Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-25
RICHMOND WHIG.
THE EUROPEAN WAR.
TIE BoNBARDMENT OF ODESSA.

SINCE the oomoardmeni OF Odessa the eed ult
several accounts oil that important operation hay
been made public by the French the Cs,n,, s ..
| the Russi,, ,ov..,,.., = , a"' a"u e'o'
| Of tb. 80, a., ~ '.'"'' vi oinciai aeeoun
| ,..., ".' ose. Pao"sheu' or rs lar a. We know
ieeei'eu, oy the British government from the officers Il
command of our ovn A 40, w. h.. -
short iesp,,cb ro,, 81. -. -. ~
| FAC .bi, ,h vr u''cu 'row nj
! o,,h - :, "' oe .s' 'u Tue roaus oi Odessa, on tn
| ~ VI Aptii and published in the NoHsuy of tb, Ell
| OF May. We have also n desn,tcb y, ,s,o,, g.. :,
| Russian General O.,an s,cL.,' =, ~. o,I r ="
| gives Nh. y N"' '' VI april ~hst
| 'ian account OF tnese operations and lastly
"e oNc more detailed account, which has po,e ,b.
| round Of the German manor. ,,d -
mtted to us from Vienna but which include. = v;,s >
particulars not confirmed nv .nv orT;.I ;,.,' ' y
With regard TO ,hi, laa, o'
observe that the other and more an,h.n,;. , -
not coincide in point of date ritb ,bo s,,,o. VI
| tains. We have no reason N hoi; - -. :. 1"n
BILE portion Of the combined aee,s reached Slj
as the I4th Of April or thar anx nsa a' carr
with the Russian authorities or that on ,L ,r,I 81
Numbered forth salute of 900 guns The aetna, occn
renee lies in a narrow cotnpass and tho Rrss.n u,I'
Governor Of odessa seems 10 bav hs.n s,,r,
by the immediate publication Of his report ON The h
III his order Of the day. to dispel or AT LEAST IN d;nS
the alarm which such an attark was c,lcnl,,aJ 20
There is no doubt that IL was nm m. .G 81 M
elst of April that the combined ae.,s ,' " .,e M
ihree-deckers, Is two.deckers and steam fr;g,fss
anchor distance OF about two miI.s f,or, H. .,
Odessa. At O'clock p NJ .dnjri n' 'ne 'o"n OF
raj Hameu sent in fsp of trnc. In Sd IL - Auu''
| render OF the Russian English and P,encb shi -,
in the Quarantine hsrbor 70 ,b;.L ..s-P 'P' ''"S
returned At half n,st Al, nm ,h w Ans~er
the nine steamers of the ti.et-or "a ,b - Ao'"ns
says eight OF which i've were Enysb and hsa re,
came within range and a,,,cbsd ,ba h,,,; ~ ~ =
oyerra,ed The re,I 60 30 70 appear 70 nave greatly
osten Sackeu afirms that one was re,s Or sc
guns and several others Of 81 guns whereas m. Rs;S
tion, which is the heaviest steam try,t. Of ,h a., 80
ries but 20 guns and the other yesssis bas It
bly, smaller armament The Rpssi.n h.,,o , son'aeia
to have been armed with As pounders onIv and =;
quence the steamers yera enabled ~ - =; Il g
their heavy guns witbou, spe.,i,r rrIL - @ u'e "
in return Ii Goes not appe,r tS,, ,bs - ~ "'e"ee
! any part in tue action. IL seems hoycrar ,ha, M
cessful attempt WAS made in ho.,a d, ~ g 60 Ie
rockets into one Of the suburbs where tho l;,sv 60,
collected ani TO burn the shinnrg i, ,h - D.
the Russian account suppresses tho inno,t,,, e., -
pressy stated in the French dasn.tcb IN, ,h -, 49,
magazine exploded and that The naval ss,ahI;sLr,:
the port either burnt or serio,.Iv ;,r,I - -.
shells All the concur in stating Ib,t tho
OF Odessa, properly called was uptoucbed .nd ~
though by far the greater mart of the ,boh,,r
He'd III extreme disnay tbo.. who ranainaJ go = "
have incurred very little real danger The Russian hi
letin acknowledges only four killed and "a wounded o
the de of the enemy and il i asserted tb,, on 90 -,
terry OF four guns eectualy DESTROYED ai,sr a. r
many hours, when the troops we're according m ho,b
counts burnt out Of it, The Moniteur states bowever
that the mole or jety of the quarantine harbor was de-
Tended By battery OF l2 guns which anne,,s IN
pond TO the battery No. g. in the Russian and
post was undoubtedly defended with the gres, ,o,,ci,
The sea IS Described rough during the whole d.v and
the wind blew from the shore As evening snnroscbsd
The conagraton Of the vessels and the stores ged
terrible effect but the inhabitants had already
oe town, and, although renewal Of the attack by the
heavier ships OF the line apprehended on the 3sth
the fleets weighed anchor on that day and Quilted the
| coast
Great interest is attached the effects of this onsr,
ton as one of the first occasions We have had N rv the
effect OF modern gunnery modern engines of
ton in the still undetermined question of shins r.ro,.
otts OUT the particulars We have collected from these
accounts are correct this experiment not of decisive
cGsfacter. Inc large ships engaged and the
effect oi broadsiie of 80 100 gun ship conyersnp
upon ie~ feet OF stone wall not tried The admi
ras appear TO have thought that hes. petty forts of
odessa were not worthy OF so trial. and to have
accordingly sent in the steam squadron to do the work
ms steam squadron consists however almost entirely of
padde"hee steamers, ios no: Informed that the
@nsparei, Agamemnon, or Charemagne engaged ;
ahu Is atter o essential consequence the move
en OF the meet 10 preserve the machinery OF these
seis from damage We infer therefore, that the rgateS
TOOK up positions IN which they had little to appreheud
from the hre oil he enemy and that they coutented them
selves with throwing shells and other proectles from
long range. Their object was not TO destroy the town.
io ON the contrary great pains obviously taken
respect both the streets aud squares Of Odessa and the
merchant shpphg. The original motive Of the attack
their ourareous coBS"ct ~ tns nuslan AUTHORITIES Tor
from the Furious before even the declaration Of war could
be distinctly known TO them. The Noniteur Justly re-
marks mat this object was attained but exceeded
zines Of desTuctop and .bona% G'1 n
0dess, although il was cssr ,ba, ,L -, ~
at their mercy Neither abe h.,tsr;s, ~ ,h J''ey
the Russian troops IN the nn-nbs ~ nU'e 10. nD
thousand who were said - n" coioo,si ,S'sn
could have preserved The ,ov, foo, ,e.sI ue'e'
ton If the heet had really onsnsd ;,s e. suS 3;
is evident from the resu, snnn,sin, ,b., ,b ~
casualties publi.hed nv GsnersI n ,sn Sal \; :, III -
rect that the attack w.s mot of r,n,s - T.; a., "
formidable chastisement on the nonnis,;on aI,ho,S
bombardmen, is one of the mos, apra;ng on..,;oE =,
war we had occasion tn ren,srk long .,e lii rnt "
10 some former etamnss in Spsin and .is.wha ~, -
very large number of shells nav hs ,L,ow, 60 , 80
Inhabited town with ON iucredibIv snail Io.s 81 ne, "a
tho general .frec, of ahonhsrJrn.n, 4; ,.,b, ~ a.,
struetion of property than Of the fore, of ,ba II
this instance no atcmpt vasm,Js ~ comnoI oi.s, .,
capi,ul,t, the pretended Isnding of n,r,v ~ tr :;
either altogether an inyenop oI I, VA. consnsd ~
men who attacked in IN, boats of the son,d,on n ma
possibly have landed TO snike some Guns aI,bon.b ~
question the fact Our onera,ions will ,.,ns mo-, i'm
portsnt character when tbev ars detected .gans, 3D.
maritime forces OF the enemy pronery .o called or
those great naval establishments on which tho EonsSor
Russia relied for hs oi er ascendsnsv over tbo
Wi,hou, striking severe blow OF, those e.sb,ishncns
Is vain to expect that we can materially sh,k. the
Of Russia over the East and we hone 10 s,Tn tbp, b
operations against Odess. are onIy the pteuis tn meas
ures' of a more serious and dec sye Character.
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