The true Democrat., 1855-11-06
THE FALL OF SEvASTOPOL.
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 From the Special Correspondence of London Times. Fourth Dtvision Camp, Sept. 10, 1855. One more great act of carnage has been ad- ded to the tremendous but glorious tragedy of which the whole world, from the most civilized nations down to the most barbarous hordes of the East, has been the anxious and excited au- dcnce. Amid shouts of victory and cries of despar-in frantic rejoicing and passionate sor- row-a ball of black smoke, streaked by the fiery flashings of exploding fortresses, descends upon the stage on which bas been depicted so many varied traits of human misery and of hu- man greatness, such high endurance and calm courage, such littleness and weakness, across which have stalked characters which history may develope as largely as the struggle in which they were engaged, and swell to gigan- tic proportions, or which she may dwarf into the pettiest dimensions as unworthy of the part they played. A dull, strange silence broken at distant intervals by the crash of citadels and palaces as they fly into dust, succeeds the in cessant dialogue of the cannon which have spoken so loudly and so angrily throughout an entire year, and tired armies, separated from each other by sea of fires, rest on their arms and gaze with varied emotions on all that re- mains of the object of their conflicts.
 On the morning of Saturday, Sept. $, the weather changed suddenly, becoming bitterly cold. A biting wind right from the north side of Sevastopol blew intolerable clouds of harsh dust into our faces The sun was obScured; the sky was of leaden wintry gray. Gen. Peissier during the night collected about 3O, GOO men about the Mameon to form the storm ine columns for the Malakoffand Little Redan, md to ,,rnvila fh, The French were reinforced by 5000 Sardinians, who marched up from the Tchernaya last night. It was arranged that the French were to attack the Mamelon at noon, and as soon as their attacks began that we were to assault the Re dan.
 At half-past ten o'clock the second division and the light division moved down to the trenches, and were placed in the advance par allels as quietly and unostentatlously as posSl- ble About the same hour Gen. Sampson and staff moved down to the second parallel of the Green Hill battery. Sir Henry Jones, too i'll to move hand or foot, nevertheless insisted on being carried down to witness the assault and was borne to the parallel on litter in which he remained till all was over. It was, as l have said, bitter cold day, and a stranger would have been astonished at the aspect of the British generals as they viewed the assault. The commander-in-ch eff, General Simpson, sat in the trench, with his nose and eyes just facing the cold ard dust, and his cloak drawn up over his head to protect him aagainst both General Jones wore red nlght-cap, and reclned on his litter; and Sir Richard Airy the quartermaster-genera had white pocket handkerchief tied over his cap and ears, which detracted somewhat from martial and beli- gerent 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 over the Woronzof road. All the amateurs and gentlemen, who rather abound here just now, were in state of great excitement, and dotted the plain Tn eccen- trc attre-which recalled ones old memoirs of Cowes, and yachting, and sea-bat'lng- were engaged in a series of subtle man@uvres to turn the flank of unwary scntrles, and to get to the front, and their success was most credit able to their enterprise and ingenuity. The Tartars, Turks and Eupatorans, were singu- Iary perturbed for such placid people, and thronged every knoll which commanded the smallest view of the place. At lOai Gen Pelsser and his staff went up to the French observatory on the right The French trench es were crowded with men a. close as they could pack, and we could see our men through the breaks in the clouds of dust, which were most irritating, all ready ln thelr trenches.
 A few minutes before 12 o'clock the French like a swarm of bees, issued forth from the trenches, close to the doomed Nlalakoh, swarm- ed up its face, and were through the emDra- sures in the twinkling of an eye. They cross ed the seven metres of ground winch separat- ed them from the enemy at a few bounds they drifted as lightly and quickly as autumn leaves before the wind, battalion after battalion, into the embrasures, and in minute or two after the head of their column issued from the ditch the tri- color was floating over the hornl- loff bastion. The musketry was very feeble at first, indeed our allies took the Russians by sur prise, and very few of the latter were Tn the Maakof; but they soon recovered themselves, and from 12 o'clock til past 2 in the evening, the French had to meet and defeat the repeat ed attempts of the enemy to regain the work and the Little Redan, when, weary of the fear full slaughter of his men who lay in thousands over the exterior of the works, the Muscovte general, despairing of success withdraw hls eX- hausted legions and prepared with admirable skill to evacuate the place. Of the French at tack on the left I know nothing, but that, Ii intended in earnest, it was not successful, and was followed by some loss to our allies. As soon as the tri-color was observed waving over the parapct of the Maakoff through the smoke and dust four rockets were sentup from Chap mans attack, one after another, as signal 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 eX- ploding, were nearly invisible against the raw gray sky.
 It was few moments after l2 when our men left the fifth parallel. The musketry commenced at once and in less than five min utes, during which the troops had to pass over about thirty yards from the nearestapproach to the parapet of the Redan, they had lost large proportion of their officers, and were deprived of the aid of their leaders, with theSexception I have stated. The riaemen advanced admira- bly, but from their position they could not do much to reduce the fire of the guns on the Hanks and below the re-entering angles. As they came nearer the enemy's fire became less fatal They crossed the abattls without diff culty; it was torn to pieces and destroyed by our shot, and the men stepped over and through it with ease. The light division made straight for the salient and projecting angle of the Re- dan, and came to the ditch, which is here about fifteen feet deep. The party detailed for the purpose placed the ladders, but they were found to be too short. However, had there been enough of them, that would not have mattered much but some had been left behind in the hands of the dead or wounded men, and others had been broken so that if one can credit the statement made by those who were present, there were not more than six or seven ladders at the salient. The men, led by their officers, leaped into the ditch and scrambled up the other side, whence they got up the parapet without opposition, for the few Russians who were in front ran back and got behind their traverses and breast-works as soon as they saw our men on the top, and opened fire upon them.
 As the light division rushed out in the front, they were swept by the guns of the barrack battery, and by the several pieces on the pro- per right of the Redan, loaded heavily with grare, which caused them considerable loss ere they reached the sailant or apex of the work at which they were to assault The storming | .S1.. z Al -c