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seige before sevastopol.


Nothing startling Ofa political oharAeisr-lh,
news received. being mainly confirmation o
previous adEicss, Private lsllsFs from -Kssssl
give fsArfal aeeouhls Of,lhs tnHsrinR euduFst
By the Russian army frOm wounds and siek
ness. All accounts agree that Disease and des
POpdeney prsgall n the gEiTSeS y ssvGs,0p6l
Miss Nightingale is on her way 10 Eigland.-
she Is eonvxlescsut from hsratsck Of SsvsFbul
isreeohnsndsd y recruit her stredgth al homs
for season. 10 ass4sI Hog D l7aI tai1 -
An important element Of Victory To The allie.
is that The French army, from its nev position,
can reach the ships in ths harbor Of sevAsGo-
IPOl Further successes have been achieved in
the sea Of AzOif, where the combined aeets at.
tackled and destroyed the stores at Lagaurovsu
and MarinepO. The Russians, tits stated,
evacuated the eireassian possessions. The
following are The oRiciaI accounts ofthe opera
tons Of the Allies on the 7th Of June, against
the Russian Works before sevastopoI. '
Gen. Pellissier's dispatches as follows;--
JUSE 6-"TO-day, with our Allies, we
opened FIRE against the external works. r.
JUNE 7--2iS0 P. N-0uT signals we're given
Fand one hour afterwards our flags foatsd over
Mamelon Vert, and over two redoubs COM
manding the bay. The artillery Of the enemy
fell into our hands. We have taken 400 pris.
Oners. Our lcgiOns occupy the conquered
works on this side. Our Allies with then equal
resolution carried the works on the Quarry
and established themselves there. All the
troops showed the most admirable devotion
and intrepdiy.
JUNK S--Last evening we took possession Of
62 guns in the captured redoubts. Thirteen
officers were made prisoners. Our loss is con.
siderable.
JUNE 9--The situation is the same as yester.
day. All the demonstrations Of the enemy
against the captured works have proved fruit.
less. They have abandoned the so called bat
terry OF the 2Id Of May: they have also aban.
doned to us the right shcre Of Careening Bay.
The vessels in port have sought refuge in Ar
tillery Bay, where our large morlars can reach
them. We are watching them attentwely.
JUNE l0--The combat Of June 7th was more
advantageous for us than at first announced.
1t placed IN our hands SOC prisoners of which
number 200 were officers and 73 cannon pieces
JUNE live are cOngratuating ourselves
on the new works. We have been able to fire
with the Russian mortars on the ships, which
have gone still further over TIE fortress of
Anspa was abandoned by its garrison June
9th. l: is now occupied by the Crcassians.
The heat was excessive in the camp. We
have been forming a depot on the Tehern
ya'--Accounts from Varana mention the ru.
NOR that propositions for an expedition against
Perekop were being made. H
Lord Raglsn's dispatches dated before Sc.
vsstOpol, as follows:-
JUNE 7.-ThC formidable Ere yesterday was
kept up to-day, and soon after o clock this
evening the French attacked aud carried the
White Works and the Mamelon. The whole
operation was most brilliant. Great gallantry
was displayed on both sides Casualties not
yet known.
JUNE 8.--The success oflast nightwas very
complete and the gallantry and steadiness of
the troops cannot be too highly spoken Of The
French succeeded in securing the works of the
Mamelon and those on its right, called the
"ouvrsges blahcs." and in those they took 62
guns including 8 columns and 400 prisoners
We have Lost 400 men killed and wounded,
Prince GOrtschakoff telsgraphs to st. Peters.
burg on the afternoon OF June 9th, thus: |
After two days Of heavy bombardment the
French divisions detached the redoubt No. 6 T,
Il O'Clock last night and occupied the re-
IOubts of KamSchatka. Selinghengaski, and $
'astion No. I. Our troops took the Kams- &
hatka reserve and retook il once more. We
nally regained mastery Of that battery, the J
rench holding lodgrent, where we hope to b
rive them. Our soldiers fought admirably, in a
roOfo which may say that the eutmy's loss e
xceeds ours Hehas lOst z, 800 men, and we =
ave taxed 276 men 8 ofiCers) prisoners, as n
'ell as two French cannon. g. 1
The British Admiralty also makes public the p
Glowing .- ~ H.@'- .
, Capt. Lyon, Of the Miranda. and Captain
'edages, reports that the naval operstions a
ainst Taganroga, Manapoul and Ghink. which \
oOk place on the 3rd, ,5th and 9Th days Of June a
ave perfectly succeeded. l +f IL
The operations were conducted with very
reat rapidty, and the seige throughout was !
to the advantage Of the Allies. La. le
sr accounts state chat I I British officers we're .
illed I6o private men we're killed, $40 woun. I
ed, and is missing. tits singular that Lord 4
Iaglan onits to mention how the British were 4
hgaged, or ifthey we're engaged at all Gen. 9
elhssier's dispatch says that his English Al q