Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-12-01
OFFICIAL DESPa TCHES.
From he COmm0Mdrr "f M| French 1rmy.
BEFORE SEntSrOruL OCroBEE -,

MoyIruR IL MARECH,L: Our works of approach
continue in the way indicated IN my previous dies.
patch ofhc 18th have no time 10 write great length
hut have the honor to send yos the journal Of the
siege which will make known To You the whole dcta
OF our operations. The diculriVs which We have
met with urc of two kinds: thusg which result from
the nature Of the s" the upper stratum of earth d.
mnshinc as we approach the p'srr, and those which
proceed from the number and the calibre of the guns
which the enemy oppose to Us n very extended
front, and nearly in right line. The resources which
the enemy derives from his ships ~ the port, both i'll
personnel and i'll m0trrci, are almost incxhausHblc,
whilst ours although incrcascdby what we get from
the two fleets, are necessarily limited Guns Of hS
Founders and heavy mortars the kind of artillery
to which we have almost exclusively to reply. This
state Of things makes the siege OF Scbastnp" one "f
the most labor!ous operations tnr has bren met with
fora very long time, and The efforts which IT "hlges
us to make explain the sluwncss with which pro-
ccad In the night of the Goth the enemy made al
attempt TO spike our guns, III which they failed
Som" nen, who had managed 10 Get into the batteries
By surprise. were killed, with the officer who COM
mandcd them. The losses Which we experience
from the fire OF the enemy arc not 50 considerable ns
might be expected from the difficulties which have
pointed out TO You. ! send my w"undri 10 tuiistan-
tinope by the means p!nccd NJ my disposal by the
fleet ms the hospital arrangements are there in high.
" efficient state. The sanitary STATE Of the army is
satisfactory whatever sickness prevails is CEASED by
the excessive fatigue which our brave soldiers have
to undergo The unlers landed from the vessels also
devotedncss which are remarked by thc whole army.
Accept, &c. CANkOBEki.
From tic Comm0nd.r "t ne British h'mg.
BEFORE SERi>roPuI, October G|.
My LORD DUEr: The operations oi the siege have
been carried OH unremittingiy addressed Your
Grace on the 18th instant. On TINT nltcrnn"n the
French batteries not having been ahr I" reopen. the
enemy directed their guns nli'I~! exclusively ON The
British entrenchnents, aud mnntGincl Il very heavy
fire upon them until the day cn-r with less damage.
| am happy to say, TO the works, aud with fewer
casualties, than might have been anticipated. On
the following morning, shortly after daylight, Genl
Canrubert not only rrsuiUrd his fire from the hat
tcries which had been injured, but materially added
to the weight of ls attack hv the fire al batteries
which he had caused to hr constructed the previous
day. and these have continued ever SINCE; and he
has had il in his power Ia push liS apprnaciIs for
ward and, like the English materially I" inure the
defences of the place; hui these as vet lar from
being subducd, neither i" s'ri"m- ,iminaiion OF
their fire perceivable. Our fire has also been con-
slant and effective, but the enemy, having II: their
disposal large bodies Of men, rnd t resources "f the
feet and arsenal at their command, have beer en-
abled by unceasinS exer"n IT, repair their rcOnbts
70 n certain extent aud to replace many ol the guns
that have been destroyed III very short space o
time and to resume their tirc from works which we
had succeeded in silcncing. This facility oi repairing
aud rc.armnC the dctencrs naturally renders the pro-
gress of the assailauts slower than could be wished
and hare it not IN my ro~tr "a 'nf"cm "oHr G|"''.
rIb anything fiSc cer'3iHtH KHcA IL nay " CLi"''d
Ad interior measures may bt ""ftrtaEch.
have the honor to transmit to your Grace tho re-
turn of killed and wounded between the 18th and 10Th
instant, inclusive. In my last | announced to Your
Grace the death, which had just been reported tn me-
of that deeply lamcnrcd officer, the Hon. Col. lInod
of the Grcnader Guards No other military officer
has since fallen: but Major Prince Edward, nf SAKE
We!mar, was slightly wounded on the 10Th. His S."
rene llirhncss insisted, however, upon rcmn:nn. in
tie trenches until the detachment to which he wns
attached was relieved at the usual huur. aud he ns
now resumed his duty. Capt. Lord DUakcIin. of the
Coiastrca,n Guards unfortunately taken prisoner
yesterday morning, before daylight IN .roi.: O the
trenches. The naval bntteri,s hu"r continued thrir
eSertions without intermssion hnd Trrc: Ia huv" 8"
report the death al two gallant officers o the Royal
Navy. the Hon. Lieut. Ruthvc:,, who hns did .! hi
wounds, and Lieut.. Grrathed, of her Mlics;ys ship
Britannia. Both are universally regretted The lat
ter received mortal wound while layin. gun, after
having, to Use the language Of l}rigad"r General
Eyrc who was then in charge Of the irr!lc!cs, p"r
formed his duty in the batteries in manner tha. cX-
cited the admiration of all"
A considerable body of Russians appeared two days
agu in the vicinity of Balakava, but they have since
withdrawn and longer to be in onr front.
have reason 10 believe that Prince Mcusck"lf J.
not in ScLastool. He is stated 10 have placed him
self with the main body of the urmy in the fel,
which is represented to be stationed in the plnins
south OF Bacshi-Scrni. Admiral Cirnilo the chief oi
the staff, and temporarily in command of Schrstnpol
is reported TO have died OF his wounds the day before
yesterday. have, &c, RAGLAN.
A.,