who rather
abound here just now, were in state oil
great excitement, and dotted the plain
in eccentric attire, which recalled ones
old memories of the Cowes, and yacht
ing and sea-bathing-Were engaged in a
series of subtle maneuvres to turn the
flank of unweary sentries. and to get
to the front, and their success was most
creditable to their enterprise and inge-
nuity.
The Tartars, Turks and Eupatorians
we're singularly perturbed for such pla-
cid people and thronged every knoll
which commanded the smallest view of
the place. At l0:45. General Pellissier
and his staff went up to the French OBJ
servatory on the right. The French
trenches were crowded with men as
close as they could pack. and we could
see our men through the breaks in the
clouds of dust, which were most irrita-
ting, all ready in their trenches. The
cannonade languished purposely to-
wards noon; but the Russians, catching
sight of the cavalry and troops in front
began to shell Cathcart's hill and the
heights, and disturbed the equanimity
of some of the spectators by their shells
bursting with loud "thuds" right over
their heads. A few minutes before 12
O'Clock the French, like a swarm of bees
issued forth from their trenches close to
the doomed Malakoff, swarmed up its
face, and were through the embrasures
in the twinkling of an eye. They cross
ed the seven metres of ground which
separated them from the enemy at few
bounds-they drifted as lightly and quI-
etly as autumn leaves before the wind
battalion after battalion into the en-
brasures, and in minute or two after
the head of their columns issued from
the ditch, the tricolor was floating over
the Korniloff Bastion. The musketry
was very feeble at frst--indeed, our al
lies took the Russians quite by surprise.
and very few were in the Malakoff; but
they soon recovered themselves, and
from 12 till past seven in the evening
the French bad to meet and defeat the
repeated attempts Of the enemy to re-
gain the work and the little Redan,
when, weary of the fearful slaughter of
his men, who lay in thousands over the
exterior of the works, the Muscoyite
General, despairing of success, withdrew
his exhausted legions, and prepared,
with admirable skill to evacuate the
place. Of the French attack on the
left, 1 know nothing. but that, if inten-
ded in earnest, it was not successful,
and was followed by some loss TO our
allies. AS soon as the tricolor was OBJ
served waving over the parapet of the
Malakof through the smoke and dust,
four rockets were sent up from Chap
mans attack one after another as sig
nal for our assault on the Redan. They
were almost borne back by the violence
of the wind, and the silvery jets of
sparks they threw out on exploding
were nearly visible against the raw
gray sky. / take it for granted that
there is no one in England who is not
by this time quite well acquainted with
the exterior of the Redan, and who does
not know its shape and situation.
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE REDAN-THE RE-
PULSE OF THE BRITISH.
When the order for the storming Of
the Redan was received on the 7th, the
general remark was-"This looks like
another 18th of June" In fact, the
attacking columns were not strong
enough, the supports were not strong
enough, and were also too far behind,
and the trenches did not afford room
for sufficient number of men. Now,
it will be observed that, where we at
tackled the Redan with two divisions on
ly, a portion of each being virtually in
reserve, and not engaged in. the affair
at all, the French made their assault on
the Malakoff with four divisions of the
second corps d'armee, the first and fourth
divisions forming the storming columns,
and the third and fifth being the sup
port, with reserves of 10000 men.
The French had probably not less than
$4,000 men in the right attack on the
18th September.