Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-28

outside the walls, constructed by the Russians
with great care and skill. These wore trenches
dug In the earth, the top Of them being lsve
with the surface. It was against these terri
bic works that the allies had been alone con
tending up to the Canada's news. From then
the Russians had checked the allies taker
some of the French redoubts, destroyed tbs
English light cavalry, 30.
The Canada's news told of . combined at
tack both BY sea and land, in which the allies
were most clearly worsted and discounted
Menschikof sank hulks, not ships-of-war a,
origin ally represented-of the mouth of the
harbor. This prevented the allied feet from
getting within two miles of the city, but per
mitted them to approach near enough to the
Qualifications protecting the entrance of the
harbor, to enable the latter to pour red no,
shot into the attacking vessels. With those
in the combined attack (by sea and land) the
fleets were disabled. They effected absolutely
nothing, and were only saved from being
sunk and burned by hauling off, alleging that
the disasters sustained on the land side caused
them to retreat
Thus did affairs stand previous to the Battles
arrival; the allies not having up to that time
sven regularly attacked the Notifications pro.
per of the city, but contending until then, for
the most part, only with the extra and irregu.
lar Notifications outside the walls The dam.
age they had done inside the walls was GER
tainly very triAing. 1t was done altogether
with shells, and thus could not have been very
serious. The Canada also brought us news
of the various attacks of Menschikoff upon the
rear Of the allies, with success greater OF less
in every case.
The Baltic's news tells tho tale of the prog
ress Of the affair for three days later. The
sum of her news is, that Menschikoff had re-.
ceived large reinforcements-had again at.
tackled the rear of the allies, killing five thou
sand of them, with loss of eight thousand OF
his side. The English had previously lost
nine thousand, in four weeks, in the Crimea
They were thirty thousand strong at Varna.
Since reaching Varna they have lost fourteen
thousand, officers and men-nine thousand, az
before remarked, since landing in the Crimea.
The French loss has been in proportion. The
ends the allies have in view are too great for
their force there. So, instead of three reliefs
their troops are divided into two only Thus
the men are twelve hours in the trenches. in
stead of eight hours. The other twelve of the
twenty-four they must take their places, with
musket in hand to defend those in the trenches.
They must sleep full armed, thsrefore-stand
under the burning sun all day, and sleep un
covered in tho heavy and cold dews of the
Crimea at night. Having no properly sup
piled commissariat, and holding no ground
except what is just under their feet, they ar
fed only with salt pork, though the country
around them groans with cattle
and everything else they want In the way of
provisions. Thus situated, the reader will see
at a glance why the cholera and the dysente-
~ are destroying them almost a. fast as the
Russian guns.
As far as We can judge Of the precise state of
matters there, when the latest news the Baltic
brings left the Crimea, the main fortiics atoms
Of the city had not been attacked. Such is
the opinion of most of the military men with
whom We have conversed on the subject. It
was known that immense reinforcements were
constantly arriving for Menschikoff, while it
was utterly impossible that the allies could
be reinforced as fast as was requisite to render
their success certain. Their hope was that bv
another days desperate fighting they could
get into the city. Suppose they succeed :?
They will then be at the mercy of the Russians,
as from the fort on the north side of the river.
which completely commands the whole CITY.
it may be fred with red hot shot in fifteen
minutes in dozen places, and they would
also still have Menschikof in terrible force in
their rear
These facts are sufficient to show that tho
allies are indeed in a tight place in the
Crimea. The mortality among tho English
officers has been terrible filling the houses of
the aristocracy with mourning
-Four Fabricat1ons Nailed.-1he New York
Herald speaks falsely, as usual, when it says
that Mr.. Buchanan has spoken or written of Mr..
Sickles, his Secretary of Legation, but in the