HASZARD'S GAZETTE. OCTOBER 28.

IATILI 0!‘ ‘I'll ALIA. DITAILB 0!‘ THE GREAT VICMIY. [er art are Wl'I’llsl.]

Bsrtu or can ALIA, See-r l9—Lsss sight or- dare were givm by lord Raglan that the troops should strike tests at daybreak, and that all tent! should be sent on ‘board the ships of the fleet.

Our advance had been dsserniinstl . Ind It was nudirstoud that the Russian li e_avalry had ' the country sf all I fill“ “P W ‘

swggpt =31 distance of our lines and outlying pickets. At 2 o‘eluck in the morning the camp was roused by reveille, and all the 30,000 sleepers woke in vs life. The boats from the ships lined to receive the tents. The cornrnlssariitt oficerspstruggled in vain with the very deficient means at their disposal to meet the enormous re- sqiretnsntt of an army of 96.000 men for the truneport of baggage, ammunition, and food. and a scene. which to an unpraetised eye would seem eusclntwr eonfneioc. began and continued for several hours, relieved only by the steadiness and order of the regiments as they paraded previous to

marching. The French. in advance on our right. were up betimee, and the camp fires of the allied armies, extending for miles along the horiaou_an‘d mingling with the light of the ships. almost anti- ci ated the morning. The order of match was fo lows:— Cavalry, Bth. llth, l'7th. Light Division. _ Artillery. flrer Division. ' Third Division. ' Cavalry . Coininisssriat Train. - Fourth Division. Fourth Division. Rear Guard. 7,000 Turkish infantry, under Suleiman Pasha. ,lItov'eti along by e sea-side; neat to them came the divisions of (vcnerals Bouquet. Cant:-tltvtt. F0- rey. and Prince Napoleon, Our order of rrtareh was about four miles to the right of their left wing. and as trthny behind them. The right oflhe allied fotces was covered by the fieet. which mov- ed ziln-lg WM‘! it irrtnngnificentorder, darkening lit’ tiir it-itli innumerable column of smoke, ready in §lII.‘ll Ilsa smetny should they threaten to attac our right. and commanding the land for nearly two miles from the share. it was 9 o'clock lit the morning ere the whole of our army was pre- pared for marching. e day was warm. and our advance was delayed by the wretched trans- port furnished for the baggage. Everything not nbsolutely indispensable was sent on board slti . The naval officers and the sailors worked indefati- gably, and cleared the beach as fast as the men deposited their baggage and tents there. At last the men fell in, and the march of the campaign hegsn. The country beyond the salt lake, near which we were encamped, is perfectly destitute of tree or shrub. and consists of wide plains, marked at intervals of two or three miles with hillocks and long irregular ridges of hills running down towards the sea at rigltt angles totlie beach. It is but little culzivaid, except in the patches of land around the nnfrequent villages built in the higher recesses .of the v area were started in abundance, and afforded great sport to the men whenever they halted, and several t\(‘l’r- fairly hunted down among the lines of inert. All pun, horses. or cattle had been driven off by the Cossacks. The soil is hard and elastic, and was in excellent order for artillery. After it march of an hour a halt took place for 50 minutes during which Lord Raglan. accompanied by a very large end", Marshal St. Arnaud. Generals Bouquet. Fo- ray. and a number of French cfiicers rode along the front of the columns. The men spontaneous- ly got up from the ground, rushed forward, and column after column rent the sir- with three thun- dt-ring -English cheers. It was s omen As the Marshal pasaerl the 55th regiment ite px~ eIairn«-d, " EVtglt'slt,- I hope you will fight well to- da ."’ “ Hope!" exclaimed a voice from the ranks. "sure ktto_ ' . The troops presented n sp cndid appearance. The effect 0: these grand masses of soldiety descending the ridges of the hills rank after rank, with the sun laying «over forests of glittering steel, can never zqforgotlell by those who witnessed it. Onward

Second Division.

the torrent of was swept : wave after wave. huge stately billows of armed mrn. while the rumble of , ,artillery and tramp of cpvslry accompanied ' regress. At last the smoke of burning vil- la and farm-houses arpiounced that the ettemy in from were aware of our march. It was ti sad sight tosce,lhe white walls of the houses blackened with sirioke—lhe flames ascending through the roofs of peaceful hninestesds-—and the ruined out- lines ‘ti deserted hamlets-Many sick men fell out,snd were carried to the rear. It was a pain- ful sight—a and contrast to the magnificent sp- arance»of_the army in front, to behold litter after ttsr but-as past to the carts. with the poor suffer- ers who hsdrdropped from illness and fatigue. TB! H81‘ 8103'!‘ OF THE ENEMY. -‘ Presently. frotn the p of a hill. a wide plain was visible, beyond wh ch rose a ridge darkened here and there by masses which the practised eye recognised as cavalry. It was our first sight of the enemy. On the left of the plain up in a re- esss formed by the inward sweep of the two ridges lay a large village in flames, right before us was a seat white house unburnt, though the outhnosss and farm-yivd were burning. This was the [inpa- tisl Poet-lietrse of Bonlijanak, just 90 miles frnni Gehasteps small stream ran past us, which was an object of delight to our thirsty soldiers. who had now, marched more than eight miles from their camp. The flflIIO‘WII deserted end gutted. Did a picture of a, saint, bunches of herbs in the vkltclren, and a few household utensils were left; nd a

I which soon fall a vietim‘to a revolver. Alter a short ltsli for men and ttorsss by the stream, the army pdshed on again. . , ‘I’!-II Iva: or ss'r'rt.a.

When they ltursiana had retired ond the heights, orders were given to halt an bivottso for t'ie. night, and our tirrd men _set to work to goth.-,r drylfurse and weeds for fuel. As soon as the rations of ‘rum and tweet were served out. the cj¢98a_.It¢fft‘.l’0hI not and the zstsves ssevsd"t.o‘ tires for cottking. aid-d-hy nsclss swd long

At night the. vrstgtsree at the -ltsssinns V ' V _ reatrtuntbsrs of.strs¢- fllpra and srdbss came up during the night, and esvswtet as to their several dillsiese. atgtrtntvas ssld attd1ttatsp.'bttt[ illeisett werein sxsstlent spirits;-tasking -fbt-herd to the probabl- flslnsansnwegsrnsns with the count with per-

fim -omit. lr George W. ..l;sy ‘vauet ~tv-Gw ‘ tel -massage...-manta ' isvrrutvtnatil asdbsigulesere,the‘msn lay down, giving direc- ttssstsr fle«fsllewing'day; and soon sftsr dusk Onrfinvs wevwewtbe-gvsntttl. wrepflil up in .mxl~.bwl.. led thetast repose they , ab-shstldyfstsabhions. ‘- - V “ U1O|I:Iln-Us-la'rY1_t.l‘.' " h" tfli ON‘ Nfl‘k,t 0 “wad” ' r strap. l Vbclsg or-drum tsshavtsslsttsssset Int l ‘h“flbtr:r0ds or m W v. “Q * ‘ . Ids rest‘-t"e’vt'hil"tVhssdsws,.bv‘eks.lt'w,ss‘“ ‘ - hslflfshslrdslp-lies herding. The

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Lord Raglan had made his dispositions the pre-

vious evening, and the Generals ofDivision. St!

George Brown, Sir De Lacy Evans. Si! 3» En!‘

land, and Sir G. Cstlicart, aided ' ' -General. want from

each regiment sndsr their command. giving

them iri.r,.,¢g... with respect to the arrangement of their men in the earning struggle. It was known that the Russians had been busy fortifytng the heights over the valley through which runs the little river Alina, and that they had received to try their strength with the Allied army in a post- tinn giving them vast advantages of ground, which they had used every means in their pswsr to In- The advance of the arvstrs this great day was a sight which must ever to speetator's life. were ordered to six o'clock they It was a lovely day: tltfi lit?‘

rove to the utmost.

out like the landmark of the l-Zsrly in the morning e

get in readiness, and at half-past were in motiuii. of the sun was tempered by a sea-braces.

fieet was visible at a distance of four miles, cover- ing the ocean as it was seen between the hill, Ind as close to the shore ss

steamers could be seen ossiblo. The Generals St. Arneud, Bosqnet Torey, attended by the etsfi', rode along the lltlfls with Lord Raglan and his Generals at secondklt and were received with tremendous cheering“ snvsrtca to ‘nil ALIA.

attack fmm cavalry and infantry on the left o rear, could assume the form of a hollow square with the baggage in the centre. ject was to gain the right ofthe position, so tha

cal fire ofthe fleets.

it were into a foam of ekirtnishers under Colone

Lieht Dragoons, and 17th Lancers.

marched to the left.

its course as it

tlefl, tltotigli it can generally be crossed b who do tint fear to wet their knees. . banlis formed by the action of the stream to out-

ilie stream.

cliffs when close to the sea.

towards the river at various angles. an serve n

ssl tsry . pus-ltarr stalked sadly about the.

and table-lands above.

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by trutrtcrous field-pieces and liowltaers.

of the sides up which an enemy. unable to start

a large solid conical ball with force at 700 an yards, as the

the 31-pounders threw, as w

of 1.400 and L500 yards. on the brow nfa hill about 600 feet aboveth river. but the hill rose behind it for another feet before it dipped away towards the road. 1

In the first battery were 13 32-poaader brass

in a I. THI. IATTLI AND ‘I'll TIIUIPH. and heavy Dragoons, tltautnuv on t the hills, left and rear. . left wing was thrown back, to our sin artillery was pushed forward in the sates :1 tion. Our da the quick eye

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the enemy-’s squares ‘arid, bsttdriss. and driving: titers rmh ‘their positlsb ea-‘its within 3.000 yards ottha eas._ The french pr tr: comtI¢'::d slant l:"e'ewh, V a tit an r I n a . 0, we Bette falling over tbd blttvrln of the‘ bursting tt’ ht lots taste; and thee nsssvststidsttte warts stoke lets llttlespsshe. .eil direction. and whsslrse

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The order in which our army advanced was in columns of brigades in deploying dietance,our left protected by a line of skirmishes of cavalry and of horse artillery. The advantage of this for- mation Was, that our army, in case of a strong

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attacking parties ccttld be sheltered by the verti- As soon as the position of our Allies could be accurately ascertained, the wltole line, extending itself across the campaign country for some five or six miles, advanced. At the distance of two miles the Eagltslqarmy halted a little to gather up the rear; and then the troops steadily advattced in grand lines like the waves of the ocean, with the left fritted away as

Lawrence anti Major Norcott of the Rifle Brigade. Bd Battalion, covered by squadrons of the llth and 8th Huasars. and portions oflhe 4th, and 13th

T he French occupied the high road, nearest the bench, with the Turks; and the English At about one o'clock in the afternoon the Light Division oflhe French army came in sight of the village of Altnatamak, and the British Light Division descried that of Ber- link, both situated on the right bank of the river A|itia—n tortuous little stream, which has worked its way down through a red clay soil, deepening ' roceeds seawarde, and which drains the steppelrlre lands on its right bank, ma- king at times pools and eddies too deep to be for- waders be high

ting through the soil are sometimes at one side, sometimes at another,-according to tlts,ev_t'eep of

THE s'rttr:rm't'rt or ‘fill ltvsslstt roslfloll. A remarkable ridge of mountains, varying in height front 500 to ‘/00 feet. runs along the course of the Alma on the left or south side with the courey-. of the streams, and assuming the form of This ridge is marked

all along its course by deep gulliee, which run

0 doubt to carry olfthe fiooda produced by the rains and the melting of the winter snows on the bills If" the leader will place himgr-lfttn the top of Richmond hill. dwarf the 'l‘lnnns-s in iirtagiuatien to the sine of s Hampshire rivulet. and imagine the lovely hill itself to be deptive-l of all vegetation ind protracted for ebtrut four miles along the stream, he may form some notion of the position occupied by the Russians, while the plains on the north‘ or left bank of the rude to theiend over which the British and French armies ad- vanced. barring only the vsrdure and frnshrwss. At the top of the riditea. between the gtrllies. the had erected earthwork batteries. mount-. ed with 32 lb. and 94 lb. brass guns, sup ted "W00 determined stru an... Qnfilflllod the tape of the ravines parallel to them. or swept them to the base. while the whole

the direct fire of the batteries, would be forced to ascend, were filled with masses of skirtnisltsrs armed with an excellent two-groove rilethrnwirrg

reneh learnt to their cost. The principal battery consisted of an earthwork ofthe forth of two sides ofa triangle, with the apex pointed towards the bridp, and the sides covering both sides of the stream, corresponding with the bend in the river below it. at the dis- tance of 1.000 yards, while, with a fair elevation, saw very often. beyond the houses of the village to the distance ' This was constructed

ascent ofthia bill was enfiladed by the fire of three batteries of earthwork on the right, and by another on the left, and these batteries were equally capable of covering the village, the stream, and the slopes which led up the hill to their position.

its of exquisite workmanship. which only toltrloe well. In the other batteries were some 25 guns

Large masses of.cavaIry, principally Lnnesrs ' hillson the right of the Russians. and at last descended stream, and threalened our As-we came near he river our r to support all force of cavalry. and a portion of our

n or in this res wee detected to raesa «R Pgrhwn, and heard titre give the order for the movement of a suit. lsvy almost an sctwrse he caught slg t of the‘ he au¢iy‘s cavalry, and just as wswvsve to the village. Asl have already said, oer plan sf

should establish

etnsclves nttdsr _ths (roof the goes so. the zytarwlvtt-s _ sloped and t arm was to of ttrsesettss tireles- sisn positirnt, and thadsy was gained. When we ‘lee from the ‘villqe-. the

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l; snotltar shell fell by assistant into an in- . btissads which the Russians had prepared fr kn advancing ‘French, a at last they drew of from the sea-aide. and confined their 0.0"! to the defence of the gulliea and heights beyond the he of the heavy guns of the steamers. Att o'clock we saw reneh columns struggling up the hills, covetvd bv a eletsd of skirmirhers, whose lire seemed most do idly. Once, at night of a tliretit- suing mate of Russian infantry. in a commanding pssiion a e Ihflll, rapid «alleys since then. the French passed, but it was only leet their slrirmistiere, had formed, they ran tip the hill at these: de charge. and broke the Russians at once, who fled in disorder with lose. up the hill. We could see then dropping en’ both sides. arid the wounded rolling down the steep. At 1 50,-olll’ line of sklrtltislters got within range of the battery on the hill, and immediately the Russians opened fire at L900 yards with elect. the shot ploughing tltrurtgbtbe open lines of the Rifiemen, and f:ill- ing info the advancing column behind. Shortly are this time dense volumes of Smoke roee‘from the river, and drifted along to the eastward. rather interfering will: the view oflhe enemy oh the left of our posit lost. The Russians had set the village oti—l'tre. Our lI’00pI,ltIll£t‘l when they neared this village, their left extending beyond it by the verge of the stream: our right behind the burdllg cottages, and within range ofthe batteries. It is said the Russians had taken the range of Ill the principal points in their front, and placed twigs and sticks to mark them. In this they were assisted by the post signhoards on the road. The Russians o ned a furious fire on the whole of our lines, butt s Ft-encli had not yet made progress enough to justify us in advancing. The round shot wltisned in every direction, dashing up the dirt and sand into the faces of the stalTof Lord Raglan, who were also shelled severely, and attracted h of the enemy's fire. Still ord llaglau waited patiently for the devclopernent of the French Ittaolt. At length an aide-do-camp came to him and reported the French had crossed the Alina, but they had not astablished themselves sufficiently to justify us in an attack. The in- fantry were, therefore. ordered to lie down, and the army for a short time was quite passive, only that our artillery poured forth an tinceasing fire of shell. rockets, and round shot, which ploughed through the Russians, and caused them great loss. They did not waver. however, and repli- ed to our artillery manfully. their shot falling among our they lay, and carrying of!‘ legs and arms at , y round.- - clossttta ‘rm. suits.

Lord Region at last become weary of this in- activity-hisjpirit was up-—lic looked around, and saw men on whom he knew he might stake’ the honour afi fate of Great Britain by his side.nnd,untislpating a. little, in e mi itary point ofview, the crisis of‘ itction, he gave orders for our whole line to advance. Up rose these serried masses. nnd—pussiug through c fearful shovrelof round‘. case-shot, and shell- they dashed iflo the Aims, and “ flounder-ed " through its vrsssrs, which were literally torn into foam h the deadly hail. At the other side of the I‘ were n number of vineyards, occupied b Russian rifiemen. Three of the stsf were s or down ; but, led by Lord Raglan in person, they advanced, cheering on the men. And new name the tnrnin point of the battle. in which Lord Ra Inn. y liis segacity and iailitery skill. obe ly secured the victory nt

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a smaller saer' than would otherwise have been the cues. ed over the bridge, fol- lowed by his stttl. From the road over it, under the Russian guns, he w the stsite of the action. The British line, which he had ordered to advance, was struggling through the river.snd up the heights in mosses. rtn indeed. but mowed down by the murderous she htteriesx and by gr-npe, round-shot, shsll,enuieser, tnusketry, from some of the guns in the central batter , from an immense and compact niase_of‘ ussinn infantry. srottttttto ‘rill rta.tt:n1'a. ' Then commenced one of the taodt blood ond Ice in the annals 0 war. The 2dDivision, ed by Sir_De Lncy Evans, in the most daehin manner, crossed the stream

on tlisrlght. e 7th Fusiliers, led h Colonel Yen, were swept down by fifties. {its 55th, 30th, and 95th, led

by Brigadier Pennefather, (who was in the thickest o the light, cheering on his men), ngttin an again were checked. indecd,but never drew back in bhOll,0lA'Il'd ro as. which was marked by n fierce roll of Blinte tnuakstry; and Brigedrer Adams, with the 41st, 7th. and 49th, rsvely char d up _the bill, and aided them in the butt 0. Sir rown, cons icuous on a horse, rode in front of his Light Division, urging them with voice and gesture. Gallant follows b they were worth of auclt it llnnt chief. The 7th. diminished y one-linl , fell back to re~form their columns lost for the time ;-the 23rd. with ei ht oficsra dead, and four wounded, were sti l rushing to the front. aided by the 15th, 83rd. 77th, and 85th. Down went Sir Gear in a cloud of dust In front of the butter . e was soon u ,nnd shes “ 23rd, I'm sl ri ht. Be sure I‘ remember this day.” and led t eat on spin; but in the shoe uced by the fall of their chief, the gallant regiment sufiered serribl while pnrnl for n m’onient. Menn- tims t e Guards on the ri ht of the Light » Division,nndtbs brigade of l lilsndera. were storming the heights on the felt. Their line was almost as regular as shltitgh they were in Hyde-psvk. So enlys tor o of round and grape rushed Iltlough from the terrible battery, and a roar of musketry from behind it thinned their front ranks b n. It was evident the our troops ' st able to contend splnst the li‘.::is:s, {:0 pin“ t peel ts ve t‘ an" ‘.0 Bodies inks we're‘: aasn

down towards the bettftiy.

they were cut out

was. solidlhtlrsy the solid lteurylufautry, harassed and‘ tlilltusd Ive, got into the bnttsz, they would ‘vs ’ pin a foetal ks: --whiclt-*tlis'y enlsnln bans Lord - w the di‘lionliet 0 .tbs dtnsflon