The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-12-06

mined to leave the place a ruin Tht
] women and children may probably have
been ssut over to the northern side. Il
is to be hoped that they may BE placed
in safety before the final assault, fol
such is the obstinacy Of the defence thai
the rage of the soldiers is being reused
and assuredly the Zouaves aud other
African regiments will display no small
ferocity when heplace is sacked.
FRESH rRooPs NEsDED-SrSE THOUSAND
DEAD WITHIN EIGHT WEEKS.
The allies are nc doubt IN. want OF
fresh troops. The effective British force
is not more than 10000, SO great has
been the void made by battle and disease.
No less that 5000 men are dead or
horS de combat in tho last eight weeks.
More Turkish troops are being sent up i;
to-day the Golden FZecce arrived here
from Volo, with 1000 troops, who are
engaged in opposing the Greek Invasion.
But it could be wished that reinforce
ments of better class could arrive
from Portsmouth or Marseillcs
HORRIBLE SCENES WITHIN sEBAsroPoL.
We have advices from Sebastopol to
the 25th. yFoInea and children are
said to be lying unburied in the streets !;
everything is neglected in ORDER to keep
up the defence. The Russians are con-
strueting another liao of works behind
their present ones they have plenty of
guns and ammunition.
DEATHS IN THE ERE IsH ARMY 80 PER DAY /
The British effective infantry is now
about 1000, the French 35 900, the
Turks 1I000 The artiherymen are
being worn out by incassant toll The
are IL hours out of the 24 in trenches
instead of the usual s. The loss of eff.
fectiye: strength from sickness aud
WOUND !, ,amounts, in the British force, to
about so a day.
THE LAND AND SEA FIGHT on THE lzTH.
On the morning Of the 18th, when the
cannonade opened, it vas Intended to
storm the works during the day, should
the effect of tie shot aud shell On the
Russians render theplsn possible. 0le
part of the scheme was, that the fleets
should attack the great batteries at the
mouth of the bay, so as to make aidver
sion and draw certain number of the
Russian artillerymen from their guRs.
THE RUSSIANS GAIN AN ADVANTAGE.
The canponado commenced az 7. q. m,
and all went well until some of the
French works, were eufIadcd by
Russians, and that the latter were
able to keep up a much stronger
fire than was at first supposed The
terrible explosion which took place OH
the left of the French line threw every
thing into confusion aad many of their
guns were dismounted, and though the
s1sss=aAoi1Lespt=.l4.e- %
men, yet the discouragenent produced
seems to have been very Great
THE FRENCH BATTE:I':E s1LENcED.
The main features Of the action for
the next few hours were, vigorous fire
on the part of the British, returned By
one equally obstinate from the Russian
works, while the French were only firing
occasional shots along part of their line,
and in some places their batteries were
siIenced altogether. AbopLsffd day the
fleets stood in to engrge the batteries at
the mouth of the bay.
BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND |
FRENCH
1t is said that some disagreement took |
place between the French and British
and that Admiral Dundas
gave in to the views of his French col !
league, whose plan was adapted ut all |
events the French went in and engaged |
the batteries on their right. The fire
IF their vessels was as effecti-e as co I'D /
be expected, ard in better circumstances
The combined fleets might have won an
easy victory,
4e. TIE BRITISH.
The British line was anchored along
the left point of the eurtance, at dig
lance of about 600 yards. The Aga-
7reQploB poured in an incessant fire on
Fort Constantine, and at about clock
i loud explosion took place inside, which
40 doubt oceasioned great damage, for /
,he Russian fire slackened co colsidcrablsAl.
for nearly half an hour. Il
THE TURKS
The Sphinx, newly arrived frouIfFe
Baltic, went in firing her long fore and
lft guns at Fort Constantine with cQn-
'it' cradle effect, for the enemy took
especial pains to be rid of her, and the
ihots which fell around her kept the sea
in continual foam. Two or three Turk
sh sail of the line also stood in and fred
1t the batteries on the Constantine side.
Their practice was not bad.
i qINEFFEcrUAL cANNoSADING.
The water in the neighborhood of the
works ON each side. is shoal, and it is
for even frigate to run in
loser than from 500 to l,0p0sJards At
uch distance the action of shot upon
tone walls Is oaly tFifiug. The couse-
uence was that although the enemy were
several times driven from their guns, of
which not a few were disnounted, yet
he damage done to the works which
,uard the entrance to Sebastopol was
extremely small .r
TIE RUSSIAN GUNEERs@
The precise loss of the French is not
-et learned. The Vlkle de Paris engaged
he Quarantine Battery, and after an
lour's firing the Russian gunners were
Iriven off; they, however, returned
hortly afterwards and renewed the
ight. At about three o'cloc.; they seem
o. have begun TO open With red hot
hot Some time after this a shell came
nto the TlLkc De Parts, and blew away
great part of her poop deck, killing and
considerable number of men.
THE ALLIES RETIRE, /
At about there O'Clock the Russians
lad opened with red hot shot, and it was
rom. this that the chief damage arose,
S many of the ships were on FIRE three
II four times. Finding there was no