New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-22
THE WAR.

reg ard to the commencement and progress Of the
siege had been received up to the goth of October,
the official dispatches OF Admiral Dundas, Gen. Can
robert and Admiral HameIin, detailing tine opera
tons of the allies on the nth ut the FIRST day of the
bombardmeDt, were only published on the 9th inst.
Admiral Hamdin in his dispatch states that if the
Russians had not closed the entrance TO the hGrbor
by sinking their ships the allied squsdrons after the
first FIRE could have successfully run in and placed
Themselves in communication with the land forces
without perhaps greater loss than they have now
actually suffered.
The English loss on sbip-board was two Leutenants
Chase and Madden-kiled, and sixteen officers
wounded. In all "A men killed and 266 wounded.
The ships were considerable damaged by shot and
sheIls.
Tie French loss was 30 killed and ls6 wounded.
On the evening of the goth the day succeeding the
engagement at Balaklava, the account of which vas
received per last steamer the Russians 5000 strong,
ade soItie from The tom Of Sevsstopo, well as
frem the direction Of Bslskava, but were repused
with great slaughter thousand men, it is stated,
being left dead upon the field.
According to the latest teegrsphic advices although
the attack upon the Notifications from the had not
been renewed, the bombardmen. from the nights was
vigorously continued, and forts Quarantine and Con-
sentine had been razed while the southern tower and
other foi Is had been demolished.
The town, ii is stated was also fire in three diff
ferent places. II was evident that Sevestopol could
not hold out much longer, and according to one
count, the assault would be made on the I'd or Sd Of
November.
4 ttlegrsphic dispatch had been published by
Greek house, to the effect that the place had positive
a. Z. III. H.,
many, 1t requires confirmation.
The telegraphic dispatches published in London on
the morning of the 7h state that the town of Sevas
topol is mass OF ruins that the French Chasseurs
kill all the artillery men who show themselves At the
embrasures ana that during all the nights showers Of
balls were poured into the forts, leaving the enemy
no possibility of repairing disasters.
The Russian feet had sought shelter under the
buildings alongside the qusys, but the allies were
about to FIRE upon them from new batteries with red
hot balls.
A London Gazette Extraordinary was published
on the morning Of the seventh, with furthes dispatch
&c from Lord Raglan.
Lord Dunkelirg was taken prisoner by the Rus
SLAMS during the recent engagement.
The Russians had all Withdrawn from the forts in
the vicinity of Balaklava.
LOrd Rag IAN states that Menchlkon IL not IN SeYas-
topol, but with the main body of the army in the
plains north of Bachsi-Serah.
II is stated that the French have lost 200 men by
explosions &c, while the English loss is under 100
killed and wounded.
As both the British and French forces have been
much cut up by disease and losses in engagements
renforcemens ere urgently called for both from En-
gland AID France, and they forthcoming. During
tie past two weeks about 1000 men having been sent
out fCm England, including among them detsch-
men.s OF regiments which recently left Canada.
The reinforcements will make up the number Of
British infantry in the Crimea to 80 900 men.
The French renforcements are on q still larger
scale
Large supplies OF winter clothing have been for
warded to the troops.
Thirteen ut of the twenty four iron cylinders, which
have been ordered at Woolwich for conveyance to
SevastopOl to blow up the sunken ships ct the mouth
OF the harbOr, have been completed and shipped for
their destination. Each cylinder viii contain 900
pounds Of powder, which is to be ignited By bat
terry.
100 gup-bOsts with two heavy guns each, have been
ordered by the War Office. together with 40 floating
batteries with 20 guns in eaeh-making a total of
1850 guns to be ready in the spring for an sttsck
upon Cronstadt. A camp of 10000 men is to be
formed at Adershot to be ready for the spring cam
paign in the Baltic