New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-07

march brought them up TO twenty yards froo Ia.
ditch. Az ususl in assaults. not shot wm oA
fred; the soldiers were made to take OF the ma,
cussioDcsps feom their guns TO prevent their b,.,
entspgled In useless snd di.stOry firing All At oacs
few Russian words OF comm aud we're heard,
strong booy of Russians in tue interior Of the "a.
doubt, rose from the ground leveled their gun.
over the top Of the PrsPet, and poured . v,llsy
into The advancing column. Fro n the darkuesa
and. the vel, known inveierste habit Of sol ier.
In intrepcbmens, to FIRE always sHalsht across the
parspet this voliey ESQ have bad bgs little efoc.
upon the narrow head of the coldnu. Toe
ZouAves, hardly detained By the slopas sides Of
the incomplete ditch aud rampant in a momen.
were in the redoubt, and rushed az their %.
ptpents with the bayonet. A terrible haai.to-
hspd struggle took place. After some ii ne tao
Zouaves possessed themselves of oue slf Of the
redoubt, aud. at later period. tae Russians en-
tirely abandoned it 10 them In the msaa time,
the marines, following the ZoasSes at a shoit
diitsnce, either lost their way, or from sons
other reason, stopped on the brink Of the hill.
Here they were asssiec ia each flank oy Russian
column, which, after desperate resistance.
drove tsem down the hill. Daring or shortly
after this struggle, daylight must have dswnsd,
for the Russians speedily retired from the hill
leaving the redoubt in the possession OF toe
Zousves-upon whom now opened sll toe Russian
artillery which could BIS brought 10 bear on
the spot. The Zouayes lag down for moment
while some ride volunteers, who had accom-
panied thsm, crept up to the Malakod works.
trying 10 FIRE at the Rassian gunners through tas
tmbrssures. But the NE was TOO heavy; aud,
before long. the Zouaves had TO retreat on the
side toward Inkermann, which sheltered them
sgain,t most of the batteries. They profess to
lave carried all their wounded with them.
This little affair WAS carried out with great
Drawers by tic Zouaves aud Geb. Monet, and
with Eat skill com bned with tseir usual ssnAcity
by the Rassisus, They consisted OF the two
regiments Of Selengbinsk and Volhynia. the
strength of which, after several campaigus can
NOT have exce.ded5OO men per battalion, or 1000
men 10 all. Gen. Kroashof commanded then.
Their arrangements were 50 admirable that the
French declare that the whole plsu OF attack
must have been known to them. Toe attack
upon the marines was completely aid almost ia
simultaneously successful, while their retrest cut
Of the Incomplete redoubt had the efiocs Of sK-
posing the unfortunate aud unsupp ,rted Zousves
to gu overwhelming fire, which must have re-
manned silent as long as tho struggle within ths
iedoubt was going on
Gen. Canrobeft found that this defea. had
very great effect on his troops. Their iups-
tience which had made itself remarkable on
various occasions, now broke gu. with full force.
The assault upon The town was demanded by the
soldiers. The word of treason, that everlasting
excuse for defeat suffered by the French, was
loudly pronounced, and Gen. Forey, without any
apparent reason, was even nomnslly pointed out
as the party who betrayed to the enemy che "
cIet resolutions Of the French Council Of War.
SO confused was Csnrobert, that ia one bresth 10
wrote on order of the day representing the whole
affair as q brilliant though relative success aud
note to Lord Raglsn proposing an immediate as
ssalt, proposal which Lord Raglan, Of course.
declined
The Russians on their part, maintained their
lew REQ oubt, and have since been busy co nplet-
irg il. This position is # great importance. 1t
secures the communication with Iakermann and
the arrival of supplies from that direction. 1t
mensces the whole right of the allied siege
works, by taking them In flank. aud necessitst-
irg fresh approaches 70 paralyze it. Above sll,
it shows the cspabilty. 10 the Russians, not only
to hold their ground, but even to advance beyond
it. In the latter pant of February they pushed
ire, ches Of counter approach toward the allied
works from their new redoubt. The reports do
not, however, state the exact direction OF these
works At all events the presence Of the two
regiments of the line in Sevastopol proves that
the garrison, hitherto consisting of marines and
sailors only, ha, been considerably rec oforceS,
end is strong enough for aoy eventuality.
1t is now reported that by the 10th or llth Of
March, the Allies would be 10 a position to open
their batteries upon the Russian defenses, but,
with the resources of the Russians and the diff
cuties Of the Allies how is ii TO be expecsed that
the first condition will be fal6lled namely: That
the besiegers fire will be superior TO that of the
besisged, and so far superior, too, as to silence
the Russian batteries before the English and
French have exhausted their stores Of am-
munitOn But let US suppose even this result 10
obtained Suppose even that at this decisive mo-
ment the Russians in the field should neglect at
tsckiDg the positions If lnksrmann and B.lAklavA
Suppose the assaults attempted upon the first
Russian line and suppose that line even carried:
What then, Fresh defenses. fresh batteries.
strong buildings converted into small citAdels re-
qniriog Few set Of batteries to bring thea down.
are before the stOrming columns; hail Of grape
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