Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-11-25
Foreign. News.
Transmitted for lio baltimore American
ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE


tie A1lies-Deftat Of tic Former.
New YoRK, Nov. 16.--Tho Royal
mail steamer Asia arrived hero this
morning, with Liverpool datos to Satur-
day, Nov. 4th, being three days later
than per steamer Atlantic.
From tho Seat Of War.
The news from the seat of war is quito
important, and shows that hot work has
been progressing.
A forcs of $4,000 Russians attacked
and took the forts Of Balaklavu, tho
head quarters of tho English troops, to
tho South of Sevastopol, when q great
battle ensued in which the allies were
finally successful and remained mpsters
Of tho field.
The siege of Seyastopol was progress
ing favorably--two Russian ships had
beon destroyed in tho harhor by the
fire from the besicgcrs' guns, and tho
quarantine batteries had been silenced,
The bastion Of fort Constantine, on tho
north side of the mouth of the harbor,
had also been damaged by an explosion
Of magazine.
The news, however, is conflicting and
leaves matters entirely obscure. Rus.
sian dispatches say the allios suffered
two severe defeats, namely: The French
had their works destroyed and l6 guns
spiked, and the English cavalry were
attacked by MenschikoF at Balaklava
and routed with loss of 500 horses.
The Anglo.French reports do moi
give any ex plicit denial. They only
say that the Russian story is improbable
and exaggerated.
The allies state as above, that two
Russian ships were destroyed in the har.
bor, and that the quarantine batteries
had been silenced. Also, that bas.
ton of fort Constantine had been dam
aged by the explosion of a magazine
1t is at least evident that there has been
sharp fighting.
The Latest.
LONDON, Saturday Morning.-The
accounts arc still conflicting, but the
English say tho siege was progressing
favorably up to tho 9th of October.
Tho following dispatches published
in the English papers relative to the
progress Of the siege, received by tele-
graph from Marseilles, is the fullest &C.
count that has reached that country OF
the operations of the 18th and 18th.
First Day Of Siege.
BALAKLAvA, Oct. 1--WE opened
fro this morning with II English and
4e French guns, against $50 Russian,
$40 a French magazine exploded
At10.45 the fire was renewed. AT l2.45
the French ships engaged the sea forts,
with the Agamemnon, the Retribution
and tho Britannia. At 1.25 another
French magazine blew up. AT LAO Q
tremendous explosion took place in Sc
vastopol. At 2.55 the magazine of the
Russian redoubt blew up; tho Russians,
however, returned to their guns. AT
$50 the ships fred on Fort Constantine,
at short range; tho fire was kept up
until six o'clock, and did great damage
to tho Russians.
Second Day Of Siege
Ru.v1AvA. Oct, 1Sth.-The Rus.
SLAMS have remounted their guns, which
nre much heavier than ours. Our loss
Yesterday amounted to sc. Tho Retri:
button and London both caught fire and
have had their mainmasts carried away
Tho rcdoub: and the round tower kept
up brisk fire. We get our munitions
with difficulty. M
PARIS, Monday, Nov. 3.-Tho Mon.
iteur states that General Canrobert's re
nor. Of tho goth says that all were full
Of confidence as to tho result.
Additional accounts to the 25th state
that some English engineer employed
at sevas,opol, had mado their escape
and reported tho town filed with dcae
left unburied, and that provision were
becoming very scarce.
A second dispatch from the same cor
respondent is as folloss:-oAicial de
spatches, dated the 25th Of October, fo
tho English, French, and Austrian Gov
ernmen,s, which have boon received
here, show that the siege Of SevastopoI
is progressing favorabIy. They men
ton frequent rccontres, but say nothing
Of Lprandi's victory, The Englisl
steamer, The Trent. which loft Seyasto
mol on tho 25th, arrived at Varna on thu
eyeping of the goth. The bombard
ment was continued without Interrupt
ton and with the greatest vigor. Thu
sbesiegers had directed some guns agcins
THE gates of tho city. Sevastopol wa
encountered with tho dead and wound
cd. A fire broke out in tho town Of
tho morning of the 23d, and was burn
ing when tho steamer loft. Frcqucn
conflicts occurred between the cnom.
and tho English covering tho troops a
lnkermann.
The Latest by Telegraph.