The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-12 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY.
The Times Paris correspondent says :—" I am in-
formed that the official list of the losses of the
French army during the terrible assaults of the
Malakhoff and Sebastopol have not as yet been re-
ceived by the Government. It is stated, however,
that three Generals, ono of whom is General Ver-
det, have been killed ; that General Bosquet has
been wounded in the shoulder by a musket ball ;
that General Trochu was wounded in the leg ; and
that Generals Bourbaki, La Motto Rouge, and
Mellinet have also been hit. It was rumoured
that General de Salles, who made the unsuccessful
attack on the Central Bastion, was killed, but this
is denied in well-informed quarters. General Mac-
Mahon is also said to be wounded. In the absence
of official intelligence we can only form a conjecture
as to the total number (including the English) hors
de combat, and these would place it at from 10,000
to 12,000. It is not believed that we have any-
thing to apprehend on the Tchernaya, or that
the Russian army will venture to attack us.
I need hardly say that the reports of the Gene-
ral-in-Chief are awaited with the most intense
interest. In the meantime, we may now be al-
lowed to ask—What has become of those con-
fident predictions, those prophecies of evil, which
declared Sebastopol impregnable, mocked at the
immense labours of our armies, and believed in
the failure of the allied forces against the bastions
of the Russian fortresses ? Where are now the
guns of the allies that were to be sold as old iron ;
and those profound strategists, who thought that
all our efforts should be directed to securing the
safe embarkation of our troops before the enemy
came down upon us in overwhelming numbers ?
And above all, where are our Plenipotentiaries
and our Ministers, extraordinary and ordinary,
those profound diplomatists, who would accept a
degrading peace, o save us from the deeper humi-
liation of a precipitate retreat from the Crimea ;
and his Majesty of Prussia, who was founding a
system of neutrality, if not of hostility, to the
Western Powers; on the failure of our armies
before Sebastopn ? I have not heard that the
Emperor of Austria has yet written an autograph
letter to his Imperial brother of France, congratu-
lating him on the brilliant success before Sebas-
topol. I have little doubt it will be forthcoming
in duo time."
The Paris corres?ondent of the Morning Post
says :—" The guns of the Invalides have at length
proclaimed a great -victory. The allied armies have,
after beating the Russians in their pitched battles,
driven the Czar's test troops from the strongest
military position which a besieging army ever en-
countered. The telegraphic intelligence which
reached Paris on Monday was somewhat confusing as
regards dates, and even at the early part of the day
left some doubt of a final success. Beyond the pub-
lished news other official despatches throw some
light on the great struggle. They are necessarily
brief. It appears that the French storming
parties, as well as our own, were on more
than one occasion repulsed, but . having once
gained a firm footitg in the Malakhoff they kept
it, heroically and at a great loss, until they
were able to make use of their commanding
position by turning their guns on the Russian
reserves and defences behind the Redan and Mala-
khoff itself. The Jesuit of the attack was long
dependent on the gallantry of the French, and they
have earned immortal glory for their firmness. By
holding their position, our own troops were enabled
to return to the attack and successfully carry the
points they were originally destined to capture.
General Pelissier says, on the 9th, three in the
morning I have passed the night in the midst
of my troops; I can assure you that everything
has been blown up in Karabelnaia, and according
to what I have been able to see the same must
have been the case before our attacks on the left.
This immense success does the greatest honour to
our troops.'
"After this a despatch, dated daybreak, morning
of the 10th, told us that the whole of the south side
of Sebastopol was in possession of the allies. The
enemy retired, leaving Sebastopol a heap of ruins,
covered with dead bodies, according to the orders
of the Czar.
" General La Marmora tolls us During the
night the Russians withdrew, after having burned
the t-wn, blown up the works of defence and the
public edifices, and sunk their last vessels.'

" It was a Cruel and useless sacrifice of life on

the part of the enemy ; for, after having twice at
tempted to drive the French out of the Malakhoff,
prudence would have directed retreat. But I
gather from the despatches that the enemy still
lingered to destroy the town and blow up their
works, during which operations they were under
the fire of the allies, and probably hundreds fell,
completing the barbarian will of the Czar.
"A sad list of losses will follow this brilliant tri-
umph ; the flash of victory is always succeeded by
a temporary gloom ; the heart must weep out its
sorrow, before it can grow proud beside the glory
grave of the departed. In the streets of Paris, yes-
terday, I observed more than one of our fair coun-
trywomen hurrying along weeping and agitated.
The questions were frequently put to me, " Was
the Light Division engaged ? Was such and such
a regiment told off for the storming party ?" Alas !
I could give no satisfactory answer ; I was no wiser
than the rest of the world.

" Whilst the few were thus seeking to know, and
yet dreading to learn, masses of the people eagerly
crowded together at the corners of the streets to
read the news. The scavenger and the dandy were
closely pressed together, peeping between the
heads of those who immediately stood before them,
regardless of each other, requesting to hear the de-
spatch read aloud. When each one had satisfied
himself, he tore his way from out the mob, with
an expression of proud joy, exclaiming "En
fin ! Vive l'Armee ! Vive l'Empereur !" and other
little broken fragments of speech, in which Se-
bastopol occurred very frequently. Here and
there groups of Parisians might be seen discussing
the battle, and speculating on the fate of the
Russian army. Paris was alive with military
pride. The people's heart beat as it used to beat
when the great Napoleon's victories electrified
heroic France. You saw in people's faces au ex-
pression of proud satisfaction ; it was the feeling of
half a century past again animated by a Napoleon.
The joy of this victory will bear reflection. The
brave who survive are the conquerors not only of
Alma, Inkerman, and Tchernaya ; they are the
heroes of European civilisation.
" Last evening all the public buildings of Paris
were illuminated, as well as many private houses,
and crowds of people thronged the public thorough-
fares.

" I believe the Government is in possession of the
amount of casualties up to a certain period. Va-
' rious numbers are stated, but the best author I can
quote says no less than 15,000 French are hors de
combat. The losses we know are great, and when
the nature of the operations are considered, pro-
bably this amount is not greater than might be ex-
pected. General Bosquet, I am told, is slightly
wounded, and one general officer is killed."
The Emperor yesterday gave a private audience
!o General Count de Leewenhielin. Envoy-Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Sweden
and Norway, who presented to his Majesty a private
letter from the Prince Royal of Sweden and Nor-
way.
"A new promotion of colonels to th 3 rank of
g.neral of brigade has," says the Moaiteur de
l'Armec, " just taken place, and it comprises the
following Colonels of the army of the East :
IVlaznre, of the artillery, director of the siege train ;
Borel de Bretizel, chief of the staff of the 3cl
division of infantry of the lst corps ; de Lostar,ges
de Sainte Alvere of the 52d of the line ; do
widow of the late Lucien Bonaparte, Mal-
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A solemn funeral service took place on the 27th
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Prince of Canino. Her mortal remains had been
transported to Canino since the 26th of July, and
deposited in the family vault of that branch of the
Bonaparte family.

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