Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-12-05
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5 1854.

''Iic anivai of the Grand Duke pruiuccd such
enthusiasm III the ranks III the army TINT the Ganen
thought II we'll I" turn il 10 account. Consequently
on the Jt the garrison 81 Scba-lupIl made two spr-
IcStiIr fms, ~ o'clock i'll the afternoon, n-n!nsi
the English camp; the seronI, at o'clock, ra!rsi
he French position. The affair with the English wHs
nj the most desperate kind. and il j. said that the
fusaia!rs succrcd"d III Spihins their guns. On the
si'" ri TIC French, fifteen guns also spiked by
i Ru-si;tii-. who mustered three Da,talioIs. After
the execution III this bold attempt, thns:. bGitaons
retired III III hast" VIXEN Er.ur division, itha Ol
G".. FDr"yi rursird them VIII! 'nuch yi.0r. Carried
Hwuv b" lts Hrior, the division arrived urcr the very
wdl- oi;ic place il was hove vrr rcreiy ed with most
nuricTnuS fire. In II moment the Russian. dashed
agu:nsi thi- 'iri-om, w!rh hrl 70 fall hack before
superior :ugcc. Nevertheless, Gen. Liprandi, who
had perceived the movement! "i tie French, hclev-
Ws :hat general attack wa made by the allies nj
Ocr l achrG par; vi the force u his corps against
the Euiai for the purpose o; ciiec;::- Il diversion.
Prince MGuschkOif. lis s!c, surprised by the aG-
gTession ui Gcn. L.rrandi VINO had acted without hIs
orders detached 10 his uii oil the cavalry ho could
command. There then occurred II most sangunary
and obstinate st.ugg lie both -Ilcs, which was pro-
iongcd until nighi Prince Mcn- thiko on admits in
l- report Il loss Of IC0U killed and wounded aud hr
adds ;hat tn psJ OF the allies was ii least equal Ac-
cor,iing Ia his report 22,uJU Russians were engaged
III this affair. Mrnshikoil announces that nc is about
To rOncenrntc all his forces now al Bakbbsera Sim.
Ph"op" and other places and he expresses kls hopes
ri decisive -uCcc-a. lie snys the allies ure reduced
IA JnOJ men, Notwithstanding tho partial reinforce
uuenis they have received
Admiral Nachmotf, who was reported dead,' has
recovered from his wounds, ani has resumed duty
So at lcas;. say Vienna letters.
Grnrrai Gnyran's Frcuchl brigade from Greece,
aud 1000 2ouavrs from Africa, had been met ut sen
on the way to Crimca, and ere this have joined Gen.
Canrubcr..
BURNING Of THE RUSSIAN HOSPITAL, WITH TWO
THOUSAND SICK ASD wUuSDEn.
An occurrence oi the most horrible nature has Ia.
ken plncc. Tie great hospita! in Scbastop" was set
on r, bv the shells OF the allies, aud WAS burned to
the ground, with all lis iu:uatcs-two thousand SICK
and wounded. This trghtu circumstance is passcd
over a. quietly rs possible i'll the English and French
pan.r- tut il demands the most pointed attention.
Il may be remembered that We published an Engiish
story the effect that Mrnschlk" ho'tcd the hospl,
tai tag nlugazinr which the English directed
their tire upon and blew up. We fear the building
thus fired on really the hospital.
Now 6.-Acr"llntr per last steamer stated that the
ba'tlc was resumed on the 9Th Probably the follow
in- d,sputrL being the latest telegraph 10 hand rc-
irrS to that cngdgrmcnt
.EIEyyA Nov. lj.-Despatclrs from Balaklnva III
dne lth have been rrrcvrd this evening, according
10 which another great battle las been fought. The
Russians are said to have lost 1900 men. The loss Of
the allies also great but they remained masters
oi the field.
Nov S.--Dcspntchcs from Prince Menschkoff an
m,uncu that the operations ot the siege continued,
ana that the allies w"rc ent:cnchlnS themselves
strongly on the left flank Of their position.
4 London paper OF the 18th November gives the
following statement OF what 1t deems to be the true
position Of affairs in the Crnca. The writer Of the
article seems 10 ave fear respecting the result:
The Russians have succeeded in throwing rein
!Urrcncns into the CrLnica more rapidly thnn the Al
les and the consequence is, that for tim" Gen. Can
ober; ana Lord Raglan have had superior force op.
posed to them One curious result Of this IL that tue
tables have in some measure been turned on the Al
lied armies and that il not caHy 10 say whether they
ar,. bsiegcd or besirgng The position Of the Allied
rln.. i. covered bY cntrenchnerts batteries and re-
doubts. wherever il j. not covered by the sen, and
these dcirucc5 have been repeatedly assaulted by IL
rraudi on thu rHat and by NrIsuhkUh on the north.
The vi, rlc at il Allied force co"prd up within its
.rtrenchm"n;s while the Russ!ans II addition 10 their
troops III Srbn-:npo have army II the field. The
attitude assumed hy the Allies comes more nli more
c>"!y to resemble that al the Dukr "t W !inston be-
hind the lines Of Torres Erdras TIE assaults of the foe
break Oh their r;iml,ag,s ad fall haci like the waves
OF ocean when they break some r0n-b",Iud coast.
Til" time will cnInc when tanr"b"rt nnd Raglan Will
Tie ht opportunity Ia "t loose their soldiers Oh
III. enemy, but p"r:as this may hot he until alter
ih.y Iavc been reinforced.
" inc temporary supremacy O: numbers OF the part
III Tic Rasa.a"s III the Cr!nca, give IL 10 alarm.
Mcn Ike Carobc,; ard Raglan viii make good their
pr>nu--aud Garry on tie Dumbardmcuto: %: Schasto-
pol tou--un rrn.orccHci.ts reach them, let the enc
my DO hi- worst. France and Eng land are now ut
las. bcs;irrus thcmscivc' in earnest. Large bodies
OF troops au ample supplies pt tho munitions OF war
are being dspn;c:iad from bu.h countries; and while
these main bodies their passage subsidiary re-
Inducements Wi! k"rp dropping III from various
quarters.