The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-10-03
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ri ana F0HthcdftOaS destroyed -
Eracuotion by ,hc Russians NJ.
tempted ASSASSINATION 0fthc Emperor
Nopoleon
The Ameyice arrived at Halifax last
Thursday, with intelligence from Europe
to tho 18th ult Her news was speedily
telcgraphed to all parts of the country
being both intensely exciting and IN
doubtedy authentic. We gather sum
mary of the news, from the telegraphic
reports, and the accounts brought by the
mails.
TnE FALL or SrBAsTorot.--O On Sat
urday, Sept. Sth being twclvo.mon,h
since landing in the Crimea. and three
hundred and sixteen days since the open
ing Of tho siege final victorious assault
was made on the Malakoff The assault
was preceded by terrific bombardmcnt.
and dispatch from Gortschakof. per.
nitted TO transpire at Berlin. saying
t. Our works suffered. prepared the pub
lie for the result.
Precisely at noon of the sih. the
whole disposable force of the besiccing
armies moved forward in a fourfold al.
tack. The extreme right of the French
attack was directed against the Little
Rcdan. which they carried, but had to
abandon on account of fierce charge
from the Russians The second and
principal assault Of the French was a.
gainst the Malakof which, after six re.
pulses, they carried by storm, and deci1.
cd the fate of the day.
y third attack, made by the British
against the Great Rclan, completely
irlIed for although they succeeded in
ginning temporary possession of the
salient angle of the work, they were
speedily driven back, and the British
loss is numbered at 1000 killed and
wounded.
The fourth portion of the assault was
made by the French. under General De.
SALES. against the Central Battery. but
that also failed
The others events Of the siege are ON.
braced in the following official despatch.
cs:
FROM Gen. SIMPSON
CEIMEA, sept. <, II p. NJ The al.
he'd forces attacked the defences of Sc.
bastopol, this day, at II o'clock The
assault on the Malakoff has been success.
iul and the work is in the possession of the
French. The attack OF the English a.
gainst the Rcdan did not succeed
FROM GEN. retIsslEr
V,rx, SAINT q TL. .,. =,
Nnlnlotf wos ,rad, >, , "'S''U.' ~ '"o
Its rcdoubts md tho RodoU IS ,La I %
recninr Raw woro ooo,,,;n I" ~ y, ~ ."s va"
soldiers with ,Jm;r.IIap on, ~ s"u p'a.e
,Lo orn afa v;I,n e"'"us'uSH, 10
cupiei onrsolvos With a,tS l,o', We oo'
curo our nos;,;nr ana a"oso ,o,'us " 90,
ol,;oct ~, H. Nj. 'u''0eu'u Il" 'hiS
The Rcdan on the side NJ Coroon;ro
Bay could not be maintained in the face
OIL the powerful artillery which over
wheihied the hrst occupants of that work.
but which, however, our firm settlement
in the Malakoff will speedily cause to
succumb, together with the Rcdnu,w (which
our brave allies seized, attacking 1t with
tne'r habi'ual vlgor; But here, as with
ou' 1"'i troops on the side of the Careen-
I"g pay our allies were compelled to
o ..n '"c %o'kS again to the powerful ar
.l'I''y ana reserves OF the enemy. At
1 1"C az a. T u our eagles hy'ng on the Ma
tocl,. rro,' H. r,"', u maui TWO at
however. did not succeed and m, tronnl
returned to ,Loir tr,noI,6a N 0'' ''ooP'
Our losses nre serious on1 o,u.o.
be precisely Indicated Thn " . ara ye ,
COMPENSATED for nv tho nar,,, "'' "."p'y
Malakof the CONSEQUENCE df r.hioG ~ ,' '"I
be immense. " "''''" VIII
Six hundred and fhy so,a;ons AL
twenty. seven officers wcro ,otan s.;' anu
ers IN the Mol,loF P'''ON'
r,.nn,,., -
- NJ" 'hroHl FROM GEN. SIMPSON
Sebas,opol is in the possession Of the
Al.ies' Inc enemy during the night
ana 'nl' morning evacuated the south
sac exploding their magazines and set.
ing hre to the whole OF the town. All
the men-oi'war were burnt during the
night with the exception Of three steam.
er'; which are plying about the harbor,
ana the bridge communicating with the
north side Is broken down. Our casual.
tles are great, During the nigh, tho
Russians have sunk all tho remaining