Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-10-21
Reported captuIc of sebastopol.
From the London Times Of Oct oI,er J


/ hour no official Information has been received 10
/ confirm this important intelligence. II II had
! been true that steamer conveying the ufws al
This event to Constantinoplc was met outside the
/ Bo-phorns by another vessel which brought the
/ intelligence to Naruu. an official communication
would Mt once have deem dispatched by land from
Consantnople 10 Belgrade, which would pr 'ba
/ bly, have reached this country by this time. We
a,o know that the Banshcc aud the Caradoe,
two Of the fastest despatch boats IN the navy,
were in attendance the fleet of the Crlmea,
aud TINT upon the occurrence Of any decisive
event, such the fall of Srbastopol, one Of them
would be Immediately dispatched to Mor,eillcs
direct and would reach that port in five or at
most SIX days. The communication by telegraph
from Marseilles to Paris and London Is IN
Simultaneous. IT, thereiorc,the place had nctnaI-
" fallen ON Monday, the 25th, now eight days
ago. should probably have learned the occur
renee hy this route also. On the other hand,the
intelligence with which the Turkish Minister
has favored us is most explicit. 1t bears all the
stamp ol authenticity, aHd - slngularly confirm
ed in its statement .. the loss IN men and guns
| by that which has reached rs from Paris and
Nienna II, therefore, ia the absence OF precise
official information, we entertain SOME doabt rs
to the complete realization of our utmost hopes
ON the 18th. can feel none that this intelligen-
&c will speedily be confirmed, and that. long be-
fore the prese I time, Schastopol has ceased 10
be n stronghold of the Russian empire.
Marshal st. Arnaud, in his brief despatch of
the Goth. from the bvouac of the ma,descrlbes
the course Of TINT river almost in the sumo terms
viii h we had employee in examining the scene
of these operations before they took place. The
| channel OF the Alma is woody ravine studded
/ with houses, and having steep slopes ON the lett
bunk, which were strongly intrrnched and COY
cred by heavy guns In front, that river could
only be pissed at three points. Nevertheless
! these formidable positions were stormed by the
Il. aud to
/ success. and the enemy compelled to retreat.
We have received reports, though still ST n
/ vague and uncertain G. aractcr, subsequent en-
/ counters with the enemy ON the 22d and 23d,and
! ii j. highly probable that the Allied armies follow
/ ed up their victory by advancing to the katcha
and the Bebeck as fast as circumstances would
/ permit. The want o, cavalry in the French and
! English armies, and indeed the probable superi
ority of the Russians in that arm, would render
/ IL less cnsy for them to hnrrasS the retreat OF
beaten army and to complete its distinctions but
it may be presumed that, if the Russians made
any attempt to take up fresh position ON such
dciensible points a. might be found between the
! Allies and the fortress of SrhHSthpol, they were
rapidly di-oged aad pursued without delay 10
! their chief retreat:
Seba>topol. as il is represented to Us in the
numerous plans which have been produced for
thSoccasion, i not one of those places fortified
to such degree by human nature and art that
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