Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-12-01


which the enemy had suffered checked the pursuit.
They remained on the Alma, and our troops at mid.
night crossed the kalca. In this nansulmary conn
hat both parties suffered very considerably We had
], ,T62 men killed, 2,3l1 wuundcd, and lDJ received
contusons Fnrty-livc suprric: and snbaltcrn oll-
GERS among the killed, and among tile wounded
are generals kvitsiiI,ky, Sichckano' Go-nnoi, and
Kourliauoi, and ninrty-sx superior ANA suhaltcrn
officers The loss of the enemy Is not known with
anv certainty but according snme reports, il
exceeded ours hut under ANY circumstance, it Is la
possible that the obstinate attack ul Their ha;;hns,
under ih, shower u nnr shot and grape, has not cost
the Allies very dear
The following are The reports OF tho siege Of S.has
topo by Prince Mcnschjkof under date Of the Eth
and 18th:
October l1ru..-In the ni.ht "f the 18th the
my pierced rnhraSlrcs in their trenches, and this
morning at six O'Clock opened very nciivc hfc
against our batteries and lsti"ms which rrplc,! with
still ercatcr activity and with lnr success Towards
noon the pieces placed ;i:r lower Ut the Mniiknii
hill were ,-mnwmt"i; hu, the batteries erected "n
thai sd" and all the has;nns never ceased nrnr!, ad
with 80 mach success that towards the evening the
English had only two pic't" remaining Ia cnmininr
the lire. The French batteries hai been silcnrrd
much sooner, in consequence al nm explosion nj rir
powder magazine. On side, ~ far rs can pre-
surnc before having received !'tncd lni"ilnatioa
r" each ba~iinm and each battery, the los. cannot
hive been considerable; but II Is important Ia this
SENSE thai General Korniloi struck by r;i;nHn ball
in The leg, soon expired. Al ha-ilst twriTc clock,
whilst the cHunonadc still continued ir"r lhr
batteries of the trenches the ships oi war OF the
enemy opened II terrible fire by bronisdcs AM!
without interruption against the nnttcry No. w,
the Alexander battery. AMI the Constantine battery
which replied ~ them with tn" sl'uc vIrHclty. Inc
density oi tn" s,n"kc, IN dead calm aG an cX'IH"r
binary heat completely canc"a!c. ti:c sen. to- such
degree tint i; was uui,r impossible IL distinguish the
injury done either in our batteries or board the
cmcnys vessels. III" number oi which s,r'ns I" have
been fourteen NJ the commencement "l thi- cinioh-
ad. The fire did not begin 10 -lackcu until the mp!
i,ruacl, nl' night. Although have not vet any pre-
else rln;a tn 90 on ~ The results OF the lombard
In:nt, cau!"t help giving Hu account, III al ht-lr
10 vnrlr Majesty, ui wla; las taken pHrc during tins
day During the hunlarilneM | wa- in SrbG-tupol
and SAW the army. | communicated Ia l. the mel
iaI,v rlicins express ut the rcscr u. y"ur Ma
ic,:v (Which had been hrhu" I" INC hv the Imperial
Ad-dc- Camp, Alhcdusky,l adding, that after In"
bn,nharImcnt the arm; would perhaps have I" de-
i.I Sebn, unl from nI assault. III combat hand: 10
humd hope ihat the army Will snow Itself worthy
oi YOUR MairstvIs expectations.
"Oc ronER lS.--lhc fire ot the batteries and OF
the rncrys ships ri wHr-wcII had not ceased all
Yesterday, from .hc rising q" tie san 10 mghiia and
which was astonishing hy It's mass and IL !!nise--'!id
not do is much damage IA might have been expected
The A,rx.ni"r battery we'll a ha!:crv Ne. i0, Tor
which most fears were tn ho entertained, have suffered
but little. Greater damage wd+ done 10 the Cnlistaii-
tile. battery A. to tn" basliurs which fired the
"nrnv's batteries the greatest part have not been IN
iurcd Will! the exception of the baslOn No.3, o winch
nearly the whole thirtvtircc pieces were dlsinOurd.
and where have suffered most loss "t incl. Al
;hOuch have ~" yc; received the Sir oi tile Killed
and wounded set, from the general information col
Icccd on the spot. il is c"nsclarv hat our loss
scarcely amounts 800 men, h1rS ts ccm5"t.-
Amongst the woundc,t is Admiral NiiIi;noii and
Captin lcrcomysCh"i nf The Imperial navy, bu the
first VERY slightly. As fresh bnuharr!nirn was eX-
pcctrd tor tbs day the whole OF the night wns passed
Scba-topo repairing fr damage toac, ana al 'hc
pieces which hnd been diSnaumtc! were fcpinccd.--
As to the ba>ton NJ. g. il strengthened by bat
terry erected "n Is flank. Ih" day the whmi" mr. %!
enemy has been directed a-ain-i the Nn!nihnh
tower anil til" batteries raise! nn that sit". lEc
tower has rcmaimc, without uuy damage ut very
serious c!a:act"r and. aa I" inc batteries. they
have replied with Success. The fire nt the En-!i-!
batteries which mach ls. warm than Yesterday
scnslby dmusl,! in In" afternoon, probably IN c"I
sequence ot Grnrru Srnlgkimc iarrl. by my orders
marched viii! his detachment from the village oi
rchurE"un "n the heights ut RG'nkava and thar -
showing himself on III" rear Of tie English camp, he
occa,vuc! disorder, thai the army hastily
formed aud put itscl! i'll 'narc in the direction ot I"
ln;ava. BY this demonstration a.! detached corps
the object i'll view attained u ;urnlu1 away tie
acrl; ION ii the enemy from the fnrss. On the 18Th
the French untcrs fired but Iilti against S,baet"-
pol. The. vessels which had brHbardcd Yesterday.
arl w."! apparently. only French huv" hauled
oil this morning III the direction ui the lighthouse oi
ChcrsCn"-us Yesterday, account Of the smoke,
Ia usceriun what dar.agc the vessels sus,nn"d. One
ship -, the line appcnIvi To- have had some n her
Spar- carried away, nl two nr.s L" have taken fire
from or rcd-hut shot; but this | cannot affirm with
CcItaIniv.'
The Iuvnlilc KusSc and The journal Dc st. Peters
bourS oi the 18th ullimr publish the following buIlc.
tin If the operations Il; Scbastopnl:
~ report from Prince Menchk"iI, .2SI uilimo gives
the following complimentary drtaiIs OF the operations
of the >Utl: tcn Scnaklne renewed on thar day
his offensive movement from the village nf Tcnr
conn the left hank "i the rhcrnuia, hy directing
two columns on knmarv aud "n small ihrtiirHti"n
raised tr the enemy near The latter village. Having
found these two points abandoned "n: drnrhlncn;s
rcgai"i its old position at rlghiu. In consequence
| Of This movement the English troops again advanced
on k,narv, and opened fire ni nuskrfrv and arti!
l-rv irlins, t.r heights which had quilted, but
did nrt attempt anything further In the night Of
the .rih ,r:achn,rn,s "l volunteers scnt from
Scbl.npol agninst thu cnchirs' batteries. One uf
iir~c drtncIImeuts, composed ol five officers and
tw.M,v-scvrn mcn entered the French trenches and
spiked eight mnrtars and eleven pieces ut cannon,
and returned after having thus prevented the bat
t.rv from acting tho inlnwin: day. This sortir.
which spread general n!arn in the rncny's camp.
IT'S two officers killed tlicut. lrriisky and Prince
Pontiatine) and one sailor. The o:Ear dctachm"nt1
met with active vgilanrr on the part oi the oiemv,
aud returned into the place with twelve n.cn wound
ed During the bombarlmcnt from; the 2th our total
los la, been fifty men and three n'c"rs killed, and l
men and five officers woInccd. On the 2ist and I'D the
scr. batteries nt H." enemy continued tn brmharl
SrasopO bu. Ill" damage caused I" our Notifications
was aS on thcpcvous day of little Importance. and
was Immediately rcI,nrcd, so that the fires ruu our
hi.4ii,ly was not nj all interrupted. Our loss the
.l>t wls one officer and thirty mcn killed and three
officers and lt w0andGd knt Ui the I'D il
vet ko;ylI III the hi GIT "a the air; one n our pick
els, composed o eight I'ci seeing IN English patrol
of forty men, boldly attacked them, dispersed ;hrm
md male n prisoner Of Lord DuAkcln, son Of Lord
Clan.icir,c, who commanded the patru!. On the
sid" the cnciny has attempted nothing new. Below
EUpatOria the operations havc been confined ~ skIr
miSIles ictwec.! advanced posts oi lalccrs aud
co,s;.chs with parties of the enemy who vrniured To
leave the TOWN. On the Goth detachment nf v0iun-
tccry composed OF Lieut.. Gorratch0h, Cornct logo
mnlrts and wcniy laucGrs and some cossacks taking
ADVANTAGE Of O-, approached at gallon Gs far as
the town prnc tra:cd into n mass nt Inrtars who
in front Of wall, killed twelve an wOuniGi several
others. and entered the .nwn after tho runaways. Al
The barrier they killed thrcc French ,entincs, and
when the whole place in confusion they retired,
,irivin. before them 900 bead Of ctr, besides u
number Of sheer and horses, In this skirnsh Cor
net Boccrocis was slightly wounded
Among the most Important Passages OF the war
around S.bastopol was the a'ach Oi Gen. Liprandis
cum!nni, variuusy represented at 2oGo0 ani 3n,oJD
strong ON the Turkish rcdnub;s AT Baaklava, on the
18th OF October. In that a!iuir several redoubs were
taken hv the Russians, aud the English and French
suffered heavy loss i'll supporting the TH:ks, The
English cavalry were terribly cut u, ihc following
version of the atfar, from Prince Mcilschik rs dcs-
patch 10 ST. Petershursh aC,! published in the Jour
nal lie ST. Petersburg OF the ~ instant, will explain
now the Br.h were nude 10 suffer :" severely Al
ter dcscshug the capture Of four redoubts and e!cv
cn gnns ilum tie Turks the despatch continues
The English cavalry, commanded by Lord Card
igan, row came up and charged with extra0rdin-
arv impetrosity the hussar brigade OF The 9TH vis-
ion but tLey were taken in flank hr four slGadrons
ni the combined regimen; Of lGn"ura cf the reserve
=. IL. tr4n . ~,
18th aud 10th infantry divisions, which !rcd grape
The enemy suffered considerable loss. AT the same
moment tia, !; attacked hussars Tie English
airy also charged II, full caop the heavy guns OF
Don battery No. 3, where some artillery men
coed three hundred in killed ami wounded. Thy loss
q; ;h,. cavalry and artillery is yet kHowE oven by
approximation. Tie loss of tie cHvluy is In: known,