Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-10-27
'FURTHER NEwsBY THE NIAGARA,
THE WAR NEWS.

THE WAR NEWS.
The CR1MEA.-Se bastopol is not vet taken,
but its ultimate fate is made more apparent
every day. 1t is supposed that the siege ar
tillery was entirely planted around Sebastopol
on the 4th of October, and bombardment
of the place began on the 9th. The place was
invested on the south side. On the ID the
allies had destroyed the aqueduct and cut of
the supp lies of water from the city, which is
supplied by reservoirs. 1t was expected that
an assault would be made soon, probably on
the 9Th. The Russians had erected sand bat.
teues, mounted with ships guns, but they
could be Of little service, the range of the ar
tillery of the allies being so much greater
The trenches of the allies are within sixteen
hundred yards of the walls and already were
mounted with fifty guns.
A private despatch says that two breaches
were made in the quarantine fort on the 9th,
while another statement, quite as reliable, says
that no bombardment had occurred up to the
Sth.
The French and English generals have Off
cially notified their governments, that on the
23d of September, Immediately upon the
knowledge of the result of the battle of Al.
ma, by the orders of Menschikof, five line of
battle ships and two frigates were sunk in
eight or ten fathoms of water, thus complete
" blocking up the entrance to the harbor of
Sebastopol, and preventing the possibility of
an attack by sea. These ships were sunk
with their guns and stores on board, and their
masts and rigging standing. The English
are much incensed at this costly expedlent, as
it has contributed greatly to cause their gen.
erals to change their plan of operations, and
to make the attack on the south instead of
the north side of the city. The Russians are
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readiness to be sunk, if necessary, and their
crews $1,000 mem have been added to the
garrison of Sehastopol.
1t is said that the Russians have also sunk
ships across the Straits of Yeni Kaleh.
The allied fleets are, by these operations,
rendered of little or no service, and Admiral
Dundas has sent the marines on shore to join
the army.
A letter in the London Times suggests that
the powerful iron steamer Simeon, which,
under steam is equivalent to a force of about
1000 tons, should be employed as steam bat
tering ram to force passage over the sunken
vessel This expedient will probably be
tried.
The Russians are reported to have blown up
the fortresses of Anapa and Souchim Kaleh,
and sent their garrsQns, $4,000 strong, to re-
infogue Menschikoff.S
Odessa advces of the 7th state that Men.
schik eff IS right wing was at Baktchi Serai,
and his centre at Simpheropol, where rein-
forcements from Perekop will concentrate.
Gen. Osten-Sacken has been at Perekop since
the ID, and expected to join Menschikof with
his force by the 18th.
The Paris Debats estimates the Russian
force in the Crimea at $4,000 men, and that
of the allies at 80, 1000, including seamen.
The two Russian generals taken at the bat
tie of the Alma, were named Gonikotf and
Tchitchakof. Both were wounded, and one
has since died. They say that the Russians
had but 30 900 men at the Alma, and consld-
ering that number was sufficient for the de-
fence of the position, Menschikoff, who was
sick, sat upon chair on the heights and
directed the battle. The Turks massacred all
the wounded Russians they fell in with, call
ing out to them I" Sinope!" The Emperor
Napoleon's new artillery was found very SER
viceable in the field.
On the death of Marshal st. Arnaud, Lord
Raglan took the chief command of the allied
armies, and Gen. Canrobert took st. Arnaud's
place in command Of the French. He is con-
sidered very energetic and adventurous, but
as a tactician he is somewhat doubtful.
FRANcE.-The recent mammoth lie of the
fall of Sebastopol is traced to the Paris
Bourse. The Emperor has ordered an iuves
LEGATION, and says that he will punish with
severity whoever shall be proved to have been
guilty. The correspondent of the Journal at
Smyrna is implicated.
CHINA AND INDIA, Aug. 21.-Canton still
continued in a state of siege. Shanghai was
still in the bands of the insurgents. Niu5-
pc, Foo chou foo ard Annoy, were quiet.
1t is expected that Sc much tea y will be ex-
ported from Foo chou-foo. No tea had ar.
rived at Canton, and business was quite sus
pended.
LArEsr.-The Anglo-Fre note to Prus-
STA was very energetic, and called upon Prus-
STA to decide for or against the Western Pow
els. The Prince OF Prussia, who is favorable
to an alliance was immediately sent on a
special mission to Vienna, and the expecta-
ton now is that Prussia will declare her pol
icy to be identical with that of Russia.