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.7. THE TIMES, TUESBY, 14, i84. IV A 'IK THl THE CRIMEA. THE OPERATION'S. OF THE SIEGE.

(rOM OCX COEK.tXPOXDE.TT.) HEIGHTS IlKTORE SEBASTOI'OL. Oct. 19. yt enemy acaTMly fired a ahot during the night isth, Oar batteries were equally silent, ob their aide, opened a few gun on 4J ir pjVt attack, which they had two working to nation all nightjbut they did not succeed in fjjag many round before the great preponderance tit taemy'a kd itself felt, and their wVcit nit damaged seriously in fact, their line, tkmjfc nearer to the enemy's bstteries than our own IJmt instances, were not sufficiently cloao fjf tb lis'1 bras gun with which they were ixBti. Iybrk th firing continued a from both nit.

The Russian, having spent lit night reputing the batUriea, were nearly the Mtnc portion 'a ouw! i ea, and, unaided or jMtt lioaxutod to the full extent we had reason 4aipe by the French, we were just able to hoi 1 $wn during the day. Borne (mart affair of aJJnaishers and sharp ahooter took plaoe in frout. Our riflenien anno the Russian gunner greatly, an.l prevent the tirailleur from ahowing near our taticrx. On one occasion th Russian riflemen and cr own men came cloee upon each other in a quarry the town. Our men bad exhausted all their aauuution; but ai aoom a they aawthe Russians thrv seised the block of atone which were lying about, niopcnOiaTijorouvoUeyon the enemy.

Thelattcr either had empty pouches, or were so much surprised list thoy forgot to load, for they resorted to the aame iBitailea. A ahort fight ensued, which ended in our favour, and the Russian retreated, pelted rigorously at long a the men could pursue them. The ool cets of a young artillery offioer, nanx Maxwell, whtitook ome ammunition to the batterie through tremendoui fire along a road so rxpoed to the enemy's fire that it ha been calld the Valley of i highly poken of on all side. Th bine iackets are delighted with Captain Peel, who 'aaisatea the men by the exhibition of the best qoalitiiv of an officer, though hi courage ii soxctiiocs lmarkeJ by an excea that border on rashness. When the Union Jack in the nIW battery was ahot away he seized the broken Tli tai taping up cn the earthwork wared the old bit of.

bunting again and again in a torm of ahot. which fortunately left him untouched. CVr ammunition i running ahort, but supplies an eipccted erery moment. Either from a want of cartridge or from the. difficulty of getting powder down to the work our 12 gun battery was ailent for some time.

37. Admiral (Sir E. Lyona), on ha little gray pony, ia to be aocn horering stout rer lice iudefatigably. To day he rode out with Lord Raglan and his staff, and spent aome time in examining the progress of our fire from a quarry in a hill overlooking the right attack. Two more GS pounders were brought up to Captain Cordon attack, and two more were ordered to be aided to Captain Chapman attack last night, but they could not be got into position in time for the opening of the fire.

We hare to deplore the loss of lint Colonel Alexander, R.E., a moat energetic and indefatigable officer. On the death of Brigadier General Tylden he auooeeded to the command of the Engineeri and the superintendence of the engineering operation and when the work commenced before Sebaatopol he deTOted himself with such cnrelenling seal to his duties that he aerioualy injured his hfialth. After the fatigue of a long day, he used to lie down in hi clothe. Testerday he complained cf paint in hi head Le retired to hi tent a usual last night, and threw himself on his blanket with a leather stock on an attack of apoplexy superrened, and ere morning he was so more. By his deceaoe, Captain Gordon, R.E., than whom the scrrice doe not posses an abler, braver, or more devoted officer, aucceeds to the command of the Royal Engineers, and his place ia command of the left attack will be taken by Major Tylden, late Brigade Major of Royal Engineers.

Captain Lovell succeeds to the post vacatvd ly Major Tylden. The smoke, was to thick at interval! to day that but little ould be aeon but its continual folds. The French fire slackened very much toward 1 o'clock, the enemy pitching ahells right into their lines and enfilading part of their new works. The French feet was said to be busy hammering about the forty, but ai I did not see them I do not a sert it to be a fact that they did so. Hour after hour one continuous boom of cannon was alone audiblo, and the smoke screened all else from riew.

At 3 15 there was an explosion of piwdcr in the tower opposite our riht attack. The Flsgstaff Fort sowned much knocked about by the French. The Redan and Round To wer earth works fire nearly as well as ever. As it was very desirable to destroy the ships anchored in the Liibour below us, at.d ts fire the dockyard our rockets were brought into play, and, rather erratic in their tlight, they did some uuicluef, though not so. much a was expected.

tVhcrever they fell the people could be scon flying tp the streets when the smoke cleared. At 3 o'clock the town was on fire, but after the smoke had excited our hope for some thinned away. and mt out altogether. At 3 50 there was another cxplotion.but whether it occurred in the French or in the Ruteiau lines I could not awcrtaio, as the whole cf our left was covered with vapours of sulphur and viZwr. aa'tpetre." As our seamen are rather prouigt of poadcr, and as our ammunition is not cver they were again ajmonishod to fire toore ally to day, and our replies were much lei frequent to the Rustic than so that it almost teexed to one who did not know the truth that the nemy were overpowering our fire.

They kept smartly at work from three gun in the Round Tower work, and from aome four or fire in the ltedan, on our batteries. Tho Lancaaters came out ia furce to day. The men begin to understand them, aud the true value of the arm is becoming apparent. There is a difficulty in ascertaining hTe hot and shell from them strike, so great ia the uuiance of range, but Mr. Uoarc, R.X., i peal i very highly of tho gun under his charge, and I believe Colonel Lake, R.A., ha been enabled to lead in a favourable report of the results.

Our loss been trilling. Vetterdsy, the 18th, the total of killed sud wounded, at well as I can make it out, aaaaUlows: Train 1 Ititmon Kow JJirlmoa Tl I'ird 1ituuod r'mrtlj Ihriaioa Kflled. 0 2 2 3 5 1 Woticdeo. 11 9 4 4 6 11 13 5 Lieutenant Smith, of the Oth, was slightly oundtd in the trenches. Eme deserters came in from the enemy, and were forwarded to head quartera, where they were ex anned by the interpreter.

They declared the town in a very bad state, that sickness prevailed toong the at Idiery, and that there were great num of killed and wounded from our fire, I These men seemed glad at escaping, and their por Ilsranoe was not nearly ao good as that of ua bm ii. ii i I WIJVUUfcH UiC AUU AUUUHJUMU they state, dead be was wounded ia the jtyh ao aerareJy while superintending the fir ia tU Bound Tower battery that had to undergo (fecUot vhioh ba diri. The Cnssians hare uffered a seTOre loss in the death of this office?) whose nam may be familiar to somt rader in connexion with the binop expedition. OcTosta 30, Two 68 pounders wer mounted last night in onr batteries, and the Oring, which nearly ceased after dark, was renewed by daybreak, are all getting tired of this continual "pound pounding," which makes a great deal of noise, wastes much powder, and dots very little damage. It is very hard to batter down earthworks.

Most people about London hare seen the Artillery butt at Wool wich. How long his it las tod our heavy fire of artillery Then, again, the Russians hare plenty of labourer. They easily repair at night what we destroy and damage during the day. It is difficult for us to do the same. Our men are worn out with fatigue the daily scrrice exhausts them, and the artillerymen canno't hare more than fire hours' rest in the 21.

They are relieved erery eight hours, but it takes them three hours to get down to their work and return from it to the' camp. Our amateurs are quite disappointed and tired out. I fear so are people in England, but they must hare patience, Rome was not built in a day, nor will Sebattopol be taken in a In fact, we hare run away with the notion that it was a kind of pasteboard city, which would tumble down at the sound of our cannon as the walls of Jericho fell at the blast cf Joshua's trumpet. Tho news tbatSebaatopol had fallen, which we receired rt'J England, ha excited great indignation and ludicrous astonishment here. The whole army is enraged 'about it, as they feeHh Terity, whatever it maybe and whenever it maybe realized, must fall short of the effect of that splendid figment.

They think, too, that the laurel of the Alma will be withered in the blaze of popular delight at the imaginary capture. In fact, people at home must know very little about us or our position. I was much amused at seeing in a recently arrived journal a letter from an Old Indian' on the manufacture of campaign more Inditn, in which he ad riwes us out here to use sslt milk and butter in 'the preparation of what mutt be most delicious food. Bait is a luxury which is rarely to be had unless in conjunction with porky fibre; and as to milk and butter, the very taste of them is forgotten. Lord Raglan was very glad to get a little cold pig and ration rum and water one night on onr march here.

However, the hardest lot of all is reserved for our poor hone. All hsy rations for baggsgers are rigidly refused they only receive a few pounds of indifferent barley. There is not a blade of grass to be had the whole of these plateaux and hills are covered with thistle only, and where the other covering of the earth goes I know not. The hay ration for a charger is restricted to Gib. daily.

Under these circumstance horse flesh is cheap, and friendly preeents are being continually offered by one man to another of "adeucod good pony," which arc seldom accepted. When day broke this morning we saw the Russians actively engaged in throwing up new works at the rear of the Redan, to protect the ordnance store and buildings. They were in readiness to rpen on us by the time we commenced fire, at 6 o'clock. The Garden Battery is very troublesome to us and the French. The latter are pushing np zig zags, and parallels close to the enemy's lines, and expect to be able to get their batteries to within 400 metre of the place.

They are exposed to very heavy fire, and the Russians ply them with shell admirably. Every one is now talking of storming. We could hare stormed with more chance of success when we first set down before the place. Yes, we could perhaps; but who was to know it! When we have reduced them to the state in which they were when we came up from Balaklara left Sebaatopol minus the batteries, if we can we shall only hare done, it is said, what we could hare done then without going to all the labour of making our earthworks and trenches. However, I do not agree with this.

No one could hare calculated on the misfortunes of the French and on the weakness of their attacks. Tho very work of silencing these Russian earthworks ia productive of the best results, for by the time do so we shall hare cowed the enemy, inflicted enormous loss on their troops, and hare damaged the town, and rendered it unfit for defence So far, indeed, our shots anticipate our mission. JAt 2.50 a.m. a fire broke' out behind the Redan, caused by our rockets, shell, and red hot shot. It looked very promising at one time, but died out towards sunset.

From the column of smoke which rose it must have been considerable. At 3 15 p.m. a fire of less magnitude was visible to the left of the Redan, further in towards the centre of the town Davie, Grenadier Guards, received a severe wound in the right leg to day while on duty in the trenches, and I regret to add that II.R.II. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, who is a Universal favourite, and has behaved with the greatest gallantry throughout the campaign, was wounded a moment afterwards, close to the place where Lieutenant Davie had been. His wound is not at all serious, and need not cause the least anxiety to his friends.

Our wounded officers are all getting on favourably. Our loss yesterdsy was 3 killed and 32 or 33 wounded. Th First Division had 12 wounded (all Guardsmen) and 3 killed (all of the same brigade) the Fourth Division has three men wounded the Light Division had 11 men wounded the Siege Train had men wounded. To day we had no fatal casualty, and our loss in wounded must be small I have been able to make out very few, but aa I do not pee the official returns my information may lie erroneous Killed. Wounded.

0 3 0 1 0 17 0 0 0 4 0 8 Total 0 Major Voting, R.A., was slightly wounded while in charge of hi battery to day. I have just heard that the fires we saw to day were moat disastrous. Wo hare unfortunately burnt the hospital, which, the deserters say, was full of wounded men from the Alma and from the batteries. We hare also destroyed a small war steamer. Octobib 21.

Any day is like another, and the scene of yes terday are scarcely distinguishable from those of today. The enemy seemed more afraid of our Lancaster this morning, and we are told they are drawing over towards the French. The latter become more vigorous in their fire, and are doing marked damage on the left of their line. Their energy in working the new parallels is rapidly producing its rtults. and thrir works are creeping up hour after hour towards the enemy's walls.

Sandbags hare been placed on th top of most of the exposed public buildings, to prevent their taking fire. It is evident we must advance, our works a little nearer. A trunnion was knocked off one of our new 08 pounders, and the gun rendered unserviceable in the right attack, where it was doing good service. The firing lasted on both aides, with short intermission, from sunset to sunrise. One's head ache with the repeated bursts of artillery.

The Ear', of Shaftesbury has come in to Dalaklara, with a rge train and ordnince stores just in time. The Russian slacken fire. There are only three gun from the Redan to day worked rigorously. The Round Tower and Garden Battery are a strotkf ever. They jmy hare got np a large fun to Inkarmann, wlth w'jjch they pitch shot and shell into the oamp o( th Second Division merely to annoy them.

They Firt DirUion lmion Third IHtuioa Fourth liiuon Light I i virion Siege Train ileetfll actiro 'd tronb'eeome. nmvtre twj explosions oae own wocfa, one in the Last night a battery niW betolxvker mann, and two 18 ponnder. V.6 order to silence the heary ship WB umoyea the Second Division yeaterday. it bead of the The steamer ladimir cam up to JP 'tack of harbour, and opened fire on the right our men. Bbe threw her shell with ts accuracy, and killed two men and wounded others before we could (reply effectually.

A Urg? Ira verse waa erected to resist her fire, and she has hauled off. 22 guns hare been placed in a condition to open in this attack by the exertions of the men under Major Tylden, who direct it They hare all begun this morning. There were nearly a dozen silent last night. On the left attack, under Captain Chapman, traverses and platforms were repaired, and a new battery was commenced. Our men also commenced a new battery, to be armed with 32 pound era, to fire on the shipping below.

The site of this is on the left and in front of the left attack, and it will not.be further than 650 yards front the place. This is a good distance for red hot shot, and great thing are expected from it. Lord Dunketlin, Captain Coldstream Guards, and eldest son or the Marquis of Clanricarde, was taken prisoner this morning. He waa out with a working party of hi regiment, which had got a little out of their way, when a number of men were observed through the dawning light in the ravine in front of them. There are the Russians," exclaimed one of th men.

Nonsense, they're our fellows," said his lordship, and off he went towards them, asking in a high tone aa he got near, "Who is in command of this party Hi men saw him no more. As they wer unarmed, they retreated rapidly, but there is no fear of his lordship's safety, for the Russians fired no shot, and merely closed round and seized him ere he could get away. No doubt he will be well taken care of, and forwarded probably to St. Petersburg, for his father was Ambassador at the Court of the Czar, and i said to hare ouce enjoyed his friendship. The Russians opened a very heary cannonade on us this morning they hare always done so on Sundays, Divine service was performed with a continued bass of cannon rolling through the responses and liturgy.

The FVench are terribly cut up by the Garden Battery, more ao, however, by their misfortune of last night. The' Russians made a stealthy sortie towards morning, and advanced close to the French picket. When challenged, they replied "Inglis, Inglis," which passed muster with our allies a bond fide English, they say and before they knew where they were, the Russians had charged them, got into their batteries and spiked fire mortars. They were speedily repulsed but this misadventure has mortified our brave allies exceed ingly. The night before they fired on a party of men who used thesante tmue parloui, and they turned oat io be Russians.

They were too confiding the lecond time. 'W are all liable to mistakes. There was a great alarm the other erening. Eleven battalions of Russians croatod the Tchemaya, and deployed towards Balaklara, but we were quite satisfied to lea ve Sir Colin Campbell to dispose of them. Howrer, at night musketry and cannon opened along the rear, and woke ui all up.

It turned out that the officer of marine on the heights had been told he always would hare a clear space left for his guns to play upon in case of attack, and that some newly arrived Turks, unaware of this arrangement, had trenched on his space, with lanterns in their hands, whereupon, knowing the Russians were about, he blazed away at the poor Bono all of whom he tor tunately miscd. The French General sent over to day to ask for assistance in silencing a new battery which tormented them exoessirely. We gladly rendered it, and silenced tho battery ere sunset. No incident of consequcnce'occurjjxl to day. It was all filled up with rollers of artillery.

A Pole and some Russians deserted last night. They tell us that the enemy hare lost 3,000 killed and wounded, that the town is in a frightful state the shops closed, the merchants fled, the goods placed underneath in the cellars, and that the pointed balls and shells (Lancasters) do frightful mischief. There are no longer volunteers to work the as there were at first. The men have now to bo forced to the batteries. Many poor women and children have lost their live in this terrible cannonade.

It seems incredible that the Russian authorities should have let them stay in the town when they could hare easily Bent them across by the bridge of boats to the north side. Provisions still continue plenty and water is abundant in the town. Our armament for to morrow will be, it is hoped, as follows Right attack, 21 gun two C3a four Lancaster guns in batteries between left and right left attack, 42 guns tota' 71; plus 10 mortars, 81. The French have 5C guns; total, 137 for the allies. Tho Turks guard the rear, and havo about 13 guns in all.

There arc now 18 deserters at head quarters, including a woman, who was taken as she was going down to visit a cousin (sweetheart) in the trenches. Twe deserters leaped in through our embrasure. They were Circassian prisoners. They reported that all the formats were let loose, as the Russians required the prisons for hospitals. There was a firo iu the town at 1 a.m.

this morning it was speedily extinguished. The explosions in the Round Tower yesterday must hare done some mischief. That which took place behind our 12 gun battery was harmless. Sir E. Lyons went out to day in front aa usual.

There was brisk skirmishing to day between our sharpshooters wo killed and wounded 30 men, and took several prisoners; among them a young officer shot through tho jaws, who cannot speak. The loss of our men. was very smalL Our' artillerymen i are very much exhausted our fuses axe bad, and the platform are much complained of. Octobir 21. The return of killed and wounded for the 22d of 1 the month, during the greater part of which a heary fire was directed on our.

trenches and battery at I tacks right and left, shows the excellent cover of our works and their great solidity. We only lost one man lulled in the Light Division, and two men in 1 the siege train of wounded we had one in the First I Division, two in the S.xnd Division, twoin the Third Division, six in the Fourth Division, five lath Light I Division, and 10 in the SiegaTrain. lieutenant Brown (of Uie 41th Regiment) lost his leg yesterday. Captain i Childers, R.A., was killed in his battery. He had just ordered a gun to be fired, and had run to look through an embrasure to watch the effect of the ball, when a 1 shot came in and struck off his head.

Mr. Young, of the Artillery, who died on the 21st of cholera, was brother of Sir W. Young, killed at the Alma, and was not the major of the same name in command of a company of artillery in the left attack. The latter was slightly wounded a couple of day ago, but is now quite welL The request mad to us by the French that we would direct our fire on th Barrack Battery, which annoyed them eicesairely, was so well attended to that ere erening we hai knocked it to piece and silenced it. The Garden Battery is little better.

Her Majesty's ship Himalaya, Captain Kellock, arrived yesterday, with 500 men returned from hospital. She ha since gone to Varna, Dr. Hall has returned from Scutari, and ha resumed hi dutie aa P.M.O. of the army before Sebaatopol. the Algien Ul made her pne4rwc fJiOj very welcome, a she came large stores of aacu tduon.

About 600 men cam tb dar. as fit forserrn. from Scutari. They were landed at Balaklara, and proceeded to march out to their but I regret feet beneath, aJ diiUat from him, on the slope tiger it the spring with ready rifle in kin I of th bill; a Tnt1 ndoubt lower down, then liiddrachm deep by tle earth wtwb which run alonj another in the ralley, tW lrittl it tyBXi th line of these ridge on onr rear, bet the qoick ngular earthworks, thee, 1fMion' Ji Russian were xojuKwrrrint' oa the other side two Ttlmht nrs w' 1. Atthedbtance of the rmlW AiA mnm.

Ia7 had marched many mile in of two or twoanda liallmiles eT vVBT1Ie7 ther to ttck. Bkw th. ZboaT we could see thej deed, there are not many to march more of the poor i an abrupt rocky mountain ir.mtt i1 Turkish gurnes ia the redoubts, all in eonftaion WM to connt hU on lar and pirtureaqoe formation, covered wtC the ahell burst over them. Just a I cam ZlZTr' HJ not quite re brushwood here and there, or rising ntJ NsT i up tad carried Xo, 1 redoubt, covered from their illness. pinnacle and platmvx of rock.

In eotlfew W. moat efcrated of aJJ, and their fcorse oc our ntrm ben erery day ii appearance this portion of the landscape rr won fully like the Trosacba. A patch of blae sea is canght in between the overhanging cliffs cf Bala I a lava a they close in the entrance to the Larbcnr oa the right. The camp of the Marines, pitch on the hill aides more than 1,000 feet above the lerA of the see, is opposite to you as your back is vim tttuumi every umj 11 enough to canse serious aniietr. Ont xi ni en borne on the strength of the army there are not ryv thtn 16,600 rank and file fit for errice.

EuMSU 1tls this month upward of 700 men hare a cat.M invalid to Balaklara. Thre is a steady drain 0 fome 40 or 60 men a day going ont from ua, which u' no dried up by the number of the turned to Set4cpol and your right side toward returned mralids. toe JO or 30 a day Balaklara. Oa the road leading np the valley, wounaeaana cuaabiea whm.muiupuea oy inenum close to the entrssee of the town and beneath thi ber of the day we hare bee.a her become a serious hill, is the encawraient of the 93.1 Highlanders. item in the.

aggregate. We badly off for spare Th cavalry line are nearer to yon below, and gun carnage ana wheels, for ammunition ana are some wsy in adrrstce of tlw Highlanders, but jorage. nearerto the town than the Turkish redowbta. The All tie prisoner were sent in froM bead quarters xhtn br of Kuu iujv, cat! una. un your left the hits and reeky wwntaia are employed with the Quarter Master General, range gradually close in flbward thocourse of the Staff to point out the site of tho magazine Tchemaya, till, at three ct four vale' distance and public building which should be destroyed, from the valley is swallwed in Uur prisoners contradict eaca other on many points, but all agree as to the damage done to th town and aa to the altitude of killed.

On diL that the Russian Governor sent in yester day to Lord Raglan to ask for to bury the dead on both, aides. thority ha it that Lord Raglan replied "He had no dead to bury." The Russians in revenge for this are leaving their dead where they fall outside the lines, and also bring them out from the town and place them in the ralley frequented by our pickets much annoyed by the stench. This is a new engine of warfare. An ambulance corps under Captain Grant is doing good service now that it ha arrived. There are two carts attached to each division, and each cart generally goes into Balaklara twice in the day with sick and wounded.

Diarrhoea is still prevalent. Full rations of fresh meat are issued whenever it is practicable, and double allowance of rum to the parties in the trenches. The weather continues to be 'beautifully mild. TheTonning brought in Colonel Hood, of the Guards, Lord James Murray, Captain Allison, tc Several officers of the Irish constabulary and of the commissariat departments also arrived in her. The French send out 400 men of each battalion erery night to their works, and all the ground in front of them is excoriated with trenches, parallels, zig zags, and approaches.

It is evident that if the place falls this winter the French must make a lodgment opposite their attack. We hare the military town riUt milituirt) to deal with, and it is so situate that the possession of it woutd by no mean insure the capture of Sebaatopol Proper, while the occupation of it permanently would be impossible till the fort and portions of the town which command it are destroyed. Our mortar fire has nearly ceased. The complaints against our fuses are louder erery day. The Russian opened a new battery last night.

They now hare 230 guns upon and the French, and our fire has been reduced considerably. THE CAVALRY ACTION AT BALAKLAVA. OCTOBES 23. If the exhibition of the most brilliant valour, of th excess of courage, and of a daring which would hare reflected hum on the best days of chivalry can afford full consolation for the disaster of to day, we can have no reason to regret the melancholy loss wbicJi.we'axrstaififid in a contest with a savage and barbarian enemy, I shall proceed to describe, to the of my power, what occurred under my own eyes, and to state a mountain gorge and iep rariaea, abore which rise tier after tier of desolate' whitish rock, garnished now and then by bit cf scanty hrrbare. and sDroadinff awar towards tb east and south, where they attain the Alplnt dimen The aame an.

lions of tha Tn kalir TWV Tt v.r. enemy at the Belbek, or in command of the rtd' of Mackenzie's Farm, Inker mann)(rSiapheropc, or Dakshuerai to debouch through these gorge at any tune upon this plain from the neck of the ralleyy or to march from Sebaatopol by the Tichernaym, and to advance along it towards Balaklara, till checked by th Turkish redoubts on theH southern side or by the fire from the French works on the northern side, i.e., the side which, in relation to the ralley to Balaklava, forms the rear of our position. It was evident enough that Mas schikoff and Gortachakoff had been feeling their way along this route for several dajs past, and very probably at night the Cossacks had crept up clone to our pickets, which are not always as watchful as might be desired, and had observed the weakness of a position far too extended for our army to defend, and occupied by their despised enemy, the Turks. I say depised, because we hear from prisoners and from other soueces that, notwithstanding all the drubbings received on the Danube from the Osmanli, the Russiins hare the most ineffable contempt for the champions of the crescent. At half part 7 o'clock this momingan orderly came galloping in to the head quarters camp from Balaklara', with the news that at dawn a strong corps of Russian supported by guns and battalions of infantry, had marched into the Valley, and had already nearly dispossessed the Turks of the redoubt No.

1 (that on Canrobert's HULwhich is farthest from our lines), and that they were opening fire on the redoubts Not. 2, 3, and 4, which would speedily be in their hands unless the Turks offered a stouter resistance than they had done already. Orders were despatched to Sir George Cathcart and to H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge to put their respective divisions, the 4 th and the 1st, in motion for tho scene of action, and intelligence of the advance cf the Russians waa also furnished to General Canrobert. Immediately on receipt of the news the General commanded General Bosquet to get the Third Division under arms, and sent a strong body of artillery and some 200 Chasseurs d'Afriqua to assist us in holding the ralley.

Sir Colin Campbell, who was In command of Balaklara, had drawn up the 93d Highlanders a little ia front of the road to the town at the first newt of the ad the fact which I haTe heard from men whose reracity VMJ08 0f the enemy. The marine on the heights got is unimpoacnaue, referring to myseu ice exercise of the right of private judgment in making public and in suppressing the details of what occurred on this memorable day. Before I proceed to my narrative, I must premise that a certain feeling existed in some quarters that our cavalry bad not been properly handled since they landed in the Crimea, and that they had lost golden opportunities from the indecision and excessive caution of their leaders. It waa said that our cavalry ought to hare been manoeuvred at Bouljanak in one way or in another, according to the fancy of the critic It was affirmed, too, tliat the light cavalry were utterly useless in the performance of one of their most important, duties the collection of supplies for the army that they were "abore their business, and too fine gentlemen for 'their work that our horse should have pushed on after the flying enemy' after the battle of the Alma, to their utter under arms the seamen's batteries and marine' batteries, on the heights close to the town, were manned, and the artillerymen and the Zouaves prepared for action along their line. Lord Lncan's little camp was the scene of great excitement.

The men had not had time to water their horse'; they had not broken their fast from the erening of the day before, and had barely saddled at the first blast of the trumpet, when they were drawn up on the slope behind the redoubts in front of their camp to. operate on the enemy's squadrons. It was. soon evident that no reliance was to be placed on tho Turkish infantry or artillerymen. All tho stories we.

had heard about their bravery behind stone walls and earthworks proved how differently the same or similar people fight under different circumstance. When the Russians advanced the Turks fired a few rounds at them, got frightened at the distance of confusion, and with the certainty of taking many their iurport in the rear, looked round, receired a guns and prisoners and, above all, that at lac few jhotg shel'. and then "bolted." and fled with kenzie's farm first; and at the gorge near Inkermann an agQjty quite at variance with common place subsequently, they had been improperly restrained from charging, and had failed in gsining great successes, which would hare entitled them to a full abate of the laurels of the campaign, solely owing to the timidity of the officer in command. The existence of this' feeling was known to many of our they were indignanttnd exasperated that the faintest shade of suspicion should rest on any of their corps. With the justice of these aspersions they seemed to think they had nothing to do, and perhaps the prominent thought in their minds was that they would give such an example of courage to th world, if the chance offered itself, a would shame their detractor for ever.

It will be remembered that in a letter sent by last mail from this it was mentioned that 11 battalion of Russian infantry had crossed the Tchemaya, and that they threatened the rear of our position and our communication with Balaklara. Their bands could be heard playing night by the travellers along the Balaklara road to the camp, but they" showed but little during the day, and kept up among the gorge and mountain passe through which the roads to Inkermann, bun notions of Oriental deportment on the battle field. But Turks on the Danube are very different beings from Turks in the Crimea, as it appears that the Russians of Sebaatopol are not at all like the Russians of Soon after 8 Lord Raglan and his staff turned out and cantered towards the rear of our position. The booming of artillery, the spattering roll of musketry, were heard rising from the ralley, drowning the roar of the siege guns in front before Sebaatopol. As I rode in the direction of the firing oTer the thistles and large stone which corer the undulating plain that stretche away towards Balaklara, on a level with the summit of the ridge above it, I observed a French light infantry regiment (th 27th, I think) advancing with admirable care and celerity from our right towards the ridge near the telegraph house, which was already lined by companies of French infantry, while mounted officers scampered along its broken outline in every direction.

General Bosquet, a stout koldkrlike lookxng man, who reminds one of the old genre of French gene pheropol, and the south east of the Crimea depicted at YouJH followed, with hi. wind towards the interior. It will be recollected. also that the position we occupied in reference to litlaklara was supposed by most people to be very strong even impregnable. Our lines were formed by natural mountain slope in the rear, along which the French had made very formidable intrench ment.

Below those intrenchmenta, and very nearly staff and a small escort of Hussars, at a gallop. Faint white clouds rose here and there abore the hill, from the cannonade Nerrr did the painter's eye rest on, a more beautiful scene than I beheld from the ridge. The fleecy rapoulji still hung around the mountain top, and mingled with the ascending rolumes of smoke; the menu, ixriuw uhh inueucnments, anu very awir a right line across the ralley beneath, are four Ptch sea sparkled fceahly the rays of ti conical hillocks, on. riaing abore the other a. they morning sun.

but it. bght was echpsed I bythe rM, fmrTr lin7tL fnrth which ioins gleamed from the noac! armed the chain of monntain opposite to our ridge being named Canrobert Hill, from the meeting men oeiow. Looking to the left towards the gorge, we be nf th held six ccanpaet rnaesetof Bntmin Uifantry, which march to Balaklara. On the top of iach of these had just debouched frthemounU.n P' bin. the Turk, had thrown 7P earthen redoubts, and werelowly anang defended by 250 men each, and armed with two or Klines, up th.

'Jf1 three gunsome heamip lSsTa them, with one artilleryman in each redoubt to iook 7 afterthem. IWhiS crce. the valley of Bala mil. in advance of them, came at lonz intervals. Bahind these gun isv front klava at the distance of about two and a half miles from the town.

Supposing the spectator, then, to take his stand on one of the height forming the rear of our camp before SebastopoL. h.e would are the town of Balaklara, with it scanty shipping, its narrow strip of water, and its old forts oa his right hand immediately below he would behold the ralley a and plain of coarse raeador land, occupied br our caralrr tents, and stretching from the base of the ridge oa which he stood to the of the infantry were enormous bodies of cavalry. Ther were in six eompact squares, three, oa each flank, moringr down (CAsio toward, ssa, and the 'ralley was lit np with the blaze of their sabres and lance point, and gay accoutrement, in tneir front, and extending along the, interval be ween each battery of gnsa, were cloud of mocntad akiraJjhert, weeling and Vnirling in the front of 5 were chasing th Turks acroas the interval Tf "doubt No. 2. A that cavalry, under Lord Lncaa, wen formed in gUtterfcj raj Lit Brigade, under Lord Cardigan, in tb H7 Brigade, under Brigadier Genera! K.v5ett.

rwerr. They were drawn up jus? far roB eir encampment, aad were, rmceafcd tV the riew of 'the enemy by a slight war" id th plaia. Cba. aiderably to the rw of th vigM, the WJ Bfghlsn ders were drr up in liiSe. fa xfs otrt of the approach to ESsfaklara Above and Sfrfcina thenr, oa the tbr marines' were tho glaar, drawn up luder aru and the gxJMsr be sea ready in the ear twoxia, ia w2bh were placed the heav s' guns.

The had originaSy been aJVanced soarewhat mora' intj the plu, bat th instant" tie RoasiW got poeaeasiow cf the fir: redoubt ttrr opened ea them frax2 our own Mn, inflicted aome in jury, and Str Colin CaopbeH "refireeT his i better position. Meantime the eacsy advanced cavalry rapiiJy. To on inexpreasiele disgust wer saw the Turkria redoubt Iftx 2 fly thrr approach. They ran in scttered grocj across toward redoaht No. 3, and toward.

BaTJskfara, bet the none heof of the Cossack was too qtnek for theeov and a wcarT acd lance were Justly plied amonr the letreatiur herd. The yells of th partner and pajroed wer plainly audible. A the Lancora and LigHt Cavalry of the Russians afranoed ther gathered" trp their 'skirmishers with gmt speed ani in' exeeHeut order the shifting tra0s men which 'played1 e2 over the ralley tike mooaeljht on the wjtcr, contracted. gsalw op, and the fittle peoeVn hr a fawmosaent. btetcse a solid eolucs.

Then up came their guna. ia rushed their guausrs to the abandoned reeVabtt. sad' the gun. of No. 3 redoubt soon 'played deadly effect upon the dispirited defender of Ifo.

redoubt. Two or three shot, in return ftoa th earthworks, and all Lr silent. The Turks swara over the earthworks, and 'run ia corrosion towtrdai the town, firuur their muskets ar the soemT they run. Agsir the solid cahnaa of cavalry open, like a fan, and resoire) itself into long pray of skirmisher, It lap the flying Turks, steel flashes in the akr, aad down go jthe poor Moslem quirering on the plain, split through fea and muskeVguard to the Mrt tail breaat beh. Ther is no rapport for them.

It eridenS the Russians hare beea too qnicle for tu. The Turk, hare been too quick also, fcr they hare not hJd their redoubt enough to enable us to briar then help, Ia rmia the nartl gun. oa th hstgkta fir en th Russian cavalry the distanee too great for shot or shell to reach. Ia rata th Turkish guaaer itt the earthen batterie which are placed alear th French, intrench men ta strive to pretect their Cyinr countrymen their shot fly wide and abort of tire swarming msise. Tne Tursa be lax theiaatures toward.

the Highlanders, wrare they check their flight and form into com puis ct the naaia of the Highlanders, Aa the RojtUoTlrT oo the) left of their line crown the hill aero, the valley they peroeira the Highlanders drawn up at th distane of some half mile, calmly wai ting Useir approach, Ther halt, and squadron after squadron flao up froen rev, till they hav a body of seen men alotKf the ridge Lanoers and Dragoon, and Hussars, fhea they more tdulon in two. bedi, with aaotlsta ia reserve. Tho cavalry who bar besn purKxag? the Turks on the right are coming ap to the ridgoK beneath, us, which cnceals onr earalry front TtaV The heary brigade ia ad raoc is drawn np ia twox line. The first line consul of the Gray and of their old companion ia glory; Vm Enniskillena the second of the 4ta Royar fatofthefcmid.blo heLht, attheoth tMr taarrtt ltt. leave T(4Kte7iirliint Clow to uj tot Irtr lik, Irish, of the 5th Dragoon Goards, and of the lsi Royal Drag xns.

The Light Cavalry Brigade teats their left, in two line also. The aiJoeio i op preasire between th cannon burst on eaa hear" the champing of bit' and the dtnk of aahre in tie ralley below. Tb Russian oa their bft drww" breath for a moment, and thn.ia one jassdliai dashed at the Highlanders, Th ground file, bet neath their horse' feat; gatiiaring apeedat rry they dash oa toward that thin red topped with a line of stoeL Th Torts, fir, a volley at 800 yards, and run. Aa the Russians come within COO dawn goe that line of steel in front, and out rings a rolling: volley of Minie musketry. The distance ia too great the Russian, are not checked, but oa wards with the wnole foroe of horse and man, tkroesah thai smoke, here and ther knocked orer bj th ahot of our batterie abore.

With breatiileupen erery one awaits the bursting of the ware upon the line of Gaelic rock but they come within. yard, another deadly volley ftaahe from the levelled ri2e and carriea death and tenor into the Ruaaian. TJvsy wheel open files right and left, and fly back faster th" they came. BraroUghlander. I well done," ahoot the excited spectators but treats thicken.

The Highlanders and their splendid front are soon fosgotten, men scarcely hare a xaomeat to tMnV of thi fast, that th iXid ner aJ tared their formation to receive, that tide of horse iwa. No, said Sir Colin CunpbeH, I did not think it worth while to form tkeat even four deep The). ordinary British line, twodWrs waa cysite ufnciit to repel the attack of these Muscovite ejsvaliara. Ouc eyes were, however, tamed in amrirssent oa our own earalry. WeaawBrigadiu GnsTaIScrkttrida2ong; in front of his maasire sqaadrons.

The Russians evidently corps aTJiis their light bio jacket, embroidered with silver laoa, were advancing on thdir left, at ah easy gallop, toward the brow of the hillj A forest of lances glistened ia their rear, and aereraL. squadrons of gray coated dragoon moved np qiicklp to rapport thn as thy rtac the aasnmit. Tisfa instant they came in sight the trumpet of (WT earalry out th warwiag bUat which tU us all that in another' zoosneut we should sea the shock of battle beneafa. our very eye. Lord Raglan, all his staff and escort, and group of officers, the Zouvs, Franca, genera" and office and bodies of French infant ry oa the heigU, wer spectators of th seen as trnazh they werejeokinx on the stag from th boxr of a earljf erery one dismounted ud sat down, and, not.

a word was said. Th Bnasuan. adranel dowa hill at a slow cantor, hich they charged to a trot and ai last neirly hi 1 ted. Their fit line was at bast doabl th lerigth of ours at was ahreai time aa deep. Behind them was a tiaiilajr line, equally ar rong and coatpacv They eridesvtry dsspisej their iniianirVant loykiaj enaray, but ther tim vu cor.

Th truaipt raag owt through the valley, ac4 the Grj and Enniakilleaers went rigM at tsj centre of tha Ruaska earjy. Thesparabetweoathaai waaoaly a fw yard it was acaree eaoa jh to th horsri "gather way," noraadlhe men qidta space nffictent for toe fnll play of thai at otd arms. The Russiaa line briaga forward sacA u( as Tjerr earalry ad ranee, had threatens to them as they pass on. Tnrarn a nUl thair latX to as to meet th RiaaiaA right, the Grays ra.h oa with cheer, that thruh to trwry hxrt th abecrt of the rise throojh th; air Sttheiasteiartaox, JL lightniat; fiaeie thf'a.