Southern shield., 1855-01-06
BATTLE OF INKERMANN.
General Canrobert's Account
HEAD QUARTERS, BEFORE SEBAsTopoL,
 November ', 1854.

graphic despatch, dated Nov. 0, and thus worded: :-"The Russian army, swelled by re-inforcements coming from the Danube, and by the reserves
 collected in the southern provinces, and ! animated by the presence of the Grand 1 Dukes Michael and Nicholas, yester- ! day attacked the right of the English position before the place. The English | army sustained the combat with the
 most remarkable frmness. I caused
 it to be supported by the division of
 General Bosquet, which fought with l admirable vigor, and by the troops l nearest at hand. The enemy, far ! more numerous than we, beat retreat with enormous loss, estimated at 8 ,00O 1 to 5000 men.
 ''This obstinate struggle lasted the 1 whole day. On my left, General Fo-
 rey had to repel at the same time a
 sortie of the garrison. The troops,
 energeticalJy conducted by him, drove
 the enemy back into the place, and in- ficted on him a loss of thousand men.
 This brilliant day, not purchased with
 out loss by the Allies, does the greatest honor to our arms"
 The action summarily expressed by the despatch given above, was one of ! the hottest and most violently contest cd. From the very first musket shots that were fired, the deserters that came over to us revealed the true state of the Russian army with respect to it's effec- tive strength, and we were enabled to calculate the endorsements 1t has suc- cessiyely received since the battle of the Alma. These are-1st, some con- tingents from the Asiatic coast, from Kertch and Kaffa; 2dly, six battalions
 and some detachments of marines from Nicolaieff, 3dly, four battalions of the l Cossacks of the Black Sea; 4thly, a
 great part of the army of the Danube; 10thly, 11thly, and 12thly, some divis- ions of infantry, forming the 4th corps, commanded by General Dannenberg. These three divisions were transported by post horses, with their artillery, from Odessa to Simpherohol in a few days. Finally arrived the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas, whose presence could not fail to over excite this army, which form, with the garrison of Se- baStopol, total of at least 100, ,000 men.
 It was in this condition that 45, ,000 men of this army surprised the point of the heights at Inkermann, which the English army had not been able to oc- cupy with sufficient forces. Only 5000 English took part in the action, the re- mainder being employed on the siege works; they yaliantly sustained the shock until the moment when General Bosquet, arriving with part of his di- vision, could lend them such aid as might insure success. One hardly knows which most to praise, the ener- getic frmness with which our allies braved for a long time the storm, or the intelligent vigor displayed by Gen. Bosquet, when conducting a part of the brigades Bourbaki and d'Antemarre in order to attack the enemy, who ex- tended beyond them on their right.
 The 3d Regiment of Zouaves, under the chefs de 6ataiUon, Montudon and Dubos, there justified most signally the old reputation of the arm. Algerine Rifles (tiroj2!eurs), Colonel de Wimp- fen; a battalion of the 7th Light h. fantry, Commander Vaissier; the 9th Regiment of the Line, Colonel de Ca mas, vied with them in ardor. Three times they crossed bayonets with the enemy, who only yielded ground after the third charge, upon which he left it strewed with his dead and wounded. - The Russian heavy artillery and their feld-pieces were very superior in num- Der, and had 8 commanding position. Two horse batteries, Commander de la Boussinere, and one battery of the 2d Division of Infantry, Commander Bar ral, the whole under the orders of Col. Forgeot, sustained, concurrently with the English artillery, the struggle du- ring the entire day.
 The enemy decided on beating re- treat, leaving behind more than three thousand dead, very large number of wounded, A few prisoners, as well as several powder chests, in the hands of the allies. His losses in the gross ag- gregate cannot be put down at less than from 5000 to 10000 men.
 While these events were taking place on the right, about 5000 men of the garrison made a vigorous sortie on the left of our attack siege line, under cover of thick fog and along the ra- vines that facilitated their approach. The troops on duty in the trenches, un- der the orders of General de la Motte- rouge, marched against the enemy, who had already invaded two of our batteries, and repulsed him, killing 200 men on the site of these batteries.
 Lieutenant General Forey, comman- alng the siege corps, arrived by rapid