The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-17


wills nom the whole ssmicGeuisr iine IL raApet ta
eTewdiss rin.n ssnt vo,sy after voiey n,o their d.
nsI,ss Iced Three tine. they xsvs ~sy. aa :. os,.,
rsnsd bat we're nraly driven baok after struggle o
:Sms snsss hosIs 'na haf !savns the spase s:s~s.'
oeAd apd oyfp3.
With on,own men. the spsce to BE- pssssd over fon
or most advanced t.achss 30 the Redsn rome
whsp sbour seven hundred yards. and from the 1rs
nsnt OF tAcr rushing over the parAps towards tas
spninils,ins Storm 81 csn.ster aud gsspe May sel
within the first eczsn o yards ana thence os to
asss sr0usd sscus H. m'~ay 70 wa,co co sas rsma,s;
wounded An o0eer pses~nt in tss affair, ani wto ~as
one ef tbs fev who escaped uninared, described the
hts to lne ~ bstnE perfectly awiui-rauch mots -
we're. he assured ne. than tina. which greeted our
men AZ Alma, where hs also fought, aud rsesved a
tout OF the vost--aose. believe, ssw ths
deep ditch which protects its approaches. have al
bIst commsncem o! our movement and coupling
thia with the nAufdtrous preparations made by the
ensmy, you wi % at no lo,s 70 u"dsr.and that sue
Gees vas not Improbable shall presently mrntioa
wbst the Russsos thought Of our gsnsraLhip, ~ re-
ges'sd 10 own hearing by o. themselves, Darisg
the whole sf.ir Lord Raglan and Sur g. Bro
reooced within our Sgun battery; but thoogh this
afforded good view Of the o, tho struggle aud Of
the disorder which marked IT,
to unintated spectators thsy appeared unsb 20 give
any ecis Mt directions for the correction OF multi
pod bluncers.
lCeues pondsncs Of Laudoa Timsal
A. this asih Regiment advanced, ths supports, by
acme means or another got red ssse,h.r with them
consequence
the Isrcb our men, insrad OF coming upon tho ooso
In firm tooy, wers broken into txos NJ th Ths
sro,e s from the vent Of temporary step above the
parspet with regularity instead OF which they had to
scramble over It % well as they could and the top
OF the trench 10 OF unequal height and fol m thsr line
vas quito brokeu. The moment they came out from
tbs trench the enemy began &c dree. the whole front
acetsrAte and we'll aimed mirdnie, which iacrsAAsd
the want Of order aud unsssdns csussd by the mote
/ Of their ADVANCE
Poor Col. Yea saw the consequences too clearly.
by AZ
broken formatio and confusios Of his men, who
DO where's the Susi.r to eii them bach " hut
alas at that critical moment buger WAS 10 be
found The gallant old soldier, BY voice and gesture
tried to form ara compose his but the thunder OF
ths enemy guns coe at hand and the gloom Of early
dawn frustrated his Efforts and he rushed along
under the rush Of grape and endeavora to gct thsm
into for rush the batteries which wa. b,tlsr
Ses p..: .na tn. udss ass'. oasr in.sr M
dead in advance OF hs man stuck at once n hsad and
In the 3ith, ts,tain shifin.r snd Captain Robinson
weIa Killed close by their lsader, ard In fev moments
Captain wilt, Captain Jordan, Csp,sin Wary, Lsu.sn
ant Peel Lieutenant Alt, lieutenant Clayton sad Lieu
t.nAst Haiman, Of tho same reg,m.nt, fell less
wounded to the ground 4 gallant and Ape yourg soi.
der poor Hobson, tbs Adiu'sn, OF ths Ith fell along
With bi. chief mortAy wounded, and since dead after
awputatcn Of bis hight thigh. Tho 7th Rsxlmsnt hes
now only eAres or tour ohoers left for duir Major
Peck, Isl Richard Rsowns, Lsutspsat fIater man)
Jones, Insn WIisAi ldeoiensn. Rob nson, Iout.nsat
TIE lausr has had his left thigh ampotstsd.
In the 3ad Colonel Jchnatone had is lett hand sho.
away since ampurstsd; Lieutenaat Cooasi Munay wss
eighty woupdsd Lieutenant Colonel shot through tho
body (doipg wsi) Captain wickhsm wosn'ed; Idsute
cant Bennett and Lieutenant Rylana were NJ led In
The zsd which was fsvoIaby placed the ogly officer in
jured was Lieutenant Colonel Lysons who rscsvsd .
we're contusion In the ssth, Captain brown had his
Rifle Isaes Captain Punsstt and IAsu,suan. KnoI aud
IseutenaLt Fiesmantio we're wounded. TOE division has
lost upwards OF 40 men liled and wouudsc aud sut
f~red severely M u retired iiom the futile attack
TINT rrrprAr \ snu ruv woywa
WHEN tho whole lad scene wan cne cd our men stray.
sled back by every sse TO the camp, In stats
Of dsrpfitsc tcnfufion wei In keeping With thu mob
lie difoIder IN which they had been throughout tao
fnuit know not what may have been the fssipgs Of
d.fea,or prcsum. the seiisss nthsAd quarters made
stsnpt 70 conceal the naked fact that repalse
vas n..ie er msIe DOT less than deisas-ens hers mn
slea shi Apd i1Gsr alton general this
ceme. 0hcsts ard men alike fen that disgrace. hal
been incurred sni that in conssqusoc solely o. the
Ietcsn ed encouragement Of their gsnsrls. From drum
boys TO eoionsis sense 81 huuilisfen Allied every
breast, the deeper that essry body ssnsbis that
reiler men por resirnsnts oil ,ers hal shown tbsm
seids denel.nt In what, unesr proper guidance would
have comm snftd success.
About midnght OF Monday was reused up by the
sound Of terrific canoonade and SUSTAINED nuskctgy
Are along the whole frcnt FROM left u the Frsnch
the victoria rsdoubt heard and witnessed What iasae~i
me 10 be'evs that night attack had b,cn made by
osr.ve. % retrieve tbs sfertun. Of ths DAY PROM tn.
kslakhon TO the extreme left sf ths Rdana space u
about mile-wbole clouds of n,ns burst along the
line from the sustained discharges OF sos two hunr
| both aso the snsmy's groand. The night
pitch dark and Tho storm Of stsns whisied through
The air nothing could be grsnder than the fiery para
tolaA OF these tsTihls msssngsrs from battery 10 re-
| doubt, snd from rsdoubt back again to battery.
hsy. neither tms nor power 70 d.ssr'es the m,xns,
from the Maal hon psssed high ths Mamslon and
fen scme sixty yard. from where stood. but thouyh
this wss safe erough, dssmed II best TO shft my
ground, and so ret,sed. loud "thrse tune. three
upon the midnish. air ror, ID. direction o. III. -
can and be mistaken la this psc ALTAR
vocal procuc OF Brtsh IL ngs jumped % ths pleasant
conclusion that the days stain had been wpsi away.
and that the Rsdsn vas wss, bo~srer. mis.
taken; and the e1p.nxnou OF ths who's AFFAIR wa. ,hs
during the night the French, endsavoinz TO tAks sd
Ion 10 recover number Of re,ss ladder. Witch ts.y
bad been applied 20 abandon during ihs a,,aes TAs
Rn.sisns p..esivsd them and op.nsd .mui hrs Of
phed 10 BY shsn FROM the Mansion Almost siinui,s.
reousy party Of the sn.my -nsrssd from sh. .sisn,
that attempted by ths french and btIns psre-vs3 by
men, yollsy of mu,kstry was p,orsd mo th.ui,
Ens,sns turnad and asd and 4, vas a. this Jan.,urs
| that the hufshs have rsn,.onsA ssat altar
them. Arsr this The esnsonads vas fesi ap Tor sons
time from both hnss. IN the msansr hays rsaafscc
4
1 fCorrssY Yondsaoe of the onion Times
i BsyoRE ssnarorof, Juss 70.
The natural consequences In evlir.d vsrfsr- o. sach
rnisics 70 bury IN. assa. Il sad da,y 70 q.
msnd n, for cor dad lay ou.sts tie nsss AMI tnsrs
ser. 90 Russlsn corps.. front Of ths Rsfsn Ms
| soH After the contest Of tbs "a of Nay, Gsnsra
ou saeisn s said 10 have applied twice 70 zsss
ala before IA srrD stics 5stsi bin s1i.
e.af Geosrsl P-isssr er2ressly ssJs that the tfncs
vas yrsnsd 20 tho Russsn gsnsraI mis- feitsrs rs
| quest II IT, no wonder, then, that ths Rgsssrs
rattsr cbsry of granting arnis.ies, vheo they
had no occasion 20 oaisss their ins. Tor ,hs Zeal
/ or allsR ssd woupesd. Somehow other -. rsDoy
sot sbrosd that there vosh ts srsisises ssriy ia
\ ibe esy, and ne boistsf -hs HsS In tie fofsro1n
\ hst there 70 fueh tmbsm Of t~npoyafy yssss dis
i rlsytt by the Enstians
Our batteries and raspss cs1ssd airing aai ihs Rus
sar erovesd the tops ~ the ysrap q tss Risn saa
Of the Ropnf lover (MsiakoH) bA,trss, asi si MI
lssss By COY Gre ~, u eour. " ras fsBgsross -
40 ou, fcnt ~ ibs tnss u thsy hcisssi The -hts
/ nax sfo. Tbs ssysncsd trenches ssfs hisi 9Th on
c.fs I'D soldsrs eager fnd the Dos~s M their pyof
confs8es bal they could 20. str ogt ~ the nsfaies
Ibsy waited ysnsn,ly and sstly Tor TIE rspnsni vssn
serdship's last nslspehosy onse c0ull y prfOtrssf
! II rn vsry cot Cay, sni ~ Al tss places . fae
.0fd vbsrs beat dsplsys hn utmost p9r~t
| trench tsfoys rst~s.oyoi 10 iks most intSsfabs
E,sfy nnorsrt ANXIOUS sye~ tgTos1 = ihs hsss
-sas Of sarih hsors ts Found Tsssf a.; e'h ~ ihs