Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-10-06
No 40


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armies, after having endured renewed
and most Destructive boElbaldtnent Of
three days Duration.
We yet have but partial accounts Of the
fearful encounter. The city WAS attat ked
at four different points. The British at
tempted to storm the Redan; The French
attacked the Malakoii; the French ex.
IRENE fishl p,ads . diversion Oh the Little
Redaa; and The English, French, and sar-l
di iahs made united attack Oh the Gem
lial battery. All these attacks weie exc
euted with great spirit and energy; but the
eminenily successful one was t.ia. headed
by Geu. 2osquet aud Gen. Aic3Iahon.
against the Malakoii.
The assaiIants suffered six repulses, with
terrible slaus htef, before they succeeded
| in carving the Notifications. Al one
iiRle during the struggle they bad posses
sion OF both the Redan aud Genital batter
{ les, but they were rendered uutenabie by
the accurate and murderoos fire Of the
( Russians. One fepui.e took place before
| the Malak off and five before the Redan.
The loss Of the Allies in this desperate
engagement is stated at thirty .kous md men
! haicd and ,oounded Amongst the killed
are are five French Generals, Including
! General Bospue;.
! The R1ssiahs evacuated the place aud
retired to the north side OF tue rchernaya
river. having first blown up thrr drfesces
on the south side, sunk or burnt all their
ships of war, and and fired the town. ieav-
ing behind them nothing bu, smouleering
runs, ard carry ing with them large quau-
,ities of military stores, provisions, &c.
Under date OF the 9th Of September.
Gen. Simpson telegraphs to his Govern
mtnt as follows:
"Sebastopol is in the hands OF the Al.
lies. At evening the Russians evacuated
the south side, after exploding their maya
zines, setting fire to the town. and burn
ing all the ships of war except three
steamers. The bridge communicating
with the moth side has been destroyed"
A despatch of the same date to the
French Minister Of War says:
"Aa:abenaia and the south part OF Se-
baslopol no longer exit. The enemy.
perceiving our solid occupation. evacuated
after blowing up neatly all their dcienee,.
The chief honefS of,he day are due TO
Generals Bosquet and Mcmahon"
\ telestaphia despatch from Varns
SAYS:
"lhe Maak off and the redan OF Careen.
ing Bay were carried BY storm. On See
ing tue French eagles floating in the Nal.
akod, General Dc Sales made two attacks
upon The Central baston, but fai led 10
carry IT,"
Princc Gorlsehakoff. in a telegrap hic
despatch TO his Government, dated the 9th
inst, Gays:
after sus!ainin. an internal ire we re-
pulsed six assaults, but could not drive
the enemy from the hialakolf. Gu, bravo
troops resisted to the last extremi.y. The
enem. found nothing in the southern par,
but blood -stsned ruins
The latest news Contained in the Lon.
don Times OF tie 18th instant, telegraph
ed TO Liverpool Oh that day, is as follows:
u! IS reported that 25 900 troops haze
embarked nom BaIakaya to attack the
oort.. side oil Sebastopol, aud also that the
Russians are III full retreat toward PEREZ
kop:,
The PATS papers are discussing the
question whether Sebastopol is tenab!e By
the Allies While the Russians remain mas
tiers OF the forts Oh the north side. flonting
! the sea.
! 81! was rumored IN the Cub, TO. day
! thai .ht Allies had found twelve hundred
guns in Sebas,cpol, also, tina, the Russians
were falling back on Bakshaselai Blu.
French rumors say that the Russians will
certainly hold the north side OF Sebas topoi
to the las, extremity, and that the Allied
| AdmireIs have decided that it is inexpedi.
| ent to enter :he hafbor Of Sebastopol until
Fort Constantine is sileaeed. Ii is probs-
bic thai the Allies viii attack For, Con-
siantine from Fort Alexander and Artille-
ry Bay"
Tae loss on both sides is roughly esd.
mated at thirty thousand men in killed and
wounded, which would lead to the infer.
ense that there were upwards OF tw 0 hun
dFed thousand men engaged in the ASSAULT
and deiehee. The loss, although fright
lally large, does not equal the loss sustain
ed III several OF the great battles m which
the first Napoleon was engaged. A, the
Battle OF Wagran. the .sustrians lost "a.
eco neo and the Freueh $4,000. At the
battle Of Waterloo, the loss Gu both side.
was fully 10000 ,ncn.
Since the above Was III type, we rcca;v.
ed second despatch of the s,eamersnavs
] 'N"' "iN"o1S ," po' 40 pam VI as ucllnite
as could be desired, renders i, possible
that the victory oil The Allies is not as com
plete or as overwhelming as represented
Ia the first despatch Tie Russians fac.
cordi0g 10 this despa.chl are still in posses.
slon Of the north side of Sehastopoi; and
If they show as much yalor and determi.
nation IN its deieaee as they have shown
on the south side, months may yet elsp,r
before Sebastopol has really fallen.--
Union
! The intelligence of the fall of sebas,opol
was received in London and the PfcYin-
cial cities with eStgavagant demonstrations
of jof. At the theatres and other places
Of amusement the fact was officially an
bounced, when the bands at each plac.
struck up the nat!oaal anthems of England
and France.
A despatch from the Sea of Azoff STATE.
that the Allies were doing immense dam
age to the Russian vessels and mereban.
dire along the coast. The fisheries were
neary destroyed. The Damage is es,ima.
ted at several millions OF francs.
Two British steamers were about ase.n.