The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER 2, 1864.

LATEST NEWS.

BOMBARDMENT
OF SEBASTOPOL

PARIS, THURSDAY, 8 A.M,

The Moniteur states that, according to aocounts
from Bucharest of the 30th ult., Sadyk Pasha
having marched on the Danube, Gortschakoff had
ordered the Russian troops which had not yet
crossed the Dniester to take up a position on the
Pruth and the Danube.
Achmet Pasha had received orders to join

Sadyk Pasha with 10,000 men, at the same time
that Iskander Bey entered the Dobrudscha.
The English steamer Trent, which left Sebas-
topol on the 25th, arrived at Tama on the even-
ing of the 26th.

The bombardment continued without intermis•

sion, and with the greatest vigour.
Some batteries had been erected by the besiegers

against the gates of the town.

The streets of Sebastopol were scull encumbered
with the dead and wounded.

BERLIN, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1

The following has been received. here :

" ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 31.—General Liprandi
attacked the enemies' entrenched camp on the
25th. He took four redoubts and eleven cannon.
The English cavalry was drive= back, and lost
nearly 500 horses.

" The same day our fire doutroyed, a French

battery before Sebastopol.

" The defence was successfully continued. The

attack from the sea was not rewewEd."

Another despatch of the saxne date is as fo

lows :

" BERLIN, WEDN4SDAT EVENING,

"The Journal de St. Peten3burg publishes an

official epitome of the events w hick have recently
taken place in the Crimea. Trine, Menschikoff
reports the Russian loss in killed and wounded at
the Battle of the Alma at 4,500.

"On the evening of the 17th Alt., he states,
that the English had only two pieces which were
capable of continuing the in.ring, and that the
French had been silenced' e arlier.

" A powder magazine ha,d. exp[oded. Fort
Constantine had been much damaged by the fire
of the fleet, and Bastion No. 3 had had 33 of its

guns dismounted.

" Admiral Koiniloff was .dead, and Admira

Nachimoff wounded."

THE BALTIC FLEET.
KEE L, WEDNESDAY,

Her Majesty's screw ship Edinburgh, 58, car-
rying the flag of Rear-Adimairal Cliads, has

arrived.

The squadron is now compl sate.

DENMARK.
HAMBUR ( 3-, WEDNESDAY,

The King of Denmark has I xoceeded, with his
suite, by the Berlin Railway to Reinbeck, tra-

vetting by special-train.

THE CRIIVEIA.
THE RUSSIAN DESIPkTCHES.

As we are still without official accounts from the
army in East, the Pays, with t view to calm the
anxiety which exists in the pul alit mind, attempts
to show from the Russian ac counts themselves
that the state of affairs in th a Crimea cannot be
favourable to the interests of Ru ssia,
The Pays says :—" No new cifficial information
was received yesterday to enlighten us on the ope-
rations of the siege of Sebastopci. The despatches
of Prince Menschikoff remain th eet the most recent
document on the progress of the drama in the
Crimea. Whatever may be the jui et distrust inspired
by these despatches, several face ts, henceforth in-
contestable, and all favourable to the allied armies,
stand out from the ensemble of n .ews received dur-
ing the last few days. It is noe v certain that the
fire of our batteries was opened a el the 17th, under
conditions evidently advantages us, thanks to the
precautions taken by the general; s, in the prepara-
tory works of the siege. It is ce 'rtain that on the
17th very important damage must , have been caused
to the enemy, since he avows th, e loss of 500 men,
amongst whom is Admiral Kornil off, the hero of the
disaster of Sinope. It is certain 16hat the bombard-
ment continued on the 18th an d following days,
and that the effect of it weak, sae): rice the batteries of
the Quarantine, to destroy two cluter forts, and to
open a first breach on the 21st. Finally, we learn
that the French have carried by assault the ceme-
tery which dominates on the sour th the Bay of the
Quarantine, and places our hem quite close to the
barracks of? Sebastopol. Now, , each one of these
acts is a great result obtained, :a nd a step towards
the object proposed. Every da 3,, owing to these
first successes, the line of action against the town
has been drawn closer, and the fir .e of our batteries
rendered more efficacious and n iore destructive.
Surprise is expressed at the inacti on which the last
despatches ascribe to our fleets. This inaction is
the most decisive testimony to the success of
our arms. If the attack has b een discontinued
by sea, it can only be because out fleets have done
was expected from then I. And, in point
of is to them that ; be ascribed the
all
ftahoatt, it
silence imposed on the batteries a ,f the Quarantine,
a silence which has probably ren: dered useless any
new attack by sea. We affirm, with all compe-
tent men, that when in five days such acts have
been accomplished, it may be sa: id that the siege
advances with very great activit r and with great
energy. To satisfy ourselves of i his, we need only
call to mind the famous sieges of military history,
which, almost all, required enti re months before
attaining the point at which ouu r troops have al-
ready arrived. It is sufficient to cite the long
and ineffective works executed by the Russians
under Silistria,whete a handful at soldiers defended
walls much less strong than the ise of Sebastopol.
It is true that a noble sentiment of national pride
causes us to consider nothing bey and the force and
bravery of our heroic army ; b ut in demanding
from it the marvels of which it has at all times
been prodigal, we must not forgt .t the difficulties
it meets with, and we must admit a the promptitude
with which it has lip to this day surmounted the
moat redoubtable obstacles. Seta stopol is defended
by a veritable army, which hi the courage of
fanaticism and despair. This az my will not capi-
tulate without an energetic cos filet ; it will at-
tempt unexampled efforts to sti 3p our victorious
troops ; the besiegers are not on ly exposed to the
shot and shell of 400 pieces of • cannon which are
on the walls of the Russian fortress, but also to the
sorties of the besieged, and ps rhaps to the at-
tacks of the army of Prince Mi3nschikoff. They
are thus engaged both in a siege and in a battle ;
and the combat will have necessarily its incidents
and vicissitudes. But up to this day, thanks to
God, who protects just causes, wle must admit that
'the results are in our favour, an d that in the ex•
cellent situation of the allied forces, their defini
tive triumph cannot be doubtful."

THE ALLIES AND THE RUSSIAN
REINFORCEMENTS.

The same journal, in a second a:rticle says :—"We
received last evening two telegraphic despatches,
which we publish under all reserve, because they
are of Russian origin—one announces that certain
vessels of the allied fleets have been damaged,
the other that the !reinforcements commanded
by General Liprandi have obtained a slight
advantage in an entrenched camp of the English.
Evidently this news, of which the Russian General
no doubt exaggerates the importance, requires con-
firmation. But, after all, the arrival of reinforce-
ments expected by Prince Menschikoff is probable,
and the different chances of the war render possi-
ble a partial advantage on an isolated point. But
is that a reason for feeling astonishment or alarm ?
The reinforcements of General Liprandi cannot ex-
ceed 30,000 men ; but we have under the walls of
Sebastopol 120,000 combatants, who can measure
themselves without fear against any force which
may offer them battle. As to the town, it is cer-