The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-12-02
The Attack upon the Allies by the RUS
sian Army. ..'

VIENNA, Monday evening. The following
is an epitome of several authentic dispatches
of the 9th from the Crimea;
"Eayly in the morning of the 9Th the gar
rison of Sevastopol and the army lnsthe
field made violent attack on the right wing
of the allied army, composed of the English
foot guards, and the ID, Sd and 4th divisions.
Gen. Bosquet's division advanced to the
support of the English, and subsequently
other French troops, under Gen. Canfobert
arrived
':The battle lasted till the afternoon when
the Russians retired, having suffered heavy
loss. and leaving several hundred prisoners
in the hands of the English the latter lost a
great number of men. Gems. Brown, Ben
tiuck, Butler. and Torrens were more or less
dangerously wounded.
The prevalent opinion here is, that If
such another victory is obtained, the allies
will be obliged to raise the siege; but 1t Is
good sign that the last Russian dispatch
published, only reaches up to the 9TH. It's
sense is, that two sorties were made on that
date-one against the right wing OF the
allies, and the other against the left wing Of
the siege works On the right wing OF the
army the guns of one battery were spiked,
in the other Is guns were spiked. The loss
on both sides was very severe. A French
division, which pursued the Russians, and
attempted to enter with them, was repulsed
with great loss.
"a terrific storm is raging here to-day.
"Prince Gortschakof has officially an
nounced to Count Buol, that Russia is pre-
pared to treat direct with Austria on the
basis of the four conditions
This is considered palpable attempt to
cause disUaion between Austria and the
Western Powers
The Liverpool correspondent of the New
York Tribune says: With every wish to do
Justice to the admirable bravery OF the allies,
and with no desire to bIacken news already
100 disastrous, it is impossible to escape the
conviction that the army before Sevastopol
is in position of great peril. A portion of
the intelligence, both good and bad, Is hushed
up from the public, but from the facts that
have transpired, very different interences
NAV be drawn than those set forth seml-ottl-
cially in the London Times.
The best that can be said for the news on
the part of the allies is that it Is of che
Qurred description. a succession OF hard
I fights has been fought and victories gained
each 20 victory" costing as much as defeat.
+ At the same time, so closely have these
affairs been drawn. that the Russians, equal
ly with the allies, claim the advantage. 1t
is now admitted that the defenses of Sevas-
topol were underrate ted-the bravery of the
enemy underrated, and the force Of Menchl-
/ koff in the field altogether unexpected.
| Gems Raglan and Canrobert, the COM
manders-in- chief, have sent the most urgent
demand for renforcements. The haste man
ifested to transmit to the Crmea every
available man--Briton, Frenchman and
Turk-shows the importance attached to the
demand. Seven first class steamers are taken.
up for instant service. and Others are wanted.
The Cunard steamer Alps is withdrawn from
the berth for New York, and sailed on Sun
day, the llth, for Toulon, to embark French
men. The Cunarder Europa would sail from
Liverpool on the 18th for Kingston, Ireland.
to ship drafts, and the few regiments yet left
/ in Ireland. The Peninsular and Oriental
I (Mediterranean) company notify that they
| have imperative orders to Withdraw from
the mail service the steamers Gambia, Ripon,
Manila, Nuba and Rajah, for immediate
reinforcements to the Crimea. The steamer
Indiana. lust arrived from New York, and the
West India mail steamer Thames are also
taken up. The engagement of the Cunard
steamers will not--in the meantime, at least
interfere with the weekly mail service to
America.