gallantry and determination, and the ground was maintained, notwithstanding that during the night and in the morning of the 8th., repeated attempts were made to regain them; but each terminated in failure, although supported by large bodies of troops, by heavy discharges of musketry, and by every species of offensive missile. On these occasions, overpowering numbers succeeded in re-entering, but were each time driven back at the point of the bayonet.

The troops employed in storming the Quarries were composed of detachments from the light and second divisions, and at night they were supported by the 62nd. regiment. The charge of holding the Quarries, and of repelling the repeated attacks of the enemy, was confided to LieutenantColonel Robert Campbell, of the 90th., after he had led the assault, in which he was twice wounded. Colonel Shirley, of the 88th., acted as General of the day in the trenches of the right attack. The 55th. regiment received special commendation, and had fifty-three out of one hundred and sixty killed and wounded. Captain Cure commanded the party; Lieutenant Stone was killed at the head of his men, charging the Russians in their trench with the bayonet; Captain Elton was particularly noticed, and Lieutenants Scott and Williams were likewise named as most active in performing their duties.

Shortly before, the French, on the right, had moved out of their trenches, and attacked the Ouvrages Blancs, and the Mamelon. These were carried without the smallest check, and their leading column rushed forward and approached the Malakoff tower. This it had not been contemplated to assail, and therefore the troops were brought back and finally established in the enemy's works, from which the latter did not succeed in expelling them, notwithstanding that the fire of musketry and cannon brought to bear upon them was tremendous. Nothing could be more spirited and rapid than the advance of the French.

Lord Raglan, in his despatches, specially mentioned the names of the following officers:-Colonel Shirley, 88th., Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, 90th.; Major Mills, 7th. Royal Fusiliers; Major Villiers, 47th.; Major Armstrong, 49th.;—all severely wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell, 88th., Major

Bayley, 88th.,-killed. Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, 49th.; Major Simpson, 34th.; Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone, 33rd.; Major Herbert, 23rd.; Captain Lowry, 47th.; Captain Turner, 7th.; Captain Lowndes, 47th.; Captain Nason, 49th.; Captain Le Marchant, 49th., wounded; Captain Wolseley, 90th. Lieutenants Chatfield and Eustace, 49th.; and Irby, Palmer, and Waddilove, 47th.; Captain Hunter, 47th.; and Lance-Corporal Quinn, 47th., who took a Russian officer prisoner in the most gallant manner. *

Captain Peel, 34th., severely wounded; Major Macdonell, Rifle Brigade, who commanded a portion of that corps and of the 41st., 47th., 49th., 77th., and 90th. regiments, detached from the guard of the trenches; Captain Ambrose, who had charge of two hundred men of the Buffs, and was himself wounded; Captain Dixon, also wounded, who commanded a large detachment of the 41st.; Captain Shiffner, 34th.; Captain Hunter, and Lieutenants Lucas, Gaynor, and Stokes, 47th.; Lieutenant Beresford, 88th., who succeeded to the command of a part of that regiment, his seniors being either killed or wounded; Lieutenant Pearson, 88th.; and Lieutenant Henry M. Jones, Royal Fusiliers.

The following officers were killed and wounded. Killed.Royal Engineers.-Lieutenant Thomas Graves Lowry. 1st.

"I also feel it my duty to solicit your Lordship's notice to the eminent services of Lieutenant-Colonel Tylden, of the Royal Engineers; he has been indefatigable in the discharge of his peculiar duties from the commencement of the siege, and he has always been at hand to aid in the repulse of the enemy, when they have assaulted our trenches. He eulogizes the conduct of Captain Browne, of the Royal Engineers, Lieutenant Elphinstone, of the same corps, Lieutenant Anderson, 96th. Foot, (Acting Engineer,) who is wounded; and he laments the death of Lieutenant Lowry, R.E., who conducted the storming party, and was afterwards killed by a cannon shot.

"I cannot omit this opportunity to express my approbation of the conduct of the Sappers throughout the operations. The exertions of the Royal Artillery, under Brigadier-General Dacres, and those of the Naval Brigade, under Captain Lushington, R.N., in serving the guns, cannot be too warmly commended. The accuracy of their fire is the theme of universal admiration; and the constancy with which they applied themselves to their arduous duties under all circumstances, however dangerous, cannot be too strongly placed upon record.

"Colonel Shirley likewise eulogises the conduct of the 62nd., under Colonel Shearman; and here I must be permitted to express my deep regret at the death of that officer, who fell mortally wounded; and of Major Dickson, of the same regiment, who was unfortunately killed upon the occasion. Both these officers are severe losses to Her Majesty's service."-Lord Raglan's despatches.

Foot, 2nd. battalion.-Captain Bingham Henry E. Muller. 34th.-Lieutenant Hector Maclean Lawrence. 55th.-Lieutenant Richard John T. Stone. 62nd.-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Ambrose Shearman, Major William F. Dickson, and Captain John Burton Forster. 68th.-Lieutenant James Marshall. 88th.-Captains Edward Bayley, (Brevet-Major,) Edmund Corbett, and Jackson Wray, and Lieutenant Edward Henry Webb. Wounded.-1st. Foot, 2nd. battalion.-Lieutenants William Bellew, Montagu Adam H. Legge, and Edward Andrew Stuart. 3rd. Foot.-Captain George James Ambrose. 7th.Major Frederick Mills, Captain William West Turner, Lieutenants Henry Mitchell Jones, Lewis John Fillis Jones, and George Henry Waller. 19th.-Lieutenant Edward William Evans. 20th.-Lieutenant and Adjutant Francis Padfield. 30th. Captain Matthew Pennefather. 34th.-Captains John. Peel and G. E. Brown-Westhead; Lieutenant Thomas Harry Saunders. 41st.-Captain Frederick Ball Dixon. 47th.Major James Villiers; Captains John Henry Lowndes and Fitz William Frederick Hunter; Lieutenant John James Charles Irby. 49th.-Major James Wells Armstrong; Captain Edward Le Marchant; Lieutenants William Young and Thomas Fox Eustace. 55th.-Lieutenant James Scott. 62nd. Captain William Lenox Ingall. 77th.-Captain Bentinck Duncan Gilby; and Lieutenant Matthew William Dickson. 88th. Captain Edmund Gilling Maynard; Lieutenants Courtenay W. A. T. Kenny and John Frederick Grier. 90th.-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert P. Campbell. 96th.-Lieutenant Charles Anderson, Assistant Engineer. 97th.-Lieutenant Ernest Randolph Mackesy. Royal Artillery.-Lieutenant J. E. Ruck-Keene. Twentyfive men were killed, and four hundred and thirty-three men wounded.

A heavy fire was opened on the morning of the 9th. of June, and it was continued, with the exception of a truce for the burial of the dead, which lasted from one till six o'clock. No sooner was the white flag lowered than both sides again opened fire, the Russians having, during the interval, mounted additional guns in the Malakoff and Redan. During the 10th. of June, the Malakoff and Redan rarely fired more than a few shots at long intervals. Again the bombardment was

ordered to terminate, and it was decided that the attack on the town should be deferred until the French had established their batteries in the Mamelon. By the 16th. of June new batteries were completed, which, it was hoped, would enable the besiegers to resume the offensive with the utmost vigour. From the 6th. to the 14th. of June, thirty-two thousand eight hundred and eighty-three rounds of ammunition had been expended.

FOURTH

BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL.

THE fourth bombardment commenced on Sunday, the 17th. of June, at daybreak, when a very heavy fire was opened from all the batteries in the British and French trenches, and maintained throughout the day. The effect produced was so satisfactory, that it was resolved the French should attack the Malakoff on the following morning, and that the British should assail the Redan as soon after as might be considered advisable.

It was originally proposed that the artillery fire should be resumed on the morning of the 18th., and should be kept up for about two hours, with the view of destroying any works the Russians might have thrown up during the night, and of opening passages through the abatis that covered the Redan; but during the evening of the 17th., Lord Raglan received an intimation from General Pelissier, who had in May succeeded General Canrobert in the command of the French army, that he had determined, upon further consideration, to cause the French attack to take place at three o'clock on the following morning. Before that hour, Lord Raglan, with the head-quarter staff and other officers, assembled at the appointed post. As day broke, the French commenced their operations, and as their several columns came within range of the enemy's fire they encountered the most serious opposition, both from musketry and the guns in the works which had been silenced the previous evening. Lord Raglan observing this, at once ordered the British columns to move out of the trenches upon the Redan. It had been arranged that detachments from the light, second,

and fourth divisions, which were placed under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown, should be formed into three columns; the right one to attack the left face of the Redan, between the flanking batteries; the centre to advance upon the salient angle; and the left to move upon the re-entering angle formed by the right face and flank of the work: the first and last preceding the centre column.

On the signal being given the flank columns at once advanced, preceded by covering parties of the Rifle Brigade, and by sailors carrying ladders and soldiers carrying wool-bags; but they had no sooner shewn themselves beyond the trenches than they were assailed by a most murderous fire of grape and musketry, and all in advance were either killed or wounded.

Major-General Sir John Campbell,* who led the left attack, and Colonel Shadforth, of the 57th., who commanded the storming party under his direction, were both killed, as was also Colonel Yea, of the Royal Fusiliers, who commanded the right column.

"I never before witnessed," writes Lord Paglan, "such a continued and heavy fire of grape combined with musketry from the enemy's works, which appeared to be fully manned; and the long list of killed and wounded in the light and fourth divisions, and the seamen of the Naval Brigade, under Captain Peel, who was unfortunately wounded, though not severely, will shew that a very large proportion of those that went forward fell."

By half-past three it was perceived that the French had not succeeded in their attack upon the Malakoff. All the batteries were ordered to resume their fire as heavily as pos

* "I cannot say too much in praise of these officers. Major-General Sir J. Campbell had commanded the fourth division from the period of the battle of Inkermann, till the arrival, very recently, of LieutenantGeneral Bentinck. He had devoted himself to his duty without any interruption, and had acquired the confidènce and respect of all; I most deeply lament his loss.

"Colonel Shadforth had maintained the efficiency of his regiment by constant attention to all the details of his command; and Colonel Yea was not only distinguished for his gallantry, but had exercised his control of the Royal Fusiliers in such a manner as to win the affections of the soldiers under his orders, and to secure to them every comfort and accommodation which his personal exertions could procure for them."-Lord Raglan's despatch.