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nearest the sea. The English occupied the centre,
and the Turks the left. The French army being
nearest the sea, fully one-haf of il was protected
Dy the hre from the steamers, that the extreme
right and centre Of the French line did not suffer
much. The French division which suffered most
was on the leif ofthe French line and next 10 the
English. IL was commanded by Gen. Thomasson,
who was desperately wounded, and who is said
TO have since died Of his wounds The brunt OF
the battle fell upon Engishmen.
The main charge must have been tremendous
one. IL seems that, although the Russians Were
posted on the opposite side Of deep ravine, and
on the top OF steep and difficult bank, where they
had deliberately taken up their position, and where
they Were protected by their artillery, the whole OF
the English army and The left division OF the army
stormed this formidable position in front and
carried II. Every military man knows what
desperate affair such an attack is.
Further Details of the Battle of Alma.
MARsEILLEs, Friday morning, Oct.6.-The Fury,
which left Constantinople onthe 9th, has arrived.
Up TO the 24th there was no further fighting at
Crimea. The 23d regiment lost all its officers but
three, OF whom Captain Bell was the senior. Gel.
Ainslie was killed while attempting TO plant
standard on the heights of Alma. Gen. Brown
had horse killed under him.
Another dispatch says /" On the 10Th Septem-
Der there was skirmish between English and
Russian cavalry. Six English were wounded and
twenty-five Russians killed. After the victory Of
the 10th, the Russians were pursued towards Sc
bastopoI. On the 23d September the allies ad-
vanced to Astruria, eight miles from Sebastopol.
The Russians had sunk four of their vessels of the
line at the entrance of the port of Sebastopol The
English fleet near Sebastopol were continually
firing shells and balls.
The Principalities and the Danube.
Letters from Rustchuk, of September Oath, seem
to remove all doubt as to the intentions OF Omer
Pasha. One part of the army will remain in Ga
latz and Brailow, and the other will march TO the
coast of the Black Sea. All the roads leading TO
the Bulgarian coast are crowded with infantry,
cavalry, and artillery. Many thousand wagons
are supplied by the peasants, for the conveyance
of the provisions and munitions. The troops re-
ceive double rations, but are obliged to make
double marches, as Omer Pasha has given orders
that they are to be in waiting on the coast when
the transports that took the reserves to the Crimea
return, which will be by the end of September"
AS soon as the transports return, the Turkish
troops will embark, so that they may reach the
Crimea before the bad weather sets in
Baron Hess entered Jassy October I'd, at the
head of an Austrian force.
On the 22d of September, 10 the delight Of the
inhabitants of Galatz, the first merchant vessel
which had entered the port in four months ar
rived. The Danube was open between Galatz
and the Sulina, but opposite to Isaktch there was
Russian bridge which connected Bessarabia
with Danuban island.
ssh ~ Asia.
Advices from Trebizonde, September 16 states
that General Andronikof, with a superior force,
had fortified himself at Urzughet The condition
OF the Ottoman army on the Tschurskou is not
satisfactory. The Russian outposts had advanced
to Untschikiliss Schmayl has abandoned his
projected attack upon Tifis, and will cooperate
with the allies on the Circassian coast.
Austria.
Vienna letter says: "At last the government
of the United States has appointed minister re-
sident here, instead of simple charge d'afaires
and il is only matter of astonishment that il was
not done long ago. In country like Austria, Mr..
Henry Jackson can render far better service TO
his government as minister resident than as charge
d'afaires.n e
The Austrian and French governments are en-
gagged in diplomatic correspondence respecting
the future position ofthe Roman Catholic Church
in the East.
The Austrian government is preparing note
for Russia, the sense Of which is said to be, that
if the cabinet of st. Petersburg persists in refus
ing to give the four guarantees demanded, Aus
tTa will consider such persistence easus beHi.
Now that the allies are eminenty successful in
the Crimea the German powers will probably in
sst on Russia accepting the four conditions, in
order to save the Gar from all further humilia-
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