New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-24

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ar 9Th fl7ib ~ troops, which successiveiy ssNeI;
and wss placed rnier the command ot MaJps Isoe,sl
SemiakDe commander Of the Let brigade OF Ihs A-'u
Div sion Of infantry
Of the cavalry advanced into the vsAey OF btyiN''
and this troop by its patrols and flying detacamen''
nut tsef into communication With the one thf. occ'-
MED Tchcrgoun. Our advance posts, disposed a.
tba Tchernava. had frequent skirmishes Sith IN
enemy, and hindeTed them from approaching tne
stream.
In the ercsmpment Of the enemys principal force
netr Seysstopol il remarked from the 2t IAN
TIA, thew reinforced their right wing and opened new
iufr.pcbmepts ~ sinst the tower Of MLakoht. Ice
fire of our artillery from the ramparts eonpehed him
t. retsrd bis siege opersons but on the night OF tue
itk.5th l6th-l7thl the enemy succeeded Ia perctag
The embrasures in their Entertainments. and in placing
there large quantity Of artillery. From the mora
IN Sof the 9Th 7th he opened along the whole Of his
line a FIRE against the Notifications OF Sevastopol.
The Details Of the bonn oardnent of SevastOpol dur
inc the t~o DAYS of the 5th nth and 9th lsth of
October are contained in the three following reports
from Aide.de Camp Prince Menchikof to His Majesty
the Emperor:
PEFoRT OF AIDE DE CAMP PRINCE MEScHIEoSF OF
THE 5TH Q7THD OCTOBER.
In the nights Of the 4th 10th and 5th Q7th) the
enemy pierced embrisures in their intrenchments,
and at o'clock this morning they opened smart,
ipeessant fire against our batteries and bas,ons,
which responded with double activity and equL
success.
Towsrd noon the cannon placed on the tower of the
kouresn lbilIookl Msskbor ives dismouuted but
the batteries erected that SIDE and all the bastons
continued their FIRE with much success that toward
evening the English had only two pieces Lett to keep
ND their fire. The French batteries had been stopped
long before through the explosion Of their powder.
magazine.
On our side-so far as can ascertain, before re-
ceiye detailed information from each baston and
battery-the loss cannot have been considerable, but
i. is so far lamentabe that Aide de-Camp General
Kornilef, having received buLet IN MS leg, soon
fell a victim 70 bis wound
At I2J. while the carnonade still continued uom
The batteries in the intrenchments the enemys ships
opeped violent and incessaut fire from their broa !
sides against the bsttery No TO- the battery Alexan-
der and the battery Constantine, which answered with
equal rapidly. As there wss perfect fog, and the
heat was intense, the dense clouds of smoke $, con-
pletey enveloped the sea that II was impossible to
discern the damage thai had been done either to our
batteries or to the enemy ships, which seemed to
have been Il in number at the beginning OF the can
nonade.
The fire did not relax until nightful.
Although am Lot yet informed a. to the results OF
the Reinforcement / cannot refrain from giving your
Majesty hasty account Of all that has taken place
this day
During he bombardment l was at Sevas.opOl aud
have seen the army. l have communicated 10 IL the
oracous EXPRESSION Of your Majesty order brought
TO me by Aidede. Camp Abedineky adding that after
the bombsrdment, the army might have to defend
Sevastopol from a storm by close csmbat
hope that the army will prove worthy of your
Mejestys expectations.
REroRT or ADE.DE-CAMP.GESERNLP PRINCE MEN
cHIKoFF OF THE 6Tu psrH OCTOBER.
The fru from the batteries aud the enemy snips'
which did not cease yesterday from sunrise TO nght-
fall and which was surprising from its mass aad lts
Violence. has not done so much mischief as might
have been expected.
The battery OF Alexander, as vel a. the brttery
No 10 which were in the G. eatest danger have sui
ftred but little The damsgs to Fort Constantine has
been great.
teries OF the enemy inreDhment' the greater pare
of them Gle unnured. with the exception OF bastion
No 8 where nearly all the 80 pieces Of cannon have
been dsmouI ted aud we have lost the greatest num-
Der Of men.
Although have lot received the list with the
rames of the killed Snd wounded, 1t 10 asatistictlon
to perceive that according TO the general information
collected on the spot oss scarcely amounts to 500
The number Of wounded arc, Vice Admiral N achi.
mcf and Capt. YerganJ scaeh (nHval) but the first
very slightly.
As new bombardment was expected to-day, the
9Th Gsthl the whole night was passed at Sevest0pol
in repsiring the damage, and all the dism in pieces
we're replaced. As for the ba,ton No 8, Il has been
reinforced by battery raised upon lts flank.
To-day, 9th nsth) all the enemy's fire has been
directed 6es,;s; ~ q Town Of the Kourgan MalapuoI
erd the batteries raised that side Ire town has
r.mained without any serious damage, and the bate
TIE fire Of tho English batteries, generally much
efs vtl, than yesterday, similarly diminished ia the
afternoon, probably because Major. General Semia-
kline, by my order, advanced with his detachment
from the yilsge Of TchorgoUn 10 he nights of Bala
kava, and by appearing behind the Eogish encsnp-
ment had occssioned some disturbance, so that the
amy was forced to form 10 haste and to m4rch in the
direction Of Balaklaya. BY this show of detached
bo6y the object of turning the enemy from the fortress
was attained Daring the 9th, C5thl the French
batteries scarcely fired at all upon Sevastopol
The vessels which bombarded yesterday and
hhch, it appears, were entirely French, have retired
this morning in the direction Of the Cher,onese light
house.
Yesterday on account of the smoke, and to-day, in
const quence OF the morning fog the sea it i'm
possible to discover what amount Of dam age the ships
had suffered Ii appears that ship of the line had
one spar broken and that two others set fire
by red.hot shot, but this | cannot affirm with GER.
tainty
SECOND REPORT OF AIDE-DE.C CAMP PRINCE MENCHi-
KoFF, or TEE 9TH (lsTH) OF OCTOBER.
To complete my respectful report of this day, feel
bound TO state TO your .esty that the seamen from
the officers to the sailors who have been exclusively
intrssed with the defense Of the city in the bastons
and batteries, have shown, during the bonbardpe1t
on the 5th, Q7th the most exemplary and laudable
hrmness.
AT the bastion No. ,, the service Of the
relieved three times nevertheless the men did their
dgtn CALAMITY singing songs, and vlding with each
other in zeal.
cannot in the present circumstances omit TO men,
ton Vice Admiral Nachimof, who, by bis activity
and the wisdom Of his measures, gave an impulse TO
those moral forces well to the material me ans
in order to repel firmly and successfully the attacks
Of the enemy.
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