The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-13


LUDkks AND HIS sTAYFSTHE ARTILLERY AND
HoRsEs-FoRhA1ION OF THE COLUMNS AND BAT
TALIONs- DECORATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
-MANEUvkEs IN THE FIELD GENERAL LUDEas'
ENTERTAINMENT OF THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH
OFFICERs-THE LADIES PRESENT.
Correspondence OF london rimes
CAMP, sKRAsroPoL, April Is, 1856.
Sunday broke with clouOless sky-a day completely
tsbe place. Few, however, had been Informed OF the
s 10 ooos in the nsaros the
initiated few began to position for the northern
heights BY TIRES routes Wis., the Inksrmsnn bridge
MAN bridge. The Hrst and third were free to horsemsn
and foot during the entire day. but the rakr
WAS closed BY srdsr Of the Frsnsh between 10 and
O'Clock to all that did not accompany the anied
manders and their staff The road TOOK " the
newly epsred wooden lnkermapn bridge which leads
day keep an advance picket inside small ssrtbern a.
su'cate following. the track which leads 10 the
northeast, ! .sesnded through steep wooded g'sn,,
csalsd in the brusbwaod, in rear Of the Spur
battery on the Conical hill, and the most advanced
this point. Gen. Ludsrs the Russian Commander 10.
Chief his ade-decamp Major wehrman, aud his chief
Of the stan sc'ins) General Nspo9.ytchisky, Pole
cns containing the vie Of captain OF Laucsrs Halsn
also the wife Of sutensnt the staa were In tue
:ns tas s to inset ana
fiep. The guard attending them on the occasion con-
sisted Of nine Cossacts Of the Qmea dressed In scarlet
in bright blue riding on gray horses and twenty Cos
sachs Of the Don with loDg spears, mounted their
rough shaggy ponies On this sortsgs arriving Within
view OF the bridge saute fred by allies This
salute was repested by the Russians from their grand
batte,y-Nos. A, 46, 4e, ana 47-ths moment ths ca.
hour bror ght them to the headquarters Of he 18th
eivion where they received by Lieutenant General
vesehzhy, his three aidesde camp-Lieutesant Yaro~
kJ Prince Cothoueen, and Captain Tchernsief Couel
on the Staff Sabler, young engineer Of the Guard,
several other staff officers and guard Of honor-three
21st regir being tine frst OF the 11h division %
arriving ct ibis point the band played anatona air. hs
e. ard prssen ted arms and cheered.
Martial Peissier, who riding q supsvb black
with long hang TAIL the trappings being gold
ard The holsters and saddlecoh of leopard skim needed
the taking off his cooked hat on the occ sson
BEHIND him was General Luders, who likewise rode ON
black charger bearing an Aslracan black sAddeoioth
having the Emperor's cipher on cash corner. This
he appears abou iorty, but when Was t, him
afterwards in the marquee he struck being about
f'ty years Of His hair is short AMI thin and OF
grsyish rge Ills figure ia stout, although he above
the middle height On his breast he wore Fix me1as
crosses and Eve stars; and here may menti that the
Russians appear to be decorated for every Thing Most
o. The soldiers from five to ei sht orders some
saw with sixteen; ard they all were rewarded with .
Sifs'ria croes and Sebastopol circular medal, the
there followed in line Sir William Codrngton xh, was
dressed, as all bis staff were in plain blue rock coat
With cooked hat and sw,rd, General La Marmora sir
ferent aidesdec camp, amongst whom noticed Captains
Popsoney, Hall and Earle the whole winding up With
feveral officers, English, French and Sardnan who
duty and ought lot to have been there
an escort OF the 1lh Hussars about fifteen In number
Ike number Of the Chasseurs dAilue and the Russian
By this time the Russian troops had formed up ia close
columns Of ccmpaner each containing seventy five men,
only seep Each Of the ten bsd sa
standard its bend buges its two small Banners and
consisted Of ten Icom 700 On the right
was complete field ba terry of eight guns with eight
ammunition wagons. The horses we're In capital oond
ion and the whole OF the fittings appeared be In coed
order As the commal dsrs chief roee down tae ire
followed by crowd Of horsemen, each band and bugles
up the sooiers pre- entmg arms and cheering
AeJ ,his General Ludefs With his guests took his
Of AscleDzis's farm, to allow space for he 1000
infantry 10 wheel ard march past In open columns with
BIC ped musk ts, at quick pace. Each battalion con-
sisted Ut five ccmpsniesfour of them being three deep
= leo srope the fifth company (ChAsseurs) being only
two deep 100 sIopg. These CnAsseurs d. NOT wear
Any fs Fent or,.o,m mt they are armed with rifle
which carries 20U Heading the division is
genera W eestv. who hso only arm, aud staff then
f w.c the general mandicg hs lst brigade Major.
Of he 2lst (cel.rgn KY Snc I'D (Yskalsk, regime
Of the iDs snc TIE fouv M alious TOO strong
uarche past their oands whicn were bga led together
one coulo Lot hir being rucs vi The sol Ter like ap
pesrance OF be men, the 10 WHICH they swung
their aims, ard the sir Of defsncs with whi,h they
and panied their to The grouad. The "a
(Cbaseurs) brigade, which had an acting brigsder was
orned of six battsicns each 700 strong Including
sergeants, ard consste ST The Est Ochotsk
officer Commanding he I'd battalion had broken
Az this brigade passed could not help being struck
with the large proportion o. cavalry officers. VII, con-
iced not or ba taions, but likewise companies On
inquiry it trsnspred that they were officers who hsi
volunteered 10 serve at sebsstopo with iaantry How
iifferent to army Russian staff officer spoks
English, befides five other la gusges, having amoug,t
other tutors bad English one Mr. Percy Bsresford,
told me that the Ulcers suffered terribly at the siege.
1t ANA; and certainly the best proof Of tbs
truth Ct his statement the scarcity Of the reg-
rental eicers at this review Of the 1lh Division and
hat there being very young As me battery Of
artillery which belonged to the 18th Brigade of the
4th Artillery Division went past, one could not help
thinking how II s that bring into the aed
more than and FOUNDERS, and yet at Anna and Eu-
paoIa the Russians not only had 80 ders but they
succeeded in taking them away In their retreaor be
two guns, and we made o. any artillery but
Founders At this moment out OF the whole of So
guns in the Crmta there ere only egt that come
the head Of field artillery, viz four Is Founders and
four 81 FOUNDER hovisers On this occasion the guns
drawn by four horses, and the two wheel ammun
came the nine red Cossacks % dou ole rank
20 Ccfsscks OF tbs Don and four troops each thiety
strong OF Coesacks from the Oura The gendarmes are
spears One peculiarly 10 the review connected with
the officers that sAluted except the ted
officers Of battslons and that al the senior
officers marched in the centre instead of the
ight with have omitted to mention that Gene
raj Otchaio chief Of the 4th corps darmes, ACCOM-
The moment the Cossacks had g-ne by the four COM
chief rode to the marques close by to take
luncheon and as by this time 26, the review having
lasted Atty mir utes they has been nearly four hours
dusty ground have little doubt that glass OF cham
p,gne was most refreshing Witnessing this curious
scepe roticed two Russian ladies in carriage,
FL gfh lady, Mrs. Brine horseback Sir Colin Camp
bell Lord William Paulet, Generals Garrett Barnard,
and Cameron, several staff infantry, AVID artillery OFF,
GERS and rather large number Of Hignlanders. The
moment the in chief had entered the
ques crowd of Russian soldiers and mounted officers
tered around to listen to the three Russian bands
each about sixty strong, which played admirably, aod
lock at got up by four Rusiau soldiers
claronet tambourns and pair Of cymbals being she
orchestra One of there four Cossack, stood beauti
fully his head, the others dancing round him. This
feat repestcd twice after luncheon, before sir VIII
liam CodrDgton Inside the marquee about forty eight
feet lorg BY hfteen which vas white tipped with green,
there three tables-two rectangular ones. and be-
tween Il en- ir the rentre, q small horseshoe table
AT the centss Of this table sat Gen. Luers havrq on
his left Marshal Pesser and his right Gel La Mar
Next TO Marshal Pelisser sat Gen. Cadring on.
At the two ohsr tables there sat General Windha a. Sir
Huph Rose, and all the staff Sir Col asked in but
he had come TO the uninvied he declined until
at later time be again tept forwhen he made his
appearance apparently Duch to the del ght Of General
Luders. The marques lined with crimson; In the
e. the poe bri0h baYrelled ur,skot.