Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-01-05
I.TEsT NEWS BY THE NAILS.
!. recent Terrible Disaster to the Turkish


F'ns Fleet.
REQUESTING the reader to bear in mind that all
|, accounts of the massacre-for 1t can scarce
H. called a bait Elm the harbor OF Sinope, have
mo through Russian sources. we proceed Ia
..a as connected narrative of the occurren-
/ as the imperfect information yet received
m hermit Although called Turkish defeat,
| q Intelligence before us describes the .'deieat'
/. more glorious to the Turks than their victory,
4 twenty -one ships over fourteen, is to the Rus
ans.
The harbor of Sinope is not strongly fortified.
ormerly is was the principal naval establish
entef Turkey, but of late the arsenal has been
| ,nsferred to Constantnople, and single bat
I ~ on the little fort at Boze Tepe, now consti-
les the whole defense of the port.
| On the Both Now, the fleet of Admiral Nachi-
If. that had been sent expressly to look for the
1 arkish flotilla which was conveying reinforce
ants 10 the army ON the east coast OF the Black
| "a. appeared off the roads of Sinope, where the
&,rkish ships, under O.man Bey, were at anchor
inr been driven to anchorage there day or
.nreviouslv by stress of weather. Nachimof' S
nadron consisted of twenty -four sail, of which
we're line of battle ships. Finding there was
| holm but fight or surrender, Osman bravey
.aw his own and some other of his ships across
entrance to the harbor, and attempted to keep
Russians at bay while the transports hasten
,oland their men and stores. From the con-
Lod position in which his ships were, he labored
,raat disadvantage. The Turks had to sus-
the fire of over 600 Russians guns, and
,ld not bring more than 200 to play against
Notwithstanding this fearful Odds the Turks
40 no proposal to surrender, but kept up their
until one after another of their ships sunk or
- nm. Astonishing to relate, they managed to
and burn no less than seven of the enemy.
tho last Osman refused to strike his flag, but
t;nued to blaze away from his shattered ship
tSe Rus sian steamers that were towing it to-
rds Sebastopol. A; length he was taken,
,nded. on board Nachimotfs ship, and his frig-
.nnk.. So, that of all the spoils of this ''bril-
, victory the Russians took into Sebastopol
few wounded men, but not a plank of a
rkish ship
Russian Account of the Battle of Sinope
he following bulletin was posted on the
lat Odessa on the 9Th of December.
The Russian fleet, under the Command of Adj
ii Nachimoff, has met in the Black Sea Tur-
and Egyptian fleet, composed of Ia ships
deckers, frigates, coyettes, together with two
mers of five hundred horse power, AMI two
RS of three hundred horse power. After
engagement, the following Turkish ships
y been destroyed and captured: One of 81
no name given: one CD guns, no name
N. one 50 guns, Nezrami Effend;one 30 guns,
tet Ali: one As guns, Nazim Fessim; one %
d Fess Mahmoud. Steamers 2 of 20 guns
& transports; do. British transport.
The engagement took place near Sinope.
thousand Turks have been killed and many
knprsoners. Osman Pasha, who was woun-
has also been taken prisoner. Several Off
both English and French, were on boad the
kish feet"
rom this bulletin it would appear that only
ii In Turkish ships were destroyed-two OF
transports. and efenceless-instead of the
r cen frigates previously announced. Also,
" if there were eighteen Turkish ships, seven
= have escaped. And further, the ''no name
- NJ of the two heaviest ships of ga and GO
looks suspciously like as if there had been
uch ships. The 5000 Turks reported to
d lied would have been a sufficient armament
On he eleven ships without the ''many' taken
tu ners. And as the Russians lost seven of
Al" own ships, including two ships of the line,
m, victory consists in surplus of four ships
's namely, three transports and 20 gun
VI, her. Even these they have not to show; and
ey had, they would not begin to pay for
% Rs to the Russian admirals ships, which had
buoyed up before it could reach Sebasto-
fsu 70 french ana TWO Ehgnsh Hisa'eS navy
to Snope, nominally with medical assis-
for the wounded.
It's mediatelv on the news of the disaster being
shed, on the Sd instant, at Constantinople,
innf bid diyan was held, at which all the foreign
rS tiers were present. The English and French
ksadors were strongly called upon to order
(mbined fleets into the Black Sea; but they
&C. nbassadors) requested an audience of the
J. G' and persuaded him that it would be bet
to send forward the whole feet, but only
ara two, to acquire more definite information.
,,. Fas agreed to.
@se widest excitement prevailed at Constan-
enh and it was expected that the whole feet
be ordered to proceed to the Black Sea
ebR Nth. Their mission there will be to pre-
hrther conflicts between Russian and Turk