The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-12-01
FOREIGN NEWS.

last night.
Tur WAR.-Sebasiopo still holds ou,
.ioully. and The substance The news from
that Quarter is that The allies had met with
an important check, and had not made
much procress since The last accounts.
Gen Canrobert sends officially 10 the
French minister Of war dates 10 Oc. %, in
which he states that the French approaches
towards The walls Of Sebasiopol continue To-
advance agreeably with his previous plans
of working: but the difficulties met with
are ,wo.folt first, in the rocky nature OF
the ground upon which the parallels have 10
DO formed and second, the extremely
heavy calibre OF The ship artillery which
the Russians have mounted profusely upon
The walls against which The French have
only 10 oppose their 6S Founders, and -.
inch moriars. This fully explains the dc.
lay in ,he progress Of The siege.
On the night oil the goth the enemy made
an attempt 10 spike the French guns, but
failed signally, whatever Russians did enter
the batteries being killed. The losses Of
the French are not SO great rs might have
been expected, and their wounded arc oil
sent TO Consanlinople, where hospitals are
in effective condition.
The health OF The army is, on tho whole,
satisfactory, although some sickness had ap-
peared among the gunners from the ships
Signed, CAHRoBERT.
The total loss in TIE French forces from
the l7ih TO the 2Slh OF October was 500.
Private accounts in the Moniieur contain
French narratives Of the progress Of The
siege 10 the 30,h ofOc,ober. On The 25ih,
&C. 900 Russians attacked the French rear,
which was defended by the Turks, drove
them fiom il, and took possession. The
English Immediately attacked the Russ.
ians, ard sent messenger TO Gen. Can.
robert, who fastened with the second di.
vision Of The army and a squadron Of chas.
seurs 10 their relief. The French and Eng.
lish cavalry uniieI, aud quickly repulsed
the enemy by brilliant charge, in which
The combat was maintained for about five
minutes with The sword The positions
were retained. The loss Of The English was
four hundred, but the French loss was not
quite so great. D..
The Moniieur publishes late dispatches
received by the government, from Gen. Can.
Robot, dated
BEFORE SEBAsToPoL, Oct. 2S.
The works Of the siege are being corlin.
ued. On The 25lh, The Russian army
appeared on The plains Of Balaclava. They
were attacked and battle ensued, which
had no particular consequences except that
the English experienced some loss from a
formidable Russian charge, which was 70.
pulsed by them with great vigor. On the
following morning, 5000 men LEFT Sebaslo-
pol and attacked the LEFT wing Of the Eng
lish, bul they were repulsej. The Russ
ians, however, rallied and repeated The
attack, when they were again repulsed with
considerable loss.
CASRoBERr.
THRILLING News YRoM THE CRiMEA.-|
The steamer Baltic arrived at New York
on Sunday with news from Europe to Nov.
18th.
The news by this arrival is extremely
Interesting. The news Of The massacre Of
The English light cavalry under Lord Car
digan, is mainly confirmed. They charged
upon a Russian battery Of thirty guns, and
no less than 400 were killed outright, only
two hundred returning. Since then there
has been ncessant and sanguinary fighting.
The allies, in point OF numbers, are now
overmached, aud urgent requests have been
sen. for instant reinforcemenis. Fifty thous.
and French troops are TO be Instantly sem,
TO Sebas,opOl, and every available steamer
has been taken up by the French and Eng
lish governments, inclrdlng me Europa,
Alps, Indiana, New York, and others.
On the 9TH OF November, there was san
culinary engagement, and on the 5ih, ter
rible combat, including soIiie and gener-
al attack by Menschkofi's whole army
The battle lasted from daybIeak until 4
p. NJ. Both sides claim The victory. The
English took some hundred prisoners. The
Russians slormed several batteries and ST.
fenced the guns. The loss OF the Allies
was 5000 that Of the Russians 5000. On
The 9Th The battle was resumed by the Russ
ians. but the result, is yet unknown.
The Allies are preparing to storm Sebas-
topol before the Russians can recover their
losses.
The intelligence brought by the Baltic
is no, regarded ~ favoring the success OF
tho Allies. The Commanders Of both the
English and French forces have sent urgent
requests 10 their governments for reinforce
menis. These requests ATE being complied
with as fast as possible. The English Gov
eminent have ordered, in Government ser
vice all The steamers OF the Cunanl line,
and are engaging large number OF private
steamers TO convey troops 10 the Black Sea.
II will DO some days before additional news
can be received. The opinion is gaining
ground, that The taking Of Sebastopol is no
easy affair. Thus far The Allies seem 10
have received as much damage rs they
have been enabled 10 do 10 The Russians.
THREE DAYS LATER. Tho Steam ship
Africa arrived nj New York, Wednesday,
evening, bringing three days later inlolli-
gence from Europe. From mass Of tel
egraphic news published Nov. 80, in The
Portland. ADVERTISED, we CLEAN tho follow
ing: -
WAN Nxws. "A pause has cnsued IN
the field 6ghiingibeiore Sebasiopol.
Dispatches rom The Russians and British,
says that tho. siege progress with regularity,
aud preparations arc making for an assault.
Both parties are in want OF reinforce
mems. The bcsicgeu worse than the be-
sieged. :, IL
The great hospital In Sebasiopol, with
5000 wounded soldiers was burned by The
fire OF the allies.
Nothing decisive respecting tho ,eige Of
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