HASZARD'8 ‘ GAZETTE.‘ DECEMBER 27.

danger .threatened them ‘so nearly. The noise was that of 50,1130 Russians moving up with guns and ntatnuaition-carts to a position in front of our _rigbt. Heavy ill and 33-pounders were in the train, and the masses of the evening moved so silently that they caused us no alarm. The attack commenced as the light appeared. Onour

, lfl. nkivting a ravine which leads to Sebas-

topol, were pickets of the 47th, under Ma- ,'Bt; Fordyce; and ofthe «list, under Capt

wlauds and Lieut. Fitzroy. he first announcement to them of the enemy's ap- proac was a shar fire from the seutries along the’ front. e companies, oti mov- ing out, lbuud themselves instantly opposed by columns, when they expected to tneet histeki ' ;nnd. though they maintain- ed it hold attitude, they were forced to re- tire before the heavy masses of the enemy advancing with irresistible force. Our pickets whilst retiring charged repeatedly with the bayonet, causin the Russians in thefront to fall back. élptlln Rowlands and Lieut. Fitzroy were both wounded in

” their efl'orts to hold their ground against

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' li.n.s amongst the

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the enemy. The

aition which the Rus- sians had assume

was the same as that

< from which they were expelled in the slfair

ef the 536th October. Their columns moved simultaneousIy—-their right extending to the ravine alread mentioned, their centre on “ Shell Hill"’ and their lell up the main Sebastopol road. VVhilst our pickets were driven in by the Russian right, those of the centre were forced back a n the barrier on the Sebastopol road, an a strong Rus- sian force doubled down the quarry ravine, to turn the right flank of our position. The heavy guns, which had taken up a position durin e night on the extreme right of the Ru‘ poured in almost immediately a hot fi shot and shell upon the camp of the Second Division. The troops had barely had time to form when the tire commenced. The greater part of the tents were struck with great speed, and the'various regiments ofthe division moved up in haste to support its pickets. The enemy had made great

rogress at this time, however. Their guns hail moved to the brow of “ Shell Hill,” and were pouring in a destructive fire upon the ttdvattce of our men; whilst our artillery, which had hastily taken a position opposite to them, were _unable to cope, either in weight of metal or in number, with the large and numerous train of the Russians. The enemy, therefore, gradually drove us back from the barrier on the Sebastopol road, from the spur on our right, and from that on our left. They did not do so, however, without heavy loss. As fast as the various regiments come up from the First, Fourth, and Light Division to reinforce the Second, companies were detnrhed to the divers points where they were required, and this caused considerable confusion, by separating the difl‘erent portions of regiments from each other. It is impossible, for that -reason, to define with any accuracy the position of any detailed portion of our force. They main- tained adetermined front everywhere. The 88th, part of the 49th, and companies from some other regiments, were commissioned to hold the enemy in cheek on_the left; whilst, on the right, three companies of the lfih, part of the «Hat and 30th, and two companies of the Grenadier Guards, ‘ad- vanced fsoui the two-gun battery against the enemy, and charged at them down the hill. The Russians swerved from them, but continued their flank movement towards our right. As they did so, General Sir George Cnthcsrt was observed advancing with the 46th, the 63th, and Grenadier Guards, who, joining the men already in hot action with the Russians, rushed with an irresistible impulse against them. As they moved down the hill, Sir George Cathcart, conspicuous

; by his dress, and the Guards by their bear-

sltins became a sure mark for the enemy. "The ussians, however, gave way in front, but gradually closed in upon our right and in a few minutes outflanked us. Our men, by this time, had most of them expended

~ -"their ammunition, and they found themselves

in the dreadful position ol charging back up the hill to cut throu h the enemy who had outllanlted theta an obtained pzeession of the two-gun battery behind. kily for us the work had been disartned afsw days pre- viously. Sir Geo e Cathcart and many otharbrave ofiicers tell at this unluckly time, but our men used the cold steel with vigour, and they were eutti their way up when they caught sight of oral Bosquet mov- ing with‘; regiment of Turcoe and one o Zouaves upon the battery which the Rus- sians then held. e assistance of the French had not been timely only‘here, but had been of the utmost consequence in other of the field. Whilst SirGeot-gs (.‘s_tb- ciirt charged Upon our right, the long line of English infantry which formed our centre had been strengthened and was beating back the Ruislsas along the whole fruit . Gur artillery, which had been reinforced {ms the other divisions,‘ ltept up I homer 'tir,e,and the enemy quailed everywhere at our advance. But when our rt ht flank turned, the efl'sct was instantly elt at the gain.’ columns of Russians poured in to fill the space leli by those which had been beaten back, and‘on all sides our line began to retire. 'Notwithmatiding repeated elinrges at theta. by Wl|l¢l| ll“! '9" 5"‘ itislly a .3“. poured an enormous column up the Sebastopol road. Ind ll‘ of the hill above the camp of the Second Division. Our retreating cote ates retir- “top. this column, were armed n in struck tel.s“ehftpe up’. and not thirt rem Reg 7 Y -":1

tnsisss in ; opportu- ‘ instant the II , “ii “away”; attacked their front. H‘ ~..r......m- -~.-.-.*.-.~.—...r:t. ‘T h ' ‘ shit: of

ad nietnentarily, checked. lh0 “ cu‘ ‘pssttton ovsrlookl

Capts. Glszbrook and Gubhins, of Gen. Evan's still’. to bring them up in time. They charged, in spite of their confusion, in gallant style. pour- ing inn deadly file fire in front. whilst our line poured in an equally deadly one in flank, and our srtillery threw a volley of grape itito _the midst of them. The Russians withered away before the shower, and fairly ran, leaving the grouudttrevved with the dead am.‘ dying. French artillery came up to our assistance at the same moment, and the 6th lleniinenl t-f Infantry joined the 7th Light. the Zouavt-s, and Turcos in the onslaught, headed by General Basque, who had by this time cleared the -two-gun battery un the right of the enemy. This grand effort of the Russians wpa beaten back at halt"-past nine in the mutating. up to which time the British had thus been keeping in check, with their comparatively small foros. no less than 50,000 men, with sixty heavy fisld«pieces. But, though they had received a severe check. the enemy retired very slowly from the field ; and they even succeeded in a iecottd flanking movement against General Bosqtiet's Division. This bold ollicer, after having re-taken the two-gun battery, and thus saved the reinnsnta of the troops which charged with Sir George Cathcsrt, fell into the same misiiilte as that which had cost tltst General oficer his life: he charged the enemy furiously in front, and drove them before ltim headlong dtiwn the hill. But the Russians again gave way in front, and rallied on the flank ; and, before Gen.

usquet could recover himself, he found he had to retire up hill, through the enemy, which pressed him on the right and rest. 'I' he Russians, nowever, were no longer in spirit to make use of their advantage: they allowed themselves gain to be cut through, and than were gradually alert back towards their centre.’ Tliere our lilllertien, thrown forward in advance, had been steadily playing on the Russian srtillerv in front of" Shell Hill." Two heavy I8 poundemfroni our sins train, had been brought up. and lsyed with great efl'ect on the‘ eticnty's guns. evsnil of them were dismounted, and dragged away by ropes with men and horses harnessed to them, and our line gradually iitlvnncitig as the enemy withdrew, the artillery in our front was finally silenced, and the film! "3 ed-' Nill. however. the heavy pieces on the Russian left ltept up a destructive fire upon the crest vihertthe French and English were firing. and on the camp of the Second Division. Not a

uritoltl by it shell from those guns. The cneuiy piobsblv supposed our reserves to have been there, but tltey were, fortunately, in error. Their fire, however, was extremely dangerous to the ammo- nition carts and horses as they passed through to the front, and many men and horses were killed there. Capt.-iin Allix, of the Royals, was leaving General Pennefather with sit order, when, as he reachied that part of the ground. he was struck in the stutiiacli by a shot, and killed. General Pen- neftitlier ltimself, who had beett in the thick of the fight, had two hmses killed under him; and, tltuiigli brttiseil by a fall, was otherwise unltutt. But death had been busy with many other general oflicers. General Strangways had been carried elf the field. having aleu shot off. He died al- most instantly. Brigadier-General Torrens and Brigadier-General Goldie were mortally wounded. Sir George Brown retired early from the field, with a wound through the fleshy part of his arm ; and Brigadier General Buller was cutitused. .Bti- gsdier-Genersl llentinck was severely wounded, and General Adams bayoneted in the instep. The Duke of Cambridge was slighil contussd. Our loss in General ollicrrs led the tench to say that they exposed their persons too much, and in this they were not far wrong. The enemy only kept ‘up the csnnonade at last to cover the retreat of their men; and by three in the afternoon the crests of the hills in front of Sebastopol wére clear of the enemy, who was observed. shortly sfterrdeliouching on -the plain below. crossing the valley of the Tchernsys and entering the hills on the other side. As the wound along the road, and formed columns to cover the retreat, they were distinctly visible from the heights, and they still appeared to muster about 30,000 strong. The French dragged up some guns to the tops of the hills, and threw shells itito the retreating columns. which hastened away as fast as possible. The battle-field tlius remained in possession of the Allies. It was fllgltlftll to behold: upwards of 2000 Russians lay dead ttpon the road, amongst the bushes, and around the two-gun ttery. Of our own men the loss had also been great.» llpwsrds of 600 men had fallen, and 2000 were wounded or mis- sing. The severest loss, lioweyer, was that \\ hich was suffered by the Coldstresm Guards. They were ctttispicuous by their dress; and as they behaved admirably in the defence of the flgun battery, and the subsequent charge under Gette- rsl Cathcart, they were almost marked for des- truction. Out of the entire regiment, which left England in February. 850 strong. only now be mustired in the field. In the battle of lnltermati the regiment lost no less than eight ulficsrs killed and four wounded. lion. Ctil. Dawson was shot through the heart; .Culotte| Maekinnon was wounded in the face, and bay- onsttad in six places. His leg was amputated at the hip ' -int. but lie died shortly after. Hun. Grenville Elliot was shot through the head. Capt. amsdsn, who was hit in the chest, was bayon- etted in six places by the relentless enem . who refused to listen to his cries for mercy. ‘olen-I Cuwell, Captains Diaboro’ and Bouverie were likewise killed. The wounded were Col. Upton, Capt. Ft-ldinit. Hun. Capt. Amherst, Litiut-Col. Flllflty. and Col. Ilalkett. _

The loss in the numerous regiments engaged I have not been able to ssceflain. l have heard of the f0llttt\'itlg2—-Ill Battalion nrtlte Rina Brigade; Captain Cartwright, killed: Captain llullrr, she through the thi¢tt—tbrse two oflcets we ' nliilrt making an admirable chargetu Ilvefrunl. at the first repttlae of the enemy. --Ms’ Roper, ot the ssine regiment. was hit in the s oultlsr. It ins not be amiss to note that the lat Battalion of the ltilles went in Sollatrong, and ltiet lI0 men.‘

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than asct.ut’s nssrucn. Before Sebastopol, Nov. 8, 1864. My Lord Duke,-1 have the banner to report to year Gases thanks snsgnasder ay coin- mend. powarfuzly added by _ Obser- of the h arm . under command set ' tad a meet -' eftbs ' on our the ruins of I . on the morning of the th inst. In my letter to your Grace, iprtnsd on, that the enemy a list . The lbll in do this ta- ut. 3.‘l’.‘.tm r...t';‘.' ' ’ ‘3f"'i.:g I

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spot of ground ut-copied ht six regiments remained '

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It was therefore to be expected, that an ex-

tannin movement would not be too deferred. Accordingly. shortly before day lglit on the 6th,strotig oolutnns of the enemy oatne upon the advanced pickets covering the ri ht of the position. These ickets behaved wit admira- le gallantry, de ending the ground. foot by foot. against the overwhelming numbers of the enemy. until the nd Division. under ' General Pennefuther, with its field-guns, which had itnm itttnly it got under arms, was

plgped in position. he Lig t Division. under Lieutenaut-Gene- rsl Sir George Brown, was also brought to the front with;-at loss.of time: the First Brigade. under Ma r General Codrlngton, occupying the long o to the left towards Sebnsto . and protso it our rlght battery, and gun in against sttaic on that side: and the Second Brigade, under Brigadier General Buller. form- ing on the left of the Second Division. with the 88th Regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Jef- re s, thrown in vanes.

he Brigade of Guards. under his Highness a Duke of Ciitnbrid and Mayor- General Bentinck, p li «wise to the front, and took up inustimportaut ground to the extreme right on the ali nement of the Second Division. but aspen from it by a deep and precipitous ravine, and posting its guns with those ot' the resend Division.

The Fourth Division, under Lieutenant-Gena rsl Sir George Cnthonrt, having been brought from their encampment, advanced to the front and rt ht of the attack: the First Brigade, under rigadier-General Goldie. proceeded to the left o the lnkertusn road; e Second Brigade, under Brigadier-General Torrens, to the I’! ht of it, and on the ridge overhanging the va ls ofthe Tchernaya.

The ’ tiird Division, under Lieutenant-Gene rsl Sir Richard England, occupied impart the ground vacated by the Fourth Division. and supported the Light Division b two regiments under Brigadier-General Sir ohn Campbell; while Brigadier-General Eyre held the com- mand of the troops '

Royal

in the trenches.

The morning was extremely dark, with a drtssling rain, rendsria it almost impossible to discover snytbin beyond the] fiash and smoke of artillery on heavy mu kitry fire.

It, however, soon became evident that the _enemy, under cover of a vast cloud of skirm- ishers. supported by dense columns of infantry, had advanced nutuerous batteries of large calibre to the high ground to the leh and front of the Second division ; while powerful columns of infantr stmckcd with great vigour e Brigade o Guards.

Additional batteries of heavy artillery were also placed by the enemy on the slo to our left; tlte guns in the tleld,nmounttng in the whole to ninety pieces, independently, however, of the ship guns and thus: in the works of Sebasto l. V

Protected by a tremendous fire of shot, shell, and grape, the Russian columns advanced in great force, requiring every eflort of gallantry on the part of our troo to resist theta.

At this time two bdttslioue of French in- fantry, which had on the first notice been sent by General Bosquet, joined our right, and very materially contributed to the successful resis- nnce to the attack, cheering with our men, and elbsrging the enemy down the hill with

t oss.

About the some time a determined asmult was made on our extreme left, and for a mo- ment the enemy possessed themselves of four of our guns; three of which were retaken by the 88th, while the fourth was speedily recapsurpod

by the 77th Regiment, under Lieutenant-Co

not Egerton. In the o posits direction. the Brigade’ of Guards, under his Royal Highness the Duke

of Cambridge was engaged in a severe oonfiict. The enemy, under the cover of thick brush- wood, advanced in two heavy bodies, and as- saulted with great determination a small re- doubt which had been constructed for two guns, but was not armed. a combat was most arduous; and the Brigade, after displsyin the u ost steadiness an gallantry, was ob god to retire before very superior numbers, until pportsd by a wing of the filth Regiment, of of the Fourth Division, when they spin advan- ced, aud retook the redoubt. he und was afterwards occupied in pl- lant style b'y French troops, end the Guard; s i y re- armed in rear of the right flank of t. e Second Division. In the meanwhile, Lieut -General the Hon- ourable Sir Geor thesrt, with a few com- niss of the 68t Regiment, considering that s might make a strong impression escsnd- ing into the vnllgy, and taking the enemy in 1.

flank. moved rs i forward; at, findln the heights above its in full occupation the Russians, he suddenly discovered ‘that be was entangled with a superior force: and, while attempting to withdraw his inen. reeeiv a uiorts wound; shortly previously to which, Brigadier General Torrens, when landing the wt , was likewise severely wounded.- Subsequently to this, the battle continued with’ unsbet vi ur and with no positive re-

sult, the enemy riugin u a our line not only the firs of all the r ‘Id-batteries, but those in front of t works of the place, and

ship-guns, till the afternoon. when the symptoms of giving way first became a parent; and, shortly alter, a thoufii the Ire did not eases, the retreat v masses were , ascending the o pus te bsl hts, abandoning on the field of hat or a wounded, multitudes of the latter having already been carried of by theta. I nave witnessed such a spectacle as the field presented : but upon this I will not dwell " ' ° " ° " Itlsdlloulttoanlveat s ltlve conclusion as to the setun unin- bets rou lit into the field by-thsseemy. The of the ground did not admit of any great develprsmsnt of that force, the at- s system of re ted sssau ts in heavy masses of columns 5 but, judging from the numbers that were seen in thslplslas soar

. mas. oss was excessive.

and it is calculated that they left on the field

near 5000 d, s t their cnnualltiee

amount in the whole, h killed. wounded, and , to not less than 16,000.

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GEN ERA L C.-\NROBER'l“S DESPATCH .

The followin is General Csnrobori's report of the ‘Battle of nkei-man;

" (lead-quarters: Before Sebastopol Nov. 7., 1854. Monsieur le Marochel.—I have the honour to confirm to you my telegraphic d_is- patch. dated Nov. 6. ho setion, suuimnrily expressed by toh, was one of the hot- test and most v olently contested. From the very first musket shots that were fired. the deseitere that came over to as revealed the true state of tlte Russian army I th res ct to its efietive strength, and we were ena led to calculate the reiuforcenients it hits succes- sively recelved since the battle of the Alton. These are: let, sotue oontitigents from the Asiatic coas_t, from Kertck und Cttflit : 2dly. six battalions and some detachnionts of marines from Nicolaiefl; 3dl four battalions of. the Cossacks of the Blue Sea: 4thl . a great part of the army of the Danube; ly0tltly, lltltly, l2thly, some ‘divisions of infantry, forming tlte 4th our , commanded by General Dennenberg. These t ree divisions were transported by post- horses, with their artillery, from Udessa to Sitnpheropol in a few days. Finttl'y arrived the

presence could not fail to over-excite this arm y, which forms, with the garrison ofSe stopol, it total ofat least 100,000 men. It was in this condition that 45,000 men of this nrtuy sur- prised the iint of the liei hts at ltikermun, which the nglish nrtny had not been able to oicupy with sumcient forces. Only 6,000 Eng- lish took part in the nation, the remainder be- ing employed onthe siege-works ; they valiant- lysusmined the shock until the moment when eneriil Bosquet, arrivin with a rt of his division, could lend them such aid as niigltt in- sure success. One hardly knows which most to raise. the energetic firmness with which our Al ies braved fora long time the storm, or the intelligent vigour displayed by General Bosquet, when conducting a part of the brigades Bour- baki and dhiutetunrre. in order to iittitck the enemy, who extended beyond them on their right. The 3d Regiment of Ziuaves, under the a dc balalliou, Montaudun and Dudos, there justifiod most signiilly the old re utation of the arm. he Algerine Rifies (lit-m‘ Ieitrs), tolonol do Wimpfiin ; it battalion of the 6th Light lu- fitutry. oomtnonder Vitissier; the 6th Regiment of the Line. Colonel do Camus, vied with them in srdour. Three times they cro bttyonets with the enemy, who onl yielded ground after the third charge, upon which he lelt it tttrewed with is dead and wounded. ' e Russian heavy artillery and their field-pieces were very superior in number, and liiid a commanding position. Two horse battalions, Commander de le Boussiniere, and one battery of the Divi- sion of lnftintry, Commander Balfflll, the whole under the orders of Colonel Furgoot, sustained, ciuourrently with the English artillery, the struggle during the entire do . The enetny dscid on beating a retreat, saving behind more than three thousand dead, it very large number of wounded, a few hundred prisoners, as well as several powder-chests, in the hands of the Allies. llis losses in the gross aggre- gate cannot be put down at less than from 8,- 00(ltol men. bile these events were taking place on the right, about 5,000 men of 9b ‘son made a vigorous sortie on the left of our attack siege line. under cover of a thick fog and aloe the ravines that facilitate their approach. he troops on dot in tlis trenches, under the orders of General e la Motterouge, marched against the enemy who had already invaded two of our batteries, and repulsed him, killing more than 900 men on the site of these ertss. Lieutenant-General Forey, com- manding the seige cor s, arrived by rapid and sktlful evolutions wit the troops of the 4th Division to the su port of the Guards in the trenches and himse t marched at the head of the ird. Russians, repulsed along the whole line, retired prectpttately on the fortification, v_rith_oonsider-