The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-12-01

THE NEWS M THr AFRICA
OFrlcAL Acuocsrs os rwx rsrrrs o. ns. srH-w,
have already Published ~ the 10 hand Respecting
battle Of hs s q Soyen,bsr sscssng the following d.
spAich from Lord Raglan, uhish DELAYED b. inter
nupton Of ths telegraph wifrs between Bucharest and
Vienna anh enly rsosvc Ia Louaon midnight q h'
10th
-CASF Nov. 1.-The cnsray With Immense force attack.
% yesterday in the dawn % morning The right 81 the
English position before SshasiOpo which defend.
Cd by The second division and ibs brigade o. guards
Of the hrst light division the fourth division and part
Of The third and subsequently by he division q Cen
era BOsqnet aud other eorps III he French army which
BY their gallant conduct contributed essentially 20 the de-
cided Of the day General Csnros immediately
came 70 The spot snd The support u his assistance
and OF his excellent couuss The battle extremely
obstinate and i was not ti past that The enemy
definitely repuised aud iord 10 retreat leaving the Geld
of battle covered With his dead and several hundreds Of
prisoners The number Of tbs enemy much exceeded that
Russians have been Our losses have also been
very great General Sir George Brown, Major General
Bentnek Brigader Generals Adams Butler and Torrcns
have been wounded.
The conduct Of the troops in the ce Of an eneuy so
superior in numbers, has been excellent RAGLAN
\ Russian official letter says
The arrival Of the Grand Dukes produced such cnhu-
sasm la the ranks Of the that che General thought u
well to turn il TO Consequently the 5th the
garrison Of Sebastopo made two sortiesthe first AZ
o'clock in the afternoon against the English camp the
second at o'clock, against the French position The nf
fair with the English OF the most desperate kind and
is said that the Russians succeeded In psng their guns
On the side of the French fifteen guns also spiked by
the Russians who mustered three bataionA After the
ecuton of this bold attempt those hntiaons retired In oil
haste when French division that Of Gen Forey pursued
them with much yigor Carried away by iis ardor the
division arrived under the very walls Of the place IL
however, received with murderous tire. In
the Russians dashed against this division which
had fall back before superior force Nevertheless Gen
Lprand who had perceived The movement Of the French
believing that general attack made by the allies
detached part of the force Of bis corps against the
English for the purpose of efeeting diversion Prince
Menschiko his side surprised by the aggression OF
Gen. Lprand who had acted without his orders detached
TO his aid all the cavalry he could command There
then occurred most sanguinary and obstinate struggle
on both sides which prolonged until nghtfs Prince
Menschiko admits in his report loss OF 1000 killed
and wounded and he adds thai the loss OF the allies
at least equal According TO his report ~ GOO Rus
engaged in this affair Mcnschikof announces
that he about all his forces at Baks-
bisera Smpheropol and other places and he expresses
his hopes of decisive success He says the allies
duced 10000 men, notwithstanding the partial rein
forcements they have received
Admiral Nachmof, who reported dead has recov-
cred from his wounds and has resumed duty So az least
say Vienna letters
Gen. Gayrans CFrench) brigade from Greece and 1000
Zouaves from Africa had been met on the way to
Crimes, and ere this have joined Gen. Canrobert
BURNING OF THE RUSSIAN HOSPITAL, WITH THOUSAND
SICK AND WOUNDED
place. The great hospital in Sehastopol set on fire
by the shells Of the allies and burned to the ground
with all its inmates--two thousand sick aud wounded
This trghuul circumstance is passed quietly
possible in the English and French papers bur Il
the pointed attention. II may De remembered that
published English story % the effect that Menschi-
koE hosted the hospital dag nssszsna which ,bs
English directed their -t upon and blew up We fear the
building thus fred on really the hospital
Nov. 6.Accounts per ast steamer stated that the bat
tie was resumed the 9Th Probably the following de-
spatch, being the latest telegraph hand refers 70 that
engagement:
VIENNA, Nov. l5--Despaobes from Balakaya Of dats
18th have been received this evening according 10 which
another great battle has been fought The Russians ARE
said to have lost 5000 The loss Of The allies was aso
great, but they remained masters of the field
Nov. S-Despatches from Prince Memschikof announcp
that the operations of the siege continued aud that he al.
lies entrenchng themselves strongly the LEFT flank
of their position,
Sickness is on the increase in the allied camp The cold
very severe at night Severe weather had occurred at
sea turkish eightygun ship and frigate sunk in
gale.
NOVEMBER Official Russian news s.a vienna states
that from the 9Th TO the eth nothing OF importance had
Cured Sebasopo The allies terrifying their DO
son the left bank of the Tchernaya strongly as pos
sibe The Russians occupied the right bank. The bonn
bardmen of the city continued but the breaches al
WAYS repaired