The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-21

From the Calsna Jelfersonian.
Four Days Later from Europe.
Arrival OF the Union-Seige OF sebastopol
cOntinued-Particulars Of the Battle Of
Nov. 5The Allied Armies I'm the Grim.
ea-Their Position and Success.
The War News brought by the U. s. Mail
steamship Union, brings dates from the Crimea
down to the 9Th of November, to which time
no important and decisive battles had been
fought, nor important changes taken place in
the relative position of the contending armies
In the absence of any other exciting topic of
general interest, perhaps short history of the
success of the Allies in the Crimea, and of the
city and Notifications they propose taking, may
not be uninteresting to our readers, inasmuch
as we now have the official statements of the
several commanders, and do not rely upon Cru
NOR" for what we assert
The Crimes is peninsula of Russia in Eu-
rope, with an area of about $4,000 square
miles, united to the main land by an isthmus
of about FIVE miles wide, but every where else
surrounded by the Black Sea- The country
between Balaklava, where the allies communi-
cate with their feet, and Sevastopol, is q level
plain, and the soil around SevastOpOl is ex-
tremely rocky.
On receiving intelligence Of the approach of
the allied fleet to the Crimea, (September 49,
the Russian commander gave orders for the
concentration of his forces on the Alma. In
| the meantime the Allies effected landing, and
for several days remained without important
movements preparing, for the attack on the
Russian army. They reconnoitred its position
on the 10Th, and on the goth, the memorable
battle of the Alma was fought, the result of
which our readers arc already advised. The
Russian commander, Menschikoff, in commu-
nicating to the Emperor his official statement
of the battle says -" After an obstinate con-
test, my troops were obliged to yield to supe-
riOr numbers, and gave way, but the Allies
scarcely pursued U.S." The Russians fought
with the utmost courage and bravery and
when they retired from the field, they left in
good order, leaving 5000 of their men behind,
either killed or wounded. The struggle was
short one; and the victory was bought at the
price of the blood of some of the bravest and
best officers and soldiers of the Allied army
The Russians, in their retreat, marched d.
rcctly towards Sevastopol crossing the Kats-
cha and Balbeck Rivers, taking position by
the bridge of lnkerman, south OF the city. -
The allies in the meantime crossed the two riv-
ers named, and took up their position to the
north of the city. The Russian official account
states, that Menschikof seeing that the al
lies could establish communication with the
heart of the empire, resolved ito prevent re-
suit so disastrous. Leaving at Sevastopol eight
battalliOns as a reserve, with the sailors of the
fleet he left the city in the night with the
greater portion of his troops and all his artil-
lery, crossed the Tehernaya, assembled the
mountain near the M'Kenzie Farm, marching
all night, arrived safely at the Belback." On
the 26th, after halt of "a hours, on the banks
of this river, Menschikoff continued his move
ment as far as the Katscha, and cncamped be-
fore Bakshisorai. He awaited here the arri-
val of provisions and endorsements from Pc
rekop and kertch The allies, in the mean
time, changed their position from the north
side of Sevastopol to the south of it, and in
making this change, the advanced guard ar
rived near the M'Kenzie Farm, (morning of
Sept. 25) just in season to fall upon the Rus
sian rear, as it was moving from south to north,
and captured a portion of their baggage and
gun carriages. The allied army continued its
march to the south, and established its position
on the heights of Balaklava. They received
their artillery and baggage from the feet, and
occupy the country south of the river Tehern-
ava. This leaves an open communication on
the north of Sevastopol with the country.
But when MenschikOff learned of this move
ment, Sept. 28th) he returned with his main
force, and established himself between the riv-
err Belbeck and the bay of Sevastopol, occu-
plying the mountain slope towards Inherman.
A portion of his troops were brought back in
to ScvastOpol to reinforce the garrison, and
measures taken for an obstinate defence of the
place. and many old vessels sunk at the en-
trance of the harbor, in order to close it against
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menced the siege of Sevastopol, on the same
ground left by Menschikoff only few days
before. For three weeks the two armies re-
manned without important changes, the allies
preparing to attack Sevastopol, and the Rus
slams employing themselves most diligently 10
defend it.
The allied army, as it lays before Sevastopol,
consists of two divisions, - the English army
on the right, nearest to Inherman, where the
Russian left is, and the French army is on the
left, the Turks being reserved to act with ei-
Their division, as circumstances might require.
The allied forces, from their position, could see
the communications between the divisions of
the Russian army, and on the second, General
Canrobert says from five to six thousand Rus
sian troops were seen escorting a number of
vehicles which left town )" towards noon the
outposts reported the Russians to be advanc-
ing, but it proved to be the escort on its re-
turn to Sevastopol. During the whole period
Menschikoff seems to have gone in and out of
the city at his pleasure, and as circumstances
required.
On the 10th of October, the preparations
concluded, the part of the allico, for
the attack on the town. We copy from Gen.
Canrobert's official report =" 1t was % :ided
L. r Al r
commence everywhere the next morning at
half past six, on signal of three shells, fired
one after the other from the French battery
No. 3; that the ships of the line of the two
fleets should take up position at the same
moment. and omen their fire against the quar-