The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-06 00:00:00

all the phases of the attack, and in reference to
the part, more or less active, which each ship
took in it.

both ships and batteries, and frequently prevented
either side from seeing anything. From about
2 till dark (nearly 6) the cannonade raged Mosl-
furio aslY.
Towards 4 o'clock Fort Constantine, as well as
some of the smaller batteries, slackened- some-
what in their fire ; but towards dusk, as some
of the ships began to haul out, the Rus-
sians returned to their guns, and the fire
seemed: as fierce as ever. There was one ex,
plosion just behind Fort Constantine,' Which ap-
peared to do much damage. At. dark all the ships
returned to their anchorage. The change was
pagical from a hot sun, mist, Snioleo, explosions, _
Shot, shell, rockets, and the roar of 10,000 gurns--
to a still, cool, brilliant stalgight Sity,loOking doh` r
upon a glassy sea, reflecting in long': tiremul- ona..
lines the lights at the mastheads of the ships rd-T:
turning amid profound silence.

" At the commencement of the affair the en-
thusiasm was "extreme. During the combat the
tenacity of every one was not less so. Before com-
mencing the [fire I signalled to the squadron 'France
has her eyes upon you,' a signal which was received
with cries of Give l'Empercui•
ti • .
I am, with deep respect, Monsieur le Mints-
tre, your Excellency's very obedient servant, the
Vice-Admiral Commander-in-eliief of the squadron
of the Mediterranean,

" ' HAMELIN.' "

THE LAND ATTACK.
CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL,
OCT. 17, 10 P.M.
On the night of the 16th it was determined that
our fire should be opened on the Russian lines the
following morning, as it was evident the enemy was
intrenching himself with much activity, and greatly
strengthening his position. In spite of the efforts
of our engineers, our works were not quite com-
pleted, and most of the mortars could not be
mounted in the batteries. Firing commenced,
however, from the French and English batteries by
signal at 6.30 a.m. on the 17th, but for 30 minutes
previous the Russians fired furiously on all the
batteries. The cannonade on both sides was most
violent for nearly two hours.
Our left attack consisted of four batteries and 36
guns ; our right attack, of 20 guns, in battery.
There were also two Lancaster batteries and a 4-gun
battery of 68-pounders on our right. The French
had about 46 guns. In all we were supposed to
have 117 guns to subdue about 130 guns of the
Russians.
At 8 o'clock it was apparent that the French
batteries in their extreme right attack, overpowered
by the fire and enfiladed by the guns of the Rus-
sians, were very much weakened ; their fire slack-
ened minute after minute.
At 8 30 the fire slackened on both sides for a few
minutes, but recommenced with immense energy,

What damage has been done to the forts we Klon't
yet know. Three of our ships have been roughly, I
handled, and the killed 4nd wounded amount to
46 English killed and upwards of 250 womidgd.,,
Lieutenant Chase, of the Albion, has fallen, and..
Lieutenant Lloyd, commanding. the Vesuvius, and
Mr. Foster, midshipman on board the Sanspareil,
are seriously wounded. No captains hats been
hit. Tho blue jacXets showed all their ancient
valour. Eight or niso" men were swept away at a- •
forecastle gun on board the Sanspareil by the ex-
plosion of a shell. The two remaining men coolly
went on.loading, with their sponge and rammer,
as though nothing had happened.

ANOTHER ACOQUXT.
FROM THE FLAET OFF THE KATCHA. RIVER..
•
OCTOBER 18, 8 A.M.
On Sunday last the Agamemnon, Niger, Retri-
bution, Spiteful, and Spitfire get' the order to re-
turn from Ba/AklaYatot het whither the -High-
flyer, Sanspareil, and des4Mil tether; steamers had
preceded them. Admiral Lpp shimself embarked
in the Caradoc. The Agamemnon Went out tire
same morning, but the others received orders to
wait outside till the next.

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the whole town and the line of-works enveloped in On Monday there were still only rutdoura aliOatSn.;
but no orders -given for the nreoextiii_digiep4.o6.ll6oiiit3t., :I",',_:___,_
smoke.
At 8 40 the French magazine in the extreme was supposed that Something ws'
right battery of 12 guns blew up with a tremens At last, at 10 'ec1.691 61, , ?might'.. ia,
~elyst.°,7-i's .
Etar
dous explosion, killing and woitading 100 men. from the'Britaniiid; an. the signta made_ for- A( S)
The Russians cheered, fired with renewed vigour, first lieutenants to repair on beat& thellsed-itir 4,11°16.10.
s s 7, , • ~1 ,i 7.0 14 ofiT
and crushed the French ,bre caupliitely, so that and to copy a generatorptg.,
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~_ _
they were not able to fire more than a gun now The general ordiF,WaS,:_el tie ready for actlonal,
and then at intervals, and at 10 o'clock they were 8 o'clock in this'inep4iiiss"
,i , ,
nearly silenced on that'
side. You may eitsilYsmagine what Witle was the cons, cs
At 10 30 the fire slackened on both sides, but the sequence of such a suddin-ord4r ,;,-,s _. _
:.
o_.;ota- .
Allies and Russians re-opened vigorously at 10.45. At o'clock yesterday Morning tbe.stisoltarge. fscr.,9.
Our practice was splendid, but our works were cut heavy" batteries anagunced that at lad , the Ipsags . 3
up by fire from the redan and from the works round expected moment bad arrived' an the Allialiad
a circular martello tower on our extreme right. begun firing. ~ Every repoh----;:and 'they succeeded
.iiTsiu
At 12 45 the French line-of-battle ships ran up in each other with marvellous rapidity—Ras ,o 7: ; „..,
most magnificent style and engaged the batteries signal for greater exertion among the sailors t,e ige.L.,,„
: s,„
on the sea side. The scene was indescribable, the ready for action. ,
Russians replying vigorously to the attacks by sea ~ Soon after the prisoners, wild hasi been on boarstoliss:
and land, though suffering greatly. . the different vessels §ince,„
Alma.and BalisislaTosat 1,,t5D
At 125 another magazine in the French batteries were sent off to the Simoom, and the capiaina"anct ,firn,37,.
blew up. The cannonade was tremendous. Our masters summoned to come on. boar.cr the fiag i, sellit; Liu;
guns demolished the Round Tower, but could not to receive their last instructions. ~,,, .._
‘• 4,5n0, ,
silence the works around it. At the manse time the signal was made c4'-epan.,,t bilk
At 140 a great explosion took place in the centre to receive a steamer on the port Side': „sit, „,, t
of Sebastopol amid much cheering from our men, i
About 9 o'clock eveWhing assumed more And -
but the fire was not abated. The Lancaster guns more the s- peck, of acity. „ The steamers got„ 4,
made bad practice, and one burst. -At 2.55 a ter- their steam up and weighed anchor. The lineth sssiss-,‘
ride explosion of a powder magazine took place in struck their topgallantmasts, signals chased: sigs:,,,nss
the Russian redan fort. -The -Russians, however, nals on l .card the flag-ship, and several Of the ! s:
returned to their guns, and still fired from the re- Urge screws—for instance, the Sanspareil and. 1:,1f) ;.;‘,7,,
entering angle of their works. The cannonade was French screw went first. - -±sss..
continuous from the ships and from our batteries, The steamers came up gradually, and began to
but the smoke did not permit us to see if the British pair off with the liners sto which they were- t 6 be
fleet was engaged. lashed in the following order :
At 330 a loose powder store inside our naval Queen, lashed "alongside the Vesuvini.
battery was blown up by a Russian shell, but did 'Vengeance, I; 4 T,
„Hi ghflyerV3a S.° .
Ailibtaiounnia,
no damage. The enemy's earthworks were much B 9, '„ Firebrand. at eo Z'cl
injured by our fire, the redan nearly silenced, PP „ Furious,. ‘,„,'-,srfl,bVi
and the fire of the Round Tower intrenchments di- London, ~ Iff .'
„ Niger. - ,n, •= = --1144 v
Arethusa, = „ . - „ Triton. , rw.i.::::4o (mu:
minished, though the inner works wore still
Bellerophon --,, „ Cyclops. '''t In,t'UC 6"' vigorous.
Rodney, ~ „ Spiteful.. - 4191('''
At 3.35 the magazine inside the works of the Trafalgar, 3 I „ Retribution: ..:
Round Fort was blown up by our shot. The steamers approached all on the port side, and
At 4 the ships outside wore ripping up the forts
were lashed fore and aft by cables fastened on the' '''"'
and stoneworks and town by tremendous broad- lower deck, and passing through the fourth Port,-
sides. Only the French flag was visible, the Eng- hole from bow and stern •
lish fleet being on the opposite side of the harbour.
The Agamenmon,.Sanspareil, Terrible, Sampson,,,
Orders were given to spare the town and buildinss '
buildings and the newly-arrived gun-boat Sphinx, were left
as much as 'Possible.
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From 4 to 5.30 the cannonade 'Earn our hon detached service.at- It was nearly noon before all these preparations
tense was very warm, the Russians replying, had been made' and the ships had weighed anchor:
though our fire had- evidently established its sups- The French led, the Turks followed, and last came,
riority over theirs, the ships pouring in.broadside
after broadside on Forts Nicholas and Constantine the English. As it would have been impossible
on the north side *svitho# -
at close ranges. Towards dusk the fire slackened to approach tho forts
having to suffer from the south forts under great
greatly, and at night it ceased_ altogether, the Rus- disadvantages, it -was determined thatilie French
sians for the first time being silent. Up to this
ships and Turkish ships, Which were the first,
hour (10 p.m.) they have barely fired a gun.
should engage the south forts, while the English
They are busy repairing damages, and we are
men-of-war should have to do 'with the northlorts.
doing the same, and are also mounting new guns The Napoleon led the way, and approached Ml*
and mortars for to-morrow.
der a heavy fire, followed 'by the Henry IV.,
The French have lost about 200 men, princi- lashed to a steamer. At one o'clock the firing was
pally by the explosions ; our loss is very small opened, and soon after the detached English steamers,
—under 1.00 killed and wounded since the siege which had to engage the northernmost forts,
began.
among others the Wasp battery, so called because
Captain Rowley, of the Guards, was killed yes-she sent some heavy shots into the Wasp, ap-
terday s O'Leary, of the 68th Reeiment, killed to-4-
proached their destination and joined in the firing.
day ; Ruthven, Lieutenant, R. 14., wounded.
Unfortunately the wind was the land, and
We have gained greatly on the works to-day, the smoke so dense that very few vessels succeeded
and but for the melancholy disaster which befel
our allies, should have crushed much of the Russian in getting into the position which was assigned to
batteries. The French fleet avenged these misfor-
them. I suppose it must be attributed _to this"
tunes most amply.
that the French and Turkish vessels went so far to
The Grand Duke Constantine is supposed to have the left as to prevent several of the English vessels
entered Sebastopol. from approaching. So it-happened, for instance,
to the Queen, whicl4. 'as I -told;you - led the Eng-
Wo reopen fire at daybreak.
Much of the sea side of the town is in ruins. lish squadron, and had consequent).;to occupy the
OCTOBER 18, 3 P.M.
1 extreme right of the ;English ,position, but. whinik -
The fire was resumed this morning soon after
was obliged to get up her•anchor andsehange her,
the Napoleon. and the Turkish
daybreak. The•Frencliswere still unable to support ,
Admiral'ship'Mahmudieh went right in her way.
us. Their extreme left is still silenced. ~They will
The order was to keep 1,200 yards off the,feetts
not be ready till the' 19th or 20th, so damaged. ;are but and the disengageclsteameis at their head the , A
they by the Russian fire. ~• - . ' I splendid Aigainiiinfion approached mush. ' nearer, '''''
During the night the Russians remountedtheir i ?
and poured in their shot and 'shell with un-''',";
guns and brought up fresh ones, and established a
ceasing aatiVity.' 0- Willi 'example was follower."''
great superiority of fire and weight of metal. . s ..
by the Queen, winch, was Obliged, si I paentioised .At 10 a.m. the alarm was given that the Russians
before, to Ipht . because- - - ''' '
ore, gave ;her ce two. s.,qamepit.l-6c
war© marching to attack our rear on the Balaklava
came in her*ay, .but ran , down :along the dinei:,ii:::l road. Lord Raglan and staff, with large bodies of
and joined thb "detached steamers---a nsevesiseeakisa,o
French troops, at once moved there, and found the
which tho Agamemnon answered Eby a " Welladossessiecs
Russian cavalry and two battalions of infantry,
Queen !" Soon after her, the Rodney made- thiorefit
with one gun, endeavouring to creep up in a fog to
the outposts. The Turks opened a fire from the
same movement and ran devil:l:towards theifortiete 041
redoubts, and the Russians retired, Cape Constantile, keeping 'up a brat* fire thtil
At this moment (3 p.m.) the Russians are press- da
ing us very hard, returning three shots for our srk.
eN,era
ls of the vessels Have been badly- arranged,t,th„
the Ath . suffered; very much, and it sits , said, its,
two. Colonel Hood, of the Guards, was killed in
the trenches to-day. Ruthven, of the Albion, is must go . re
intous dsoCk ; the Retrlii..gtion lost hOssl324i'i ''ssi ci
. ; rr.t
better. Lieutenant Chase, of the Albion, is killed.. ss - 0CT.18,,11, o'Clock. f.51i,.3
mast, the Firebrand her jib-b_oom, 450.: •- , ,
Another lieutenant and 100 men were killed •and
Theost has been delayed for a few! hourssandseei
wounded in our fleet yesterday while attacking
p
, . :
Fort Constantine. -- . I take a-dvantage of this delay to re-Open my fett-iirEwrl
,
The attack by the fleets is to be renewed to r'to give you sornesfurther particulars aboittluel
morrow. -
in order to give you some'further particulars abotha
morrow. . newe °' the first bcimbardisMird Sebastopol. , • ,E.:l,tsa le
.
, The liehft 'Of 'the: steamers alongside of 11,1,edi
Of the siege train there are two killed, 15severery line-of-battle ships 'did very 'well-f.they ansiveriourib
wounded, and' eight'llightly woUnded. : This Wais helm far better than if ,t oWed, and the'stearaeriaa : fr,',
up to yesterday. - ' . - '. exposed to less, danger, being •Coicap&ratively-fr& - '
Our loss up till to-day is 93. .-.
' '' ' tected :by their huge companions. _ Of cOuree, tnstoas
The redan and flagstaff fort .are as' troublesome could not •escape entirely, hut, with the exeltinrkgv7
as ever. ~., I , , •
'. ' ' ' !- . of the Firebrand, which lost her jilatneni•-' an calf. od
The Retribution and London had their main-
,. fared seVerely•lsesides, none -of ' ,thenbeaniers Items '
masts shot away, and hero on fire yesterday. They disabled,' and•every one 'was capablegoftakingc di"' l'i
had to be hauled off. ~. " . '• ' . charge back again.s • • ''.— ' , fi '..`"" ' '"--1"d
The Aganiemnon has Suffered seve-rely. '
~itil
The vessels,' after beingilasheds fued'afrisi Virie
Lord J. Murray and ;Ellison, swith 150 men of
'lines—the Queer Cal the naafi of the right;thelhi:'
the 88th, 130 artillerymen, and six surgeons arrived
last night per Tonning. : .. . tannia at' the had. d. the Middles'the doTh 611„4 !
The sickness has muck abated.' ts steamers, forming the extreme left.
do wn as far as OuarantinePointl4efore Sal,' ssis '4 ;,:
Tkihey stplitealnieci
The redan fort, flagstaff fortsand Round ToWer -. - ' ..ir ipes,Oiin6o.49ra
Th.
obligedei ire
ay ;
ja_bi
_wu etdtd
a.
:r e:
it
riliirh.. ta,ot ..:thi re talonsußs ~,,• , +h
'works are firing very warmly` just now. ' '
jaeesiaesjgeart"-.0 thaw. ; put
We can scarcely get ammunition; up to our guns. have anchoredat,the p e
which: -perfectly,
xsuPpoi ! i"clii'..-- 'that and
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isuriderstanamg?
blinding, orstsisomelm
THE SEA ;,ATTAC K. blinding,
I, d 3.00 farncerthi and4aonse.,
• ,... and Turk-s .appeortee. ..itot ;be; kA5t0,..),7
_
OFF THE KATprfA, URINTE.A., Oct. 18.--4tAter- quentlf
•the interild., Od, 1111° c''''.ll°'
t feattre'ifas the' ihnOlee"hhtl" day morning, about daybreals; the-English arid'' The nidettrormilen
ueditnii,ssoiiii)oBo.a„ of,
French opened fire frbm their ' batteries' --ori.the' the detaChedthe
ieal:ll,'l49l'" And 8
_ ,--,—, i , Terrible, abvsou •
south side of , Sebastopol. - Late on 'the .preceding n Agamemnon, 00-u
P 0 ugh. • The, Queeli :.-- P..'
night it had been agreed by the combined k.dil'-als which 1.4Y(.41-I)!Kje-re v . dace anion
' )v.1404
and Generals that the , fleets should on the "Saisi-b.'' g them, was
there more
up
foretiare:ani?lesrssa I--27Sh9lts: . tsbiaving sot fire to
Rodney, ;w, ktkhuil:rived
day make a grand attack ;on the fOrts.at. the mouth,.
Ke Erem.aisled . without cons- id_ erable4Th
of the harbour. 'During. the night topgallantmasta took
rirthe,lasi.b.atis owing to this close, weigh'
pbrouoare_h°:artiy..roiriL -e,
Agamemnon and Sanapicreil lost,
were lowered, spare spars and Imes is over to! tow
her Majesty's ship Neuleani, and "early in the. morn- jury to ,
ing steam was up. The ;Tacidle-wheel and
'Eng so -many men''. ,
after the Other, hiea's-resels.df. lad-.
frigates lashed thanselves alongside the A_ great • disadvaxits.ge Was that- t . . - P.'"
line-of-battle shis and all was of 'read)" foill, the
as
fight. The French were to' Obcrupy the right ass
vsucing rather in a hie'
, so as, to commence firing,„
'slue,
you enter the harbour—that is, :the souther,,
about the same time. By•
and the English the left; or ,nerthern, side,
,in one ime. y approaching' '. -
the ships v 5146..., SO, gradiially
went later. into ac en could
•
line—about 1,500 yards off. r. s -- , •
The French first got into: their places, about scarcely seta momentary look at the for which
.
and immediately cemmenced they had'nto fire, much less sebtain au estimate a'
half-past 12 o'clock,
vigorously. returned from the distance which they were .Off from it: , Xeres
a heavy fire, which was
the batteries. The distance, however, was certainly over,_ the gradual approach.of one vessel after the
greater than originally contemplated, and, a..sß far as other afforded the Russians the facility of concea-
-1 can ascertain, it ' Wit% Over 2,000 yards., By de- trating the fire of:their batteries on one vessel.
took up tlsei
grass the English shiPs successivelY' r The sight of the attpt&athing squadrons was one
'
stations, passing iu.rc'ar of the French and anchor- of the most imposing which tine could .oissibly i
ing to the left. Th° Agamemnon, Sanspareil, t.i n I witness. Some of the liners, observed from the
London (lashed to the Niger), however, took an starboard side, hid their tiny propellers so coin-
inside station in advance,—perhaps about 1,000 pletely that the bilge masses seemed to move by
yards from Fort Constantine. Nothing sight,
could be themselves. If this was the most imposing
more noble than the gallant way in which thes the most exciting was that when the first-Shot was
Agamemnon and Sanspareil steamed in amid a per- fired from the fort. It was as if an electric spark
feet hail of cannon balls and shells, Preceded by a was runnin through the _crews. There was a
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little tug-stomper, the Circassia, commanded by feet fury forg
firing sand the greatest.difficulty was
Mr. Ball. This little bit of a cockleshell, which to make the men cease, as in the way.
•
looked as if she might have been arrested by a when one or another of tbe•vessels w
fowling-piece, deliberately felt the way for the A inconveniencegreat in
of so many men at
large ships till her services were required. absence
no longer
experienced' from the.,
• working the guns was
lly in the ships from
The firing soon. became terrific. At the distancethe naval, brigade,
of six miles the sustained sound resembled that f which" some
a furious locomotive at full
speed,. but,- of course,'of the suepseirorairctrie had gone to the
the roar was infinitely upper deck gunis,IPAPP
sequence. .
camp. • Sevens q the liner Con a not W9rk their
grander. ,The day was a is st,d& of nest. I
dead calm, to that-the smoke hog_ Jleavily .about To-day 'Y' . ... •.fi ) ~.it'''''

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