Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-12-02
THE SIEGE OF sEBAsropoL.

| that an assault would be made upon the town OF
the 5th. Eight thousand Frenchmen offered them
selves as volunteers, but only 1000, under Prince
Napoleon, we're selected. On the 4th the firing
was slack on both sides. Preparations were being
made for the assault, and scaling ladders had been
ordered up. Apparently the assault was prevented
by Prince Menschikof's attacking the Allies on the
5th. Of this sanguinary engagement we of course
have no details. We published the telegraphic re.
port of the French General CANRoBERT on Tues
day. We now add the telegraphic report of Lord
RAGLAN, the commander of the British forces, and
that of Prince MENsoHIKoFF, in command OF
the Russians
ENGLISH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.
CANT, NOVEMBER 6.
The enemy, with immense force attacked yesterday
in the dawn Of morning the right of the English position
before Sebastopo which defended by the second di
vision and the brigade Of Guards of the first light dy-
son the fourth DIVISION and part Of the third and SUBJ
sequenty by the division Of Gen. Bosque and other
Of the French army which, by their gallant conduc
tbuted essentially to the decided of the day.
Gen. Canrobert Immediately to the spot and gave
the support of his assistance and Of his excellent
counsel The battle was extremely obstinate and was
not till past that the enemy definitely repused
and forced to retreat leaving the field Of battle covered
with his dead and several hundreds Of prisoners The
number Of the enemy much exceeded that which was on
posed at Ama and the losses Of the Russians have
been Our losses have also been very great
Gen. Sir George Brown, Major General Bentinc Briga
dier Generals Adams, Butler, and Torrens have been
wounded The conduct of the troops in the face Of an
enemy so superior in numbers, has been excellent.
"RAGLAN.'
RrSSIAN OFETCIAJ ACc0JrNT :.
The following is translation of Prince MENscHKoFFs
despatch, forwarded from St. petersburgh via Berlin
the 18th instant
ssThe Prince Menschkoff advises us from the Crimea
under date of the 9th November that the day previous
two vigorous saies made by the garrison Of Sebas
topol-one directed against the right flank of the enemy
the other against the left Of his werks of SIEGE The at
tack upon the right flank resulted in the capture of one
of the enemJs batteries and the spking Of its
The loss on both sides considerable The attack
the left flank Of the enemy works resulted in the pkng
OF fifteen of the enemy's Immediately after
French division, pursuing us retreated attempted
an assault upon the place. but repulsed with great
loss"
FROM A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL LETTER.
The arrival of the Grand Dukes produced such enthu-
sasm in the ranks Of the army that the General thought
it well to turn it to account Consequently, the 9th,
the garrison of Sebasopol made two sores the first at
o'clock in the afternoon against the English camp the
second at O'clock against the French position The
affair with the English Of the most desperate kind,
and is said that the Russians succeeded in spng their
guns On the side Of the French fifteen guns were also
spiked by the Russians who mustered three battaons
After the execution Of this bold attempt those batnons
retred in all haste when French division hat Of Gen.
Forey) pursued them with much vigor Carried away
by its ardor the division arrived under the very walls Of
the place. 1t was, however, received with most mur-
derous fire. In moment the Russians dashed against
this division, which Ind fall back before superior
force. Nevertheless, General Liprand, who had per-
ceyed the movement Of the French believing that gen.
eral attack made by the Allies, at detached
part Of the force Of his corps against the English for the
parpose Of efecting diversion Prince Menschiko on
his side surprised by this aggression Of Gen. Lprand
who had acted without his ORDERS detached to his aid oil
the cavalry he could command There then occurred
most sanguinary and obstinate struggle both sides,
which was prolonged till nghtfal Prince Menschikof
admits in his report loss of four thousand killed and
wounded and he adds that the loss of the Allies was at
least equal According to his report % 600 Russians
engaged in this affair. Menschkof that
he is about concentrate oil his forces Bakshi
sera Simpheropo and other places and he expresses
his hopes of decisive He says the Allies are
reduced to 900 men, notwithstanding the partial rein
forcements they have received.
BURNING OF THE RUSSIAN HOSPITAL.
An occurrence of the most horrible nature has taken
place. The great hospital in Sebastopo set fire
by the shells Of the Allies and burnt to the ground
With oil its nmatestUo thousand SICK and pounded This
fghfu circumstance is passed quietly possi-
Bile in the English and French papers, but it demands the
most pointed attention. 1t may be remembered that
published English story the effect that Menschikof
hoisted tho hospital flag magazine which the Eng
ish directed their fire upon and blew up. We fear the
building thus fred on really the hospital
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
LONDON, NOVEMBER I8-Lieut. Gen. Sir Geo. Cath
cart Brig Gen. Srangeway, and Brig Gen. Guide were
killed in action the 5th. This has been received
by the Duke Of Newcastle, and is official.
Of telegraphic dispatches has been received
during the night Tho dates from the Crimea are to the
3D. and 4th
The Duke Of Cambridge had horse killed under him.
The English had 1000 killed and wounded The loss OF
the French is accurately known. The Russian osss
between 200 and 5000.
Prince Napoleon has arrived at Constantinople, sick
He is suffering from diarrh@a.
The attack the 9Th made by 10000 OF the enc
my. The redoubts taken and retaken The French
lost 500 killed and wounded. Gen. Browns arm has
been amputated The Russians had left the heights of
Balaklava They expected reinforcements The Allies
continually reinforced The steam-rgates have ar
rived at Batoum to convey 1000 troops to the Crmea.
Letters from Constantnople Of the 9th state that 5000
French troops had sailed from the latter place for the
Crimea with q favorable wind.
The Turkish man Of war A5ddsc had foundered with
the Turkish Admiral and hundred on board.
An Egyptian frigate has been lost in the Black Sea.
Miss Nightingale, with thirtyseven for the hos
pita at Scutar, arrived at Constartinope the Sth
instant 5o s