Colored News. — London, England, 1855-08-25 00:00:00

PROGRESS OF THE WAR. INTELLIGENCE FROM TCHERNAYA, AND SEBASTOPOL. The last victory achieved by the Allied forces, like several other events of the war, turns out more considerable than appeared by the first brief announcement in the London papers. The battle of the Tchernaya was conducted, not by General Liprandi, whose division was by no means equal to the attempt, but by the Russian Commander-in-Chief in person. The enemy brought into the field five divisions, 6000 cavalry, and 20 batteries, and had collected an immense amount of materiel for the passage of the river at differ ent points. These preparations they had carried on openly for some days, and they had gone so far as to repair, in the sight of the allies, the great road from the Tchernaya to their own position on the heights, which they had previously broken up, to prevent our advance. In fact, it appears they had determined to exchange defensive for offensive operations, and, with this view, had collected all the forces that could be spared from the defence of Sebastopol. Such a resolution is easily accounted for. When we are told the Russian army amounted to 60,000 infantry and 6000 cavalry, posted on the heights about Mackenzie's Farm, and compare their situa tion with that of our own army, we cannot doubt that their diffi culties were tenfold more than ours. A railway now carries f crowded port to the very camp of the allies an abundance things necessary for war. On the other hand, the Russian must depend for evertyhing upon the labour of oxen, collected the greatest difficulty, perishing by thousands, and the sole a of transport, by a route over burning steppes for several hut miles. No considerable army could long exist with a commisl of this sort, and no doubt the army lately entrenched or heights of Mackenzie's Farm was quite as much besiege Sebastopol itself. In both places there must be an inere scarcity of provisions, and e ver y wee k th a t it l as t s w ill pro s entail great additional sufferings. Had the Russians force( Tchernaya on this occasion, and established themselves on the range of hills on the left bank of the river, they would have osition to threaten Balaklava, or any other point of our n the event of the long-expected assault on Sebastopol have been ready to creates , ' 1! ar. Such easing )bably A the lower in a p( and, would our re while lion by an attac n object, coupled"wi the supplies lasted, was worth thi if troops, the collection ofm ater Gortschakoff himself in the field. •er, the attack has entirely failed. ian four thousand six hithdred men led, or prisoners in the hands of the reyeal?le to carry away. The natu 'lel, As Th eit all n every other in wound they w befrier must lded them so loi greatly impeded the mainly directed along partict Here, advan( on by . down doubtless, it was that the carna 3ing Russian columns, as at Inker i their own momentum, while forth by the artillery of the allies. On 3ritish battery, it now appears tool sperate nature of the attack, it is la , hakoff availed himself of the new terior, and marched them straits fow weeks' t the Ru SWEABORG were probably y have 'ictory, io publisried in . I ements, however tan newspaper, a the Russian ver , nt has learnt an Dwn commanders; triable to state the a we have burnt -, before the roadst stores, workshop ely enough, thou e affair. But it is we have silent Indeed, with e followin g repor to bombardment in the t from Dif Sweaborg, Aug. 11. A the honour to inform ~ Admiral Dundari and I havii inst Sweaborg. I am happy to annot Listre, that this operation succeeded p nple cannonade which the squadrons S , it was a real bombardment, the im e exceeded my utmost hopes. In less I began to throw shells we could obser rable damage in the fortress. Numerous fires rapidly bro on several points at the same time, and we soon saw the flan( tg above the dome of the church situated in the northern part he island Est-Swarto. That building, however, was not touched it may be said to be the only one on the islands Vargon and lave mada again our ft w taicu In WLULy only form II in the moment of action. Every one has only one object --to rig each other in zeal, and cause. the enemy the grew est possil mischief, and the success of a vessel of one of the tw•o nations vi applauded by the other with the same cries of enthusiasm as if had been gained by its own flag. Doubtless, Monseur le Minist the bombardment of Sweaborg will exercise considerable influer on the Russian people, who have now 'acquired the convicti other 1 Ilext da kdmiralty. A large part of the c witted at once by the telegraph, at 'uesday or Wednesday. No am made for the purpose, and the It by railway, is able to gi ve a ll E ur 'flair long before our own Govern than the merest outline from ii Lt is, that after nine days we are sti Ant of our advantage at Sweaborg. ' combustible on the group of islan iingfors, including arsenal, magazin 'welling houses of the artificers, is iowledged in the Russian account of ns clear, from even our own account Dries or done them any material da 21y vertical, latterly chiefly of roc] Is, it is evident we could produce iii lar faces of granite, or the living eries. At no attempt was made to testroy any vessels that might be fi public buildings and stores in the c aude that the batteries still pre .acle to the entrance of the allied flee he Minister of Marine has receive( Monsieur le Ministre,—As I bnvc r Excellency by my letter of the trom a of all arm 1 with lb _ _ r -- - - F 4-; tr• MN Ili =llriNEff;ii _;-~ ;TIM Vh ti \\ EMI ,~; , i „,, ....., ' , t ..-., •1114,• - "--17,-::1• . -,..1 !” - ;r , #C 'iii. i- --...'' :" - ....,4 4 . ir 4 : ._ ii,. ~ k '• f ,„,...."-‘7, C. ' W . „ . . . .. Nrilii'r i, i' '''' - I/ 4 , , ',.. 04 , //•tit..;.• •'. -.... ". • ' . - '„,._ - - - . F', 1 I I d entir ME " I can assure you that the English vi,re not id.e, b Swarto which was represented by our projectile. sions were soon after heard, at four different times ; reached the magazines filled with powder and shell _ _ two explosions were particularly violent, and they must caused the enemy enormous losses both in men and materiel. several minutes the explosions of shells continued. The bon ment ceased this morning at half-past 4; it consequently for two days and two nights, during which time Sweaborg pre the appearance of a vast fiery furnace. The fire, which sti tinues its ravages, has destroyed nearly the whole place, and sumed storehouses, magazines, barracks, different Governs establishments, and a great quantity of stores for the arsanal. ' fire of our mortars was so accurate that the enemy, fearing that three-decker which was moored across the channel between Swea borg and the island of Back-Holmer would be destroyed had her brought into the po r t d ur i ng t h e n i ght. The Russians have re ceived a serious blow and losses, the more severe, as on the aide of the allied squadron the loss is confined to one English sailor killed and a few slightly wonnded. The enemy's forts returned our fire very vigorously, and did not slacken it until the moment of the explosions above mentioned, but the precisions of our cninft (MOO 116 est, • Terrib' ,ead at MI If y 1•111 ACK 0 ...-- - W ' ..: • . r • %-: '• ' *.'_ ' Y : - :-.: • 'i . - ....1- •', : :,- , ' Ai• . - - ~., -f-,; • ..• =„ ..4 4 ,N. , il • .. 7-, — ....t . ,f • ~ .,1 1C . 4, • • •••,,, f•• . ~_ , ir.,_,--- . • - 7. •-*••--, • • • -. 7", • , - :' " " P s•:>.' . i . .k . .....Z . • 7 1 . .... •:•:••Z- ..1........', lel\ - * ie Mb IIE - '1(0/ MI „ t.: ~. 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