The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-11-22
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The royal mail steamship Asia ar
rived at this port this morning, bring
ing three days later intelligence from
Europe, having left Liverpool ON Sa-
lurlay. November a.
The commercial aud war news is very
interesting.
Intelligence has been received that
a great battle had taken place between
the Russians and allies at Balaklavs.
Thirty thousand Russians. il is stat
ed, have attacked and taken the forts
at Balaklava, but that in the end the
allies remained masters Of the field.
The siege of Sebastopol is progress
ing favorably. Two Russian ships have
been destroyed in the harbor. The
quarantine battery silenced--the bas-
ton Of Fort Constantine damaged by
the explosion Of the magazine.
The Russian dispatches say that the
allies had suffered two several defeats,
viz: The French had had their works
destroyed and sixteen guns spiked,
aud the English cavalry we're attacked
by Menschikotf' at Balaklava and rout-
cd. with loss Of Ave hundred horses.
In the recent attacks upon the forts
at the mouth Of Sebastopol, the vessels
Of the allies were much damaged. The
British were said to be within three
hundred Yards of the Russian works.
The French works were not strong
enough, and had been much injured.
A dcserter stated that the Russian loss
was very great. The French division
from Pirans, passed the Bosphorus as
reinforcement to the besieging army.
The following telegraphic dispatch
was received at the Foreign Office.
from lord Radcliffe, just before the
departure Of the Asia:
Constantinople, Oct. 2s, Midnight.
The captain 81 the English Steamer
Transport. which left BaIaklava ON the
evening of the Goth, confirms the great
er part Of the information brought this
morning by the French ship. 1t APP
pears, by his account, that the RUS
slams attacked the forts in the vicinity
Of Balaklava ON the 18th, their num-
Der being about thirty thousand--thc
attack was unexpected. The Cossacks
preceded the infantry. To resist them
at first, we sent cut the 0ttumans and
Scotch. The Turks gave way, and
left the guns, which being seized by.
the Russians, were turnedagainst them.
The Scotch, however, remained firm
until other forces arrived, when the
Russians were obliged to yield. The
Russians, nevertheless, remained mas
tcrs Of the two forts, from which they
continued TO fire on the allies. Three
regiments Of the English light infantry
suffered immensely. The French took
part in the affair with admirable brave
~. The next day this position was
attacked as well from the side of the
Zurl as from i3alaklava, by eight thou
sand Russians, nha we're repuIsed with
great slaughter; their loss must have
been very great.
1t is affirmed that The fire of the bat
teries Of the town at Sebastopul had
been much slackened, and according
To the reports of wounded officers. some
of whum have arrived, the belief con-
tlnaed that Scbastopol would soon be
10 the hands of the allies.
Up to the 25th Of October the siege
and bombardmeBt of Sebastopul was
going on regularly and with success.
The loss of life in Sebastopol is so
great that the air is said 10 be tainted
BY the number vi the unburicd dead.