New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-24
ARRIVAL OF The ASIA.
THE V.dR.......afR. S0ULE'Ss c.aSE.
THE SIEGE or sERAsToPoL.

THE SIEGE OF SEBAsTOPOI.
By the Asia We have three days, later news. Sharp
fighting had been going before Sebastopol but the
hand leaves US altogether in the dark to par
tcuars Russian dispatches state that the Allies had
suffered two several defeats the French had their works
sormed and sixteen spiked and the English cavry
had been attacked at Bakava and routed with the loss
of 500 horses British and French statements offer no
explicit denial of these reports They merely that the
Russian story is improbable and exaggerated !" Com
plants made that the Allied Governments do not pub
fish reliable information and very differences
drawn from their silence. svaguely said however
that Sebastopof cannot hold out many days
The Wiae zcftasg publishes the following Dispatch
which it processes to have received from Kichene in
Bessarabia dated 2sth of October:
tn the 25tb General Lprandi attacked the detached
camp the English and took the four redoubts which
their position The asaants also took eleven
sat the time such powerful cavalry attack
that it probably cost the English half their light
cavalry Lord Cardigan, who commanded escaped with
Lord Dupkellin was taken prisoner
The London Standard says:
There is good that to doubt that
Lprand has reinforced the garrison with 10000 men,
that this has been effected in despite Of the British
right wing Of the Allied army The Russian account
however says by SURPRISE but this u.s. to say the least
Unavoidable Arrived at the Tnhernaia at the head of
formidable force as 10000 Lprand might seriously
threaten the line of communication between the works Of
the besieger and the base of their operations at Baak
lava,
Communications from Odessa to the Greek firms
tinue assert that the English had really met with the
severe losses reported in the Russian Bulletins They
that the 25th of October Gen. Lprand attacked the
Allied camp at Balaiara tored four redoubts and took
eleven guns The English cavalry were totally beaten
and lost SOC 1t is certain that the Russians have
received considerable renforcements although not per-
haps SO many the number reported 600 men.
still stronger corps expected from Perehop In the
attack upon the forts at the mouth Of Sebasopo
harbor vessels the Allies were very much damaged
The following dspstehes have been received by tele
graph via Marsales dated eonstantinepe October 90
BALAkLAyA Oct Tive opened Ere this morning with
II English and 46 French guns against 100 Russian AT
$40 French magazine exploded AT 12a5 the French
ships engaged the forts with the Agaemnon, the
Retributon and the Britannia At LIS another French
magazine blew up. At lao tremendous explosion took
place Sebastopo At 300 the magazine of the Russian
redoubt blow up The Russians, however returned to
their guns At $50 the ships fired Fort Constantine
short range The fire kept up until O'Clock, and
did great damage to the Russians.
BALAKhkyI Oct. Is The Russians have remounted
their guns which are heavier than ours Our loss yes
terday amounted to &c. The Retrbution and London
both caught fire. and have had their manmasts carried
away. The Redoubt and the Round Tower kept up a
brisk fire, We get munitions up with difficulty.
VIENNA Nov. News has been received from sebasto-
pol Of the 2d that the cannonade had continued ncess
anty for days The fire of the Russians said
to be aekenug but the French works were not strong
enough, and had been much injured The British
said to be within three hundred yards of the Russian
deserter that the loss of the Russians has
been very great. Naohmo is said to be killed. fire
broke out in the town the morning Of the 23d and
| was burning when the steamer left
Two Of the Russian men-o in the harbor OF sebas
topol which careened over, to admit OF their
being supplementary batteries, have been de-
stroyed by the bombardment They had caused consid
cradle annoyance by the constant fire they kept up upon
the works Of the besiegers,
Frequent conflicts occurred between the enemy and
the English covering the troops at Inkermann.
Nothing decisive had taken place at Sebastopo up to
the 2Tth, The city and magazines burned the 18th
and 10Th
The London Times says: We have received through
our correspondent at Vienna, dispatch which spe
ciay forwarded from Constsntnople to semln, and
thence by telegraph News has been received from Be-
bastopol of the Esd that the had continued
necessarily for seven days The fire Of the Russians was
said to be slackening, but the French works not
strong enough and had been much injured The British
said to be within three hundred yards Of the Russian
works deserter has stated that the Russian very
great Naehmof is killed fac broke out in the town
on the morning of the 23d and burning when the
steamer Left
dispatch from tho same correspondent says
date evening of Nov. 2:
;s0ficiaI dispatches dated Oct Is for the English
French and Austrian Governments received here {Vi-
enn show that the siege of sebastopol is progressing
favoraby They mention frequent rencounter but say
nothing of Liprandi's alleged victory The French d.
vision from the Pirus had passed the Bosphorus
enforcement to tbs besieging army
The Times adds that the above intelligence may be fully
relied upon The affair took place Eupstoria where
the Allies the lookout for the advancing reinforce
ments of the Russians The British cavalry at
tackled but the French advanced to their assistance
the Russians retired The date is exactly known but
is supposed to have been the 23d Of October.
Another account states that two Russian men-of-war
that had been caeened in the harbor
teres had been sunk by the Ere of the Allies The Eng
fish had brought long guns to bear the ferry
Lord Dnngeliin family has been informed by the Eng.
fish Government that his reported capture true
| at least. doubtful
From an editorial in the Paris Pans we gather that thu
French after Sighting had taken possession Of the
Cemetery which commands the south the Quarantine
Bay This would bring the French approaches quite close
70 the barracks of sebastopo Perhaps may prove
this position that the Russians have retaken.
The recent attack by stated to be iirectad
against the Quarantine Harbor but we have no nfor-
nation that the fort which is the of the bay that
is between the Quarantine Harbor and the town has
been destroyed. a
fought in the Crimea and therefore the Allied conan-
ders have determined to reduce Sebasopol if possible
by bombardment and thus economic the lives of their
troops f4s9s954S 5E5S8
Capt. Du Val de Bampierre, ad-decamp of Gen Bos-
quet taken prisoner by the Russians He begged the
Russian General to send intelligence to the French eamp
that he was prisoner and not killed. The Russian told
him to 20 himself when he didand of course returned
and surrendered
Water begins to fail in Sebastopo Every morning.
women and children outside to the wells and are
permitted to return without molestation.
THE RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE.
The ST. Petersburg journal contains two reports from,
Prince Menschkoi to the Emperor Nicholas giving de-
tails Of the operations before Sehastopol the 18th and
18th The first asserts that nghtfa on the 18th the
first day of the commandment the English had only two
guns able to return the Russian fire, while the Russians
had few dismountea.
At noon the day fourteen vessels of the Allied
eet attacked Sehasopo by directing their fire against
Fort Constantine and battery No 10.
The fhorness of the time and the smoke rendered it
impossible for Prince Menschiko to furnish complete de-
sustained severe loss in the death of Admiral Kornilef
whose leg had been carried eli by round shot and who
died ON The spot
The second report dated the 18th inst, says that
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