The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-14

Dattle OF nkermAnn tnat notplnG spoken
clubs, in the streets in private circles the deeds
valor and the fearful loss OF life the sole sb
sorbing topic. enclose you q graphic account o
this terrible battle. 5000 English for many hour
kept $4,000 Russians at bay In q hand to hand
| fight. Thrice did the dense of Russian
infantry charge the English at the point OF the bayonet
and thrice they driven back by the Guards -Four
thousand French decided the victory and the Russians
completely routed On knoll two Grand Dukes OF
Russia witnessed the battle Regiment after regiment
ordered up by them, in vain. The Russians were
convinced that with such superior numbers they would
have crushed the small army OF the allies, and raised
the siege. They were mistaken but the moment was
critical Such victories equivalent almost de-
feat to the English. The Russians may fall by thou.
sands; other Thousands will replace them We have not
the men, The siege of Sebastopo may be regarded not
abandoned but suspended until large rcinforcements
arrive At council Of war, held after the battle AMI
presided by Lord Raglan it decided to winter in
the Crmea Strong fortified works being construct
ed all round the allied camps and the allies al the
present moment on the defensive They are In IA II,
besegers and besegsd The French followed the flying
Russians that made sortic into the town of Sebasto
pol but compelled to retreat a. they could not
have held footing. Their commander, General de
Lourmel, was killed Canrobert says he can enter
the town whenever he likes but, as at Sarragossa,
it will be fight from house to house. and street.
and until endorsements in sufficient numbers have ar
rived to occupy the Russian army outside the siege corps
cannot attempt to hold Sebastopo Lord Raglan esti-
mates the less of the Russians In de combat
at 900 this bloody day The fighting close
that many Of the used the butt ends Of their
kets clubs It the Russians had orders to give
no quarter as they observed bayonetng and stab
bling every wounded man they the ground. A
Russian major caught in the act Of sabbng the wounded
men the ground will be tried by court martial. flag
Of truce sent in to Menschiko to know whether
ders for quarter really given 1t will be ''war
to the kne The fleets have been idle since the 18th of
October.
Lord Raglans official list of killed and wounded the
9Th Move is - folows43 officers, 80 sergeants,
drummers 1888 rank and file killed; 1903 officers, 122
geants, II drummers ITO rank and Ale wounded Of
hcer sergeants, lel rank and file missing Seven Eng
sh generals Aors de combat Of whom are dead, viz
Cathcart strangways, and Golde.
Raglan has been raised to the rank Of Field Marshal
He everywhere; was Canrobert in the hottest
the fight Their escape is miraculous. Canrobert wa
slightly wounded The loss of the French was /, 72t
| killed and wounded
The Petersburg Gdzeste gives the Russian loss at 98l
killed and 5,791 wounded. The Russians, however fonnd
dead the field 5000, the statement is un-
derrated
We learn by way of Warsaw that up to the 18th Nov
| no new battle had taken place
France is sending out ten active divisions in all
haste and two French divisions will it is said, be mme
datey sent into the Danubian Princpates to act with
Omer Pacha and give the Russians something to do
tho Pruth The inactivity of the troops in that quarter
| is inexplcable.
The position OF Austria and Prussia towards each
other and towards the Western Powers remains exactly
| the same.
The King of Prussia will open the Prussan Chambers
in person the 3Oth November
friend OF mine who present at the battle
nkermann picked two orders which had been struck
off Russian officer and has sent them to Curiousy
enough they both Prussian orders Of merit for
| bravery in the field
! The bombardment of Petropolowski, by the Pacific
squadron has been read you may well fancy, with
! great interest here.
As you may imagine, there is not much
| gaiety in London just now. So many families
in mourning that it would be out Of place Yet the
war Is wonderfully popular and recruits more
merous than Half Of our London exquisites and
handles have proved the field of Alma that they
very particular about kid gloves and glazed boots in
Hydepark they rough it like the rest in the Crmes
and this example has the most wonderful effect upon
troops.
The French express the highest admiration for the
" solidity' Of men, whilst charmed at
the dashing mpetuous onslaught Of the French They
charged the Russians, says correspondent, with the
| light of battle their faces.
There has not been much activity this week in the
market for United States securities and prices continue
without much alteration. Messrs. Bell Son give the
| current quotations as under -