The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-23


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The enemy taking advantage Of the heavy calibre Of
his guns and particularly OF his paixhans of 6s and 90
kept for the most part out Of range For this thu
fourth and fifth batteries, being distant took little part
in the contest although they within the range OF
the enemys guns but the SIXTH left battery placed
the extremity of the praque port fought drst with
four guns, and afterwards with two-one of its gum
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goew of the battery of the l4h brigade Of art
| lery maintained contest OF six hours against thu
enemy's steamers which towards the conclusion OF the
battle were seven in number In addition e .ase -,
hsc ,s,;y s,.,,osr = .hA lima ..is 81 guns Th
battery at length ceased firing and Ensign Stchegolev
only drew of his when the vessels which in tn,
praque port behind the batteries well as the FORTH
cations caught fire. The GOODNESS and self denial of En-
sign Stchegolew spread themselves amongst his artillery
men and At the end Of the battle three of the enemy
steamers Obliged to be taken in tow.
In virtue of the powers which have devolved upon
have honored those who particularly distinguished
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finished, reported to his Hghness the Field Marshal
the brilliant exploit Of Ensign Stchegolew.
The hostile steamers, being built Of iron and drawing
very little water enabled in spite Of opposition to
round the mole and approach the bank-one of them
going towards the suburb Of Perecipe accompanied by
boatp from which they threw congreve rockets which
the vessels in the praque port and the houses
in The suburb. They then attempted TO effect land
from battery No. 3, garrsoned by the 14th brigade Of
artillery, and covered by six companies Of the reserved
placed in ambush Driven back to their vessels
posed to cannonade during their retreat they suffered
sensible loss whilst we had only fow killed and
wounded, and two gun carriages destroyed.
During this time the mys line of battle ships left
their line and drew the country hose Of General
Luders to fire broadsides into it. They received
however, by the fire Of the batteries g. and after
changing few shots reIeated to their line. This
they executed several times The battle lasted
about twelve hours. About O'Clock I'M the evening
the line of battle ship and the steamers lct left side
regained their position that the vessel
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line.
The relation of the brilliant in which the off,
GERS and troops conducted themselves Is the best proof
which can give them of my lively gratitude.
May we always then aided by divine grace, continue
to serve God, our Emperor, and country as con-
scientiousiy as we have done to-dsy.
Signed by the Aid de Camp of General Baron osten-
sacken.
The Vienna Pree of the 4th nst has an Odessa letter
of the 25th ut Of which the following is translation
The last ship belonging to the combined fleets has
disappeared to-day the excitement and the
inhabitants Of Odessa have some measure subsidized
As the vessels neared the city the greater
part Of the people fled As on the 18Th the Furious
and French Consus fred at by the strand batteries
the commander of the port probably had presenment
that the protecting fleet would soon appear Accord
ingly, the 14h Of April he addresseda proclamation
to the inhabitants Of Odessa, in which he summoned
expected to remove their goods into the interior. At
half PAST three on the 14th Of hove in
sight and announced their arrival by dschargng few
guns At our In spite Of the Of
the Russian officers that the danger not near the
terrified people fed from the city, which garrsoned
by strong detachments of soldiers
Without loss of time intelligence was forwarded to st.
Petersburg and Sebastopol that the bombardment of
Odessa had begun on the l4th The newly arrived
se however, kept out Of the range of the port bate
ries and snapped all the merchantmen that attempt
ed to enter the harbor During the night between the
1th and 18th the vessels sent few broadsdes into the
magazines the beach, and one was burnt The
watchfuness of the commander Of the port, who had
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the ships left for varna with their prizes and every
thought the danger over On the 10TH towards six
in the evening" seventeen vessels appeared the
horizon, and their arrival placed themselves just
within range Of batteries and more they then
turned and their first salutation broadsde from
90o guns.
On the nth Aprila steamer, with flag of truce
Inc bstteres pssvepsd her advancno
ship went off TO the steamer which had brought writ
ten summons from the British Admiral to surrender all
the ships which were in the port This peremptoriy
refused and at three the day the ships then at
a greater distance, opened q tremendous fre
strand batteries, two of which dismounted. Two
magazines took fire, but night drew the lombard,
ment sed From the 18th the 22d negotiations
ing reinforcemens and the injured batteries got into
order On the ed at eight in the morning, still
violent benbardment began, which continued with
out interruption until half past six In the evening Mbst
OF tina strand batteries injured ana those ihe
north east corner Of the port we're almost entirely dis
The loss Of the Russians who displayed the greatest
intrspdy is estimated at 200 men, than 800
dangerously and more than twice that number less Sc
yereiv wounded Six maraxines were burnt The etv
suffered comparatively little, though few of tho prn-
spal buildings and among the rest the Woronxo palace
were prey to the flames. Odessa has completely
changed its external appearance The terrible
has broken all the windows, many chmneys have fallen
and the steeples OF many churches are injured The
feet also suffered for ships were put hors de combat
and taken in tow to Varna The French attempted to
land at the southwest end Of the port but rpulsed
with loss by powerful Russian force. We are still oc
cuped In quenching the burning ruins During the &C.
ton the sea ran extremely high.
According to another report the batteries ut the north
eastern Cor Cherson end Of the port extremely we'll
worked although they were exposed to the fire Of six
rockets and red hot balls The hsrsor or bsrbops
Odessa artificial There two moles The so called
Pratka Tor quaranne harbor is in the centre Cherson
varna is which IS said to have very considerable
sum in silver on board.
from letters from Odessa which also give Russanly
tinted description Of the affair Of the 22d Of April
In the afternoon Of the Goth Of April there appeared in
French vessels Of which six three masters and
nine were steamers. This following day boat sent
to the shore with flag Of truce TO demand 1t is said
the surrender Of all Russian merchantmen and all can
non there At half past O'Clock the ed, the nine
steamers opered their fire on the Pratika harbor, in
which were lying certain Russian vessels that having
performed quarantine, had taken protique. battery
Of four guns at the mouth Of this harbor this
after It's magazine had been blown up II dsmouned
The number Of vessels taking part in the attack had in
the meantime been considerably increased. The rra-
tque harbor in flames and the ships that in It
part burnt and part cuted prevent their being
carried off, The enemys balls set fire several Of the
houses about the prafique harbor, number Of balls
also fell In the town Itself, but without doing any
amount OF mage.
The quarantine barbor in which three foreign vessels
we're lying, two of which Prussian, remain unin
jured At O'Clock in the evening & the 22d the fire
ceased 10th sides In the OF the dry consid
cradle achievements both of artillery and troops
brought in from the neghborhood The garrison of the
town estimated at 80 coo TO 35 900 Up to
the 2sd at which time the report Closes hostties
lad not been RECOMMENDED The English and French
squadron at that time remained moonless in the roads
The journal d. Odessa gives its history Of the visit Of
the Furious TO the roads Of Odessa and by its ambgu
wording evidently berays its desire TO prepare the
for future exculpaon foreseeing the cutlery that
would be raised against the breach of the custom Of
tions in firing Hsg of truce. II says
on Saturday, March 27th april sh), at halfpast A.
NJ the Furious, English steamer, Of Ave hundred
power and carrying sixteen guns approached to
within two cannons range Of the quarantine mole Two
blank shots having been fred the weasel hoisted the
English flag, and without coming to anchor, sent of
launch 10 the shore, bearing Gag Of truce. The Eng
lsh officer asked IL the English consul still at Odessa
the officer duty having inor ned him that the consul
had left the launch returned to the shp when 1t had
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