Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-10-25
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| NEw York, Oct. IT, The American mail -.
Baltic arrived here this afternoon with steamer
Liverpool to the 4th instant, being three DIS rom
The accounts are of the highest and me- .ster.
ling Importance The allied forces have stto af
and captured Sebastopol, completely t;taeked
Russians, with awful slaughter on both s;So the
| allies are said TO have lost ten thousand Lii Inc
wound, and the Russians not less tho Aa: . and
! thousand killed ehIeen
The first grand battle took place on tbo 90,
! when fort Constantine was DESTROYED ~ n1u 1lt.
| forts with two hundred guns were taken e. oher
sells of the Russian feet were sunk and man, YES
| lost J h'es
One account says that Menschikoff after e.,,.
retired to Battain bay with the remaindeneaslns
forces, declaring that be would burn the civ us
attempt was made to capture them. The allies ~ On
ever, gave him six hours to surrender and the a0S.
| rumor was that he had SURRENDERED 'eSt
| The Russians resisted the attack manfpIIv l..
| were finally annhated out
Another account says the fall of Sebastonol .,
place on the 25th That there so coo Rnss; 0UA
engaged in the battle or Alma They wera ds1Hs
by the allies and forced to retreat on Seb.Stse,u
The allied forces occupied the heights and t5so
English steamers protected the passage of the Ace
during the battle The assault upon Sehsc Ina
followed the ed and the battle lasted tbro
during which the slaughter was frightfuI 1S
The garrison, it is said, were offered permiSc;o.
retreat, but preferred to remain prisoners of war
The loss at the battle of Alma was reportoj =.
5000 French and English, $500, Turks and 0oa
Raolop
commanded personally. o'@"'
Three batteries were stormed
The French squadron would again Join Admiral
Napier in the Pacific,
The Allies in the Baltic were preparing to ,tto,,.
Revel and Cronstadt.
CAPTURE OF SEBAsToPoL. Eight hours after tbo
departure Of the Europa official news was recpraJ
of the great battle at the Alma river in the Crmo
On the 21st ult., the allies storned the Rnss;
embankments, after four hours fighting In t%;.
battle the anglo French lost $500 killed and wonn
ded, and the Russians lost 6,0OO
Private dispatches supply the rest of the nevS
viz That the Russians, under Menscckof nerOo,'
ally, rallied on the river Kabscha on the 23d and
again gave battle to the allies but were again defeat
ed and driven to the entertainments behind Sebaso
pol.
They rallied again, however, and fought the third
battle, and were third time defeated and fed into
Sebastopo which was beleagured BY land and son
Fort Constantine blew up, and the other forts
were stormed. The Russian fleet was burned and
the ships sunk. The Russians lost $4,000 killed
and wounded, and %, OCO OF the garrison captns.
ted and were made prisoners.
Menschikoff, with the shattered remains of his ar
my, were barricaded in the inner harbor and refus
ed to surrender Six hours had been allowed him
and it is reported, but not officially that he had sur
rendered
On the 25th Fort Constantine was invested bv
land and, and after obstinate defence was car
ried by storm. The allies then bombarded the city
and feet, and ten Russian ships of the line were
burnt and sunk. The remaining forts were carried
after the other, and 500 guns were slenced and
%, 600 prisoners taken.
The Russian loss il Iead and wounded is estim
ated at not less than 5000 in Sebastopo alone
Menschkoff, with the shattered remains of his
forces, had retired into position in the inner har
Dor, threatening to fire the town and blow up the
remaining ships, unless the victors would grant him
honorable capitulations The allied generals deman-
ded his unconditional surrender and in the name of
humanity gave him six hours consideration
A later dispatch says that Menschikof had sur
rendered, and that the British and French flags wave
Sebastopol.
of Alma contained so, 900 men, and numerous cav
airy and artillery, and carried at the point CT
the bayonct, after four hours hard fighting.
No general officer of the British force was wound
ed.
Marshal st. Arnaud and Gen. Raglan comman-
ded in person. ecu. Thomasson, a French officer,
is thought to have been fatally wounded Gen Cauro-
bert wounded in the shoulder.
The second engagement on the plains of kaanta
lasted several hours and was very sangunary. 1t
ended in the total defeat of the Russians, who
pursued to the entertainments before Sabastopol
The dispatches state that the garrison of Sebssto
pol were offered free withdrawal, but surrendered
prisoners ofwar
The dispatches very conflicting. One dated
Berlin 3d. says that telegraphic dispatches had been
received there direct from St. Petersburg to the
effect that Menschikoff has teegraphed under date
of September 25, that he had withdrawn his troops
unmolested from before Sebastopol towards Baksthl
Serei, and that he will there await renforcements,
and adds that Sebastopol had not been attacked up
to the 10Th.
The Russian accounts do not conceal the facts of
severe reverses in the Crmea. Dispatches from Ber-
lin to the goth say that the return of the French
feet from the Baltic has been countermanded.
A despatch dated kiel, October I'd, states that
the fleet had left that harbor to join Napier in the
Baltic. Napier was before Revel on the 23d ult.
Another account states that two Russian ships OF
war were sunk with many on board Also, that the
allies captured over, 1000 of the enemy's guns
The very latest from Vienna by telegraph states
that the city of Sebastopol was in flames, and in all
probability had been reduced to ashes, sacrificing
many lives.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
states that it is again asserted that 900 Russiacs
were in Drobudscha under Gen. Luders, and were
constantly receiving reinforcements.
Omer Pasha was only waiting st. Arnaud's or
ders to attack Bessarabia.
All the arrangements in the Turkish army lndi-
cate an intention for winter campaign.
The Russians concentrated in the neghbor-
hood of Ismail
: The details Of the Sebastopol news was not ex-
pected by the British government before the 9th IN
slant.
The Turks were fastening through Bulgaria. by
forced marches, for the coast
The Austrian Ambassador at Paris had calico
on Drouyn De Hugs to express the satisfaction
of his government at of the allied armies
There was great rejoicing throughout Englanu
and France over the victory at Sebastopol.
An attack Cronstadt is now seriously contem-
plated.
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