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

cuDs, In the streets, in private circles, the deeds
va'or ana the fearful loss Of life arc the sole q
. sotoins topic. enclose you graphic account
this terrible battle. 5000 English for mapv hon
Aept oo,ooo Russians at bay in q hand to ha,
ngnt. Thrice did the dense masses OF Russa
infantry charge the English at the point Of the
and thrice were they driven back BY the Guard, Eo,
thousand French decided the victory and the Russian
were completely routed. On knoll two Grand Dukes
RUSSIA Witnessed the battle Regiment after regimen
was ordered up by them, in vain The Russians va,
convinced that with such superior numbers they oI
have crushed the small army OF the allies and raie
the siege. They were mistaken; but the moment was
crcal one Such victories equivalent almost to de
'ea' 70 the English. The Russians may fall by thou
hos' other thousands will replace them We have no
the men, The siege of Sebasopol may be regarded M
abandoned but suspended until large reinforcement
arrive. council Of war; held after the battle. an
presided over by Lord Raglan was decided to winter n
he Crmea Strong fortified works are benr construct
ea al round the allied camps, and the allies are a, the
| present moment on the defensive They are In in Il
oesiegers and besiegsd The French followed tho av;n
hussians that made scrte into the town of seba.to
pol out were compelled to retreat a. they could mot
nave held footing. Their commander General da
Lourmei, was killed Canrobert says he can enter
'he Town whenever he likes but, as at SarraRossa
VIII be fight from house house. and street to street
Qr.
ved 70 occupy the Russian army outside the siege
cannot attempt to hold sebastopol Lord Raglan .st
mates the less Of the Russians in men hors da coh.
on this bloody day The fighting was 40 close
That many OF the men used the butt ends of their
kets as clubs 1t the Russians had orders to rive
no quarter as they were observed ayoneting and stab
oing every wounded man they saw on the ground 4
Russian major caught in the act stabbing the wounded
men on the ground will be tried by court martial fac
OF truce was sent In to Menschko to know whether or
aers ior no quarter were really given 1t will be "war
10 the knie The fleets have been idle since tho 17tb M
October VI
Lord Raglans Official list Of killed and wounded a. tho
oth November is Is follows-43 officers 80 serueants
drummers, 3S3 rank and file killed. 10a osBcar 100 ~,
geants IL drummers, 7lO rank Ale wounded; Of
hcer, sergeans l9l rank and file missing Seven Emo
hsn generals are Aors de combat of whom are dead viz
Cathcart Strangways, and Goldie
hagan mas been raised to the rank of Field Marshal
ne was everywhere Canrobert In the hottest Of
the fight Their escape is miraculous Canrobert was
slightly wounded The loss Of the French was 7os
killed and wounded
ihe petersburg Gonete gives the Russian loss at 9sl
eu anu o,'sl wounded The Russians however fonnd |
dead on the field 5000 80 the statement Il nm.
derrated.
We learn by way of Warsaw that up to the 1sth No.
France is sending out ten more active divs;on. =; al
haste and two French divisions will it is said be ;mme
a'eiy sent into the Danuban Princpaes to act with
Dmer Pacha and give the Russians something to do m
mo truth The inactivity of the troops in that quarter
IS nexplicable.
The position of Austria and Prussia toward. ..oh |
'ther and towards the Western Powers remaIns exac,
he same '~"'''
ne N'ng OF frusaia will open the Prussian Chambers
bravery in the aeld .erit for
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 So many families
are in mourning that 1t would be out Of place Yet the
war 10 wonderfully popular, and recruits are more nu-
merous than ever. Half Of London exquisites and
dandes have proved the field Of Alma, thath they
are very particular about hid gloves and glazed boots In
HYDE park they can rough it like the rest in the Crmea
and this example has the most wonderful effect upon
troops.
The French express the highest admiration for the
solidity, Of our men, whilst men are charmed at
the dsshing impetuous 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