New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-21
TIE TINES IN THE REFUSE.

From Tie LoaGon Tine', Jaly5
The very valuable letter of ar correspondent from
tie camp b. fore Sevsstopoi published entire in THE
TEIBUyE on the 18th inst and some addiiiona parfi
culars on the movements Of the French army which
we have received from Paris, pie us IN possession )f
the piine.ei, causes o. the check sustained by the
allied armies in their late combined attack upon the
place. ne fret untOward incident was ihat Denerai
Msvr6us division which was on is way 20 attack the
fort ON the extreme right by ,he CaTeenng Harbor'
bccen lie attack before the hour fixed tor the IN
ueI cement Of the action, and before the ener divis
ions lad taken up their ground. General MayrGl
himself was struck by three WOunds, and fell mortaiy
hut in the presence OF als men, upon whom this nell
sncholy event at the very outset of the battle pro-
duced q most painful impression. The division OF the
right having been thus prematurey worsied, the Fhoe
concentrated fire of the Russians vas turned upon the
next ii -i-On, which came 10 under the COMMAND oil
General Brunet and here again the commanding OH
Ger was unharpiiy killed he leading on Lis men
with tie utmost galantry, and The dlyisiN suiefe1
frightully. The order was then given 70 WITHDRAW
the troops into the trenches, although General Auto
mare bad meanwhile reached the Malikoh Tower.
The retire ated was effected in good order though with
great lOss.
Tie spectacle of this disaster which vas partly vis
bic in the eaIy dawn OF morning irOm the position al
which ord Raglan stood in the sgun battery, decided
the British Commander int hef 10 give the signal Tor
attacking tie Rodsn. We state win confidence that II
had not been the intention of the allied Generals that
the attacks should be simultaneous, or ~ ea'l uat
tley should commence Simultaneously; on the CON
trarv as the Redan is entirely commanded Dy the
works Of the Malakoh Tower, II was Impossible 10
take 10 hold it unless the atter Was aleau! ~ 's
posesson Of our Allies and the British troops told oil
for this service would NOT, II all had gone wei, have
quilted the trench until The French c0ors were seen
on the Malak works. When, however, Lord Rag
Ian observed that the night columns of the allied army
had sustained a severe check he determined at all
hazards 10 attempt lis portion Of The enterprise and at
least effect diversion III favor OF our brave Alies
Painful as it il to record the Improbable loss OF so
u EaUa fflnr.
painful 10 The honorable fe lings of the British army
ihev had not shared the losses which have told
heavil, on our comrades in the field.
Since the attack failed, and no number OF men could
have stood against the awful storm OF grape and balls
poured from he embr6sures Of the Russian rampars,
we NAV rejoice that the sacrifices of the army
greater; but for the purpose of assautng capur
ing and holding work like the Redan, the number OF
men under the command of Sir George Brown
exceedingly small. Surprising they had penetrated
through the abats and the ditch and scaled the par
apet Of the work which could not have been accom-
plished without heavy loss, what could column of
400 men or three columns of that number, making in
all 200 men, have done against the large forces
which the Russians wont to cram into every part
of ii tr dcfenses Even including the supports and
the sailoTs The whole nun OF British loops engaged
barely exceeded 5000. When the Duke OF Yelling
ton exclaimed al San Sebastian that be wanted some
"of those fellows who would show the way to mount
4" q breach $50 volunteers started up and that
storIning marty carried the place But in all the sieges
of the Peninsula the assailants far Ounumbered the
Garrison At Sevastopol 1t must never be forgotten,
that the Russians are defending an ntTenehed camp
with all the resources of an army We shall presently
that of all tie faults committed on the lrh June
hy far the greatest was the not bringing larger num-
Der Of men into action several points. Ever since
the bombardment of the 9TH and the loss OF the Name
Ion and the QuarTies, the Russians had connGenty
expected an attack on the Malakon works and the
Redan Those were consequently the points on which
thew were best prepared, and II IS now capable of
proof that they had concentrated in those works the
greater portion Of the garrison, who were eonse-
0uently separated from the town itself by the Dock
y8rd Creek.
BY far the most extraordinary part OF the events Of
the day was the successful and we must add astonsh
ing attack on the Baack Battery made by the Second
Brigade of the Third Division, ander the command OF
Ger Eyre This corps cOnsis ed of the 9Th 18th, 2sh
3sh and 44th Regiments 10 which was added the 18th
Royal Irish as the stormiDg party. These SIX reg-
mens mustered in all scarce y 1900 men, Their task
was to occupy the Cemetery and Baraek Batteries
upon the Dockyard Creek. Major Biddulph saies,in
bis Typographical Sketches Of Serastopol that the
Bsrrack Battery stands on the nose of the hill, imme
diaiely above tho bay. Lord Raglan describes il
as the works at the head of the Dockyard Creek"
In IT, i'm fact a work between the Redan and the
South Harbor and slightly IN the rear of the Redan
represented by Major Bddulph Against this point the
attack of General Eyre and bis brigade directed
They rushed upon the Churchyard (which must not
be COMPOUNDED with the work Of the same on the
extreme left and drove out the enemy, but a heavy
fire Immediately opened on our men from the adjacent
batteries. NOtlnS uONtNtIs lpul comp3-
mics of the sth dashed on toward the town, and lit
orally entered the suburb, where they occupied some
furnished houses apparently just deserted by their H.
bsbitans In this singular position they were secure
from the fire of the Russian heavy guns, but they
could neither advance retreat and, what is most
exuaoroinary, no attempt appears 10 have been made
10 relieve them 10 strengthen this attack, although
they remained IN the place seUeHtcea hours, from
o o'clock in the morning until at night, when the
turn Of arkness enabled them TO retire. NOrwa this
an exceptional circumstance. The 9th Regiment
alfo effected lodgment in some houses asergeants
party drove dozen Russian artiierymen out OF
small battery; an officer with six men and IS French
soldiers reached a part of the Flagstaff Battery;
another officer with . men took OF the Russian
rfe-y and held il throughout the day IL scarce
~ POSSIBLE 20 doubt thai H. upon the failure Of the at
tack on the Redan, which fatal as il was did NOT last
half hour, the strength OF the columns of attack
had been thrown tue left part at least of the
place would have been carried. II is indeed incon-
Ceivale that, knowing the critical position in which
this br ade placed by lis own successful advance
and The fact that engaged alone throug bout the
dsy, no attempt should have been made to take ad-
vantage OF its entry and to relieve it a. all hazards
FROM so perilous predicGmen,.