Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-12-13
From EurOpe.

The steamer Union arrived at New York on
Saturday. bringing news from the Crmea up to
the I4Ih of November The boinbardment Of
Sebasiopol was progressing slowly, nothing de-
csive having been done. The Allies were
strengthening their position.
! The papers are filled with details of the battle
of the 9Th ult.. known as the battle Of lndemann.
/ The slaughter was great on both sides, the Rus
SLAMS getting the worst Of it. Gen CraDrobert,
commauder-in- chief of the French. forces. was
wounded. The English had IS officers killed and
! 96 wounded, 443 rank and filr killed, $50 woun-
led. and I56 missing. The French had one Cen
eral and "A officers Killed, and Il wounded. The
Russians are said 10 have fired On the wounded,
as well as those unhurt.
| The details of the battle and sor,ie on the Sd
nit. are given in The English papers. hey ere
ate much excitement in England as well as IN
France. Details of the soriIe state that wheW
Menschikoff attacked the allies in The rear. the
result was must disastrous 10 the allies. -Four
English generals were killed.
S.bastobu dates TO The 9Th state that the Al
lies are reinforced to the extent Of GOO daily
Strong Russian reintorcemenis are moving to-
wards Crimea and it is evident that the struggle
for Sebastopol will he maintained with all the
powers the contestants can muster Prince Ma
poleon is at Consiantincpe. having been ccmpell-
ed to leave the army on account oil continued bad
health. Fourteen Russian war steamers have
made a reconnaissance Of the Baltic as Tar as De-
eoe ithout encountering any aliird fleet IL IS
evident the allies were in most precarious con-
di,un, ard so weakened as 10 render an assault
on Sebasiopo an impossibiliiy. They bsye sal
fered very severely, more especially in officers
and the very best PARTON of their armies. Every
thing vas ready for an assault. but had been post
puned fDy he arrival OF reinforcemenis. :.
ord Palmerston is still in FRANCE, having dali,
" interviews with the Emperor. Rumor says
their conference has reference To Spain and Cuba
aud the American intentions in that quarter. u
is probable, however, that they find sufficient 10
consult about Of more direct importance 10 the al
lies.
The action of the 9Th of November, called TIVE
hattie of Inkerman, is shown by the details 10
have been bloody affair On both sides. The
less of The allies was tcnible-n0 less than 1--WE
Generals being killed. and six more wounded, with
us other prom inent officers killed, wounded and
missing They also admit the loss and disabling
of more than 1000 men. English and French
accounts put The Russian loss Al 5000, bDt they
themselves limit it to q 900. The combat ragged
with the utmost fury fur eight hours.
An intelligent correspondent states that there IS
still strong feeling prevalent that il would be far
more desirable to wait for the fall Of Seyastopul
from The regular course Of operations, since every
one npw anticipates that no amount ofsaughtefor
destruction TN the part of his own men will be
spared by Prince Menschikoffeven when resistance
except TOR The mere purpose of devastation. shall
h,ve becone altogether vain. From the spirit
evincpd b; the allied troops, however, it would
probably be very difficult Tor their Generals to de-
eide upon this more protracied course. Although
only 1900 men mere required to constitute the
4 ,c, division, no less than 5000 volunteers en-
10 led themselves the moment the intimaIcn WIS
gy.n of an attack being intended. In anticipation
of an assault Prince Menschkoff at the last dates.
had thrown an immt body Of infantry into the
town, while al the same time he was planning an
her sore and general onslaught. with the view
not only of prevention, but of driving the allies IN
ID the sea.