The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1854, Page 3

meter ee bave had b hor or from fal cow drifting . he e } an outlying piequet o° the Light Division he and ol wheel valley ws though ti F hing Ho report circumstanee to M s sappased that the sound ar f guing into Sebastopol at enormous masses of Russian were creeping up the rugged sides of the heights over the valley of Iukermann on the undefended flank of the Se né division. ‘There all was security and repose. Lit- tledid the slumbering troops in camp imagine that a subtle aad indefatigable enemy were bringing into posi ton an overwhelming artillery, ready to pliy upon their tents at the first glimpse of dayligit.. it must be ob- served that Sir De Lacy Evans had long been aware of the insecurity of this portion of our position, and had repeatedly pointed it out to those whose duty it was to guard against the dangers which threatened us, It was the only ground where we were exposed to surprise, for mumber of ravines and unequal curves im the slope of the hill towards the valley lead up to the crest and sum- mit, against the adverse side of which our right flank was resting, without cuns, entrenchments, abatis, or out- lying defences of any kind. Every one admitted the truth | of tho representations addressed to the authorities on this ject; but indolence er a sense of false security, and ‘an overweening confidence, led to indifference and procrastination. A battery was thrown up with sand- bags, and gabions, and facines on the slope of the hill over Inkermann on the east, but no guns were mounted there, for Sir De Lacy Evans thought that two guns in aul position, without any works to support them, would only invite attack and capture. In the ac- tion of the 25th October, the enemy tried their strength almost on the very spot seleeted by them this morning; bat it may pow be considered that they merely made a reconnoissance in force on that occasion, and that they were waiting for reinforcements to assau!t the position where it was most vulnerable, and where they might speculate with some certainty on the effects of a surprise ot a sleeping camp on a winter’s morning. Although the arrangements of Sir D. L. Evans on | repulsing the sortie were, as Lord Raglan declared, ‘so | perfect, that they could not fail to insure success,” it was evident that a larger force than the Russians em plored would bave forced him to retire from his ground | or to fight a battle in defence of it with the aid of the | tthe divisions of the army; and yet nothing was done. ‘No effort was made to entrench the lines, to cast up a | singly sbovel of earth, to cut down the brushwood, or Toray an abattis. It was thought ‘not to be necessary.” | A Leavy responsibility rests on those whose neglect | snabled the enemy to attack us where we were ieast prepared for it, and whose indifference lod them to despise precwutions which, taken in time, might have saves us many valuable hives, aud have trebled the loss of the enemy, had they been bold enough to have asstulted us ‘behindintrenchmenta. We have nothing to rejoice over in the battle of Inkermann. We have defeated the enemy, indeed: but have not advanced » step nearer towards the citadel of Sebastopol. We have abashea, humitiated and utterly routed an enemy strongim number, in fanaticism, and dogged resouute courage, and animated by the presence of & son of him whom they believe to be God’s vicegerent on earth; but we have suffered a fearful loss, and we are not in @ po- sition to part with one mi England must give us men; ebe must be prodigal of her sons, as she ig of her money and of her ships, and as they have been of their lives im her service. It wasa little after five o’olock this morning, when Brigadier-General Codrington, in accordance with his usual habit, visited the outlying picquets of his own brigade of the Light Division. 1t was reported to him that ‘‘all was well,”’ and the General entered into some conversation with Captain Prettyman, of the 33d regi- ment, who was on duty on the ground, in the course of which it was remarked that it would not be at all surprising if the Russians led themselves of the gloom of the morning to make an attack on our posi tion, calculating ou the effects of the rain in disarming our vigilance, and spoiling our weapons. The brigadier, who h ved # most excellent, cool and brave officer, turned his pony round at last, and retraced his steps through the brushwood towards his lines. He haa only proceeded a few paces when a sharp rattle of muaketry was heard down the hill and on the left of the picquets of the Light Division. It was here that the picquets of the 2d division were stationed. General Codrington at once turned his horse’s head in the direction of the firing, and ina few minutes galioped back to turn out his division. The Russians were advancing in force upon us. Their gray greatcoats rendered them almost invisible even when close at hand. The picquets of the 2d division had scarcely made out the advancing lines of infantry, who were clambering up the steep sides of the hill through a drizaling shower of rain, ere they were forced to retreat by a close sharp volley of mus- ketry, and were driven up towards the brow of the hill, contesting every step of it, and firiug as long as they bad around of ammunition on the Russian advance. The picquets of the Light Division were assailed soon af. terwards, and were also obliged to retreat and fall back upon their main body, and it was evident that a very *trong sortie had been made upon the right of the posi tion of the allied armies, with the object of forcing them to raise the siege, and, if possible, of driving them into the sea. About the same time that the advance of the Russia i was im pected for # moment < the French on the heights above, and to occupy the iguland brigade and mar at only an inter- nge of a few harmless rounds of cannon and musket- took place, and the enemy contented themselves ith drawing up their avait in order of battle supported by field artillery, at the neck of the valley, in readiness to sweep over the heights and cut our retreat- ing troops to pieces should the assault on our right be auccessful. A Semaphore post had been erectel on the heights over Inkermann in communication with ane- ther on the hill over their position, from which the in- telligence of our defeat was to be conveyed to the caval. ry general, and the news would have been made known in Sebastopol by similar means, in order to encourage the garrison t> general sortie along their front. A steamer with very heavy shell gons and mortars was sent up of night to the head of the creek at Inkermann and caused much injury throughout the day by the enormous shells she pitched right over the hill upon our men. Everything that could be done to bind victo- to their eagles—if they have any—was dene by the ussian generals. The presence of their Grand Duke Michael Nicholaiévitch, who told them that the Czar had issued orders that NAtgc Mes gat and lish- man was to be driven into the sea ere the year closed, cheered the common seldiers, who regard the son of the Emperor as an incarnation of the Divine Presence. ‘They had abundance of a coarser and more material sti- mnlant, which was found in their canteens and flasks; ‘end, above all, the priests of the Greek Catholic church “blessed’’ them ere they went ferth upon their mission, and assured them of the aid and protection of the Most High. A mass was eaxd for the army, and the joys of heaven were freely offered to those who might fall in the holy fight, and the favors of the Emperor were largely romised to those who nright survive the bullets of an eretical army. ‘The men in our camps had just begun a struggle with the rain in endeavoring to light their fires for breakfast when the alarm was given that the Russians were ad- be vin | in force. adier-General Pennefather, to whom the illness of Sir De Lacey Evans had given for the time the com of the Second Division, at once pod the troops under arms. One brigade, under Briga- ier-General Adams, consisting of the Forty-first, Forty- seventh and Forty-ninth regiments, was pushed on to the brow of the hill to check the advance of the enemy by the road through the brushwood of the valley. The other brigade (Pennefather’s own) consisting of the Thirtieth, Fifty-Ofth and Ninety-ffth regiments, were led to operate on the flank. They were at once mot with @ tremendous fire of shelland round shot from guns whieh the enemy had posted on the high grourds in ad- vance of our right, and it was soon found that the Russians had brought up at least forty pieces of heavy artillery to bear upon us. Meantime, the alarm bad spread through the camps. Sir George Cathcart, with the greatest promptitude, turned out as many of his éivision as were not employed in the trenches, ‘and led the portions of the T th, Twenty-first, Forty sixth, Fifty-seventh, Sixty d Sixth Eighth regiments, which were available against the enemy, directing them to the left of the ground o Second Division. It was inte ed that one brigad under Brigadier-General ens, should =m in support of the le under Brigadie General Goidie; but it was soon found that the evemy were in such strength that the whole force of she division, which consisted of only 2,200 men, must orously used to repel them. Sir’ G. Brown had ith his bra ws of the Light of the 25d regiment, of the 38d regiment and 1 and the 88th regiments, under Brigadiers Cod- Builer. As they began to move across the cround of the 2d division, they were at once brought un- dor the fre by am unseen enemy. The gloomy character morning was unchanged. Showers of rain fell through the fog, and turned the ground into a clammy 1, hike a freshly ploughed fleld, and the Russians, who had,no doubt taken the bearings of the ground ere they placed their guns, fired at random indeed, but with too much eflect on our advancing columns, ' While all the army was thus in motion, the Duke of Cambridge was not beliind hand in bringing up the Guards under Briga. Bentinck—all his division now left with bim, as the Colin Campbell at Balaklava. ‘These «plendid troops, with the greatest rapidity and ardor, rushed to the front on the right of the 2d division, and gained the summit of the hills, towards which two columns of the Russians were struggling in the closest order which the nature of the ground would admit. The Sd division, under Sir R. England, was also got under arms as a reserye, and one portion of it, comprising the ‘50th, part of the 28th and 4th regiments, were engaged with the enemy ere the fight was over. And now commenced the bloodiest struggle ever wit- messed since war cursed the earth. It has beon doubted by military historians if any enemy ever stood a cha with the bayonet, but here the bayonet was often the ‘cole weapon employed in conflicts of the most obstinate and deadly character. Wo have been prone to believe that no foe could ever withstand the British soldier wielding bis favorite weapon, and that at Maida alone did the enemy ever bat! Se» iy ai we charge in vain—not | o wore det rat mcounters between maxses o| en waatatained vith the bayonet alone—but we Sees obliged to resist bayonet to bayonet the Russian infan- try again and again, aa they charged us with incredible | fury and determination, The battle of Inkermann ad mits of no description. It was a series of dreadful deods ‘of daring, of sanguinary hand-to-band fights, of despair ing rallies, of desperate assaults—in glens and valleys, 4n brashwood glades and remote detls hidden from ail diaman eyes, and from which the conquerors, Russian wor British, issued only to engage fresh foes, till our old wupremacy, so rudely assailed, was triumphantly assert ei, and the battalions of the gave way before our wieady courage and the chivalrous fire of France. “No one, however laced, could have witnessed on of the doings of this fog, and drizzling t obscured the ground where struggle took | lace to such an extent as to render it impossible to see hat was going on at the distance of a few yards. Be- eidos this, the irregular nature of the grouxid, the rapid | + db of the bill towards Inkermann, where the deadliest t took place, would have prevented oae cader the | most favorable cireumstances seeing more thama very | ceived at the same time that the Ru: 1 by the columns of the * of the terrible work be- ignificant and detailed pir ve headquarter cawp It wes six o'clock when all th wae roused Dy roll after roll of masketry o8 the right, and by the sharp report of fiellguns. Lord Raglan was informed that the encmy were advancing in fores, and oon alter seven o'clock he rode towards the scene of by his staff, and accompanied by Sir Brigndier General Strangways, R.A scan As they approached the ound, the steady, unceasing thunder of gun, te, and musket, told that the engagement was at The shell of the Russians, thrown with gre burst so thickly among the troops that the mbled continuous discharges of cannon, | and the massive fragments inflicted death on every side. | One of the first things the Russians did. when a break in | | ith height the fog enabled them to soe the camp of the Second Di- vision, was to open fire om the tents with round shot ani large sbell, and tent after tent was blown down, torn to pieces, or sent into the air, while the men engaged in camp duties ane the unhappy horses tethered up in | the lives were killed ot mutilated. Colonel Gambier was atonce ordered to get up two heavy guns (eighteen pounders.) on the rising ground, and ‘to reply to a fire whieh our light guns were utterly madequate to mect. | As he was engaged. s duty, and was exerting him- | self with Captain Daguilar to urge them forward, Col. Gambier was severely but not dangerously wounded, and | was obliged to retire. His place was taken by Lieut. | Colonel Dickson, and the conduct of that officer in di- | recting the fire of those two pieces, which had the most marked effect in deciding the fate of the day, was such as to elicit the admiration of the army, and as to de- | serve the thanks of every man in that bloody | fray But long ere these guns been brought up there had been a great slaughter of the enemy, and a | heavy loss of our own men, Our Generals could not see where to go to; they could not tell where the enemy were, from what side they were coming, and where going to. Jn darkness, gloom and rain they had to lead ont lines through thick serubby bushes and thorny brakes, which broke our ranks and irritated the men, w every pace was marked by a corpse or man wounded from | an enemy whose position was only indicated by the rat- tle of muaketry and the rush of ball and shell. Str George Cathoart, seeing his men disordered by the fire of a large column of Russian infantry which was | outflanking them, while portions of the various regiments composing his division were lat, Ph ‘unequal struggle with an overwhelming force, rode down into the ravine where they were engaged, to rally them. He per- ns had actually gained possession of a portion of the hill in the rear of one flank of his division, but still his stout heart never failed him for a moment. rode at their head, en- couraging them, and when a cry arose that the ammu- nition was failing, he said cool lly, “Have you not got your bayonets!””"" An he led on hiv'mem, it, Was observed that another body of men had gained the top of the hill behind them on the right, but it was impossible to tell whether they were friends or foes. A deadly volley was poured into our scattered regiments. or acts cheered them and led them back up the hill, but a flight of bul- lets passed where he rode, and he fell from his horse close to the Russian columns. The men had to their way through a host of enemies, and, consequently, lost feariully. They were surrounded and bayonetted on | all sides, and won their desperate way up the hill with | diminished ranks and the loss of near 500 men. Sir George Cathcart's body was afterwards recovered, with a bullet wound in the head and three bayonet wounds in the body, In this struggle, where the Russians fought with the greatest ferocity, and bayonetted the wounded | as they fell, Colonel Swyny, of the 63d, a most gallant officer, Lieut. Dowling, 20th, Major Wynne, 63th, and other officers whose names will be found in the Gazette, | met their death, and Brigadier Goldie (of the 57th regi- | ment,) received the wounds of which he has since died. | Tbe conflict on the right was equally uncertain and | equally bloody. In the Light Division, the 88th got so | far into the front that they were surrounded and put | into utter confusion, when four companies of the 77th, under Major Straton, chi the Russians, broke them, | and relieved their comrades. The fight had not lon; commenced ere it was evident that the Russians ha received orders to fire at all mounted officers. Sir George Brown was struck :by a shot, which went through his arm and struck his side. I saw with regret his pale but sternly composed face, as his body was borne past me on a litter early in the day, hls white hair flickering in the breeze, for I knew we had lost the ser- vices of a good soldier that day. Further to the right a contest, the like of which, perhaps, never took place be- fore, was going on between the Guards and dense columns of Russian infantry of five times their number. The Guarda had charged them and driven them back, when they perceived that the Russians had outflanked them. They were out of ammuni- tion too. They were uncertain whether there were friends or foes in the ‘rear. They had no sup- port—no reserve, and they were fighting with te bayonet against an enemy who stoutly contested ev ineh of ground, when the corps of another Russian coi- umm appeared on their right farin thelr rear. Then a fearful mitraile was poured into them, and volleys of rifle and musketry. The Gnards were broken; they had lost twelve officers, whe had fell in the field; they had left one half of their number on the ground, and they retired along the lower road of the valley. They were soon re- inforced, however, and speedily avenged their loss. The French advanced about 10 o’clock, and turned the flank of the enemy. The Second Division, in the centre of the line, were harély pressed. The dlat regiment, in particular, were exposed to a terrible fire, and the 95th were in the mid- dle of such disorganising volleys that they only mus- tered sixty four men when paraded at two o'clock. In fact, the whole of the division only numbered 300 men when assembled by Major Eman in rear of their eamp alter the fight was over. The regiments did not take their colors into the battle, but the officers nevertheless were picked off wherever went, it did notre. | quire the color staff to indicate their presence: Ihave heard that one regiment did take ita colors into the field, There was a great deal of disorder amongst our men, unquestionably. There was a great desire evinced by some few of the men to ‘tail off to the rear, under pretence of carrying the wounded, although such pre- tence is strictly provided for by the articles of war. One officer was killed by a shot while rusning after some of his men to restrain them from getting away. I saw myself six and eight men ata time carrying off a litter with one man in it. Our ambulances were soon filled, and ere nine o'clock they were busily engaged in carrying loads of men, all covered with blood, and | groaning, to the rear of the line. } About half past nine o'clock Lord Raglan ang his staff ere assembled on a knoll, in the vain hope of getting a impse of the battle which was raging below them. | Here General Strangways was mortally wounded, and I am told he met his death the following way:—A shell came right in among the staff; it exploded in Captain Somerset's korse, ripping him open, a portion of the shell tore off the leather overhalls of Captain Somerset's trouser; it then struck down Captain Gordon’s horse and killed him atonce, and then blew away General | | | | Strangway’s leg, so that it hung by a shred of flesh and 8 dit of cloth from the skin. The poor old never moved a muscle of his face. He said merely in a gentle Yoice, “Will apy one be kind enough to lift me off my horse?” He was taken and laid onthe ground, wh his life blood ebbed fast, and at lant he was carried to the rear; but the gallant old man had not sufficient strength to undergo an operation, and ere two hours he bad sunk to rest, leaving behind him a memory which willever be held dear by every officer and man of the army. \ The fight about the battery to which I have alluded in a former part of my letter was lost sangainary. Tt was found that there was no banquette to stand upon, and that the men inside could not fire upon the enemy. The Russians advanced mass after mass of infantry. As fast as one column was broken and repulsed another took its place. For three long hours about 8,500 British infantry contended against at least four times their number. No wonder that at times they were compelled to retire. But they came to the charge again. The admirable devotion of the officers, who knew they were special objects of attack, can never be too highly praised; nor can the courage and steadiness of the few men who were left to follow them in this sanguinary assault on the enemy be sufficiently admired. At one time the Russians succeeded in getting up close to the guns of Capt. Wode- house’s and of Capt. Turner's batteries in the gloom of the morning. Uncertain whether they were friends or foes our artillerymen hesitated to fire. The Russians charged them suddenly, bore all resistance down before them, drove away or bayonetted the gunners, and succeeded in spiking some of the ‘Their columns gained the hill, and for a few instants the fate trembled in the balance; but Adams's Bri tather’s Pr: and the Light Division, ma desperate charge, while Dickson’s guns swept their columns, and the Guards, with undiminished valor and steadiness, though with a sadly decreased front, pushed on again to meet their bitter enemies. The rolling of musketry, the crash of steel, the pounding of the guns, were deafening, and the Russians as they charged up the heights ,yelled like demons. vanced, halted, advanced again, receiv aclose and deadly fire; but the Minie is the king of weapons; Inkermann proved it. The regiments of the 4th division and the marines, armed with the old and much belauded Brown Bess, could do nothing with their thin line of fire against the massive multitudes of the Muscovite infantry, but the volleys of the Minie cleft them like the hand ‘of the destroying angel, and they fell like leaves in autumn before them. About ten o'clock a body of French infantry appeared on our rght, a joyful sight to our struggling regiments. The Zonaves came on at the pas de charge. The French ar- tillery had already begun to play with deadly effect on the right wing of the Russians. “Three battalions of the | Chasseurs d’Orleans (I believe they had No. 6 on their | Duttons), rushed by, the light of battle on their faces. ‘They were accompanied by a battalion of Chasseurs In- digenes—the Arab sepoys of Algiers, Their trumpets sounded above the din of battle, and when we watched their eager advance right on the flank of the enemy, we knew the day was won. le’ in front by onr men, broken in seyeral places by the impetuosity of our charge renewed again and again, at- tacked by the French infantry on the right, and by artillery all along the line, the Russians began to retire, and at twelveoelock they were driven pell meil down | the hill, towards the valley, where pursuit would have been madness, as the roads were nll covered by their ar- | tillery. They left mounds of dead behind them. Long | ere they fled the Chasseurs d’Africa charged them most brilliantly over the ground, difficult and broken as it was, and inilicted great loa on them, while tho effect of this rapid attack, aided by the advance of our troops secured our guns, which were only apiked with wood, | and were soon rendered fit for service. Our own cavalry, the remnant of the Light Brigade, wore moved into a po. sition where it was hoped they might be of service, but they were too few to attempt anything, and whilst they were drawn up they lost several horses and some men One effcer, Cornet Cleveland, was #irack by a piece of shell in the side and has since expired. There are now only two officers left with the fragment of the 17th lancers—Captain Godfrey Morgan and Cornet George Wombwell, At twelve o'clock the battle of Inkermana seomer to have been won, but the day, which had clear i up for an hour previously ao as to enable us to see e enemy and meet him, again beeame obscured. Rain and fog set in, and as we could not pursue the Rusaians, who were retiring under the shelter of their artillery, we bod formed in front of our lines and were holding the battle field ao atoutly contested, when the enemy, taking asivantage of our quietude, again advanced, while their @vns pushed forward and opened & tremendous fire upon us ignesai Caorobert, who never quitted Lord Ra much of the early part o' the at once direc Fre: t rance and outf In hia f } covered with cead, Nearly all his mount behind him. Genera! Canro immediate attendani« enewed assault was soadmirably hb § @ullenly retired, still pro- heir crushing artillery ans, about ten, made a sortie on the French « i traversed two parallels before they could be erisied. They were driven back at last with great loss, and as they retired they bl i y gstafl fort, evidently afraid that the French would erthem. At one o'clock the Russiand were again retiring. At 140 Vickeson’s two guna smashed up their artillery, and they limbered up, leaving five tumbrils and one gun carriage on the field. ‘Two hundred Ryasian prisoners were brought in last night (Nov. 6) to headquarters camp, They were badly wounded many of them, and several died during the night. Acouncil was held to-day at Lord Raglan’s, where General Canrobert, General Bosquet and Sir E. Lyons assisted for several hours At four o'clock Lord Ragirn attended the funerals of General Sir G. Cathcart, of Brigadier Goldie, and of Gen- eral Strangways. They were buried with 11 other officers on Catheart’s hill. At the same time 14 officers of the Guards were buried together near the windmill. The work of burying the dead and carrying the wound- a@ Balaklava occupied the day. e Russians are quiet. ' A council of wor was held November 7, at the close of which the Duke of Cambridge left for Balaklava, snd went on board the Caradoc. His royal highness said, going to Constantinople. It is said we wait all the winter. The 46th regiment have arrived here, alao 1,700 Turks from Volo, and 2.900 French. The Russians fired on eur burying partic, There was an alarm last night. ‘the 4th di were under arms all night, and a portion of the 2d division. ANOTHER DESCRIPTION. 4A. M., T heara ali the bells ia if for slatm, and at the same time uns from the town at that hour was was sligh’ Hy rely pa of greater than usual. About 6 A. M. the relie pickets marched off, and about 6:30 the pickets which bad been relieved artlved in their tents. had no sooner done so (I speak of those of the Second Division, where I was located, which division occupies the ground close to | the field of battle) when musketry was heard, the pickets of that divicion were attacked, and the whole camp got under arms. The Russians had attacked our position in great force, as they did on the 26th. They drove in the pickets, and got their guns on the same ridge where they were before, so before we well knew that the enemy were 50 near, the shot and shell orop into. the tents of the Second Division +o fast that, although the tents were immediately struck, at the end of the action there was hardly one that was not more or less damaged, while some were almost cut into shreds. The Second Division marched up to repel the attack, then the Guards, and, finally part of every t—except the Third Division, who were in reserve, and the Highland brigade, who were at Palaklava—were included in the battle. The French aleo were extensively engaged, both infantry and artille: ‘The Turks did not fire a shot. The battle be- n before 7, and was not over until after 3 P. M. Some, imes fora few minutes the firing would comparativety cease on both sides and then begin again with greater fury. ‘The morning was dark and foggy, and the sun cou hardly be said to rise; at one time the fog was so dense that what with that and the smoke little could be seen except the flashes of the guns. Later in the day the fog cleared off, and the day became bright and fine; before that the Russians had, from their immense numbers and numerous and excellent artillery, nearly won our ridge, Dut then the aspect of affairs changed, and they were foreed to retire. They advanced up to the breastwork and muzzles of our guns; those that I saw were almost blown to pieces. Their ‘ilery practice was excellent. As soon ak the battle was ended I went over the field. On our ridge, where were our batteries, the was rincipally Russians, their bodies tearfully shattered. ‘They fought desperately, and at one time were nearly outfanking us and carrying the ridge, One Russian, or rather his remaias, lay on the parapet of the breastwork; had it not been for his clothes he would have dropped to pieces. He had been literally blown from the muzzle of a gun while in the act of climbing over the breastwork. I then went to the ridge and knoll where our advanced pickets had been, and which were occupied for a time by the Russian artillery. There were not so many bodies, for the Russians had doubtless carried them ‘off; but there were gun carriages smashed (the guns had been carried back by the Rursians), and numbers of horses killed and wounded by cannon balls, many disembowelled, and others horribly mutilated an still alive—some with ore leg shattered, and still stand- ing. I then croased the road which runs across the field of action, where our right had been. A little in tdvance is a battery fortwo guns, which had been eretted for the purpose of silencing a Russian battery on cea side of the Inkermann Valley, This having beeq done, the guns had been long since removed. Here the fight huo been fiercest, and the sight exceeds all desciption. For a great distance the ground was absolutely cpvered with dead; Russians, Zouaves, Frenchmen of the line, English guardsmen and linesmen lay heaped together. Here was the greatest slaughter, but everywhere yhere any fighting had been, there was no want of bodies} and Lam certain, jud ing from three visits to the ground, that for every Eng ishman or Frenchman, there were eight or ten Russians. The wounds were frightful—some were ripped opcn, with shot or shell, some had their legs blown off, others were headless, and the brains of many ad actually dripped out of the immense holes made by the Minie bullets, leaving the skull emir: Forty-eight Foennee Srey, Kursians were e1 ed. They had come rom Per son in carta. and aqvom- rnlea by Uw Grand Dukes Suichael ane Nicholas, ‘they Jad marched out of the town overnight, togetber with a the available force there, and lay at the foot of the hills, nearour position, The night was dark and rainy, and the morning also,s0 that they were enabled to ascend the hills unpereeived by our sentries, and by that means got their gens, (about thirty,) into position, before we could ning any thing to bear upon them. These guns were followed by intantry so numerous, that for some time we had no chance with them. Sixty thousand Russians were engaged alte er, and their columns swarmed up the hills, so that there Appeared to be no end to them. One thing that made both their artillery and ours still more effective, and the battle more bloody, was that the experience of the action of the 26th had given the accu- rate range to both. It was a battle of position, and not of manmuvre, for none was required. From first it was hand-to-hand bueh fighting—regular butchery. The Russian force encamped in the Valley of Balaklava at one time threatened to advance, and did make a feint or false attack on our rear, but, except that, remained stationary the whele day. "In the eveu- ing, in all directions, the reports of firelocks were heard, where the horses were being shot and put out of their misery. In going over the field I found many pottles which had contained spirits, and I wis informed by the escort in charge of prisoners that they all «melt strongly of raki. There is no doubt that the Russian army was primed with drink for the attack; most of our men went into battle without their breakfasts. Yesterday I again went over the field. I can add little to my previous account of it. The firelocks, nearly all Russian, lying about are innumerable. I cannot exti- mate their loss with any accuracy. The ground is thickly covered with dwarf oaks, and the dead and wounded are lying on hill and valley even down to the plain. It will be some time before t! v are all discovered. Many of the wounded were not then brought in, and the troops are so hard-worked that some time will elapse before it can be done, and all the dead buried; and the dead hor- ses are 80 numerous that it is no easy matter toget them venout of the camp. Many of the wounded were dyi for want of avaistance; they had not even had a drop water, and their moaning was horrible. It could not be helped, for there was no one to go out to give it to them, water is acarce, and has to be brought from a great distance. The Russians should (as any civilized nation would bave done) have sent in a flag of truce and sur- geons, and asked permission to attend to their wounded and bury theirdead, but that would bave been acknow!- edging their defeat. The Turks since the battle, have been employed in throwing up works on our ridge, where heavy guns are to be mounted. It ought to have been done before, for it is the weak part of the position, and Texpect the Russians will again attempt to force it, as it is suid 18,000 more men are on their way from the north. ‘The Russian guns were so much heavier than ours that they haa it all their own way until two long 18 pound- erswere brought up, and in some measure silenced them. The Turks are lazy workmen; to make them work properly, there should be one Englishman or Frencbinan, with a stick, to every six of them. 7 the 7th, the remainder of tle wounded Russians are being fast Lrought in, and the dead buried ‘The dead horses are being dragged to a distance from the camp, for there are neither hands or time to bury them. ‘The dead men are being piled up in arabas and drawn down to the valleys, where great holes are being dug to receive them. The order of the camp has been some what changed. Some French battalions have been Wrought up to our right, and are encamped near the Guards. Up to this time our troops have fought in their great coats, and it is ssid that during the action they were occasionally peppered by the Fronch, who, in the confusion, mistook them for Russians, who also took them for irregular troops. an order has been is sued for them always to fight in red during the daytime. This is as it should be. Ihave just been round the field again. The dead are being buried as fast as possible, but I fear it will be some days before they are all collect- ed and buried, Large pits are being dug, and the bodies laid in crosswise—head and feet alternately, The Rus sians are buried separately, and the English and French together, They lived together, fought and died together, and ae buried’ together, indeed, the soldiers have a re- puonance even to place adead Russian in the samy cart with on Englishman or Frenchman. One field battery alone lost forty horses, Tt is fortunate the weather is uot hot, or the number of dead horses and men would create a pestilence, and the ground is so hard and stony that it is only in certain places that graves can be dug. A report was spread about to-day that the Russ’ 4 sent in a flag of truce, but it is not correct The Russians behaved with barbarous cracity to our wounded ; every fallen man was bayonetted, One Fuglish officer was wounded slightly, but umable to leave the epot with his men, as they retired for a while over whelmet, When our troops recovered the ground, they found the poor fellow stabbed all over and stripped | officer was seen to halt and limp about the aded, but he too was stabbing An orderly of theDuke of brulge went up to bimand took him prisoner, and ass was Leard to promise the wretch that 6 best to bave bim shot for bis inhu fo be feared that this Russian barbe rity en to give no quarter, They would r arms, and, ealling themselves Chris ‘and if they were apared they usketa and shoot the man who had ench Zouaves also took no prisoners ‘as (elling a French officer that the conduct n was the theme of our soldiers’ enthusiastic hey had not cnly been sigaalising themselves by niry in the field, and by the admirable manner oy had been handled, but they bad outshone or and attention to our wounded in the evening, ‘The French officer's reply wes, “Ah, but your men stood like ® wall ;"’ and, turn ing to his neighbor, le paid ug the compliment, “It his a ’ wh it vil by the kindness, court was, perhaps, a& well that the Roglish had to bear the first chock.” One gallant incident needs s recora in the éeseription of thie day. A sergeant of our 33d or 30th regimoent wes lef elone for a short whilo in advance fomelow. Col. T hag noscet bie daring, wad told him to € a tLe evening. ‘Te waa alone end five } ara w ont t He ted another, and fell before the attack 9 bu { nor fire. es thre. ‘Thé bad given him five wounds, when he felt a me's hoof near his head. ‘The Russians ted: he ped wpas be could, and in a moment found himself | ragged up on the horse, and being carried to the rear for some two hundred yards. When in safety the officer took bold of the sergeant’s haud and kissed it, left him, and returned to the front. That sergeant would give & great deal, he told the writer, to know who that general oflicer was. With such incidents, can you be surprised at our men being i enthusiaem about the French? re cavvaltics amount in the whole, killed, wounded and prisoners, to mot lesa than 15,(00, Your gtece will be surprised to learn that the number serve. of British troops actually engaged little exceede! eight thousand mem whilst those “of General Bosquet’s divi- sion only amounted to jx thousand—the remaining available French troops on the spot having been kept in Tought to mention, that while the enemy was attack- ing our right, they assailed the left of the French trenches, aud actually got into two of their batteries; LORD RAGLAN’S DESPATCHES. Brvorr Senastorot, Nov. 8, 1854 My Lorn Doxe—I have the honor to report to your | grace that the army under my command, powerfull: under the command ot that distinguished officer, General Bosquet, effectually repuised and defeated a most vigor- but t wei re quickly driven out in the most gallant manner, with considerable loss, and hotly pursued to the very walls of Sebastopol. His Guack Tax DUKE OF Ly a aided by the corpaof observation of the French army, | sero fhk oficers killed, 12 obleer f cer» killed, Ihave, &c. RAGLAN. EWCASTLE, &e. 5TH OF NOVEMBER. ‘8 wounded. Fourth Light Dragoons—2 rank and file wounded. us and determined attack of the enemy on our position ane overlooking the ruins of Inkerm: Seventeent overiastiiig:# of Inkermann, on the morning of | | Scventes In my letter to your grace of the 8d, 1 informed you that the enemy had considerably increased their force Hvyssars—1 rank and file wounded. ‘h Lancers—1 officer killed, 1 rank and file Artillery—2 officers, 3 sergeants, 10 rank and file | killed; 4 officers, 5 sergeants, 71 rank and file wounded. bed © | “Third Battalion of Grenadier Guards—3 oficers, mentation gan stil Ferties age coming day this aug- | sergeants, 1 drummer, 27 rank and file killed; 6 officers, of troops had evidently arrived from the northward, and | *trgeants, 1 drummer, 144 rank and file wounded; 30 on two several occasions persons ‘inguit rank . % were Aaens nee ina ee ‘First Battalion of Coldstream Guards—8 officers, 3 ner. T have subsequently learned that the sth corps | &eants, 9 rank and file killed; 5 officers, 6 sergeants, 110 @armée, conveyed in carriages of the country, and in | T#nk and file wounded; 53 rank and file . the lightest possible order, had been brought trom Mol. | ,,-ist Batelion of Scot Hustler Gucrde—t oficer 2 corpe, Sh Mere 10 De immeiately followed by the 8 | 3 drummers, 100 rank and fle wounded; 16 rank and e misaing. It was therefore to be expected that an extensive move- | fle missing: Shieh: Ankit and Mio tiled ment would not be long deferred. Accordingly, shortly before daylight on the 5th, strong Seventh (—6 rank and file killed; 5 officers, 2 ent Tepim 1 drummer, 46 rank and file wounded; 8 rank columns of came upon the advanced pickets | Sergeants, covering the vias ition. . | and file missing. faved with edesiraite pth ivy. defending the‘ grousd | , Nineteenth Ropiment—1 offcer, 1 rank and file killed; foot by foot against the elming numbera of the | 3 7ank and file wounded. enemy, until the second. division, ui General Reinet. other, 5 sergenst, 10 Fak Pennefather, with ita field guns, which had been imme- | *2¢ fle killed; 8 officers, 17 sergeants, 1 drummer, 104 diately got Under arms, was placed in position. Tank dnd tie weunted; 55 tank 608 Sis wing. The light division, under Lieutenant Sir George | ,,enty 2 ooek Samah, endless. ‘was also brought to the front without loss of | $i; © officers, 11 sergeants, 79 rank and file wounded; se Grok brlandn, under Major Generst a, | T aeenty third Repimest—1 rank and Ale killed;1 officer occu} long to the left towards » u : tS biden Beak pot fom tg agg fede 2 sergeants, 18 rank and file wounded; 1 officer, 1 ser: attack on that mde; and the second , under Briga- | Scant, 11 rank and file missing. dier General Buller, forming on the left of the second | , ZAirticth Regiment—2 officers, 27 rank and file killed; division, with the 88th Regiment, under Lieut. Colonel | ° ficers, 4 sergeants, 97 rank and file wounded. Jeffreys, thrown in advance. Fit ea Regiment—1 officer, 6 rank and file kili- The brigade of Guards, under his royal highness the | °},2 officers, 3 sergeants, 62 rank and file wounded. Duke of Cambridge and Major General Bentinck, pro- rty-firet Re OMicers, 3 sergeants, 58 rank ceeded likewise to the front, and took up most impor. | {2% Sica'gle woungeser” | wreath + erummert, 96 nt ground to the extreme right on the cxtreme allga- yet mentof the second Givistin| Dat separated from tt by & a a oficees, 2 sergnents, 26 rank deep and precipitous ravine, and posting its guns with | *Pd file wounded; 12 rank and fle missing. thote of the second division, Lip ere) ts lea? Taha The 4th division, under Lieutenant General Sir George Catheart, having been brought from their encampment, adyanced to the front and right of the attack; the Ist brigade, under Brigadier General Goldie, proceeded to the left of the Inkermann road; the 2d brigade, under Briga- cong, 2 serpents, Regi mer, 87 rank and file, killed; 11 sergeants, 1 107 rank and file, wounded. ” és Fifticth Regiment—I officer, 8 rank and file, killed; 1 officer, 1 drummer, 20 rank and file, wounded. rank and file, wounded. iment—2 officers, 1 sergeant, 1 drum- drummer, dier General Torrens, to the right of i | office onerbanging the Fah ete ernet and on the ridge | "" pifty.fifth Regiment—18 rank and file killed; 6 officers, ‘The 84 division, under Lieutenant General Sir Richard | 4 *ergetnts, 54 rank end file, wounded. England, eccupied in part the ground vacated by the 4th | | 7Vty-Seventh Regiment —1 officer, 3 te, 2 Grn division, and tupported the light division by ro regi, | ™eh 9 rank and file, oe ee. * ments under Brigadier Ge Brigadier General Eyre held the command of the troops in the trenches. The morning was extremely dark, witha drizzling rain, | rendering it almost impossible to discover anything be- | ond the flash and smoke of artillery and heavy mus: wo! It, however, soon became evident that the enemy,- under cover of a vast cloud of skirmishers, supported by dense columns of infantry, had advanced numerous bat- teries of large calibre to the high ground to the left and front of the 2d division, while powerful columns of in- fantry attacked with great vigor the brigade of Guards. Adiitional batieries of heavy artillery were also placed by the enemy on the slopes to our leit; the guns in the field amounting, in the whole, to 90 pieces, independent- ly, however, of the ship guns and those in the works of Sebastopol. Protected by a tremendous firo of shot, shell, and grape, the Russian columns advanced. in great force, re- quiring every effort of gallantry on the part of our troops to resist them. At this time two battalions of French infan had on the first notice been sent by General joined our rig! , which quet, very materially contributed to the nce to the attack, cheering with our wen, and charging the enemy down the hill with great lors. | About the same time a determined assault was made | on our extreme left, and for a moment the enemy pos- sexed themselves of four of our guns, three of which were re-taken by the 88th, while the fourth was speedily recaptured by the 77th’ regiment, under Lieutenant Colanel Egerton. | In the opposite direction the brigade of Guards, under | his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, was engaged in a severe conflict. The enemy, under the cover of thick brushwood, ad- | vanced in two heavy bodies, and assaulted with great determination a small redoubt which had been construe- ted for two guns, but was not armed. The combat was | most arduous, and the brigade, after displaying the ut- most steadiness and gallantry, was obliged to retire be- fore very superior numbers, until supported by a wing of the 20th regiment of the 4th division, when they | again advanced and retook the redoubt. | ‘This ground was afterwards occupied in gallant style | by French troops, and the Guards speedily reformed in rear of the right Hiank of the 2d division. jn the meanwhile, Lieutenant General the Hon. Sir GeorgwCatheaxt, with a few companies of the 68th regi- ment, considering that he might make a strong impres- sion by descending into the valley, and taking the ene- my in flank, mana. ep, forward, but heights above him in full occupation’ by the Russiane, he suddenly discovered that he was entangled with asu- jerior ‘oree, and while attempting to withdraw his men, received & mortal wound, shortly previous to which Prigadier Geneval Torrens, ‘when leading the 68th, was likewise severely wounded. Subsequently to this, the battle continued with una- bated vigorand with no positive result, the enemy bring- ing upon our line not only the fire of all their field bat- teries, but those in front of the works of the place, and the ship guns, till the afternoon, when the symptoms of iving way first became apparent; and shortly after, Ei uiiled by N Hon. T. unded. Sizty-eighth Regiment—2 officers, killed; 2 officers, 2 sergeants, 2 drammers, gp rere ee Ne iy -sere rank and fle, killed; 2 sergeants, 1 and file, wounded; 1 rank and file missing. yrcighth Repiment—A vergeants, 18 rank and fie, officers, Iyfifth Regiment—2 sergeants, 25 rank and file, killed; 4 officers, 3 sergeants, 101 rank and file, wounded. First Battalion Rifle Brigade— 11 rank and file, killed; 3 officers, 6 sergeants, 1 drum: mer, 77 rank and file, wounded; 3 sergeants, 9 rank and eed ee falion Rifle Brigade. Baitalion Rifle —1 officer, 8 rank and | file, killed; 1 officer, 1 K woun Total—43 officers, | and fle, lle 200, i 12, mers, 1,668 rank and file, wounded; 1 officer, 6 sergeants, | 191 rank and file, missing. i 3 Ambulance—1 ‘rank and file wounded. Royal Marines—1_sergean' officer, 1 sergeant, 25 rank and Grand Tota | $80 rank and file, killed; 101 drummers, 1,694 rank’ and file, wounded; | sergeants, 191 rank and file, missing. NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS KILLED AT THE BAT- ded. | Grummer, 69 rank and file, wounded. neral Sir John Campbell, while | “"Si2.third Regiment—3 officers, 12rank and file, killed; Tofficers, 7 sergeants, 2 drummers, 62 rank and file, | 4 rank and file 29 rank and le, missing. ent—1 officer, 2 sergeants, 17 drummer, $4 rank sergeants, 12 rank and 9 sergeants, 7 rank and file, wounded. 1 officer, 4 sergeants, drummer, 25 rank and file, 81 sergeants, "4 drummers, 876 rank officers, 120 sergeants, 17 drum- ft, drank and file, killed; 1 file, wounded. 82 sergeants, 4 drummers, officers, 121 sergeants, 17 officer, 6 145 officers, TLE OF THERESA 5TH NOVEMBER, 1854. Staf—Captain H, T. tant General. Third Battalion Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant Col. K. W. Pakenham, Captain Sir R. L. Newman, Bart.; Captain Hon H. A. Neville. ry Division. Seventeenth Lancert—Cornet Archibald Clevland Royal Arittery—Brigadier General T. Fox Strang- ways, Major P. ‘ownsend. . Fir: st Division. Butler, Deputy Assistant Adju- irst Battalion Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant Col. R ‘V. Dawson, Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Cowell, Captain Hon. G. C. Captain L. D. Lieutenant C. H. Greville, Lieutenant E. A. Disbrowe. First Battalion Scots Fusil Cclonel J. H. Blair. Second Di Stof—Capt. W. K. Alix. Tharvieth son, Firty.first Captain J. W. Swaby, Lieutenant J. Stir Ferty-ninth Regiment—Major A. 8. Armstrong. Third Division. Fifticth Regiment—Lieutenant W. G, Dashwood. Fourth Division. Staff—Lieutenant-General Sir Brigadier-General T. L. Goldie; Liew nt Seymour, Assistant Adjutant-General. Twentieth C. Eliot, Captain F, H. Ramsden, Mackinnon, Captain H. M. Bouverie, ier Guards—Lieutenant egiment—Capt. A. Connolly, Lieut. A. Gib- Regiment—Lieutenant-Colonel G. Carpenter, ichards, Lieutenant A. Taylor, Lieutenant ling. T. N.Datton, Lieutenant Cathcart, K.C.B.; Colonel Sithot th the fire did not cease, the retreat became gene- tt ent—Lieutenant W. H. Dowling. ral, am heavy masses were observed retiring over the | Twenty-first Regiment.—Lieutenant H. F. E. Hurt. brit of the Inkermann, and ascending the opposite ty-seventh iment—Ca} ». Stanley. heights, abandoning on the field of battle five or six thousand dead and wounded, multitudes of the latter having already been carried off by them. I never before Siztythird. Repiment—Licatenant-Colonel. E. Swyny; Lieutenant G. C. W. Curtois; Ensign J. H. Clut- jerbuck. it hth Regiment—Major H. G. W; ; Lieuten- cee rennin ©. Battalion Rifle Brigade—Captain A. A. Cart- witnessed such a ctacle as field presented; but Siaty- upon this I will not dwell. ant F. G. Having submitted to os ig this imperfect descrip- First tion of this most severe battle, I have still two duties to | wright. disc! the one most gratifying, the last most pain- | ful, to my feelings. Thaxe the greatest satisfaction in drawing. attention to the brilliant conduct of the French and English vied with each other in displaying and manifesting their zealous devotion to ur "as seven 8. T. Division. Light . ‘Thirty-third Lieutenant Henry Thorold. Nineteenth ieplment—Cayata James Ker. th Regiment—Captain J, Nic seernd, Seccnd Battalion Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant L. W. sholson. Sie etettEntedting thet they bad to conte d against peta aon duty, in G conten illite es an InOinitely superior bates, ef were exposed for many ee oF baal ah . j pets Tob. hours to a. ssost galling Se, Royal _Artillery—Lieutenani-Colonel @. It should be borne in mind that they have daily for ee: | slightly; Captain and Adjutant J. F. 1. Baddeley, se- veral weeks uni me the most const a | “ - 4 many, of them yassed the previous night in the | od cantata G.. Topper, stightiy; Captain ©. 5S in- trenches. L will not attempt to enter into the detail of the move- ments of the French troops, lest I should not state them correctly, but I am proud of the opportunity ot beari: testimony to their valor and ——, services, and paying a tribute of admiration to the distinguished con- wet of their immediaty commander, General Bosquet, while it is in the highest degree pleasing to me to place Firit Division. -—Major-General H. J. W. Bentinck, slightly; | Captain T. H. Clifton, A. D. C., slightly. Third Batialion Grenadier’ | Hamilton, slightly; Lieutenant-Colonel R. Bradford, slightly; Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. H. Captain 'A. Tipping, severely; Lieutenant Si lonel F. W. Pere: htly; ir J. Ferga: upon record my deep sense of tle valuable assistance T , *B:Bart., slightly; Lieutenant C. N- Sturt. severely. received from the communder-in-chief, General Canto- | ,¢f Wt Battalion Coldstream Guards—Licutenant-Colo vert, who was himself on the ground and in constant | T° Fitzroy. severely: Colonel Hon. C, Upton, slightly; communication with me, and whose cordial co-operation | Cantain Hon, Py Fielding, severely; Lieutenant Hom. W' on all occasions I cannot too highly extol. | Your grace will recollect that he was wounded at the | Alma. Ho was again wounded on the Sth, but I should hope that he will not long feel the effects of it. | Twill, in a subsequent despatch, lay before your grace Walker, | mour, slight) A. Amherst, severely. p.Third Ballation Scots Fustlier Guarde—Colonel B. W. severely; Lieutenent-Colonel Francis Se; T. F. Shuckburgh, severel; ; Captain G. the naines of the officers whose services have been | (sPtain K. Gipps, severely: ects ak’ Pen brought to my notice, I will not detain the mail for | H' Trummond, severely. Assistant Surgeon A. G. Elk- that purpose now, but I cannot delay to repert the ad- | [4h fuummants ane mirable bebavior of Lieutenant General Sir George | ‘8 ightly. Brown, who was unfortunately shot through tl but is doing well; of Lieutenant General his Royal Ht ness the Duke of Cambridge, who particularly distin. guished himself; and of Major General Pennefather, in command of the second division, which received the first ack, and gallantly maintained itself under the great Mies throughout ‘or Genera} Bentinek, wh is protracted conflict : of rely wounded; Major 1 Adams and Briga. | eneral Terrens,” everely wounded: and | adier General Buller, who is also wounded, but not | t likewise expre obligations to Lieutenant encral Sir Richard England, for the excelient disposi- ‘on he made of his division, and the aesistance he ren- 4 to the left of the light division, where Brigadier | al Sir Jolin Campbell was judiciously placed, and | effectively supported Major General Codrington, and I | ¢ great phasure in stating that Brigadier General yre was employed in the important duty of guarding the trenches from any assault from the town. eutenant-Ceneral Sir De Lacy Evans, who had been « inéisposition to go on board ship a few + previous'y, left his bed as soon as he received in telligence of the attack, and was promptiy at his post; and (hough he did not feel well enough to take the com- mend of the division out of the hands of Major-General Fennefather, he did not fail to give him his best advice and assistance, It is deeply distressing to me to bave to submit to your grace the list of the killed, wounded, and missing | vet Lieutenant Colonel H. D. Crofton, Major J. B. Sharpe, severely; Captain | ly; Captain C. R. Butler, severely; Lieutenant, Bennett, severely; Lieutenant and Adjutant F, Padfeld, slightly; Ensign L. Kekewich, slightly. = memorable oceasion y wany valuable officers and men have been lost in her majesty's rervice. ‘Among the killed your grace will @nd the names of ont It is indeed heavy, and | slightly Second Division. Staf'—Brigadier General H. W. Adams, severely: Capt. < Gubbins, A. D. C., sligh Captain F. P. Harding, A. D. €., severely. tly; Captain ©. Adams, A. D. “captain AY McDonald, A. D.C. slightly: ‘Thirtieth Regiment—Major J. T. Mauleverer, severely; Cantain J. Rose, severely: Captain, G. Dickson, slightly; a da: ptain P. pgerously Forty: firal Regiment-Captain H. W. Meredith, slightly; piain Hugh lieutenant H.'S, Bush, severely; roy, severely; Lieut. and Adjutant W. John » slight severe Mafor slightly; Lieutenant A. J. ty-Afth Regiment—Major J. G. Cham Bayley, severely; Lieut. J. D. Ross Lewin, lowlands, slight! ptain F.C. B tenant y. enth Regiment—Lieut. Colonel 0G. Haly, se- Ensign G. ffl Ri ‘addilove, slightly. iment—Lieutenant Colonel C, Warren, ; Brevet Colonel H. C. B. Daubeney, slight ly; Lieut. W. Barn- ‘A, Morgan, slightiy. pion, danger- ightly; Captain G. G. Vials; J McDonald, dangerously. Third Division. + H. Hume, 6 Fiftieth Regiment—Captain H. J. Frampton, slightly. .. zat Fourth Division. sit sachid Stof’—Prigadier General H. W. Torrens, severely; Bre- vet Major tent H. D. Torrens, A. D. C., sli Twentieth 1. B. Maitland, D; A. A. G., severely; Lieu- F. . Horn, slightly; Bre- severely; Brevet .T. Wood, slight- Regiment—Colonel Ww. Licutenant-General the Hon. Sir G. Cathcart, Brigadier- | Twenty-first Regiment—Licutenant Colonel FG. Ains- Goneral Strangways, and’Brigadier General Golcie. lie, severely; Captain G. W. Boldero, severely; Lieutenant Of tLe services of the first it is almost unnecessary to | A. Templeman, slightly: Lieutenant H. King, severely; speak. They are known throughout the British empire, | Lieutenant R. Killeen, slightly; Lieutenant R. Stephens, and have within a short space of time been brought con: | se: spicuously before the country, by his achievements at | the Cape of Good Hope, whence he had only gust return- cd when he wos ordered to this army By his death her majesty has been deprived of 4 most | Jevoted servant, a> officer of the highest merit, whilel | ly personally have fo deplore the loss of an attached and foithfnl friend Brigadier-General Strangways was known to have dis- euirbed himself in early life, and in mature ay throughout a long service he maintained the same cha- acter, ‘The mode in which he liad conducted the command of the artillery, since it was placed in his hands by the de: jarture, through illness, of Major General Cator, is enti. (ed to my entire approbation, aud was equally agreeable to those who were confided to bis care Erigadier-General Goldie was an officer of considerable promise, and gave great satisfaction to all under whom he has served It is dificult to arrive at any positive conclusion as to ne AC be configuration of the ground did not admit preat development of their force, the attack, co ne ng ] numbers brought into the field by the enemy. | W. I. verely, Fifty-seventh Regiment—Captain J. F. Bland, danger. ously (sinee dead) ly; Tdwutenant ©. | Jobins, slightly Fosign H, T. Tyeden, severely; verely; Lieutenant and Adjutant, R. Bennett, severely. th, ; Lieutenant G. W. Hague, d eneblen allchily, Ralkib apt ical iment Captain Thomas Harries slight, reg ough, sl ; : A ey a Strty-third Captain jewenham, slig! Ensign C. K Morgan, se- Sizty-cighth Regiment—Lietenant Colonel Harry Smi dangerously ; Tieutenan J. Cator, dangerously Forty-sixth Rev iment—Cuptnin' W. “Hardy, severely; y. Ensign E. H. Hellier, slight First Battalion Rifle Brigade—Major B. Roope: verely: Lieutenant Coote Buller, slightly; Lieutenant . 8, Flower, slightly ir, Re- Light Division. Sioff—Lioutenant General Sir George Brown, &. C. B., . Trwenty-th y venth Reciment—Major Sir T. Troubriilze, neverely; Captain R. Y. Shipley, severely; Lieutenant ‘Butler, severely, Captain EB. H. ‘Rose, suightly; Ensign T.. J. F. Jones, stightly. Bart., i. ind Regiment— Lieut. T. F. Vane, slightly; Lieutenant J. Duff, missing. Thirty third Regiment—Lieutenant F, Corbett, lightly; (a cystem of repented asgaults in heavy masses of co Inmnt; Dot judging from the numbers that were seen in (Se yision after they had withdrawn in retreat, Iam led | Ensign d. Owens, dengetousty fosuppose that they could not have been lees than (60 men. Theis loss wan excensive, and it is caletlated | 1! ‘ce leftom the ficld neat 6,000 dead, aad that their | I BiG My ¢4 Regimen—Captain J 0. Crosse, Pightly i J. Bayne, eoverely, Liourouage Colonel 8, slightly ——————— PL LMLMhMhLhLhlhlCUCUCUCUC TU Sceend Battalion Rifle Brigad:—Captain F. Newiigate ly. ali Rigal Marines—Captain W. H. March. RETURN OF CASUALTIES Vito 2D TO 6TH Novamane 1854, INCLUSIVE. Reyal A tillery—2 rank and file killed; 1 officer, Liea- nant Andrews, slightly; 2 rank and file wounded. Fourth Reyiment—1 rank and file wounded. Twenty-eighth Regiment—1 rank and file wounded. ‘Twenty-third Regiment—1 rank and file wounded. Thirty-third Regiment—3 rank and filo wounded. Kecond Battatton i eek aed th ‘1 rank i F 1 sergeant, 3 rank and file wounded. ond fe Wihed, TOTAL CASUALTIES ON THE 5TH—SEPARATE RETURN. 48 officers, 32 sergeants, 4 drummers, 380 rank and file killed; 102 officers, 121 sergeants, 17 drummers, 1,694 rank and file, wounded; 1 officer, 6 sergeants, 191 rank and file Ew Total—43 officers, 32 sergeants, 4 drummers, 383 rank and file killed; 108 officers, 122 its, 17 dram 1,710 rank and file wounded; 1 oficer, 6 sergeants, 19 1 | rank and file missing. Wounded , . 1,962 Missing ... eto A RETURN OF THE WOUNDED IN THE NAVAL BRIGADE ON THE 2D AND 3D OF NOVEMBER, 2d November. on Webb, ordinary, Trafalgar, slightly.—Wouad- 3d November. Mr. Philip Brock, mate, Britannia, slightly; Mr. Spal a ct tg bion, alightlyWounded, 4. Total wounded 24 and Sd November, 1864, 5. LU « To the Military i 7 oH. Pe pr Com. raanien-in-Uuiel ofthe omy y A RETURN OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE’ NAVAL BRIGADE ON THE 4TH AND 5TH OF NOVEM- BER, 1854, 4th November. Weunded.—John Lloyd, A. B., Vengeance, severely; Mr, Wilson, mate, Vengeance, slightly. Total w 5th November. Killed.—John Wood, A. B. Albion. Wouetae wate Herris, second mate, Britannia, slightly; James Galloway, A. B. Rodney, severely; Wm. Tout, A. B. Vengeance, dangerously; Rredenok 5 onunary; London, dangerously; James Brien, A. B. Rod: ney, a ‘Foal Lilies; wounded—6, Total killed and wound ed on the 4th and 5th of November, 1854—8 4 RETURN OF THE WOUNDED IN THE NAVAL BRIGADS Mr. setbyy mater Diamond alightiy? Jems Be ir. , mat 4 ;, James A B. ‘Trafalgar, slightly. Total wounded aide THE FRENCH ACCOUNT. GENERAL CANROBEBT’S DESPATOH. HEADQUARTERS, Brrorx Sxnastorot, Nov. 7, 1854. Monsteur Lx Manwcuat—I have the honor to confirm to you my tel aphie despatch, dated Nov. 6, and thua worded :—‘“The Russian army, swelled by reinforce- ments coming from the Danube, and by the reserves collected in the southern provinces, and animated by the resence of ths Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas, yex- lerday attacked the right of the English position fore the pao The me army sustained the combat with the most remarkable firmness. I caused it to be suj ported by the division of General Bosquet, which fought with admirable vigor, and by the troops nearest at hand. The enemy, far more numerous than we, beat a retreat with enormous loss, estimated at 8,000 or 9,000 men. ‘This obstinate struggle lasted the whole day. On m: left, General Forey had to repel at the same time a sortie of the garrison. ‘The troops, energetically conducted by him, drove the enemy back into the place, and inflicted on him a lous of a thousand men. This brilliantday, not purchased without loss by the allies, does the greatest onor to our armas. The action, summarily expressed by the despatch given above, was one of the hottest and most violently contested, ‘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 its ef- fective strength, and we were enabled to calculate the reinforcements it has successively received since the bat- tle of the Alma, There are :—Ist, some contingents from the Asiatic coast, from Kertch and Kaffa; 2dly, six dattalions and some detachments of marines from Nico- laieff ; 3dly, four battalions of the Cossacks of the Black Sea; 4thly a great part of the army of the Danube ; Jothly, 11 iy and 12thly, some divisions of infantry, formin ith corps, commanded by Gen. Dannenberg. ‘These three divisions were transported by post hor with their artillery, from Odessa to Simpheropol in a a Finally arrived the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas, whose presence could not fail to over-excite this army, which forms, with the garrison of Sebastopol, a 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 occupy with su! mae forces. 6,000 English took part in the action, the re- mainder being em yyed on the siege works; they valiant- ly sustained tl ock until the moment when General Bosquet, arriving with part of his division, could lend them such aid as might insure success. One hardly knows which most to praise, the energetic firmoess with which our allies braved for a long time the storm, or the intelligent vigor displayed by General Bosquet, when conducting a part of the brigades Bourbaki and d’Aute- marre, in order to attack the enemy, who extended be- yond them on their right. The 26 regiment of Zouaves, under the chefs de datal- lion, Montaudon and Dubos, there terest most se ~ ly the old reputation of the arm. e Anglerine Rifles, {setters Colonel de baby) as 8 battalion of the 7th Commander Vaissier; the 6th of the line, vied with them in ardor. Three times they crossed ba} G ° only yielded ground after the third c he left it ntrewed with his dead and wou sian heavy artillery and their field rior in number, and had “4 horse batteries nder de. In Bovsalaiere, prada vith io. English hel biter tl dering the tates day. A ee enem: on beat s hind more three thousand ‘onets wita the enemy, who , upon which led. The Rus- thd sepelocd him Liligg more than a ni more pay = Pepper ieut. ', commant tl arrived with rapid and skilful eres with tl of the Fourth division to the bie. ie of the hear the trenche nd himself the head of the 5th battalion of the Chasseurs a Pied. The Rr repulsed along the whole line, retired precipitately om the fortification, with considerable: loss, when General Lourmel, seeing them fly before him, and earried by a chivalrous courage, aoe headlong in rear with his ade, and wounded under the very walls of the fortification. General Forey had much difficulty in extricating him from the very advanced position to which, yielding te the impulse of superabundant cou! , he had led his brigade. The brigade of Aurelle, which had occupied an excellent position on the left, covered his retreat, which was effected not without a certain loss under the fire of the fortification. Colonel Niol, of the 26th Regi- ment of the line, who lost his1wo chefsde ie taken the command of the brigade, the energetic con- duct of which was beyond all praise. The enemy in this sortie lost a thousand men killed, wounded, or made pri- soners, and in addition to this received a very consider- able moral and physical check. The battle of Inkermann and the contest maintained by the body of besiegers has shed great glory on our forces, and has augmented the moral strength which the armies have always |. At the same time we have suffered losses which must be regretted. The English army has lost 2.400 men killed or wounded, among which are to be reckoned seven generals, three of whom are killed. The French army has suffered te the extent ot 1,726 killed or wounded. We have bitter!, o regret the loss of General de Lourmel, since dea i from his wounds, whose brilliant qualities promised grand career in the future. It is my painful duty also ‘0 acquaint you with the death of Col. du Camas, of the 6th Regiment of the line, killed at the head of hia troop, at the very instant in which they came in contact with the enemy. ‘Tho vigor of the allied troops, subject as they were to the twofold struggles of a siege of unprecedented culty, and of battles which recall the greatest str of our military history, cannot be too highly praised. I send you herewith my order of the day for the battle of the 5th. CANRO! FRENCH GENERAL ORDER, Sotprre—This has been a glorious day for you. Agreat part of the Russian army, favored by ni and mist, succeeded in establishing themselves with « powerful force of artillery on the heights which form the extreme right of our position. ‘Two divisions of the English force sustained, with that in a which we know so well is the characteristic of our al- lies, the unequal combat, until s part of the division Basquet, led by its worthy commander, with the horse artillery, came to their support, snd threw themeelves upon the enemy with a degree of skill and boldness to which I am anxious here to render the fullest testimony. Driven back at last into the valley of the rite | the enemy left upon the ground more than 4,000 ki or wounded, hay carried off asgreat a number during the continuance of the contest. ‘Whilst these events were taking place the garrison of Sebastopol made sortie on our left, which gave sa & unity tothe Msgpe and particularly tg the Fou ivision, handled great hone to give the enemy a severe lesson. e troops called upon to repulse the sortie #4 proofs of an energy which adds in'uo mall degree to the glory which they have already earned by the constancy with which they have supported the rough but herote labor of the siege. Peould name whole divisions, soldiers of all seme and of all ranks, who have distinguisbed themsatves highly this day. f xball make them known to Franee, the Emperor and the srmy, But my intention to-day was to thank you, in their mame, and to assure you That you have just added @ great page to the history of this diff- cult ign. THE GENERAL-EN CHEM, CANROBERI. H&ADQUAWrERS BEFORE SknastoroL, Nov. 5, 1854. NAPOLEON'S LETTER TO HIS ARWY. {From the Paris Moniteur, Nov. 24.) Parace or St. Croup, Nov. 24, { To ray CheeraL-in Cone oF tie Anaty ov Tat Bast: | Gerwtar—Your report roapecting the ory of Tm kermann has excited deep emotion 1 my mind. in my name, to {he army my entire the cournge 't thas dirp! yrena, action with yod, With its euergy ia support.