Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1854-11-18
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ARSIvAL OF THE lrEAar
"A . i A.
sAaxp nshting hstwssa TIA Alliss anA n
Russians.
NEW YORK ELECTION.
New YoRE, Nov, l6 s.,

i The Asin left L,verpool nj N o'clock on
,he morning o. the 4th inst, and reached
i her dock shortly after 8 this a.. M. She
brinus lad passenger. At2 A. M, of the
4 9th. She passed the steamer Europa, same
II NIGHT passed the Pacific.
The following despatch was received at
the Foreign Office from Lord S,ratford De
Radcliffe. inst before the departure OF the
j Asia:
.CoNsrAxTrNopLE 2Sth, midnight.
/ aThe report of the English steamer Trans
mort. which left Bal,kaya on the evening Of
4 the Goth, confirms, in great part, the in
| formation brought this morning by the
I French ships ltapRears that TIE Russians
| attacked the ports in the vicinity OF Balaka-
va on the 25th. Their numbers being about
10000. The attack was unexpected. The
! Turks gave way and even lett their guns,
which were seized by the Russians ana
were turned against them The Scotch re-
formed in their position, and other forces
arriving, the Russians we're obliged to yield.
| They remained, however, masters oil the
i posts from which they fired upon the allies.
Three regiments Of English Light Cavalry
exposed to the Russian fire suffered i'm
mense'y. The F,cnch took part in the az
i fairs with admirable bravery. The next day
their position was attacked by body OF 81
900 Russians from, the side Of the town OF
Balakava. They repulsed The enemy with
great slaughter. The Russian loss must
have been very severe. It was affirmed
that the fire ofthe batteries OF the town had
much Stacked and according to the reports
of the wounded officers, the belief continu-
ed that Sebastopol would soon be in the
hands Of the allies. Among the names of
the killed and wounded are none of the gen.
cra officers"
"STRATFoRD De REpcLrrEE."
The siege and bomb,rdnant or Seh.s,,.
mol was going on wi,b recuIor;,v and Gus
cess. The Ioss nj life ,,as 90 :, 10
i town tina, the air wac said n be t,;n,ed hv
the number of unhur;ed dad Adm;ra,
Kapakoif had been killed BY a she'll. The
loss of the allies was small and Lord Rag.
Ian was undoubtedly favorable to a prolong-
ed bombardment in preferences to nm imme.
date assault. The Weimess publishes the
following:
| SARABiA. Oct. 2o.-On the 25th, Gen.
Leprandis attacked the detached camp OF
the allies and took four redoubts which
protected their position. The assailants
took j guns at the same So powerful
was the attack that the English probably
lost half Of their cavalry.
| Lord nareligan who commanded escaped
with difficulty. Lord Dunklin was takeE
prisoner.
GreeR accounts from Asa confirm this
anu say tna'5 tne Enghsh cavalry lost 500
men. IL Is certain that The Russians have
received considerable re'niorcements to
''e,r s'sehstn, and stronger corps was ex-
Peetea from rereskoH.
-. Tue recent a.tack upon tue post al tne
liz. wer. n,,.b i.n,,aad rSa me IT,, az;
were said n he within 9oo v,rds 10" ~ , .,,a
onon,;a-..L 49, no'" 'ne
not strong enough. and had been mncb il.
lure. deserter states that the Russian
loss was very Great.
The French division; at the Pirse,,s had
passed the Bosphorus as q reinforcement. %
the allies.
Mensclikoff r,ported officially the Rms.
sian loss al Alma. 400.
From ENGLAND there is ma local pews of
Importance.
The PeniSsular and Oriental Steamship
Comnanv IN view Of the late Arctic cal,mity
have issued the mos, STRINGENT REGULATIONS
for the Guidance Of their vessels IN foys.
smith O,Brien returned IN The las, Indian
mail steamer. and left il =, (;ibraIter He
will probablv take nm his residence in Jt.Iv
or France ,,S',',,'',
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I ~ LAloo ~, hi,Denn'ston ~ 20,
a"u '''os' o'hefs rePor'ed nihrket dull IN me
e pa.a u tno VICE., put II ciosed win
an l'nPrSveu demand AZ decline however,
Drrpo,r Nov ,e
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