At 6 o’ clock by signal the French storm and carry the Marmalon in 7 minutes, they follow the Russians to the Malakoff wh[ich] they cannot enter and are driven back to the Marmalon, the Russians drive them out of it, but they rally and retake it – and a 2d time they attempt to take the Malakoff…total loss is estimated as French between 3 & 4000, English between 13 & 1400 amongst whom are 34 Officers. The firing was perfectly terrific while this was going on. But the soldiers looking on cheered and the bands played.