New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-10

promote the gunner Who should sst i, on fire. The
bail eff cited the object: hsavy cloud Of smoke f,l
Owed tyn ciesr tarnf marked the -uecsssfal shot
Tie FIRE CONTINUED to burn for AZ hours.
Tie troops took up the msrch, tie Eool.h marines
in the lead On arriving at the battery the guns
were spiksd The troop. before leaving the bsttry
uousteo the hill at "a quicksiep aud catered into
thick bfusb-wood. Here they were received nv a
lively ere OF muskets to which they replied in The
midst q the brush The Nirsgo leayiny the $50
veui 10 the point at the north from which const.i
fire WIS kept up. Here, on brook near the .or, a
battery OF i've guns was unmarked, and then a.
lenced by the Virago.
In the HesD'ime The fight 10 the brushwosd urn.
very severe. Ibe sailors fought ike nadnen ma,
the destructive FIRE Of the Russians Csot parLor
fell charging al the head Of the Eagisb m,yines.
Bourasse fell at be side Lieut. Lef-bre Of tb. Eury
dice, wts tilled Mr.. Howard Aid ds-Camn n, TIE y
glish Admiral, had hi. erm broken. Unsba ,osn.
tain the unequal stuggle the order was given 10 pa
embark. The first object Of ths landing was atts,ad
lie battery va evacuated, the Russian csnsone1-.
oehn upon ihelr guns. and their csnnons spiked To
go furiber would have coz, severe losses TO have d
lodged the Russians from the wood Of which
The size was unknown, would have required A
siege. The troops retired slowly. One com
pany, OF 100 men, hidden among the rpirs
OF The battery when the remainder passed gave
The advancing Russians a check and under mi.
protection, the English and French carried off ther
wounded. On board the Forte the carpenters wera
busy repairing damages. On the next day. the 9Th.
ort hLleO III TIC ASSAULT were Uufleu, az Iarenski
On The 9th the squadron made ready TO depat and
on The 9TH departed. During the day. two vessels
were seen, one tlIree-msstsr the other schooner
Tie Nrago took the schooner and the Presideu, took
the Sltka vessel Of 600 tuns, from Ayan in Ochotsk
Sea, with provisions and arms for Petropaulog.ki .
The cargo OF the Ska was valued al 5000 600 The
schooner was burned on the high sea, on the sth,
such wac the battle Of Pe6opsllowaki, one of the
most bloody Of the encounters which have 40 far
taken place between the Allies and the Russians
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yet it obtained several important odvsntages The
Russians have lost large humber Of men who can.
not well be replaced ct that remote point They tsve
also i9s isge Number Of guns spiked aud rendered
useless for service Besides they have lost the pro-
visions, previously much needed which wore IN a.
Sake, For from all repforcemens, without hone al
obtsiDirg provisions, the garrison Of Petrop wski
separated from the rest Of the world by an arctic
WI ter. A fortress isolated in the mdst Of ice its
destruction would have been conquest The object
was to attack the Russian vessels not the sforti6ca-
tions If the frigates were not taken they were at
least severely injured. The Aurora had her masts
cut by the balls Of the Forte, and her de ks rddled
her sails were cut into rags, and many Of her guns
were dismounfed. These injuries condemn ths Aurora
TO inacton for the winter if the ice and cold Of
the ses.on did not prevent a departure.
The lOsses which our vessels have sustained have
not weaker &C their force decreased their enthu-
sasm. Superior to the enemy they were arrested by
obstacles which their courage would have suficed TO
overcome, but the destruction Of which offered no ai-
eQuate reward to the victors. Besides the fleet was
short of provisions. 1t was expected that Peropaul-
owsk would yield at the first assault and not that it
would resist a siege.
During the whole course of the expedition the most
Thorough good feeling prevailed between the French
emo English On land and sea, in the harbor OF Hon.
olulu, and under the fire Of Pstropaulo~sk the OFF,
Gers ard sailors of the two nations have learned by
continual intercourse to love and esteem each other.
The two nations rivals in ether times, now friends,
obey the thought, and mix their blood upon the
field of bsttle In the polar of Asia, and the
shores of Bomarsund, they animated by the same
sympathy and emulation. The brave Parker, cheer.
ing our sole iers forward, died at their side and
GROUND him our officers asd sailors fell decmated by
an invisible enemy. A friendship founded upon mu-
tual esteem and cemented by such recollections,
sures the permanent union of the two greatest nations
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