Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-10-26
Gelegraptie.
ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON.

Four DAYS Later from Europe.
SANDY Hook, Oct. 24-104, p. m-The steam
ship Washington has arrived from Bremen, via
| Southampton.
The War I'm the Crimea.
| No official dispatch had been published relative
| TO the battle of Alma. The English lost 1000
| men killed and wounded, and the French 400.
Nothing but the want of cavalry prevented this
decisive victory from being turned into complete
rout of the Russians.
| The allies had changed their plan, and were to
attack Sebastopol from the south, where il was
found to be weaker. The base of operations is
Balaklava, where the cavalry and siege artillery
| are landed.
| The Russians had sunk seven ships Of the line
at the mouth Of the harbor.
| Marshal ST. Arnaud is dead, and Gen. Canro-
bert is chief in command the French army.
| Memel has been nearly destroyed by fire.
| The London, Times of the 18th instant contains
the following intelligence
| A telesraphic dispatch, dated eleven o'clock,
! from Peris, states that according to message
just received from Vienna, the bombardment of
Sebasiopol had commenced at o'clock on the
morning of the 4th.
| dispatch from Marseilles, of the 10th, an
nounces that orders had been given to receive
the remains of Marshal st. Arnaud with all the
.honors that were paid him upon his departure for
Constantinople. The "FarewelP' which he had
addressed TO the army, dated from his bivouac on
the Goth of September, hadar at Toulon He
says that overcome by the cruel disease against
which he had SO long struggled, he is obliged to
resign his command. He pays the highest COM
pliment TO his SUCCESSOR (Canrobert) "who," says
the Marshal, will pursue the victory of the Alma,
and will have the good fortune which had ina
| gined for myself, and which envy him-that OF
leading you TO Sebastopol"
The news of the death of Marshal st. Arnaud
reached Paris and London on Sunday, the sth.
After the battle of Alma, the Russians burnt all
the villages which they passed through. In their
flight they left about 5000 wounded behind them.
| Sebastopol was completely invested, and body
of 5000 French and Turkish cavalry was 10 have
| left Varna on the 2Sth.
| The Sinai arrived at Marseilles on Sunday even
ing. Advices from the Crimea, 10 October 1st,
were at Constantinople. The allied army arrived
| on the Goth at Balaklava, and the fort was sur
| rendered on the 2olh
| One thousand Russians, who were escorting
convoy of munitions of war, lad been made pris-
oners Menschikof himself narrowly escaped
capture.
The garrison of Anapa, before reported burnt
by the Russians,) $4,000 strong, was on its way
10 Sebastopol
| vienna, Oct l0-Evenug.-On the 10Th Sep
nd hes oun WI
disembarked at Balaklava.
BERLIN, Oct 1O.-Accordng 10 Russian Off
cial dispatch from ST. Petersburg 9th, the allies
had made no attack on Sebastopol up TO the Sd.
They still occupied Balaklava.
| Paris, Oct. 10.-A dispatch from Vienna states
that dispatch from Menschicof, received that
day, announces that the allies had established
themselves at Balaklava and Cape Chersonese
and that no attack had been made upon Sebasto
pol up 10 the Sd Of October
General Canrobert had been in the enjoyment
Of perfect health.
BERLIN. Oct. s-The following official dispatch
was published at St. Petersburg on the 9th
"Prince Menschikoff has advanced his army
corps nearer TO the north fort. The French
have left the north side without contest, anC
embarked 10 join the English, who have landed a
Balaklava"
The Danube.
Bucharest, Oct. 5-Sixty thousand OF the allies
have taken possession OF Cape Chersonese
Prince Gortschakoh' is i'll.
There is a great concentration Of Turkisl
troops at Matchn. Omar Pasba begins his oper
atoms against the Russians in Bessaraba imme
diately.