The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-12-12
Details of Foreign Intelligence.

night furnish but little additional intelligence
respecting the recent operations at Sebastopol
1t was expected in the French camp on the 81
of November that an assault would be made
upon the town on the 5th. Eight thousand
i Frenchmen offered themselves as volunteers
but only 4,0OO under Prince Napoleon, were
selected. On the 4th the firiug was'slack on
both Sides Pre- patationsswere being made fol-
the assault, and scaling ladders had been or;
dered up. Apparently the assault was prevent.
ed BY Prince Menschikoff's attacking the Al
lies on the 5th We now add the telegraphic
report of Lord Raglan, the commander of the
British forces, and that of Prince Menschlkof,
in command of the Russians: -
~ BRITISH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.
'"Camp, Nov 6.-The enemy, with immense
force, attacked yesterday, in the dawniof the
morning, the right Of the English position be.
fore Sebastopol, which was defended by the
/ SECOND division and the brigade Of Guards of
the first light division, the fourth division, and
part of the third; and subsequently, blythe di-
vision of Gen. Bosquet and other corps of the
French army. which, by their gallant conduct,
Contributed essentially to the decided success
ofthe day. Gen Canrobert Immediately came
10 the spot and gave me the support of his as
sistance and Of his excellent counsel. The bat,
tie was extremely obstinate, and it was not till
past noon that the enemy was definitely re-
pulsed and forced to retreat, leaving the field
of battle covered with his dead and several
hundreds of prisoners. The number Of the ens
emy much exceeded that which vas opposed
to US at Alma, and the losses Of the Russians
have been enormous. Our losses have also
been very great. Gen. Sir George Brown,
Major General Bentnck, Brigadier Generals
Adams, Butler and Torrens have been wound.
ed. The conduct Of the troops, in the face Of
an enemy SO superior in numbers, have been
excellent. RAGLAN"
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.
The following isa translation of Prince Mem
schikof''s despatch, forwarded from St. Peters.
bnrgh, via Berlin, the 18th inst:
"The Prince Menschikoff advises US from the
Crimea, under date of the 9th November, that
on the day previous two vigorous sallies were
made by the garrison Of Sebsstopol- d.
rected against the right flank of tile enemy, the
! other against the left Of works of siege. The
attack upon'the right flank resulted in the cap
ture of one of the enemy's batteries and the
spiking of its cannons The loss on both sides
was considerable. The attack on the left flank
of the enemy's works resulted in the spking of
fifteen of the enemy's cannons. Immediately
after French division, pursuing us as we re-
treated, attempted an assault upon the place,
but was repulsed with great loss"
FROM A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL LETTER.
The arrival Of the Grand Dukes produced
such enthusiasm in the ranks of the army that
the General thought it well to turn it TO &C.
count. Consequently, on the 5th, the garrison
OF Sebastopol madetwo sorties; the first at l
o'clock in the afternoon against the English
camp; the second at 2 o'clock against the
French position. The affair with the English
was ofthe most desperate kind, and it is said
that the Russians succeeded in spiking their
guns. On the side of the French fifteen guns
were also spiked by the Russians, who muster
cd three battalions. After the execution of
this bold attempt those battalions retired in all
haste, when French division (that of General
Forey) pursued them with much vigor Car:
ried away by its ardor, the division arrived un.
der the very walls of the place. twas, how.
ever, received with most murderous fire. In
a moment the Pussansedashed against this di.
vision, which had to fill back before superior
force. Nevertheless, General Lprandi, who
had perceived the movement Of the French, be-
lieving that general attack was made by the
Allies, at once detached part of the force of
his corps against the English for the purpose Of
efectng diversion Prince Menschikoff, on
his side, surprised by this aggression of Gene
raj Liprandi, who had acted without his orders,
detached to his aid all the cavalry he could
command. There then occurred most san.
culinary and obstinate struggle on both sides,
which was prolonged till nigh'fall. Prince
Menschikoff admits in his report loss of four
thousand killed and wounded, and he adds that
the loss of the Allies was at least equal. Ac.
cording to his report $4,000 Russians were en-.
gagged in this affair. Menschikof announces
that he is about to concentrate all his forces
now at Bakshiserai, Simpheropol, and other
places, and he expresses his hopes Of decisive
success. He says the Allies are reduced to
$4,000 men, Notwithstanding the partial rein
forcements they have received.
BURN1HG OF THE RUSSIAN HosPITAL.-An
occurrence of the most horrible nature has ta-
ken place. The great hospital in Sebastopol
was set on fire by the shells of the Allies, and
was burnt to the ground with all its inmates
two thousand sick and wounded. This fright
ful circumstance is passed over as quietly as
possible in the English and French papers, but
it demands the most pointed attention. 1t may
be remembered that we publish an English
story to the effect that Menschikof hoisted the
hospital flag over magazine, which the Eng.
lish directed their fire upon and blew up. We
fear the building thus fred on was really the
hospital. ~
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