The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-05 00:00:00

rear. the essay, after the concentrated sett* of %a ap
May daring thtrty daye—whieh cost our maw frau
Ave hundred to ens thousand men pee day—eseaseaseg
that learn& boinbardseat (homeordeaseni ernsfan bum
infinite naselan of mines of war, and of a calibre Idsking
neknown, whisk destroyed our defences, repaired brad
night with so great labour and at great loss, ender the taw.
seat Ire of the eaemy. The principal work, the Heade
Redoubt, in the Malakhof Hill (the key of Eleheatopelos I,
plat dominating the whole tows), had experienced ecoal.
Unable end irreparable damage.

To mations ander thesesizonnastanoes the datsseariaba
loath side world have been to 'spots our troops daily to a
useless bistobery, and their preeelreadion is to day, men gig
over, noesseary to the Memos and to Russia.
• Par thine With -goat in sty heart, but with a fail
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conviction, 1 remilvghto 0,1101111111 Sebastopol, sod take
the troops to tbb op side by the bridge °mistrusted beki4
hand over thew bay end by boats.
Meantime the enemy, beholding on the Bth of Septeedie
at 10.30, the half•ssined works before them sag um; K.
loff Redoubt with ha ditches filled up, resolved %pal
desperate assault, first oa Boationa No 2, Korsika,
No. 3, and alter about three hours upon Bastion No. 3,1
the Belida and Schwartz redoubts..
Of these Ms attack, dee were gloriously repulsed.
of the points of attack, like that oa Bastion No. 2, on ell:4
the enemy had eacceeded in bringing guns by flying bridgeep
bavisi at vationlit r pe. been taken sad retaken. rewaisag
filially oars. But the Yorailofl Redoubt, more deasget
than the others by toe bombardment. was takes by di
Fnach, whir brought more than 30,000 sea against it, 14
could not be retaken after the great hosts we had seined*
the commencement of this combat, for it would hers
neesseary to mated in the Licit of the rains a

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iodise, and then emu a narrow ridge above soaps.
ht rear fain occupied by the French. Sue an
might have prevented us achieving the pirepom)g
and would have soot us, without the *OW.
incaleulable loosen P*4
The attempt was the more needlem, as, fee reasenedemilp
nootiosed, 1 hid resolved t reunite the plies, nu*,
fore, as the success of the enemy was confined to tbe oohs
eaFture of the Korniloff Redoubt, I ordered that se snick'
should be made ea that redoubt, and that troops &pow
remain in front et it to op.-the any coutinuation 0'46
esemy's attack meths town itself, an order which weessii
sated despite of all the efforts of the French to get boy*
.the gorge of be redoubt.
At dusk the teepee were ordered to retire, aeterdisi
thearrassesseate previously made.
The examples of bravery you gave duties that days:
Tidiest comrades, meowed gush a feeling of meta is
enemy, that, despite the knowledge they must have bed*
oar retreat by the explosion of oar mines, which oar trempe
fired one after the other as they gradually nomad, they
sot only did not pursue as in columns, but eves seats(
Sting with their artillery, which they might have caudated •
with impsnity.
Valiasit comrades,—lt is painful, it is hard lc lease
Sebastopol is the itoesny's hands. But remember INF
sacrifice we made ups the altar of our country in 1311.—
Moscow was Airily se valuable as Sebutopol—we 'undoes(
it after the immortal battle of Borodino. The defame(
Sebastopol dot ag 849 days is superior to Societal), lad
when the es. my entered hicacow in that greet year of 1811;
they only hued heaps of stones and sabot. Likewise it it
not Sebastopol which we have left to them, but the beraisil,
miss of the town which we ourselves set fire to, baring i
maintained the honour of the defence in each a mannertlise
tsar great grandchildree .y recall the remembrance the
with pride to all polarity.
Bebutopol lupe us chained to its walls ; with its fall as,
sequin freedom of movement, sod a new war commismap
war is the open field, that most congenial to the BMW
soldier. Let us prove to the Emperor, let us prove to
Burma, that we are still imbued with the spirit width
animated oar ancestors in oar memorable and pstzieffe.
struggle. Wherever the enemy may show himself we wll4
present our breams en him, and d. fend our native leedild

we defended it in 1812.
Valiant warriors of the land and sea fores.l Ze the.
tune of the Emperor I thank you, for the unszunplei
courage, firesocts. and constancy you hare displayed dyke
the siege of Sebaatopol.
I think it my duty to 'sprees particularly my vatityki,!l
to your courageous chiefs, to General Osten Swim vlll4
commended the garrison for slue months; to Lintel's*"
'Generals Cheteleff. Chroultff, Patioloff, and Semiskia;
Vice Admirals Novoeilsky and Paaaphiloff; to Major Gap I
rale Msrtlnao, Piebelstein, Lyssensko ; Aide decamp
reds Onrosssoff, Scholtse, Khronrikeff, °deems, Sabei,t
funky, Sehaidernan ; to Prints Wassilsehikoff and Tetanal
Colonel Hostianinci, Henneriels, and Gardner; Captsime
Urine, klikrionkoff, Perelsaine, and to all the dame tit;
talk part in the siege.
In thus expressing the gratitude your worthy enn4
menders ere entitled to who ars still living, let u alma
kesenr, comrades, those who have fallen honoured, 111.!
our faith and for our country on the ramparts of Sebeatmel,
Let us remember the immortal camas of Nadine&
Eerniloff, and lasagne, and let us address prayers te tha
Host High that He will grant them panes, and eteresikk,
their memory as an example to the fatties pastilles dl
the Rumbas.