Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-14
PARTICULARS or THE NAVAL COMBAT Ar srsops.

PARTICULARS or THE NAVAL COMBAT AT srNoPE.
The following is given by the Invade Russo Of Dseem-
Der 13 the full details Of the engagement OF Sinope
on the Both of November;
Admiral Nakhimo cruising along the Of Ana
toa perceived at distance division OF Turkish ships
of war in the oadstead of Snope The next day strong
west wind his approach The war steamer besa
several of enemy the roads Of Sinope
On the receipt Of this intelligence three Of 100
guns La Vile de Paris lie Grand Due Constantine and the
viatea received orders proceed, under the flag OF
Rear Admiral Novosy towards Sinope and to join Admi
RAJ with three ships Of and brg Fronting by
favorable wind the roads Of Snope and
the disposition Of the nemy naval division COM
posea seVen trigates, soop-ofwAr two corvees two
ana two steamboats, These vessels anchored
IN the form OF crescent along coast disposed that they
could form in line from any point of the wind the
opposite the intervals between the vessels five batteries had
On the night Of the l5l6h Of November 10 Rear Ad
mira Noyosssky joined the squadron wth his naval
squadron by order Of the day. his intention to attack the
enemy in two columns upon the FIRST favorable turn Of the
Admiral Nakho hosting his flag the Imperatrice
Marie and followed by the Grand Due Constantine and the
Tchesms the left column under the command of Rear Ad
mira Novossisky was to be composed OF the Vile de Par
the Tri Sviattela, and the Rostislah
On the 18TH between nine and in the morning favored
by breeze from EN.E the Admiral signaed orders to the
squadron prepare combat and to bear for the roads Of
Sinope The ships Of the two columns with all their
ding sails set the enemy could not be dis
cerned under the distance Of half mile account of the
thick fog and the rain Vice Admiral Nakhmo having got
within distance Of about $50 saenes 5S3 yards of the
gaes of the enemy, which discovered with the
flag Of the Vice ADMIRAL and behind the poop of which
established the battery of twelve gums anchor
The ship Vile de PGrs cast anchor at the same time The
other ships they arrived occupied the positions which had
been appointed them.
The Admirars vessel had scarcely cast anchor when tho
enemy opened upon vessels terrible broadde from all
his gates supporting by the fire of his batteries Their
shot made great havoc among spar bu ships mme
diatey replied with continuous and weldrected re. In
less than five minutes the Grand Due demolished
the battery which under its fire. The enemys rgae
anchored this battery suffered terribly from bombs
and shortly blew up. Soon after the Villa de Paris blew up
Turkish frigate.
AT the end of an hour the broaddes of
ships had very much weakened the r of the enemy and
two o'clock almost entirely ceased Three figates among
which that Of "A guns bearing the flag of the Turkish Vice
Admiral in apes and only the mass of two transports
destroyed by artillery be The Turkish
of the town fire in two places and at two the
Admiral gave orders to the combat Mt the same time
sending officer declare the local Turkish authorities
that If single shot fired from the town from
the the Admiral would burn and the town to its
foundations This officer after having remained nearly
hour land could not discover the Turkish authorities
evena single Turk All had fed the neghborng villages
By the admrars orders, the Of the
bat the gates Kagou and Kouevha had remained under
sail in the roads, in order off the retreat Of any Of the
enemys vessels that might their safety in fight They
joined the squadron the end Of the combat and acted pn
cpay against the corvette and the war-soop which
anchored in the of the Rostislaf.
On the 18th of November TO- 81 Gen. Kornilof sailed,
with the Odessa, Chersoness and the Crmse
to join the squadron of Vice Admiral Nakhmof at snope
which bore the flag of Gen. Korno in sight of ST.
nope and witnessed the of the combat and
all the steamers fastened to get to the roads In doubling
the Cape Sinope they signaed the Turkish
the Taft Of 90 guns which during the battle had had time
up her steam and which sought to escape by flight
from the general defeat
Kornlof with the Odessa, endeavored to her
line, and having got within range opened re butt after
skmsh of above hour the General found that the
had the vessel and that Notwithstanding his superb
oy in force being almost three times that OF the Odessa,
he did not accept battle but only thought of flight When
the Taft out Of range, Gen. Kornilo went to en the
squadron of Vice Admiral Nakhmo with the Crmse and
the Chersonese. These ordered mmcdi
aey off the vessels which Immediately under the
fire Of the land batteries lest the enemy should renew the
cannonade in the night.
The Odessa ordered bring away the Damette, of
fifty guns, which had suffered least from fire. On board
this fgate found hundred of whom than
fifty wounded. Her commander and officers had aba-
doned her from the of the action, taking with
them all the boats and had sought safety disgraceful
flight the In the evening the burning vessel Of the
Turks blew up and their ignited debris fell upon Turkish
part Of the which they set fire. Toward midnight
all that quarter of the which included within the
mural fell prey the aames The Greek quarter
not burnt
On 1Sh at daybreak there only in the roads
the fgate Damiete the oopot-war and the corvette re-
duced to the of huks. An examination of the
Damiee showed that the injuries she had sustained had
dered her not worth carrying away and she accordingly
burnt Orders then given burn the and
the The this order found
board the sloop osman Pacha commander of the Turkish
squadron wounded in the right leg the commander OF fri
gte the commander of corvette and eighty all OF
whom made prisoners In the evening the road Of
Sinope no longer contained single Turkish ship.
AS the combat had ceased Sailors who had well
piled their guns set themselves repair the damage caused
by the fire Of the The vessels which had most suffer-
ed the Imperarce Marie the Tri Sviaea the Grand
Duke Constantine and the Rostilsa The entire squadron
of Vice Admiral Nakhmof sailed from the roads of Sinope
the goth of November the damaged vessels towed
by the steamers and the 22d the mperarce Marie the
T Sviattea and the Grand Duke Constantine cast anchor
in the roads of Sebastopol