The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-01-28
ns Battle a 0sas,e.

speaks as follows Of the battle at si,.. -"
Requesting the reader to b-., 4.
that all the accounts Of the ms...e,.
i, i. scarcely 10 DO called a battle
hHrbor of >inopr. have com. ,h,o..r.A
sian sources, we proceed TO p,y. As
nec,.d narrative OF the occur,s,..
imperfect information YET received ~a
nit. Although called = "ruki,h 49,
the intelligence before u. desc,ib-, II. =.
feat" ne more glorious to the Tu.I. -
th-i, ".ictory Of twenty one ,b;,. ~
fourteen is to the Russians, wv
The ha,bor OF Snope 10 m, 49,.
fortified Formerly it wss IN. ,,;.
naval establishment OF Turkey, hu, AZ
til. arsenal has been transferred !, r.
s,sp,inolk, and a single battery on 49,
II. lo,t OF Eose- Iepc. constitute ~
whole defence Of the port. On IN.
uI,., the fleet of Admiral \achnuos 3
had been sent expressly to look r.. =
Turkish iio,,lia. that was conveying y.
forc,ments to the army on the eau -
Of the Black Sea, appeared of tn, ,o.A :,
Sinop-. where the tn k'.h ships, uods,
mand Of Omar B.v, were Al sncho, L.
been driven to anchorage there q d,
two previously by stress Of weather.
>schimoG squadron consisted Of D,
sail, of which siI we're line of BATH, ~. |
Finding there was no help but fvh, o, =.
render, Omar hrsvely threw his own. ~
some other Of his ships across the ent,,,,.
of the h.rbor. and attempted to ts.o A.
Russians n, b,y, while the Transport. H..
tened TO land their men and stores F,r
the confined position in which HE IN.
were. he lsbored At gvea, disadvsat.,.
The Turks had TO sustain the Ere Of Az.
600 Russian guns. and could brio, ma,
more than 200 into play against N~
Notwithstanding this fearful odds, d.
Tutks made no proposals. to sarrsuds
but kept up their fire unit, one AFTER aao,i.,
OF their ships sunk or blew up.
Astonishing to relate, they MANAGED Ia
sink aud burn no fewer than seven Of Il.
enemy. To tho last, Omar refused to ,,nL.
his flag, but continued to blaze away from
his shattered ship n, tho Russian steamer,
/ tina, were towing it toward Sehss,ocOI
At las. he WAS taken, wounded, on bean
\.chimoh : ship, aud his trigats ssnk, 80
that OF all the spolls Of this brilliant vie
tory" the Russians took into Ssbss.opol
ONLY few wounded men, lnt not . pisnL
Of Turkish ship
/ From the la,ss, bulletin II woald appear
that only eleven Turkish ships were 4.
stroved--,wo of them transports and d.
tenceles,, instead of thirteen frigatss u
previously announced. Also. that il there
were eighteen Turkish ships seven most
have escaped. And further, the " no name
given" Of the two heavies. ships Of IL end
60 guns, looks suspeiou.ly Ike ~ Il ,hsrs
had been 10 such ships. The 5000 Tusi,
reported TO be killed would have been I
sufficient armament Tor the eleven chip
without the "mauy taken prisoners.
Aud a the Russians los, seven Of then
own ships. including two ships of-ths line
their victory consists in u surplus OF foo
ships only, viz; three transports and
twenty gun steamer, Even those the
hay. no. to show. and II they had The
would not begin 10 pay the repAirs Of ID
Russian Animals ship which Ind TO b
huoysd up before 1t could reach Setss
,opol.
Immediately on the news OF tho disas.'
being published, on the ID inst At Consta
tinnple, = grand dvan WAS held. At VIII,
all the foreign Ministers w-rs prsssu
The English aud f'ench Ambassadors W.
s,rongl, called upon To order ,hs eomh+"'