New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-07

column under the command OF Rear Afmiral Noyosssky
rss 10 be composed Of the Vile de Paris the Tr svis
elia and the Rosiifla. On the 18th, between and 10
| in the morning, favored by breeze from Z f. the
Admiral enaed orders to the squadron 90 prepare for
combat and 10 bear for the roads Of nope Toe ships OF
the two columns with all their studding sails set ap-
preached the enemy who could not be dscerned under the
distance Of half mile account Of the thick fog and the
rain Vice Admiral Nakhmof, having got within dis
Of about $50 ssjenes js3 yards Of the two gates OF
the enemy, Of which discovered with the dag of
the vice admiral and behind the poop OF which was estao
thed on the battery Of twelve guns, cast anchor
The chip Vile De Pars cast anchor nj the time The
other shps they ARR we'd occupied the positions which
had been appointed them. The Admirals vessel had
scarcely cast anchor when the enemy opened upoa our
vesse terrible broadside from all his gaes supporting
by the fire Of his batteries Their shot made great havoc
emopg spars, but ships Immediately replied with
continuous and well directed fire In less than five minutes
the Grand Due Constantine demolished the battery which
wa. under his FIRE The enemy's frgate, anchored near
this place suffered terribly from bombs and shortly blew
up Soon efterward the Vile de Paris blew up Turkish
feae Al the end of an hour the well directed oroadsdes
of chips had very much weakened the fire OF the
enemy ard at O'Clock it almost entirely ceased Three
fgees among which that Of ~ guns bearing the dag oil
the Turkish Vice Admiral in flames, and only the
mas of transports destroyed by artillery were to
be seen The Turkish part of the town was on fire in
places, ard at n the admiral gave orders 10 cease the
combat at the time sending an to the town 10
declare TO the local Turkish authorities that If single
shot fred from the town or from the coasthe
admiral would burn ard rae the town to its foundatons
This officer after having remained nearly an hour on land
could discover the Turkish authorities or even single
Turk. All had fed into the neighboring villages
"By the admirss orders at the commencement OF the
combat the gates Kagoul md koulevtcha had
under sail in the roads in order TO cut off the retreat OF any
of the enemys vessels that seek their safety IN Hight
They Joined the squadron at the end OF the combat aud
acted principally against the corvette and the war Sioop
"Ontbe 18th Of November 70. General korniloh
sailed with the steamers Odessa, Dhesonese and the
Crimee to join the squadron Of Vice Admiral Nakhimo
at Sinore On the lsth little after the Officers q
the Odessa, which bore the Gag of General kornoff
came in sight of Sinope, and witnessed the commence
mn of the combat and all the steamers fastened TO get
10 the roads In doubling the Cape Of sinope they signal
lied the Turkish steamgate the Taft Of 20 guns which
during the battle had had time 10 get up her steam and
which sought to escape by fight from the general defeat
Cen Korno with the Odessa endeavored to cross her
lire and having got within range opened fire bat after
skImith of above hour the General found that the
entmy had the eetest vessel and that notwhstan ling
bis surerioIy in force, being almost three times that
Of the Odessa he did not accept battle but only thought
Of fight When the Taft was out Of range Gen kor.
no went to join the squadron of Vice Admiral akhimoh
with the Crimee and the Chersonese. These two
steamers ordered Immediately to tow of the vessels
which under the fire of the land batteries, lest
the enemy should the cannonade in the night.
The Odessa was ordered TO bring away the Damiete,
of 80 guns which had suffered least from our fire. On
board this frgae were found 100 men, of whom more
than so wounded Her commander and oihcers had
abandoned her from the commencement OF the action,
taking with them all the boats and had sought safety
in disgraceful fight to the coast In the evening the
burning vessels Of the Turks blew up and their igned
debris fell upon Turkish part Of the town, to which they
set fire. Toward midnight all that quarter of the town
which included within the mural eneeiHte fell prey
TO the flames The Greek quarter not burned. On
the lsb daybreak there only remained in the roads the
frgate Demeite the sloop ofwar and the corvette re-
duced the state of hulks An examination OF the
Damiete showed that the injuries she had sustained had
rendered her not worth carrying away and she was ac
cordney burned Orders were then given to burn the
sloop war and corvette The officers sent TO execute
this order found on board the sOop Osman Pacha com
mander of the Turkish squadron wounded IN the right leg
the commander of gate, the commander of corvette
and 90 men, all Of whom were made prisoners. In the
evening the roads of Snope no longer contained single
Turkish ship.
"As soon as the combat had ceased sailors who had
well piled their guns themselves to repair the damage
caused by the fire of the enemy The vessels which had
most suffered the Imperatrce Marie, the ri Swat
telia the Grand Duke Constantine and the Rostsaf Tue
entire squadron of Vice Admiral Nakhmo sailed from the
roads Of Sinope the goth of November Inc damaged
vessels were flowed by the steamers and the 22nd the
Imperative Marie the Tri Sviatea and the Grand Duke
Constantine cast anchor in the roads of SebastOpol'