Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-10-21
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Highly Important From Europe.
BATTLE AT SEBASTOPOL
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER!
THE ALLIES VICTORIOUS.


The Collins steamer Baltic arrived at New York on the
10Th inst and brings important intelligence from the seat
of war weexract the following from the Geographic des
patches to the New Orleans papers of Thursday.
There has been great battle at Sebastopol The allied
forces commenced operations by investing Fort Cronadt
by sea land After vigorous defence the fort was
carried by storm. The allies then begun the bombardment
of the city sebasopo and the Russian feet in the harbor
Ten ships of the line burned and sunk The other
forts about the city then carried after another,
mostly by Storm and eight hundred guns senced
The loss Of the Russians in sebastopo alone stated
IS 900 killed. Menschko with the remains of his shattered
forces retired to position in the Urer harbor where
held out threatening fire down and blow up remain
ing ships of his fleet unless the vctoTs should grant him
honorable terms of capituation. The allied Generals how
ever demanded unconditional surrender in the Of
humanity and gave Menschkof six hours for con-
slider ton.
DISPATCHES at the latest moment that Menschikof
had surrendered but the report not well authenticated
The entrenched camp of the Russians the heights bor
dering the river Alma, occupied by $4,000 troops con-
sistng of artillery and cavalry and was carried at the point
of the bayonet, after four hours fighting.
Not a single general officer of the British forces
wounded Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan commanded
in person. General Thomasson, of the French Army,
woundea-supposed fatally.
second engagement of sanguinary character had
taken place the plains of Kantac and lasting several
hours, resulted in the total defeat Of the Russians.
The dispatches received very contradictory Some
state that the garrison Sebasopo offered permission
retire. that they surrendered prisoners Of One
states that MenschkoT had eegraphed to St Peters
under of the Goth September that he had withdrawn
his troops from before Sebasopol unmolesed and
firing to Baktchik where he could await the arrival of rein
forcements
THE BALTIC FLKEr-A dispatch from Berlin states that
orders for the of the French fleet had been coun-
fernandez Admiral Napier before Revel with his fleet
on the 22d of September.
THE DANUBE-Dispatches from Bucharest, to the Goth
September state that there 1000 Rus ians in the
Dabrudsha under General Luders and that they
santly receiving reinforcemens. Omer Pacha is ony
waiting for oreIs nvte Bessaraba and attack Isma
All the arrangements of the Turkish army indicate go
winter campaign. The Russians concent ang their
forces in the neighborho of Isma expec alton of the
at ack Of Omer Pacha.
The detail of the battle at Seastopo not expected to
be we'd by the British Government before the 9Th inst
The Turkish army Fastening through Bn ara by forced
marches, on their route for the coast.
New YORK. Oct 17--The following additional item of
the European brought by the Baltic
The of the great battle The river Alma
received at London only eight hours after the departure Of
the Europa on the 30th September.
The Russian entertainments there stormed by tie
allied troops, with loss their side of $500 killed and
wounded. The Russian loss amounted to 5000.
Prince Napoleon is said to have conducted himself with
great galentry and had three horses shot under him
dispatches way of Vienna st te that Menschko had
surrendered the remaining vessels of the feet lying in the
harbor of Sebastopo Six ships Of this feet had previously
escaped from the port,
Dispatches from Ce.stantnope report the arrival there Of
French and three Russian generals all wounded and
he latter prisoners
EXPORTS OF GRAIN PROHIBITED The ST. Petersburg jour
nails publish decree of the Russian Government prohibiting
he expectation of grain from Russian ports to Austria
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