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eCRAQILE OF BALA CLAVA. FULLER AND GRAPHIC DETAILS OF THE TER- RIBLE Sm OF OCTOBER.

Pew of our readers will hesitate to allow that they seldom ead arrincident of war described by so graphic a pen as that whieh we now lay bofore them :—

POSITION OF THE BRITISH ON THE HEIGHTS OF BALA CLava.

‘The position we occupied in reference to Bala Clava was.

eupposed by most people to be very strong—even impreguable, ur lines were formed by natural mountain slopes in the rear, along which the French had made very formidabie in- trenchments. Below those intrenchments, and very nearly in a right line, aeross the valley beneath, are four conical hillocks, one rising above the other as they recede from our ; the furthest, which joins the chain of mouatains oppo-

our ridges, being named Canrobert’s Hill, from the x there of that General with Lord Raglan aiter the on to Bala Clava. On the top of each of these hills the . é had thrown up earthen redoubts, defended by 200 men b, and armied with two or three guns—some heavy ship leat by us to them, with one aritilleryman in each

Bala Clava at the distance of about two and a half miles from the town. § jing the spectator, ther, to take his stand on one of the heights forming the rear of our camp before S2bas- topol, he would see the town of Bala Clava, with its scanty shipping, its narrow strip of water, and its old forts on bis right hand; immediately below be wou/d behold the valley and a plain of coarse meadow land, occupied by our cavalry ‘tents, and stretching from the base of the ridge on which he stood to the foot of the formidable heights at the other side,

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redoubt to look after them. These ‘hills cross the valley of

chi abd breast-belt. There is no support for them. It évident the Russians haye been too quick for us. The Turks have beéh too quick also. for they have not held their redoubts long enough to enable us to bring them help. {a vain the naval guns on the heights fire og the Russian cavalry; the distance ig too great for shot or shell to reach. In vain the Tarkish gunwers in the earthen batteries which aro placed along. the French entrenchments strive to protect their flying countrymen; their shot fly wide and short of the swarming masses. THE BRAVE DIGHLANDERS DISCOVERED BY THE ENEMY.

The Turks betake themselves towards the Highlanders, where they chock their flight and form into companies on the flanks of the Highlanders. As the Russian cavalry on the left of their line crown the hill acxoas the vailey they perceive

‘the Highlanders drawn up at the distance of some half mile, ‘ealmly awaiting their apprasch. They halt, and squadron ‘after squalron flies up from tbe rear, till they have a body of ‘some 1,500 men along the ridge—Lancers and Dragvons and ‘Hussars. Then they move en echelon in two bodics, with another in reserve, The cavalry, who haye been pursuing I the Turks on the right, are coming up to the ridge benea*h ‘us, which eonceals our cavalry from view. The heavy bri- _gade in advance is drawn up in two lines. The first line ‘consists of the Scots Greys and of their old companions in glory, the Enniskillons; the second of the 4th Royal trish, ‘of the 5th Dragoon Guards, and of the Ist Royal Dragoous. “The light cavalry Brigade is on their left, in two lines also. "The silence is oppressive; between the cannon bursts one can [hear the champing of bits and the clink of eabres in the ' valley below.

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\ THE FIGHT WITH THE HIGHLANDERS—“ BRAVO! WELL DONE!’

he would seo the French trencbes lined with Zouaves, s few) The Russians on their left drew breath tor a moment, and | feet beneath, and distant from bim, on the slope of the hill ; ‘then in one grand line dashed at the Highlanders. The ® Turkish redoubt. lower down, then another in the valley,! sround flies beneath their horses’ feet; gathering speed at then, in a line with it, some angular earthworks, then, in every stride, they dash on towards that thin red streak topped succession the other two redoubts up to Canrobert’s Hill. At) with a line of steel. The Turks fire a volley at 800 yards, the distance of two or two and a half miles across the valley and run. As the Russians come within 6090 yards, down

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there is an abrupt rocky mountain range of most irregular | poes that line of stecl in front, aud out ringsa volley of Minie, from view the plain was strewed with their bocies and the

and picturesque formation, covered with scauty brushwood | musketry, The distance is too great; the Russians are vot bere and there, or rising into barren pinnacles and plaveauz | checked, but still sweep onwards with the whole force of horse | of rock. A patch of blue sea is caught in between the over- | and wan, through the smoke, here and there knocked over by hanging clifis of Bala Clava as they elose in the entrance to} the shot of our batteries above. With breathless suspense the harbour on the right. The camp of the Marines, pitched | every one awaits the bursting of the wave upon the line of on the hill side more than 1,000 feet above the level of the! Gaelic rock; but ere they come within 150 yards, another sea, is opposite to you as your back is turned to Sebastopol deadly yoiley flushes fiom the levelled rifle, and carries death and your right side towards Bala Ciava. On the ros load-! and terror into the Russians. They wheel about, open files

. : ing up the valley is the encampment of the 93d Highia:ders. | right and left, and fly buck faster than they came, “ Bravo ed and broken as they were. Wounded men and dismounted

The cavalry lines are nearer to you below, and are some way Hinlanders! well done!” shout the excited spcetators ; but in advance of the Turkish redoubts. The valley is crossed events thicken. The Highlanders and their splendid front here and there by small waves of land. Qu your left the hills / are soon forgotten, nicn scarcely have a moment to think of | and rocky mountain ranges gradually close in toward the | this fact, that che 93d never altered their formation to receive. course of the Tchernaya, till, at three or four miles’ distance | that tide of horsemen. ‘ No,” said Sir Colin Campbell, “ 1 from Bala Clava, the valley is swallowed up ip a mountai: | did not think it worth while to form them even tour deep !” ee. and deep ravines, above which rise tiers afier tiers of | Phe ordinary British line, two deep, was quite sufficient te rs weg ep epee now oe ae by bits of repel the attack of these Museovite cavaliers.

scanty ber and spreading away towards the east and) eed they attain the Alpine dimensions of the Tschatir |

It is very easy for an evemy at the Belbek, or in; command of the road of Mackenzie's Farm, Inkermann, Sim-j cavalry. We saw Brigadier-General Scarlett ride along in | pheropol, or Bakshiserai to debouch through these gorges at! front of his massive squadrons. The Ru-sians—evidently any time upon this plain from the neck of the valley, or to corps d’elite—their light blue jackets embroidered with silver

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the! fore them: itis your duty to take them,’ or words to that = . , . 1 t is| effect, according to the statements made since his de.th. Lord

Lucan, with reluctance, gave the or jer to Lord Cardigan to advance upon the guns, eenceiving that his orders compelled kim to do so. It is a maxim of war, that ‘cavalry never a without a support,’ that ‘infuntry should be close at hand | when cavalry carry guns, as the effect is only instantaneous,’ ‘and that it is necessary to have on the flank of a line of cavalay some squadrons in column, the attack on the flank beiug most dangerous. The only support our light cavalry had was the reserve of heavy cavalry at a great distance be- hind them, the infantry and guns being far in the rear. There were no squadrons in column at all, and there was a plain to charge over, befure the enemy's gans were reached, ofa mile and a halfin length. At 11.10. our Light Cavalry Brigade rushed to the front. The whoie brigade seareely continental armies; and yet it was more than we could spare. As they passed towards the front, the Hussians opened on them from the guns in the redoubt on the right with volleys of musketry and rifles. ‘They swept proudly past, glittering in the morning sun in all the pride and splendcur of war. We could scarcely believe the evidence of our senses! Surely that handful of men are not gone to charge an army in po- ‘sition? Alas! it was but too true, They advanced in two | lines, quicke. ing their pace as they closed towards the enemy. A more fearful spectacle was never witnessed than by those who, without the power to aid, behela their heroie country- wen rushing to the arms of death. At the distance of 1,200 yards the whole line of the enemy belched forth, from 30 iron mouths, a flood of smoke and flame, through which hissed the deadly balls. Their flight was.marked by instant gaps in oug ranks, by dead men and horses, by steeds flying wounded or riderless across the plain. The first line is bro- ken, it is joined by the second, they never alter or check their speed an instant; with diminished ranks, thinned by those 30 guns, which the Russians had laid with the most deadly accuracy, with a halo of flashing steel above their heads, and with a cheer which was many a noble fellow’s death cry, they flew into the smoke of the battcvies, but ere they were lost

eareases of their horses. They were exposed to an oblique fire from the batteries on the hills on both sides, as well as to a direct fire of musketry. Through the clouds of smoke we could see their sabres flashing as they rode up to the guns and dashed between them, cutting down the gunners as they stood, We saw them returning, after breaking through a column of Russian infantry, and scattering them like chaff, when the! flank fire of the battery on the hill swept them down, scatter-

troopers flying towards us told the sad tale—demi-gods could not have done what we had fuiled todo. At the very mo- ment when th y were about to retreat an cnormous mass of Lancers was hurled on their flank. Colonel Shewell, of the 8th Hus-ars, immediately saw the danger, and rode his few men straight at them, cutiing his way through with

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‘through the thigh; White th the leg; Dhompson: ‘aaeeneet to be tiled, &e. One of Lord Cardigan’s — de-cemp is wounded—Maxse; the other, Cockwood, is missing, and supposed to be killed. We have lost.about 885 horses (exclusive of officers’ horses), out Of @ little. more than 600, which we (the light brigade) had in the field; besides that, a great number are wounded with Poe and about 25 have already been destroyed, and more

It was a bitter momeat after we broke through the ling | cavalry in rear of their guns, when I looked round andeegy there was no support beyond our own brigade which,

in the smoke, had diverged and scarcely filled the

We went on, however, and boped that their own men flyiny would break the enemy’s line and drive them into the river, When 1 saw them form four deep, instead, I knew itowas ‘ all up,’ and called out to the mento rally. At this moment a solitary squadron of the 8th came up ia good order. This saved the remnant of us; for we rallied tu them, and they, wheeling about, charged aline which the Russians had formed in our rear, You never saw men behave so well a8 our own wen did, I hear from a man who dined with Lord Raglar to-day, that they do us justice at head quarters, and say that our attack was an unheard of feat at arms. The Russian prisoners sinc? taken at Sebastopol say the Russians were petrified at the audacity of the attack, and the energy that could, after such a fire, break through their lines. These prisoners were taken in a very successful affuir by Sir De Lacy Evans. Do the old fellow justice. He is a first rate ‘division leader.

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RUSSIAN FORCES AT THE BATTLE OF BALA CLAVA.”

According to the report of General Liprandi, he had under his orders the following details :—

Bayonets, 12:h division, 4th corps (16 battalions) 12,000 16th ditto, 6th corps (16 battalions) 12,000 4th ditto, Rifles (3 battulions) 2.000 11th and 12th Hussars (16 squadrons) 1,800 -Combined Lancers (8 squadrons) 900 Den and Ural Cossacks (18 squadrons 1,800 Field batteries 7 (at least 70 guns) 1,700 32,300

AN AMERICAN OPINION OF THE RELATIVE MERITS OF THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN ARMIES,

[The New York Times, of a resent date, has the follow- ing observations relating to the achievements of the Allied forces at the Alma, contraste/ with the valour of the Ameri+ can Army in the late war with Mexico. Our New York cotemporary firgets that the old Celtic blood which was peured outso profusely at tue Alma is precisely the same as that which moistened the fields of Molino del Rey and Chepultepee. Irish soidiers fight American battles—Irish

fearful loss. The other regiments turned and engaged in a desperate encounter. With courage too great almost for | credence, they were breaking their way through the columns | which enveloped them, when there took place an act of atro-'

Our eges were, however, turned in a moment ou our own city without parallel in the modern warfare of civilized

nations. ‘The Russian gunners, when the storm of English cavalry passed, returned to their guns. They saw their own cavalry mingled with the troopers who had just ridden over |

march from Sebastopol by the Tchernaya, and to advance | lace, were advancing on their left, at an easy gallop, towards | them, and, to the eternal disgrace of the Rassian name, the |

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along it towards Bala Clava, till checked by the Turkish re- | the brow of the hill. A forest of Jances glistened in their) misereznts poured a murderons volley of grapeand cannister |

doubts on the southern side or by the fire from the Freuch | rear, and several squalrons of gray-coated dragoons moved | on the mass of struggling men and horses, mingling friend

works on the northern side, é. e., the side which, in relation | np quickly to support them as they reached the summit. The and foe in one common ruin. Tt was as much as our Heavy to the valley to Bala Clava, forms the rear of our position. jiustant they came in sight the trumpets of our cavalry gave | Cavalry Brigade could do to cover the retreat of the miser- |

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1t was evident enough that Menschikoff and Gertschakoff had | out the waruing >last which told us all that in another mo-| able remnants of that band of beroes as they returned to the | been feeling their way along this route for several days past, | ment we should see ihe sbock of battle beneath our very eyes. | place they had so lately quitted in all the pride of life. At and very probably at night the Cossacks had erept tip close | Lord Raglau, ali bis staff aud escort, anda group of efficers, | 11 85 not a British soldier, except the dead and dying, was to our pickets, which are not always as watchful as might be the Zouaves, French generals and cilicers, ‘and bodies of| left in front of these bloody Museovite guns. Our loss, as desired, and had observed the weakness of a position fur tco| French infantry on the height, were speetators of the Feere | fat as it could be ascertained, in kiNed, wounded and missing

extended for our army to defend, and occupied by the Turks. | as though they were lookiag on the stage from the boxes of a 4 3 ; theatre. Nexrly every one dismounted and sat down, and not ee fae eee ee ee la word was said. The Russians advanced down the hill at a

Looking to the left towards the gorge, we beheld six comi-| sjow canter, which they changed to a trot and at last nearly pact masses of Russian infantry, which had just Qchouched | ,.tt64, Their first Tine was at least double the length of | from the mountain passes-near the Tchernajs, and were ours—it was three times as deep. Behind them was a simi- | slowly advancing with solemn stateliness up the valley. Tins jar Ine, equally stronzand compaet. They evidently despised mediately in their front was 2 regular line of artillery, of at thei- insignificant-looking enemy, but their time was come. least 20 pieces strong. Two batteries of sight guns were The trumpets rang ovt again through ihe valley, and the already a mile in advance of them, and were playing with Grays and Enniskilleners went right at the cenire of the energy on the redoubts, from which feeble puffs of sm: Ke came Russian cavalry... The space between them was only a few at long intervals. Behind these guns in front of the infantry | hundred yards; it was scarce enovgh to let the horses were enormous bodies of cavalry. They were in six compaet | « gather way,” nor had the men quite space sufficient for the squares, three on each flank, moving down ex echelon ful] play of ther sword arms. ‘The Russian line brings fur- towards us, and the valley was lit up with the blaze of their | ward each wing as our cava'ry advance, and threatens to

sabres and lance points and gay accoutrements. In their} annihilate them as they pass on, Turning o little to their

, 2 x Sneten ae i ae an front, aed extending along the intervals between each battery left, so as to meet the Russian right, the Grays rash on with | prisoner by some Cossacks, A Russian oflicer addressed him

of guns, were clouds of mounted skirmishers, wheeling and | whirling in the front of their march like autumn leaves tossed |

‘by the wind. The Zouaves close to us were lying like |

Enniskilleners rises through t!¢ air at the same instant. As

cheer that thrills to every heart—the wild shout of the| ; ; leare of, though ces gens la were rather rough in their man-

at 2 o’clock to-day, was as follows:—

Went into Returned

Action, From Loss. Strong. Action. 4th Light Dragoous, 118 39 79 Sth Hussars, 104 38 66 "11th Hussars, 110 25 85 13th Light Dragoons, 130 61 69 17th Laucers, 145 oS) 110 _ 607 193 409 It is not certain that all these were killed, wounded or miss- ing; many may still come in, and about 80 wounded have already returned. Mr. Wombwell, of the 17th, had a narrow escape. He was dr. gged off his horse by the cap and taken

‘and told him not to be afraid, for that he would be well taken | ners. However, they were saved the trouble of guarding |

Jabourers and artizans build American railroads and canals, and their reward is to be seen in the organization of villainous clubs like tie “ Kuow Nothings.”—Epr. Ex.)

At the Alma the Allies, with not less than 50,000 meu,

| took the entrenched heights of the river, held and defended

by about 35,000 Russiaus, losing in the battle 600 killed and wounded. They hada force Socided!y superior to that of the enemy, and lost in killed and wounded one-fifteenth of their foree. Although but few of their troops had ever been. in action before, ail of them were regulars, thoroughly drilled, and trained to obey the orders of their Soak officers, who were veterans and had seen service, . They behaved well, and fought with steady aud unflinching courage, but against an inferior foree, made up of troops quite as un- used to actual battle as they themeclyves. .

At the battle of Buena Vista, Gen. Taylor with 4,759,

| men, of whom all but £53 had not oaly never been in action,

but were actually uaused to the discipline of the field, ky. absolutely raw recruits,—met and put to »tter rout 20, Mexican regulars,—losing over 70° wou, or more than once seventh of his entire foree. At cne battles of Contreras and Churnbus:o Gen. Scott wit 5,820 men stormed over 18,000 Mexicans strong!y satrenched and abunduntly supplied with urtillery, drove them out and defeated them with a loss of nearly 7,000 killed, wounded and missing, losing himself 1,014 of bis troops, including 76 offi¢ers,—or more than one sixth of his entire fore>. At Molino del Rey, 3,447 Americans, under the immediate command of Gen. Worth, stormed au immensely strong fort defended by at least 10,000 Mexicans, and after one of the hottest und hardest engage- meuts ever fought, in which individual officers and men performed prodigies of valour rarely paralleled in history, captured four pieces of artillery and took vearly eight hundred prisoners, by the musket and bayonet alone, with a loss of 787 including 59 officers,—being one-third of all the officers

tigers at the spring, with ready rifles in hand, hidden chin

deep by the earthworks which run along the line of these | ridges on our rear, but the quick-eyed Rus-ians were | maneuvering on the other side of the valley, and did not ex-|

pose their columns to attack. Below the Zouayes we could see the Turkish gunners in the redoubts, all in confusion as fae shells burst over them. Just as I came up the Russians had carried No. 1 redoubt, the furthest and most elevated of .a'], and their horsemen were chasing the Turks across the interval which lay between it and redoubt No. 2. At that moment the cavalry, under Lord Luucan, were formed iu glit-

Hlightning flashes through a cloud, the Grays and Knni-killen- |ers pierced through the dark masses of Russians. The shock was but for a moment. There was a clash of steel and a light play of sword blades in the air, and then the Grays and redeoats disappear in the midst of the shaken and quivering ‘columns. In another moment we sce them emerging and ' dashing on with diminished numbers, and in broken order, ! against the second line, which is advancing against them as fast as it ean retrieve the fortune of the charge. It was a

terrible moment. God nxLpe THEM! THEY ARE LOST! wus the.

| exclamation of more than one man, and the thonght of many. | With unabated fire the mob'e hearis dash-d at their enewy

: ; ake Tia As * (and nearly one-fourth of all the men engaged! And after chy aguas last charge be made his escape and got back | this battle Gen. Scott, with 6,300 men, ihe sole remnant of | his force, assiulted and captured the strong and well defended LETTER FROM ONE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE DOOMED Cavatky. | fortress of Chepultepec,—losing iu that affair 862 men, or Camp, near Bala Clava, Oct. 27. one-sixth of his foree,—pushed on towards the capit.l, dis-

You will be glad to hear I am alive after our tremendous | persing all the bands that resisied his advance, and nally

afer of the 25th. Weal ’ that the fa; ae * | took possession of that city. of over 180,000 inhabitants, affair of the 25th e all knew that the thing was desperate ‘held at the time by nearly 30,000 troops,

before we started, and it was even worse than we thought. |

In our front, about a mile and a-half off, were several lines of . Through the whole campaign raw troops, who had never Russian cavalry and nine guns—to get at which we had to | See? dvilled six wonths in their lives, commanded mainly by pass along a wide valley, with the ground a little falling, and | YOU" officers who had never seen a battle nor encountered @

tering masses—the Light Brigade, under Lord Cardigan, in| [t was a fizht of horses. The first line of Russians, which |! itself favourable enough for a charge of cavalry; but the hostile shot, did the work of veterans, Every quality that

advance ; the Heavy Brigade, under Brigadier-Geueral Scat-| hid been sinashed utterly by our charge, and had fled off at | Sloping hills on each side gave the enemy an opportunity

‘Tett, in reserve. ey were drawa up just in frent of their encampment, and were concealed from the view of the enemy by a slight wave” in the plain. Considerably to the rear of their right, the 92d Highlanders were drawn up in line, in frout of the approach to Bala Clava. About and behiud them, ov the heights, the marines were visible through glass draw: up under arms, and the gunners could be seen ‘ready in the earthworks, in which were placed the heavy ships’

. The93d had originally been advanced somewhat wiore

to the plain, but the instant the Russians got possession of

the first redoubt they opened fire on them from our own gus, which inflicted some injury, avd Sir Colin Campbell “ retired” jhis men to a better position.

FLIGHT AND SLAUGITER OF THE TURKS.

our inexpressible disgust we saw the Turks ig redoxbt No. 2 fly at their approach. They ran in scattered groups across towards redoubt No. 3, and towards Bala Cava, but the horsehoof of the Cossacks was too quick for them, and sword and lance were basily plied among ‘the retreating herd. ‘The yells of the pursuers and pursued were plainiy audible. As ‘the Lapeers and Light Cavalry of the Russians advaseed they gathered up their skirmishers with great speed and in excellent order—the shifting trails of men, which played a!] ver the valiey like moonlight on the water, covtracted, gathered up, and the little peloton in a few moments beeane a solid colume. Then up ‘came their guns, ‘n rushed their guoners to the abandoned redoubt, and the guns of No. 2 re loubt soon played with coolly effect upon the dispirited enders of No. 3 redoubt. Two or three shots iu return om the eurthworks, and all is silent. The Turks swarm over the earthworks, and run in coafusion towards the town, firing their muskets at the enemy as they run. Avguin the boli oe of fprelsy, cases like ian. and resolves itself into a“ long spray” of skirmishers. It laps the Dying Turks, speel fesbes in the sir, amd down go the poor Nosiom quiver.

marks good soldiers distinguished every step of their advance,

‘one flank and towards the centre, were coming hack to. swal-| (Which they used) of placing guns on both our flanks as we | here was no service too desperate or too dangerous for them.

low up our Landful of men. By sheer steel and sheer courage | Enniskillener aud Scot were winuing their desperate way | right through the enemy's squadrons, and already gray borses

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|and red couts have appeared right at the rear of the second \the Ist Royals, the 4th Dragoon Guards, and the Sth | Dragoon Guards rushed at the remnant of the first line of ‘the enemy, went through it as though it was made of paste- | board, and, dashing on the second body of Russians as they were still disordered by the terrible assault of the Greys, ,and their companions, put them to utter rout. This Russian horse,in less than five minutes after it mat our dragoons, was

flying with all its speed before a foree certainly not hulf its

(oftieers and men took off their caps and shouted with delight, jund th s keeping up the scenic character of their position,

;they clapped their hands again and again. Lord Raglan

jsdsanced ; and not only guns, but infantry with Minie rifles. However there was no hesitation, down our fellows went

which emptied our saddics aud knocked over our horses by

the |mass, when, with irresistable foree, like one bolt from a bow, S¢0res. I do not think that ore man flinched in the whole

brigade—though every one allows that so hot a fire was hardly ever seen. We went right on, eut down the gunners at their guns (the Russians worked the guns till we were within ten yards of them)—eut on still,broxe a line of eavalry in rear

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| of the guns, and drove it hack on the third line. But here our bolt was shot; the Russians fornied four deep, and ous | thin and broken ranks, and blown horses, cou'd not attempt ito break through them, particularly as the Russian cavalry

“ ; “ strength, A cheer burst from every liy—in the enthusiasm | #4 got round our flanks, and were prepared to eharge Meantime the enemy advanced his cavalry rapidly. To | - chp Saat at _ pees Tees en

|rear (with fresh mes.) We broke back throuzh them,

however, and then had to run the gauntlet, through the ercs:

\fire of ar ilery and Minie rifles buck to our own lines, with

hey shrunk from no fatigue. They took no account of | dispari ty of force, however great. Single officers more than

‘at the gallon—through a fire in front and on both flanks, | °M¢e rushed alone into the entienchments of the enemy, and

jeither held their ground by personal velour till reinforced, \or were cut to pieces by the superior numbers of their foe. peresy one of the principal battles of our Mexican war was ‘more bloody. niore desperate, fought against greater odds, and cost heavier loss than the bate of the Alma. The Mexican ‘soldiers in nearly every instance fought as well as the Rus- ‘sians. Aad there is nota single point in which those battles were not to the full as creditable to American arms, 26 Was

‘the battle of the Alma to the British,

| NEXT YEAR’S CAMPAIGN. | The London Times, which has censtantly declared that

- * ~ 6 > ;at once despatched Lieutenant Curzon, Aide-de-Canip, to| their cavalry bangizg on our flank. The heavy ieee) ee must fall, now postpones the event until next yoar.

‘convey his congratnlations.to Brigadier General Searleti, and

itosay “well done.” The gallant old officer's face beamed Covered our coming out of action and lost some men from | iwith pleasur hen eeiv . aaes 1a ithe artillery. Ti j ais it . bes : . ; } h pleasure when he received the message. ‘I beg to | the y. There is no concealing the thing—the light | bringing the struggle in the Crimea to an immediate termi-

thank his Lordship very sincerely,” was the reply.

THE SLAUGHTER QF THN CAVALRY.—- UNPARALLELED RUSSIAN CRUELTY. | And now occurred the melancholy catastrophe which fills us all with sorrow. The correspondent of the Times says :— “Tt appears that the Quarier-muster-General, rigadier | Airey, thinking that the Light Cavalry had not gone far enough in front when the enemy’s horses had fed, gave an order in writing 10 Capt, Nolan, loth Hussars, to. take to | Lord Lucan, directing bas Lordsliiy ‘to advance’ his cavalry |nearer to the evemy. When Lord Lucan received the order,

Nolan pointed with his finger to the line of the Russians, and said, ‘Tocre aye the enemy, and there are the guns, Sir, be-

ix ci he asked, we are told, ‘where are we to advance to?’ Capt. |

| Which had made a good charge of its own in the morning, |

brigade was greatly damaged, and for nothing; for though | we killed the gunners zud the horses of nine 12-pounders, we | could not bring them away. Nvlan (who brought the order) vis deid. The first shell that burst hit him im the breast, Ue gave aloud ery, his horse turned, trotied back (wich him Still in the saddle) between the first and second squadrons of }the 13th, aud carried him so for some way, when be fell dead. | He was hit im the heart. In the two leading regiments, in- ‘cluding Lord Cardigan (who led in person) and his staff, we had 19 officers. Qniy three came out of action untouched bork man and horse; @/Z the others were killed, wounded, or prisoners, or bad their horses hurt. ‘The 17th had no field officers, but fice captains, They came out of action com- manded by the junior captain I believe. Merris is severely i wounded; Winter is supposed to be killed; Webb is shot

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nation, Before our army can Le sufficiently reinforced to attempt anything effective in the field, the season will hase -artivyed when the rage of man must be suspended in deference ‘to the severity of the elements, and the business of mutual destruction mast walt for iks recomnmencement fog the first Opesing of spring. Our main eare inust be now io preserse cur army in heaith and spirits till the opening of another ‘campaign, when the victory will be to those who have best avatled themselves of the winter for the purposesiod reinforces ment. We believe that if it shall tarn out, aswes ond it will, that ewe are compelled ta desist from the active opera tions of the siege, we shall at any rate be able wo renew the ‘campaign next year with a decided superiority of force, which’ | will allow us thoroughly to invest.the plac, and thus to pasb ,0n the siege with a cortsinty of Success.

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