New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-12


{, the central column having also brgades o. sapes
under their orders had 10 fulfill analogous miss; ~
An the arrangements concerning the duty OF the
epgipeeIs in the attacks TO be m:de on the Ma akor
had bten male BY the general of brigade Froseard,
commanding the engineers Of the second corps.
In sttsesicg tire 20 En in order 20 avoid ths obs,s
cles accumulated by the enemy a; the salient OF ne
Flagstaff bs.tiop il hsi been decided that the p-inci
pal assault should be given at The Central oasoo, be-
ise.n IFS salient and The unete OF the lsf,; tha. the
asssuliirg column, 5000 as Should De estsoshed
within the Central bastion should de'sch portion OF
It's forces toward the gorge of the Fagstsn barely
wbose right face should then be asssiled by Sirdin
ian brs ade which bad come TO take par. IN tue opera-
tors of The frst corps.
first corps had made arrangements for attacking the
town sinilsr 10 those which | have just explained
with reference 10 the attacks Of the karaoeinaya
fsubeurg.
ing, we threw on the Central bsstion two mines OF
Or, lection each charged with hundred kho-
ersmmes of powder. The eII lesion t3ok place near
The mic die Of the bastion and appeared 10 great
disorder At the same hour we exploded in front o:
our approaches 10 the Malakoff fort three mining
chsmbeIs charged IL all with OF thousand i've huodred
kogranmes Of powder in order to destroy the lover
gale res of the Russian miners ana 10 give security TO
our soldiers who bad 10 crowd within the trenches
unc er which ceser.ers announced that the soil wac
miIed.
Atroon precisely our soldiers rushei from the Sd
yspced Ulaces 0rmes in front Of the Nal ikoh. They
crossed the bitches with surprising agility, and jump
ps on the psrapets alta ked the enemy 10 the cry Of
: Viye Enper,uri' A. the Malakof fort the inte-
rior slope having great hight those who arrived trst
halted il slant TO form. Then they mounted on the
parapet ape jumped into the work.
The C mbat which had commenced with discharges
of fire-sms, was carried en- with the bayooe, with
sioner ard with buu-encs of muskee. The hammers
became weapons in the hands Of the Russian gunners,
but everywhere the Russians wers killed, taken pris-
ouers, or made TO fly and in ess than quarter of an
hour after the attack had taken place the French Tag
| waved on the conquered redoubt.
The Careenage redan hsd also been cerried after
very lot struggle. The center column had advanced
ar far as the second eReeiate. Everywhere we had
taken pose eson Of the works attached The general
in Ct let gave the concerted sgrd for the attack
Ct lie Great Redan and after the for the attack
| of the town. The English hal 200 metres OF
| ground 10 60 under terrible fire OF grape: Ihs
| space presently covered with dead, but these
osses could not stop the march of the attacking col
| ump which advanced TO the capital OF the work. IL
descepce cd into the ditch, which about i've metres
in depth, and, notwithstanding all the efforts OF the
Russians il escaladed the scarp and took from them
the salient of the redsn; but after the first struggle,
| wbick cost the Russians dear, the English soldiers
found be re them vas open space cross q In all d.
rec'ions by the balls OF the enemy, who themselves
| were shete red behind distant traverses. Those who
came up were scarcely sufficient to replace tho.e who
| were placed h0rs de combat. Ii was not until they
hsd sustained, 6ui nearly two hours, this unequal
combat, that the English resolved TO evacuaie the
| redan.
| The attack upon the Central bsstOn presented the
| same result In front of the 'Maiakoff the Russians
made great efforts TO reconquer the works Repeated
| attacks we're made, but in vain. The dead bodies OF
the enemy piled mp in front OF the gorge but the
| first division remained mmovable, and in the evening"
| We were masters OF this citadel, without which the
RI .sans could not continue their defense for more
| than few days.
THUS 4. minated this memorable siege in which the
means of defense ard Of attack attained colossal di-
nensiors The Russians had eight hundred cannon in
| battery, the beseging army about seven hundred.
In fir ishing ths rpDOrt / ought TO tell Mon
| ,ieur lie Marechal, that the greatest harmony has
never ct6sed to prevail between the artillery and the
engineers. Whenever one Of these two services could
con- to the assistance of the other, 1t did With eager
neas and this community of views and action has given
| us the means Of overcoming many difficulties.
Ihaye also to congratulate myself in every instance
on my relations with Gen. Harry Jones, commanding
the ngineers Of the English army. Our objec, was
| the same, and we hsve never differed in opGion on
the mean. to be employed for obtaining it. Already,
at the siege of Bomsrsund, had the opportunity of
this general officer. / have been happy at finding
,ef a. ain in relations with him at the siege OF Sc
vsstopol
Accept Monsieur ls Msrech., the homsse of m,
The general Of dvi.nn D. C. of the Emperor CON.
n'n''ns the engineers oil 'A' army In tue Est MIL.
MARSHAL PELISSlERS GENERAL ORDER.
The following is the text OF Marshal Pelisser's gen
eral der announcing the taking OF Sevas,,pol to the
army:
Soldiers. sevastopo has fallen! The taking of the
Mslakoff decided rs fate. With his own hand the
enemy has blown up bis formidable deenses, set fire
to the town. the storehouses ar the military estab
sbments and sunk the rest Of his vessels IN the port
The boulevard Of Russian power in the Black Sea
lists o longer. You these results, no. alone to
your brilliant courage, but TO your ndomable energy
AND perseverance, ing long siege of eleven months
duration. Never before did land or marine artillery
engineers, infantry, have to overcome such obsta
ces in this siege; and never did the three services
display more yaor more science, or more resolution
Tie tskiDg OF Sevastopol will be your eternal honor
This immense success, while il augments the i'm
portance If position in the Crimea, makes the
mainte nance OF it less Onerous 1t will now be per-
INVISIBLE to send home TO their hearths and families
such of you having served their full time have yet
remain cd with from necessity. l thank these sol
dieIs in the Emrerors name for the devotedness Of
which they have never ceased to give proofs, and
will take care that they shall very soon return to
Il cir native land Soldiers the III Of September, the
day On which the English, Piedmontese, and French
flags injured together, will ever he memorable
imperisbabe glory. Soldiersl you have we'll de-
eryeds well Of France and the Emperor.
The gene I.lin chief PELTsSIER.
Hest qusrsIs, hslsiof redOubt, Sept. 9, 1885,
AFTER THE VICTORY
L. will be membee ed that OIL of Marshal Pessiers
dispatches spoke of General Gorchskof's having
asked for aimistice, and nothing more has been
heard about the matter since. The COaStaatin0ple
Journal gives the following details Of the circum
stances:
AT % o'clock on the 9Th SHE'LL the only
ore that the Russians fired that day, was shot
forth from The Quarantine for At the same moment
a boat with q white isg put on, from the shore, and
spobe with boat from the French animals ship, and
sferwad bad similar meeting with an English boat.
As as these conferences were over Admiral Lyons
went TO headquarters, where he remained along time,
ard on bisreu the Baneh recs lived orders 10 put 10