The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-17
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.

n great sLd glorious events which we're conddenty
anticipated when LAST addressed rssdsrs have
only justified but surpasse1 expectations: and the
day which hso teen apart By the ac1 the
ton for sleun thank giving for the abundant "a ural
Of the nrst shout Of Victory Dispatches OF tine
28d Of SEPTEMBER received BY the gov
eminent from Her sajsstJ Ambassador at Cons amino.
pie. by way o. Bslg Ade, stating that the entrenched
camp Of the Rossars, containing 5000 men, with
NUMEROUS artillery end csvslr, the heights OF tina al
10Th mbsr sd 90, risd by Ae Ssyoses i an hour
ahaJ with loss Of about 400 British troops killed and
ucuHded and an eqdt loss os the sde Of ths FrencA, e
Rusf0n army being dvireN ineo full rereat In the
course sf yesterday further despatca received BY
the luke Of Newcastle, direct from Lad ssRlsn
tho heights sSo1s tho Alma hsS Been casrcd e. sr
desperate hattie by the valor OF the allied fox Lord
Raglan estimates tee main BODY Of she enemy at from
80 eco 10 $1,000 nfsntry, and adds that two Russian
ger eral officers ann Two guns taxen on th. occs
sion b. the ngfsh army
Thus far, uen intelligence ID positive, and the
battle Of the Alma may be ranked With the n1ost brilliant
schesesuts Of the tro vail ant armies which and
fcogtt the arst time side by side on tn.t sd OF
urdoubtsdy l., seams 70 = already suossssd BY the
nsgnis of its immediate
D~,stbee,s Of h,sh proDssy, hsvs eesn rocsirsA b.
wsy Of varna spd BuchaI est ing that ths fortress
Of s.bsstpol itself surrendered on the 25th us to ID
lsd s,is toeetheR with all the vast stores Of var
contained the Aest and the Rusaan garrison IL WI
BE- scarcely possioe 20 receive tho ocsi c,n6rmato
this intelligence through Constantinople and Belgrade
for aay t~o IL purporta to have been convsyed
TO vsrna by steamer, which met sea the steamer
convey the to and from tns ra
piaisy with sbch communications Of lesa uao ,rtsucs
have twice before been received from the seat Of war
l. by rnrans impOssibls that such this
could BE- snown in the tiunc The Vic form their
opinion for the present 10 tho dbuisy Of this
statement hut We evablsd to that IL srds
-th great condolences IN tbs highest quarters. and
vher the same despatch reached the rmpsrr Of he
French, ~ the camp at Beisaut, he instantly an.
ncur ced TO the troops that sebAstopo had fallsn.
that the Rursns isssd snd lost II bsttt L. tbs
Crmes While she allied ar niles mxrcaing sgdnst
setastpol the attack ths place tse from toe land
sioe might turn out 70 Be an operation OF secouda m
pcrtance II ID now kn0w0 With certainty that Prince
henschit on did Sight and lose such BATH the Goth
inst. and ths plan Of campaign he hsd ~ opted Il sua
ciepty CHI ar. He chose this pssssee Of Alma
Bu1iuk ~ the strongest position adOr cd bv the
try the line .rsh, tho Easi n aruy ~as In
tren -bso u. he tt- chi form the Is.t bank OF
III At team In u p,se rcsition wnsb. I.,ru rag
Ian expressly stst.s, VS. formidsbiy defenosd by
recus artle cry Of heavy csfbre On this p,tut $4,000
concentrated, which most mpt-s ny fer the
important part OF the Ru ssian forcss gmsa.
The Roesisn general sppsars TO have preferred
tr pos ton OF thi nature sctipn II thu open
plains osthe CSin-a b. ham, toe oshe n
have that the g4me los III hs
slow. bs amy bs ENCLOSED 10 the alta ~
o oispese along the he ghrs uhch command the
snd yort He therefore staked his reieace the
pasesef If the alma, and the attempt
opoces Il nans Of the aica In his exclusive
lance the strength OF this position. Yet aztec al
this eparsfcr, ~,th mus Or OF the best troops wheh
the Hpssiap mpirs cens fnrnsh this paot al,
the advantages ~hich rature aud c,uid supply to
th POSITION TIE hcnsted iers rf ths Nor IN stoo f
abeut and half before the frey Of tue grey
sf-c ny end the d~aciy spevg, ~ ths British b.ne
and then ~pre div. from toe 6eid Tue orc . ~ ~,
tvo mi have oeec about eq ial ever Local ID
vxs,sgr the se NJ the hua~aaa yo the at sck
wh oh bsWsn ~ O'clock. ended I'D nssf be
fOrs suaasss ard shs mitsrJ strength pnds Of fsoa