The daily union., 1854-12-13
LATEST NEWS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.

The Paris correspondent of the New York Commercial
Advertiser under date of November q, writes follows
At length, the English and French governments have
recognised the strength and vitality of Sebastopo and
that far from there being probability Of the speedy
fall of the place there is reason to feel for the safety
of their armies The tables turned, and the be-
segers have become the besegcd although continuing the
bombardmen Every effort being made to increase the
strength of their position as to resist the attacks of the
Russians until renforcements arrive and regards
the safety Of the allies it has resolved itself apparently into
question of which first superior force by
Inducements What would be the use Of the engineers
art what the of forying city, if it could be taken
at the first assault
A note inserted in the Monitew gives information
to the public on the resources and number of the French
army in the Crmea and the number of renforcements
which it is proposed to send The public mind had
grown so feversh that the government felt called on to
give some information the subject The official journal
abstains from giving the exact number of the reinforce
mens sent out but it calls to mind the fact that the
French army at the battle Of the Alma had four dvisons
that it subsequently augmented by two divisions and
that two others this the These
Inducements Independent of those sent out daily to fill
up vacancies The official journal states further that the
English and Turkish armies also receiving consider
able reinforcemens and that the French army in the C
has provisions and material of every description for
100 days consumption. Seventy ships form the eff
fecve force of the French marine in the Levant while
thirteen large steamers employed by the French gov
ernment to ply between Consannople and Sebasopo for
the transportation of troops and provisions.
The English government keenly alive to the
igencies of the case perhaps than the French, for the
that they have been made to feel profoundly
tne ulSaSteS ana OF the appear
have dropped every other serious occupation and
cenatng their forces the urgent demands of the
men for renforcements Seven steamships belonging
the Cunard company have been taken for the ranpor-
ton Of troops three Of which belong to the Liverpool
transatlantic line. part of these boats have been
placed at the disposal of the French government there
being no mail boats at its command The extraordinary
exerons and the haste which made get off re-
Inducements show very clearly what must be the
of the private reports which the two receive
from their commanders in the East.
The latest from Sebastopol down to the 18th
by the way of St Petersburgh 1t that the siege
and the bombardment continued, but that the damages
made were slight and repaired each night Both parties
we're evidently awaiting renorcemens the make
assault and the other to offensive No new
event OF great Importance looked for till the other
party acquires a superiority Of reinforcemcnts.
Prince Menschikos official bulletin of the battle of the
9Th has at length arrived at ST. Peersburgh He
that he had $500 soldiers and 100 officers wounded in that
days fighting but to the number of dead he yet
able to give It. Placing the killed at l5O0-which is
fair estimatethc total of men and officers would be Os
don Times follows; Of English, lO2 officers and $500
soldiers killed and wounded of French, 48 officers and
1900 soldersmaking in all $3.50; or in round numbers
5000 Russians against 1000 of the allies killed and
wounded. The Turks took part in the action. The
innate however is supposed to be much underrated and
the London Times may therefore very we'll exclam that
another such victory would cost England her army the
EAST for after the battle of the 5th when estimate of
the Ehgsh forces in the Crmea taken it found
that only one-ha the number that left the shores of Eng
land were now to be found and yet the siege of Sebaso
pol as REGARDS Its ISSUE s much in doubt the
day Marshal st Arnaud touched Russian soil