I-IASZARD'S GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER I5.

tending back nearly to the Turkish redoubts, . ready to act in case the enemy should force the Piedmontese position and attempt to dcboueh upon the open round behind. The nnons o the Lancers uttered gaily in long ines in the fresh morning breeze, and when the sun rose high in glory and poured down its rays full on the lain, making scarlet look redder, and steel and brass brighter and more resplen-

IEWS BY ‘IRE ENGLISH HAIL.

BATTLE OF THE TCHIRNAYA. ’ rns DI‘l'AlI’.s.

_For sonis time rumours had been afloat each night that an attack in force along the whole line would be made, but the deserters had so often proved false prophets, that pevqplo began

‘° d°°bl 5“ “WI? |l°‘'l°9- 00*“ 01! dnesday glitter, and rolling smoke and mist in great

dent, gilding the hill tops. making the tents

evening three spies came in, who positively de- elared that an attack would be made in force on the following morning ; and hardly had they eeased speakin , when Gen. Allonville, com- manding the reach cavalry at Baidnr, tele- graphed that the heights around were covered vvit troo s. and that he wished to retire. from the fear t at he might be cut off, but could not, owing to the road being blocked u by some hundreds of eoinmissariat waggens. he Turks temained under arms all night, but. strange to esy, the French, who were most of all intereste in the matter, seem to have given themselves no trouble whatever about it, but went to bed and slept tranquilly. A peloton of Chasseurs d’Afrique went out to patrol during the night, and on the other side of the river fell into an Dmbuscade, and were all made prisoners, except two men, who escaped and gave the alarm . but even this was treated as one of the ordinary incidents of night dut in presence of the one- my. About an hourbe ore daybreak, the French lentinels in front of the bridge thought they eould perceive shadows gliding past them in the darkness and fired. l‘here was no rep] and silence deep as death followed; about the eaine time, a few shots were heard from the hill occupied by the Piedmontese out-post, but, as the utmost stillness prevailed afterwards on every side, no recautions were taken till just as the first streak ofliglit made itself visible in the horizon, a sharp ﬁre was opened from ii. party of skirmisliers against the me do am. and a regular assault made upon the Sardinian picket. Gen. Marinara was alread on the ground, and sent a battalion of bersaglieri to reinforce the ost, so that they might defend thenisclves, ti 1 the troops could be got under urine, and the necessary arrangements made. When the reinforcements arrived half the picket was already her: do camliat and the assailants were up on the parapet of the little rcdoubt ﬁring down into them. To prolong the conflict here would only have caused ll. useless massacre, and the Sardinians consequently withdrew be- hind an cpaulemcnt on the other side of the river, near the aqueduct, and there defended tliem- Ielves till the day broke clearly, and the attack ecame general. On the side of the French. the me do port! was assaulted in great force, an carried very soon after the enemy's first show- ing himself on the ground, notwithstanding the heroic resistance ol' the 20th Regiment of the line, which in one battalion alone lost twelve oflicers. The bridge was now occupied, two batteries of artillcr were brought across, so as to sweep the roa leading between the two

paeks up the valle towards Inkermann, the scene became one o passing splendour as well as of passing interest.

RENIWAL OP‘ Till CONFLICT. ,

We looked in breathless anxiety for the renew- al of the conflict. The combslsnls had taken breath--their blood was up, for hundreds on hoili sides lay already stark and siiffon the river side around the bridge, and the artillery evidently was simply playing an interlude till the curtain rose upon another set in the tragedy. We were not kept long waiting. From behind the cloud or‘ smoke which naturally hung around the Russirin batteries, came two large columns of the enemy, marching in quick lime, about ‘J00 yards apart, and exactly parsllel. a short distance from the river, and in a line with the bank. As they wound and twisted, mounted and descended, following the inequalities in the ground in long, conipsci masses. their bayonets glancing in the sunlight, they looked exactly like two huge serpents creep- ing rapidly along, their scales glistening, and their prey in sight. On arriving within about eight hundred yards ofilie ford, one lialled, and the other turned off abruptly towards the river. It was evident they were about to ssssil the French posilion more in the right. on the side next to the Sardiuisns. On reaching the water, some passed on small bridges hastily thrown over, the rest forded, and on gaining this side, the column broke into loose order, and pushed on towards the ca- nal or aqueduct, which rises with an embankment at the very foot of" the hill. Before reaching it. they had to traverse shout two hundred yards of smooth, green sward; they were no longer ex- posed to the French artillery, because the guns could not be (l'.pI'e§'5Cd sufficiently to rack lliem, but they had their flank turned to that of the Pieilmontese, who had got the range to an inch. and ﬁred with Ll" accuracy little short of marvel- lous. The henii‘ ofthe column had hardly come up dripping from ilie water, \\ hen they found themselves in Mir midst ofa storm of round shot, grape, and eli::ll, bent upon relentlessly, onrel:ix- ingly, mowing them down by the score, and cover- ingtlie survivors with clay and gravel. But I must. do these survivors jusiice. and say that they bore up right gallanlly. marched firinly onward and upward, passed ilie canal, ihongh lllu waier wiis breast high, pushed some yards still on ilie preci- piloiis side oflhe hill, though here every wound was mortal, for all who fell rolled helplessly, downwards into the aqueduct, and were instantly‘ drowned; but at last hslied, turned, and fled- never stopping till they reached the river, w en they got shelter under the banks and amongst the

the word, they wheeled about. the Ssrdinisn er- tillery egsin playing upon them as before, and ﬂung themselves down the hill side in complete disorder. Seine hundreds ihrew down their arms, and surrendered lo the French, sooner then run the gauntlet once more across the aqueduct end the river. The remnant ofthe column got ifnder cover on the other side of the slream. and remain- ed Ihere for some minutes, until two battalions of Piedinontere come out upon the plain, and Ihi-ow- ing out skirmishsrs, advanced upon Ilia river. The Russians now retired in haste, and not in very good order. sliiimishing as they went, until they reached the high ground on which their csvslry and the reserve of their artillery were stationed. ~ During the pursuit. ll"? l’|ed'"°f",°5° made some prisoners. The moment was propitious

for a charge of light cavalry, who miglil have cut

them up completely. Major Grnvac, the second on the Sardiniau elst-major, accordingly brought down their four squadrons, but the colonel objected to charge in face of the Russian cavalry force, fully five thousand in nonihcr, unless he were supported by French or English. A message was accordingly sent to Gen. Maurice, the French general cumiriiindinir the cavalry, requesting him lo push forward I body of his men in the rear of the Piedinontcse, but he declined, alleging that he had positive orders not to pursue, having re- turned asimilar answer to a similar request on the pan of Gen. Erbilon, who cumiiianded on the heights. This is exlraurdiiiary, but true, and the only thing one can say aboutit is to expressa hope, that there was some good reason for ii not visible at first eight. The greater part of the llussian srlillery nu\v retired, followed up fora short distance by the French Cliasseurs do Vincen- nes; the caialry then advanced in an immense line, forming ii crescent, finin oulof whii-h issued three guns, which fired away to protect the re- treat, till the last column had wound its weary way up the road to l\lcKenzie’s I“ann, or disap- peared arnongsr the hills towards Tchionlion.

‘HIE nslvlrs or THE RIVER AFTER ‘run

BATTLE.

Nothing new reinained but to visit the ﬁeld of battle, on _wliicli the Zouavcs had already descended like vultures, and were removing everything portable. The scene which presented itself on the banks of the river, below the canal, was something fear- ful beyond description, much more fearful than the ordinary horrors of a brittle field. The canal itself was choked with dead, most of whom had doubtless fallen into it living, after rolling doivn the hill side, and found repose in its muddy waters; broken muskets, bags of bread, cartridges, one dark red stain on the wliito chalky gravel, often alone marked the spot where the men first fell; in a moment afterwards tumbled back to perdilion. Many had fallen, after

'scrambling up to the brink of the aqueduct, and ere they had time to cross it, and ifnot

old willows. An ofﬁcer remained for some time alone on the declivity, vainly urging them to fol- low him. Reinforcement: new came up from the second column ; they re-formed, but again in loose open order, or rather no order at all. for Ihey marched exactly like a flock of sheep. This was done evidently so that they might present less mass for the artillery to play upon, but it was s great mistake, as will be seen afiervrards. This

heights towards Bala Clara, and a strong co- lumn was pushed on to the assault and mount- ed the declivity. Strange to say, although Gen. Pelissier had received full warning the previous night, he refused to believe in an attack until it actually commenced, and consequently no dispositions were made, and nobody was ready. The Russians had already reached the crest of the hill, while the French were still asleep: many ofiicers were awakened by the round shot um, may duplayed more pluck ma I-esuloiion ; suing through ‘hell’ 3011353 8 sergeant had , they fell to be sure by the dozen, but they never

ll llﬁﬁd taken 05» Willi!’ Writing "W °’d°"5 °li wavered nor fsltered, climbed on slowly and la- *h° ll“! l0" “'9 dlVl3l°"- 1“ ﬁlls "ill?"-l m0'i boriously, and at last reached the crest ofthe hill, Inent two battalions alone of the 2d Regiment‘ 0‘ Z0“-V03 held “W Wl‘°l° 0-mulling column‘. Ilie column attained this point, the Zoiiaves, who 511 Oheclh and Conteﬁled “W 51‘0\lDd incl! by inclli were lying down behind the ridge on the llussiiin ﬁllltltlhey weqe I‘0l'(;?dl)l1lCl( upon their o:lv_n ten‘t}:i. ]eﬂ,jumpéd up and ran off in join the main body. “"93" "‘‘° ‘° “'“'m "M “W” “'2. 0 osied near the arliller on the centre of the troops got into order. the urtiller into position. plateau, and It Ilie some inomem lhu whole of the ‘lid 3 V‘ 7°“! °“'°l d1'°V° "10 illlﬁlﬂﬂs d0Wn ' French. the artillery included, retired about one ‘I19 decllvity. l°'1Vl“l-3 ll ¢0V°1'0d Will! l-helfi hundred yards before the advancing enemy. The dead and wounded. All this occurred in the’ ﬁnng [mg ceased e,,cep;g,,,,k,,,, ,,,,d ,,,,,,y me. 8'9 °f “'0 m°"'i"l§- Which “I0 8|1l0k° Of tllﬁlfiring from the assailants, who now, unable lo 8031011 ¢°m’91't_9d “N0 300103115113 ll_li° P08lll\'0§ foiin in line. and mixed up in disorder, doubtless glglptljrpaeﬁgé yisapgnghqvqzygpdylps )l',t3atdll'loC::)(l)I:]I:l:t;l(fii!: pf’[ICf3;VC‘(’I tliqydslipulddliiévp either rnounied in liqe, ‘or is to am e o e e ore comin out on tie

‘with, 01‘ “"3 d3-98°" they ll“ I0 b01U'- In tlloi open ground nbovi)c.yl"or some momeifls, I tliouglil Ill’-‘Pl PMISO Which f0ll0W0fl. l10W0V€‘l'y ﬁnd dll- i the French were about to give way and reireal. and ring Wlllcll b°th Bid" P|'0Plll'€d {Of 11 l'9YI8W3l‘ the Russians become masters ofthe lieighls, but l 0f the struggle. “*0 Bun 0113110 0|" fl'0m behind? was soon convinced of my mistake. One could see the hills, the smoke rose, and the valley of the I 1]..-m, jg jg mm, falling back on all sides, and T0l|°1'n9-W10)’ b‘3f°T° "3 like 0 l0Wl'0- Tllﬁlclosing up into ssmall round mass, but in the tract of table-land lying at the foot of the Mac- twinkling of an eye, this mass opened out like a kenzie heights was covered Willi mnsscﬁ of, fan, two black lines shot from it on each side cavalry, infantry. Md artillery. MIOU3 30 across the plateau, the centre closed up, divided I10! ‘WW T110804 in 3 "B80003 Outside the itself, and the next moment a sheet of flame broke ridge. 3Ud_ Qhundc"-‘d qncoasingly against tlw from the whole line, followed by a cloud ofsmoke, Fl'0|1°l|_P05|t|0_D- The Pledmfgnlew WHO dfa-Wn and the crash of the musketry fell on our ears in a gpgll liq: bgﬂbnd 3 Um"-ll etglllflcéll‘-E 910180 l0 the long, continuous, nnfiiltering whirr. like the roar ' 01' 011 0 0 0780"!“ 1'0“ van t ell‘ istterics of a waterfall drowned ever second b the On “I9 505 M5 *0 "10 HEM W079 vigorously I‘0- ' mightier thiindtir ofthe artilleryz which had ymade

plying to t e Russian ﬁre: the three divisions half a wheel lo the right. and raked the crest of

of French, Camouls Efbluonn “Dd Fﬂnclleux the hill with s lcmpesl of grape. The Russians Veto |md0l' "ml. {TOM lino II little way back paused for a few seconds, seemed to hesitate, but from the brow of the hill, and a great number were speedily released from sll embarrassment as of Zouavcs were lying down in shelter behind to the course they should pursue, by the advance 3 small ridge. Below. on the plain, along the of the French, whose cheer rung merrily through hollow on which the English light horse died, the morning sir, as they levelled their bayonels

. eo _gallantly last winter, every turf beneath and rushed to the charge. The Russians gave . their feet a soldier's sepulehre, were ranged one “ Hurrah,” as if they intended to come up to ‘the English and French csvslry, squadron, ex-5 the scrstch, but instead of suiting the action to

and came out on the levcI._ When ilie head of

caught in the bushes, rolled into the plain, breaking their bones in the descent, and lay there as we passed, shrieking in agony, and imploring us to kill them and thus put an end to their suffering. Never did eye rest upon huinniiity in forms so mutilated, defaced and disﬁgured, as those unhappy wretchcs, who lay writhing there in their bloody regs, their faces so plastered over with gore and dust that neither wife nor mother would ever have recognized son or husband in lliese hideous masses ofmortalily. Some, but they were it small minority, sought to drag them- selves to the shade of the few bushes that skirted the river; some sought to hide their heads from the fiery lzent ofthe midday sun under their tattered garments, and others lay with faces upturned and ghastly, their limbs still trcmblng in the last quiver, and the flies already burrowing in their wounds. Men shot down by any sort of missile, and lying where they fall, gory and mutilated though they rnny be, is a sight to which one soon gets liiibituiited, but wounded men who have been rolled over a rough soil, and their bones broken in their progress, is one of lliose sights that one rarely witnesses, and \vliicli he who has once seen it never wishes to see more. On towards the bridge the dead lay thicker and thicker. On the banks ofthe river about it, and in the river itself, they were “ henpcd and piled, ” most- ly ﬁne men in the priino of life——iniiny with a virus: gragnard air, which bespoke long ears of service. Nearly every one had a brandy boltle, either actually in his hand, or lying near him, or broken under him in his fall. I was riding with a Polish ofliecr, who conversed with a great many of the wounded, who informed us,that large qiian- tities of brandy had been served out to the soldiers before the action, except the artil- lery men. There were a great many small platforms lying about, some resembling

ried by rope-slings attached to each end, ss ll bridge to be thrown across the equg. duct. The ‘great majority, however, passed without them. One man, who fell high up. on the hill side, assured us that he was in the last battalion of the reserve, and thug every soldier had been sent dorm from the lreighls; so that had in armed them u»; might have gained the aekenzie plateau clam? wills (hem and held it. Prince Goa. scha off c0l'Ill|lllll(lC(I in chief, and General Martinalofl‘ the assaulting columns.

(,From the Europran Times, In.)

The accounts which have come to hand from the Baltic during the last few days exhibit more blunderiiig on the part of the

ome authorities, and enable the Russians to boast that the fortifications and batteries of Swenborg are still intact. In the course of the two days’ firing, all the mortars were used, and these were of soinfcrior a quality that they either burst or became unfit for use. Admiral Dundns sent the mortar- boats home; but the Admiralty, on learning this, dcspatclicd u stcnmer to countcrmand their return, and at the same time forwarded another supply of mortars, the want of which at the proper time saved the defences of the Russian fortress. From this we infer that another attack is resolved upon, but it is distressing to record the want of ade- quate prepnrntion for an attack, the comple- tion of which failed from a cause which might liavo been readily guarded against. A dcspatch from llerlin declares, that the lleets have retired from Croustndt, and ta- ken up another position. If, during the next month or six weeks, something still more decisive not done, the return of the flout from the Baltic will not add greatly to the national rejoicing. The remarks in the Times of yesterday, respecting the sliortcoinings of the Baltic and the Black Sea fleets, are uiifbrlunately warranted by the facts, for, as for us the war has progres- sed,llie result liiis been anything but credita- ble tn our “ wooden walls. ” At the same time it riiny be stated that while General do Berg asserts, that the loss of life at Swea- borg only amounted to 44, and 110 wound- ed, n tclcgrupliic dcspiitcli from the Baltic declares einpliiilicailly that the Russian loss was upwards of 2000.

THE GRAND DUKE! AT HEISINGFORS.

In the accounts published ofthe bombard- merit of Swenborg, it is particularly men- tioned, that a large Imperial Russian flag was seen flying on one of the buildings, but which was not hoisted on the second and third days. Priviitc accounts received here from lvlr-lsingfors state, that the build- ing in question was the habitation of the Grand Duke Constrintiiie, who had come down from St. Petcrsburg expressly to be present at the expected nltaclr, and to excite the rirdour of the Russian troops by his presence. The flag attracted the especial notice ofthe ntlncking ships, and particular- ly served us ii mark for the mortar vessels, in consequence of which the building was speedily reduced to n mnss nfrnisis, but the Grand Duke escaped unhui-t. From the same accounts, it appears that the naviga- tion dcpiii-tiocnt on board the ﬂeet was carried on with consiiininate skill and an ex- traordinary knowledge of the intricacies of the approaches, which reflects the highest credit on the masters of the different ships.

nr:.\'r:ii.u. SlMl'S0.‘l.

It is runiourcd in London, and we fear with suflicieiit reason, that General Simp- son lins been obliged, from siclriiess, temporarily to abandon the coininnnd of our army in the Crimea; and that Lieute- nniit-Gcner-al Sir ll. Bentinck, the next senior oflicer, is at this inouient command- ing in the room of General Simpson.

FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS.

On the 29th two English steamers, hav- ing in tow the Mary Ann and Eva, trans- ports, embarked about 4000 men at Mar- seilles for the East. A saling transport proceeds in tow with every steamer that clears out, and the same plan is adopted on the return voyage, by which a great saving oftime and expense is accomplished. Since the beginning of the war, official returns show that 2800 oflicers and 538.0(1) horses and men have embarked for the

ladders with the rungs very close, and ear-

Esst at the ports of Toulon sud Marseilles.