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against the corvette and the wsr-sloop, which
were anchored in the rear of the Rostislaff.
On the 18th of November 20, S. Gen.
Kornilif sailed, with the war.stesmers Odes- !
ga, Chersonese, and the Crimee, to join the
squadron Of Vice Admiral Nakhimoff at ST.
nope. On the 18th, little after noon, the
officers Of the Odessa, which bore the flag of
Gen. Korniloff, came in sight Of Sinope, and
witnessed the commencement of the combat,
and all the steamers FASTENED to get to the
roads. In doubling the Cape of Sipope they
signalled the Turkish steaus-irigate the Taif,
Of 30 guns, which during the battle had had
time to get up her steam, and which sought
to escape by flight from the general defeat
Gen. Kornilof, With the Odessa, endeav-
ored to cross her line, and having got within
range opened fire; but, after a skrmish of
above an hou:, the General found that the
enemy bsd the fleetest vessel, and that, not
withstanding his superiority in force, being
almost three times that of the Odessa, he did
not accept battle, bus only thought of fight.
When the Taft was out Of range, Gen. Korn-
iioff went to join the squadron of Vice-Ad-
miral Nakimof, with the Crimeo and Cher
sonese. These two steamers were ordered
Immediately 10 tow off the vessels which were
Immediately under the fire of the land bat.
teres, lest the enemy should renew the can.
nonade in the night.
The Odessa was ordered to bring away tho
Damiette, of fifty guns, which had suffered
least from our fire. On board this frigat,
were found one hundred men, of whom NOR,
than fifty were wounded. Her commando
and officers had abandoned her from the com
mencement of the action, taking with then
all the boats, and had sought safety in dis
graceful fight TO the coast. In the evenin!
the burning vessel Of the Turks blew up, an
their ignited debris fell upon Turkish par
of the town, to which the set fire. Towar
midnight all that quarter of the town whc
was included within the mural enciente fell
prey to the flames. The Greek quarter wa
not burnt.
On the 18th, at daybreak, there only re
mained in the roads the frigatc Damiette, tn
sloop-of-war, and the corvette, reduced [
the state Of mere hulks. An examination c
the Damiette showed that the injuries sh
had sustained had rendered her not wort
carrying away, and she was accordingly burnt
Orders were then given to burn the sloop-o
war and the corvette. The officers sent
execute this order found on board the sloo
Osman Pacha, commander of the Turks
squadron, wounded in the right leg the com
mander Of frigute, the commander of cor
vette, and eighty men, all of whom were mad
prisoners. In the evening the road of Snop
no longer contained single Turkish ship.
AS soon as the combat had ceased our sail
ors, who had well piled their guns, set them
selves to repair the damage caused by tn
fire OF the enemy. The vessels which ha
most suffered were the lmperatrice Marie
the Tri Sviatitela, the Grand Due Constan
tine, and the Rostilsaif. The entire squad
ron of Vice Admiral Nakhimoif sailed from
the roads of Sinope on the 10th Of November
the damaged vessels were towed by the
steamers, and on the 22d the Imperatrice Ma
rie, the Tri Sviatiteia, and the Grand Due
Constantine cast anchor in the roads of Sc
bastopol.