The daily union., 1854-11-26
FULL DETAILS OF THE FOREIGN NEwS.-PROG-
RESs OF THE WAR IN THE EAST.

By the arrival the steamship Hermann at New York.
we have full files of London papers to the 9Th instant
furnishing highly interesting details of the siege OF
Sebastopol-ony hitherto dered by the telegraph The
Canadas mails with advces the llth instant will not
reach Washington before this morning:
COMMANDMENT l7Tn
A stirring narrative by eys-seitness
The Albion and the Arethusa bold and undaunted en-
tered close TO the Wasp battery and had scarcely time TO
open their fire when cables with which they were
dashed severed by shot and they De
unmanageabe Just at the moment when ihey were
most exposed fire of the The Albion was
set ON fire three places and would have gone shore
as she was only five thoms of water had not the Cam
brn come up time her from destruction unfor
tunaiely not before she had lost IL men killed and 10
wounded The Arethusa although she suffered less in
men, having only killed and IA wounded, suffered even
The Rodney entered during the latter part of the action
close The forts and went shore the shoal running
from Cape Constantine Fortunately it was already
dusk and the Colombo at hand which got her of without
having suffered great injury Not with the Spite
full which was lashed to her She much damaged
that she was brought in in sinking state and could only
be kept aoat by the efforts OF the crew at the pumps
Like the Albion and the Arehusa the Trafalgar could
not long keep her place, rather she never took 1t up
properly, for the Rodney sent moorsom shell into the
of the Retribuon, to which the Trafalgar was
lashed burst in it, the mast went down. and both yes
sells unfit for action.
The Bellerophon may likewise be numbered among the
l-used together with the Sanspareil the rest although
without loss, escaped comparatively unhurt i
posed to hail Of shot and shell. Both she and the Fu-
rous which she ashed kept very good rocket
well-drected fly The admiral himself narrowly
escaped shell which burst on the poop.
che Sampson Terrible and Tribune advanced like esai-
ye. before the Agamemnon and Sanspare which formed
the main strength of this division These two after hav
ing tried range of their long pivot guns at the Wasp
battery steamed right down to the fort on Cape Consan-
tine the formidable casemated battery at the left Of the
trance Sebasopo and engaged it. There you could
them anchored the Agamemnon at 800 yards and the
Sanspare little behind enduring with mistaken firm
ness heaviest fire of the enemy and returning with
great vgor The situation of the two screw neofbattle
ships the critical possible exposed they were
to heavy cross fire. side from the northernmost
batteries running along the shore from the btsr fort in
side and the whole outward face of the fort Cape
Constantine For two hours they had to encounter the
whole fire the enemy that side alone when the Queen
having left her first anchorng place where the Turkish
flag ship had come in her way passed inside of the other
sailing line~obatte ships from the extreme right to the
left and came up alongside the heavily ypressed
steamers and drew off part of the enemys fire from them
movement which acknowledged by Admiral Lyons
hosng the signal Of Well done, Queen' 1t mar
velous sight to such immense vessel the Queen
passing the other liners inside Unfortunately, the respite
which she brought only momenary for being in but
six fathoms water she in danger OF going shore
unless she anchored while if she had anchored che would
have had to leave her anchors behind and perhaps
thing more for she had caught fire from red-h0 shot
she thus obliged toyied to the forza maggore, and
withdraw
The Sanspare owing to her unweldness and defects
in her propcng force which fails always when
cessay would have had hard fate had not the Shark
tiny little tug which attends the Sanspareil
planet does sun ackal its ongoue in and towed
her out was striking practical illustration the lion
and the mouse the little Shark help the colossal
Sansparei but at the same time was most gallant feat
ofseamanshp twas reported that Admiral Lyons sent in
the commander of the Shark with the word Go in you
will find there coffin your promotion"
bo'h the Aghmemhon ana oanspafeii were oDNged 10
leave buos for their anchors but they left slso heavy
marks of their presence the face Of the forts Both ships
did not quit their posts atil nghtfal for Admiral Lyons
, termined to be sunk rather than give in.
/ a mo-
spoken the day after the action The Turkish admiral sent
his TO Captain MITCHELL of the Queen for having
gone between his ship and the forts The of Capt
Mitchell was shat he considered him to do his duty best
who nearest to the enemy"
The loss of the fleet in men amounts to 46 killed and 268
wounded.
Now, you will wish know what gained by the
boabardment AS told you in my last letter. the bat
eries more than for few moments sienced
SO is difficult say whether this took place in
sequence of the injuries sustained only in order to let
the gums cool The day after the bombardmen the Samp
down TO what injury had been done TO the
forts. Well they look if they marked with the
smallpox but am afraid it is not ofa very dangerous
character except perhaps the northern face the Cape
Fort where of the angles two Of the PORTFOLIOS have
been thrown into but considerably larger There
is indeed current that they obliged to steady
part of the Cape Fort by but have not heard
of any ones having actually seen with his OWE eyes the
buttresses.
Here YOU have then the papsbe advantages and dsad
vantaes of the bombardment before you and you may
Judge whether the first are worth the second
The night before the bombardment boat with mufed
round and in that they could hear the people talk
and would have been able understand what they said
had they known their language Two small Russian steam
ers which likewise outside the sunken vessels when
the action began lying off the entrance bi mistook
the boat seems for Russian. According to the OBJ
made tbs depth of water is uncertain and
variable that large vessels could not enter beyond eight
thoms of water which scarcely brings them within 1900
or 1000 yards.
THE SIEGE OF sEBAsToPoI"
ENGLISH CAMP, October l8--The following graphic de-
rnf% %oo ftacku ic fha
spondent of the Morning Herald
= 1t was half-past g. The enemy had been quiet
for the few minutes both sides seemed preparing for
effort when suddenly volumes of smoke and flashes OF
fire broke out simultaneously from every part OF our
lines shot and shell screamed hoarsely through the
air. and with a rererberaon which seemed to shake both
heaven and EARTH attack Sebastopol commenced
Apparently neither surprised daunted the enemy
turned the discharge with double vigor and then both
English French Turks and Russians fell work at the
guns in right earnest The first vOley showed what
soul in either army has hitherto been certain ahouviz
the nature both of works and the enemy and
am sorry to say also showed that in earth
work batteries, thrown up since came here the Rus
SLAMS immensely ounumbered the allied lines. Not only
there extensive entertainments, mounting 25 and 30
heavy cannon, but every height and ridge guns of
heavy calibre placed in battery
have been informed that the extensive nature of their
works completely astonished generals and by
that have them all yet, for during
yesterday fresh frequently unmasked in places
totally unexpected 1t is needless to say that
ten minutes after the firing commenced both lins and
took place each the batteries had singled antag
onist The Lancaster gun fell to work upon the Round
Tower while the six and twogun batteries with side of
the Crown battery attacked its earthworks The Lancas-