Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-04-26

! tim In which smell Is coming al hEul' an" a.
10 the battery whether French or English iron
which il has been set. 1t strikes me at present
TINT the French have been forced TO leave the pits
for The time. The regiments in front OF our oi-
visions generally kept IN readiness 10 turn
out whenever we have affairs of this kind, and Il
| the event seems uncertain, two or three III each
| division are turned out under arms. The can
nonade has now 1l 800 nearly ceased altogether
but the muskrtrV l. very shafp and heavy lhf
Third Division and Second Division. and the
brigades of the Light Division not ON duty, are
in readiness to turn out. There Is now w tnld-
night very hard fight soing on IN front OF u.
The generals of division all on the alert. The
French our right are drumming and trumpet
ting vigorously.
We know The particulars of the fight. Be
tween | and II O'Clock last night, columns OF
| Russian infantry cnrne suddenly upon the men IN
our advanced trenches, aud rushed upon them On
the right with the bayonel We were quite pre-
pared to receive them. When they were first dis
cerned they were close at hand, and, ON being
challenged, they replied with the universal shib.
/ boleth, Bono FTanciZ." In another moment
they were bnyonetting our men. who had barely
| time Ia snatch their arms and defend themselves.
! Taken nj great disadvantage, and by superior
numbers, our men met the assault with undaunied
conrage and drove the Russians out at the point
! of the hayonet utter Il smart fire. The Russians,
pursued by OR shot, retired under cover OF their
batteries.
The attack seems to have been general along
the line At half past 8 O'Clock last night the
French batteries b gan To shell the town, while
their rockets were poured every hive minutes IN
streams into the place. AT ID o'clock our sen.
tries in advance of Chapman's attach gave notice
that the Russians were assembling in force III
front Of the works The Goth, 2lst, and the 57th
regiments in the tire inches on the left attack
aud they we're, TO a certain extent prepared for
the assault of the enemy. About the same time
the French the ri ght of our right attack, which
is separated from the left attack by deep ray
inc. were assailed by masses the enemy. As
our allies were hardly pressed. orders were given
to advance the troops in Il portion OF the trench
es, consisting of part of the Light Division, to
their support. On the left attack the Russians.
advancing with impetuosty through weak part
of the defence turned the third pan alel, and took
it in reverse. They killed and wounded some of
our men, and had advanced to the second Paral.
lei. when our covering party and the men in the
trenches of tho batteries came down upon them
and drove them over the works after sharp CON
hict. The goth Regiment lost = men killed and
q wounded badly, and 3 missing, The 57th lost
3 killed wounded, and Il missing. The 2lst
lost 3killed, wounded and | missing. These
are the returns so far | can ascertain the
truth at early hour this morning, but 1t is prob
able that some of the missing men will turn up,
these regiments have not yet come out of the
trenches. On the right the attack was more Sc
rious and sudden.
Our men had been ordered out to support the
French from one part of their lines, and while
they away, the Russians came up to the
flank OF the works and took them III reverse, SO
that they had to fight their way back to get to
their position. The gallant old 9Th Fusler had
10 run the gauntlet ola large body of the enemy
whom they drove back Il la fourchette. One brave
young fellow, DIR. Cavendish Brown, of the 9TH
uFn- lnl fIVvn ,r tlran ,pSLa huIIs ms S,aI
through his body. The Bath Regiment had an
enormous force to contend against, and as their
brave Col. Kelly was leading them in, he
shot down and carried off by the enemy. His
dead body was found outside the trenches this
morning. The 18th behaved must gallantly and
the 9th proved themselves worthy of their posi-
ton in the glorious old Light Division. In the
midst of the fight Major Gordon, of the Royal
Engineers, displayed that cool courage and pres
enee of mind which never forsakes him. With
little switch IN his hand he encouraged the men
to defend the trenches, and standing up on the
top of the parapct, all unarmed as he was, he
hurled down stones on the Russians. He
struck by ball which passed through the lower
part of his arm, and, from the same time he
oeiyed bullet through the shoulder. We are re-
Joieed that he is not dangerously wounded and
that the army will not long be deprived of his
services. After an hours tgh. the enemy
driven back, but we have to deplore the loss of
the following officers. killed, wounded, or missing:
Colonel Kelly, Hth Regiment, killed. Captain
Cayendish Rrown, 9TH, killed; Lieutenant Wears
9th Regiment, wounded; Captain Montague.
Royal Engineers, missing; and Major Gordon,
| Royal Engineers, wounded.
! MARCH 1.-Two Greek or Albanian chiefs in
| full costume, who seem to have led the Rus
slams last night were among the killed. The
town was set on fire about A. NJ, this morning
| IN two places towards the west; part of-at
least one large house-was burning till II O'Clock
to day. Lord Raglan visited Sin j. Campbell,
and afterwards went through the trenches. The
fire was very slack to-day on both sides. This
moment II O'Clock might, while was sitting in
an officers tent of the first battalion, Rifle Br-
gade,orders came f": nnrigadier General CARROTS
brigade 70 turn out, The Rifle Brigade, under
Lieutenant Colonel Norcott, was under arms in
few minutes,a and has just marched over towards
the Woronzow road,
The 6Sth Regiment and the 10th Reg ment
have followed them and have returned to write
my letter. There is good deal of firing along
the front and there has been one sharp brush be-
tween the French and Russians on the right, but
as yet there seems cause Tor this unusual
movement. The men were turned out quietly
without buge, and we're ordered to march without
noise. The French have sent about 5000 men
into the trenches on the right to hight Times
| Correspondent
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MARRIED
In this city, on Thursday evening" the 10Th