Demoine courier., 1854-12-07
ARRIVAL OF THE
B A L Il | c..
Nav YORK. Nov 27.

! Coli1uS os
Sandy Hook a. IL o'clock on Saturday
night, and reached her dock at 0 this
morning. She brings l4S passengers,
among them the Hon. Reverdy John.
son and Mr.. Piatt, Secretary OF Lega-
ton al Paris and bearer of dispatches.
The Baltic left Liverpool a, 2 o'clock
on the afternoon Of the 18th. The A.
RIGA arrived out on the l4,h.
The news is extremely interesting
The news of the massacre Of the En-
glish cavalry uLder Lord Cardigan Is
mainly confirmed. They charged a
battery Of 80 guns and lost 400 men
only 200 of those who charged returned.
Since then the fighting has been inces'
san, and sanguinary; the allies are al
most overmatched, and the most urgent
requests are sent for reinforce men,s.-
Fifty thousand French troops are to be
instantly sent, and every available steam.
er is taken to transport the troops, in
Guiding the steamers Europa, Alps, In.
dia, New York and others.
On the 4th November there was san
culinary engagements; on the 9th there
was terrible connie, including a sor,ie
and general attack 55y menschikohr; the
battle lasted from day break ill o'clock
in the afternoons; both sides claim the
victory. The English took 100 prison.
ers-,he Russians s.ormed several batter.
les and silenced the guns-,he loss on the
part OF the allies about 5000, Russians
5000. The Cars two sons were in
the battle. The battle was resumed by
the Russians the next day. the 6sh-the
result was unknown. The allies are
preparing TO storm before the Russians
can recover their losses. A practicable
breach had been effected.
On the 18th Russia notified tina, she
will treat with Austria on the four points
Since the battle Of the Alma Menschi.
kof has been reinforced by the com.
mands of Generals Churnahof, Ness
randa and koef. The entire infantry
Of the Russians a, Sebastopol is $4,000
men, and cavalry and artillery. which
swell the number TO 10000 men. The
best tha, can be said of the news Oh the
part OF the Allies is ,hat,,i. is Of cheq-
uered description; successive hard fights
have been fought and victories gained,
each victory costing as much as defeat,
at the same time SO closely have these
affairs been drawn. that the Russians,
equally with The allies. clam the acvan-
lage. 1t is now admitted tina, the de-
fences of Sebastopol were underra.ed-
the bravery of the enemy moderated.
and The force of Menschikof in the field
altogether unexpected. The massacre
oil the English cavalry arose from mis-
conception OF orders; 600 cavalry rode
over The field mile and half under
cross fire from battery Of 80 guns; in
quarter Of an hour oil were killed ex-
cept 1875.
The Russian army has been swollen
by reinforce men,s from the Danube, as
well as the combined reserves of the
Russian Provinces. They are animated
by the presence of the Grard Dukes
Michael and Nicholas. They attacked
on the 9Th the right Of the English pc
sision before Sebas,opol. The English
sustained the attack with remarkable
irmness and soliiity, supported by d.
vision Of General Bourgress. which
fought with vigor, as well as by the
troops which were nearest to the En-
gllsh position. The enemy. who far
ortnumbered or forces. beat a retreat,
with loss estimated at from 5000 TO
5000 men. The struggle lasted for a
whole day; at The same time Gen. Tor
rey was forced to repel soriie made by
the garrison, and under his energetic
command the enemy was driven back in
to the place with 1000 killed and woun.
ded. This brillian, day, which was no.
purchased without measurable ioss TO
the allies, does the greatest honor TO our
arms. The siege continues with regu-
larity. CANRoBERT.
The above is Canroberl's official stale
menl to his government. Up TO Tues.
day. the l4lh. no official accoun! had
been received by the English govern
men, from Lord Raglan or STAFFORD &c
Radcliffe relative TO the action of the 9th,
but advices received a. Liverpool on the
morning Of the 18th, supplied few ad-
di,ional particulars. The right wing of
the English army, which was attacked
by the Russians, consisted of foo,
guard of the second, third and fourth di
visions.
At Vienna. it was the opinion that a
few more such victories would compel
the enemy to raise the seige. Menschi-
kof's dispatch to Paskiewiich says that
i. will be impossible for the Allies to
continue the siege, and will continue to
chas,ise their tenacity.
The London Times CORES pondenl
telegrs phs that Carrober, has assured the
French Government that the Russians
were weakened in the affair of the 9Th.
that for ten days they would not be in a
position to resist an assault on the town,
and that he means to make the attempt.
The same correspondent states that the
Allies loss is 5000.
A telegraphic dispatch. dated ST. Pc.
tersbureh, states that Mensclikof re-
ports to the Emperor. under date of the
9th, that on the 9Th the garrison made
two sorties; one against the right flank.
which was success siul. and resulted in
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