Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-10-06
One Week Later from Europe.
OF S~EBAsTOPOL,!

news
The bombardment was re-opened on the
NTH and continued without interruption until
the eight when the assault commenced.
The French attacked the Malakoff and the
GARDENING Bay, and the English the Redan.
Six repulses were sustained by the French
before the Malakoff, but on the seventh at
tempt they carried the work in splendid stvle
and hoisted their eagles on the Malakoff.
The slaughter was terrific, and is estimated
at 1000 English, $4,000 French, and as many
Russians, making the aggregate upward Of
thirty thousand men.
Five French Generals are reported to have
been killed, including General Bosquet.
During the night succeeding the assault the
Russians evacuated the entire south side, first
blowing up the defences, sinking all the ships.
firing the town, and leaving nothing but smould,
erlng ruins.
A large Allied force was marching along
the coast to interrupt the retreat of the Rus
slams inland.
The allies found immense materials of war in
Sebastopol.
1t is reported that instructions have been
sent to the allied Generals in the event of
Gorchakoff seeking to capitulate, to demand
that Russia shall surrender at discretion all the
troops, stores and fortified places including
Odessa.
The English, who attempted the redan, were
not successful during the night. The Russians.
in the exacerbation of despair, began to sink
their ships, blow up their magazines and burn
their city, and on the following morning Sebas-
tOpol was evacuated and the communication
between the north forts and the town broken
off.
The following telegraphic despatch, received
by Lord Banmure from Gen. Simpson, appear
ed in the English morning journals of the 18th
inst
"Sebastopol is in the possession of the
allies. The enemy, during the night and morn
ing, evacuated the south side, after exploding
their magazines and setting fire to the whole
of the town.
All the men-of-war were burnt during the
night, with the exception of three steamers
which were playing about the harbor. The
bridge communicating with the north side is
broken"
General Simpson reports that the casualties
in the attempt on the Redan were somehat
heavy, but there was no general officer killed.
In a supplement of the M0Riteur the follow
ing Geographic despatch, received by the
French government from Gen. Pelissier, ap-
pears
Karabelenaia and the south part of Sebas-
topOl no longer exist.
The enemy, percciving our solid occupation
of the Malakoff, decided upon evacuating the
place after having destroyed and blown up by
mines nearly all the defences.
Having passed the night in the midst of my
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Karabelnaia is blown up, and from what |
could see the same must be the case in front
of our left line of attack. This immense sue
cess does the greatest honor to our troops
Everything is quiet on the Tchernaya.
The assault on the Malakoff was made at
noon of the Sth inst. Its redoubts and the
Rcdan or Carecning bay were carried bystorm
by the French soldiers with admirable inter-
pidity to the shouts Nive 7 Emperuer. The
Redan or Carcening bay was not tenable,
owing to the heavy fire of artillery which
was poured upon the first occupiers of the
work.
On bcholding the French eagle floating on
the Malakoff, Gen. de Sulles made two attacks
on the Central Bastion, but did not succeed
The French troops returned to their trenches.
The losses were serious.
The plan Of the battle appears to have been
as follows The place was attacked in four
sections. The British troops attempted the
storming of the Redan, the French attacked
the Malakoff. The extreme right of the
French made a diversion on the Little Redan,
and a united attack of the English, French and
Sardinians was made on the central battery.
All the attacks were made simultaneously
with great spirit and energy, but the one which
eminently successful was led by General
Bosquet, and Gen Mcmahon, on the Malakoff.
Both the Redan and the Central Bastion were
at times in tie hands of the Storming parties,
but so accurately did the guns of tie Russians
cover these, that as soon as the English had
gained possession of them, it was impossible to
hold them.
The English loss in the assault on the
Redan is estimated 1000 killed and wounded.
The following despatch is from Prince Gort-
dated the night of the 9th
The garrison of Sebastopol, after sustaining
an Internal fire, repulsed six assaults but could
not drive the enemy from the Malakoff Tower
Our brave troops, who resisted to the last
extremity, are now crossing over to the north
ern part of Sebastopol.
The enemy found nothing in the southern
part but blood-stained ruins. On the 9th of
September the passage to the northern side
was accomplished with the loss of 100 men,
We left, | regret to say, 800 men previously
wounded, on the southern side.
The intelligence of the fall of Sebastopol
received in London with demonstrations of
great joy, At the various theatres and places
of public amusement the fact was officially
announced, and the bands at each place immc-
diately played the national anthems of Eng
land and France.
On the night of the 9Th ult., whilst the En-
peror of the French was at the door of the
Theatre Italian, at the moment that the carri-
age containing the ladies of honor of the En-
press stopped at the entrance of the theatre, an
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