Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-05
NUMBER 2s5.

over tne russian ilnes, tossing up, as IN sport,
jets OF earth and dust, rendng asunder gabions,
and "squechingp the parapets, or bounding over
| among the houses and ruins In their rear. The
terrible files OF iron, about four miles in front,
rushed across the plain, carrying death and ruin
with IL, swept with its heavy and Irresistible wings
the Russian fanks and searched their centre to the
core. A volley 90 startling, simultaneous, and
tremendously powerful was probably never yet
uttered since the cannon found Its voice.
4 l18 THE coSsrRRSArfoN op rHE RUSSIANS.
/ The Russians seemed for awhile utterly para
yzed, their batteries we're not manned with strength
enough to enable them TO reply to such an over
tapping and crushing fire but the French leaping
to their guns with Astounding energy rapldity, and
strength, kept on filing the very air with the hurt
ling storm, and sent Y in unbroken fury against
their enemies. More than 200 pieces Of artillery
oflarge calibre, admirably served and well direct
ed, played necessarily on the hostile Ines In few
moments great veil Of smoke war-cloud roll
| ing dun"-epread from the guns over on the left of
Sebastopol but the roar Of the shot did not cease
and the cannonade now pealed forth In great freg-
ular bursts, now died away into the hoarse mur-
murs again swelled up into tumult, or ratified from
end to end of the line like fire ofinfantry Stone
walls went down before the guns at once, but the
earthworks yawned to receive shot and shell alike.
| However, so swift and incessant was the passage
OF these missiles through the embrasures and along
the tops Of the parapets that the enemy had to lie
close, and could scarcely show themselves in tho
] front line of defences. s NH
THE RUSSIANS RALLY
| For few minutes, then, the French had II all
their own way, and appeared TO be on the point Of
sweeping away the place without resistance; but
after they had fred few rounds from each Of their
numerous guns, the Russian artllerymen got to
work, and began to return our allies fire. They
made good practice, but fred slowly and with pre-
csion, as y they could not afford to throw away an
u rfvx srlo~fNA
rather than irhpeded, by such reply to their as.
tonshing volieys aud their shots flew with increas-
ed rapidity along the line Of defences and bound
ed In among the houses Of the town.
REDAS AND MALAxoFr.
Our Quarry Battery, armed with two mortars
and eight cohorns just 400 yards below tho Redan.
plies the suburb in the rear Of the Malakof vig-
orous'y, and keeps the top of the Redan clear.
Redan and Malakoff are alike silent, ragged and
torn. At most tho Redan fires three guns, and
the adjoining batteries are equally parsimonious
The parapets all pitted with shot and SHE'LL and
the sides Of the embrasures greatly injured SO
that the gabions are sticking out and are tumb-
ling downin all directions. There is no more of
that line polishing and Of that cabnetmaker's work
which the Russians bestowed on their batteries;
our constant fire by night, our riHenen, and in
cessant Smelling, have prevented their assiduous
anxiety as TO external appearance being gratfed.
After two long hours and half of furious fire. the
artillerymen Of our allies suddenly ceased in order
10 let their guns cool and to rest themselves.
RUSSIANS CREEP OUT TO REPAIR.
The Russians crept out to repair the damages to
their works and shook sand-bags full Of earth from
the parquette over the outside of their parapets
Their gufners also took advantage of this sudden
cessation 10 open on our sailors batteries In the
left attack and cause some little annoyance from
the "crows nest" Aass si easss'f
sal FRENCH REOPEN FIRE. %
At ten o'clock, however, having previously ex-
ploded some fougasses, as before, the French re-
| opened afre, " possible more rapid and tremen-
dous than their first, and continued to keep 1t up
with the utmost vigor till IL o'clock at noon, by
which time the Russians had only few guns at
the Flagstaff road and Garden Batteries In 20
sition TO reply. We could see them In great All
tation sending men and carts to and fro across tie
bridge, and at o'clock a powerful column Of in
fantry crossed over 70 resist our assault, while
movement towards Inkermann was made by tie
army Of the Belbek. Soon after our fire begun.
as early as O'Clock, the working parties which go
over 70 the North side every morning seemed 10
be recalled, and were marched back again over
the bridge TO the South, no doubt to be in readi-
ness for our expected assault. From le to SPIN
the firing was slack the Fronch then resumed
their csnnonade with the same astonishing vgor
as at dawn and at 10 o'clock, and never ceased
their volleys Of shot and shell against the place
till halfpast 4, when darkness set IN and ali the
mortars and heavy guns, English as wel as French
opened with shell against the whole line OF de-
fence. 4M #4N
HORRIBLE sHELLisG. iaA
r A description of this scene IA now impossible
There was not one instant In which the shells did
not whistle through the ar--not a moment in
which the sky was not scanned by their fiery curves
or illuminated by their explosion. 0ur prsctico
was beyond all praise Every shell burst as Il
ought and the lines Of the Russian earthworks, OF
the Redan, Malakof, and OF all their batteries
were rendered plainly visible by the constant hight
Of the bursting shells. The Russians scarcely at
tempted arepy- rffe1.Y bf assaN
RUSSIAN, ymaArE BURNT E
At o'clock It was observed that frigate In the
second line near the north side was smoking, and,
as IL grew darker, flames were seen TO issue from
her sides. Men and officers rushed to the front in
the greatest delight and excitement and a. night
came on the whole vessel broke out Into one grand
blaze from stem 70 stern The delight Of the crowd
on Cathcart's hill was intense. "Well, this IL a
sightl--to see one Of those confounded ships
touched at hstp II Is not precisely known how
the thing was done. Some say II was done by the
French--othcrs by ourselves; and bombs, red hot
shot and rockets, have been vArtoasly named as
the agency by which the Gro was accomplished.
In spite Of the efforts &C ibe Russ;aus, the flames
spread and soon issasd from the ports and quarter
gallery AT O'clock the light was so great that
the houes Of the city aud the forts on the other
side could be discerned without difficulty The
mast stood long, but at midnight she was burntto
the waters edge.
ANOTHER pkY.
Sept 0--Last steady ERE was kept up alsng
the front to prevent the Russians repairing dam
age. AT 10 orders were sent 10 our batteries 10
open In the morning At $50 all the batteries
from Quarantine and Inkermsnn opened The Rus
sians we're silent. The cannonads was maintained
as Il was yesterday.
ANOTHER sRYoArr BuRrT
Abo1t o'clock two-decker was set on 6rc,
and burnt aA night A steamer towed other vcs-
sells near her away TO the Dock yard harbor, butthe
lines ofmen-ofwar ARE still intact. Flames broke
out behind the Redan in the afternoon. The bonn
bardmcnt was renewed at dusk Sandman corps
was marched up to reinforce the French. There
was heavy explosion in the town At II o'clock,
r. NJ The men all take 4S hours provisions.