New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13
THE STATE OF EUROPE.

IN schoolboy style, has creaNa se" -
6ction, and Impressed people wi'h INC ui'io o.N'0
- az. o,nrsnder whose ideas are 30 confused
e.. - :. nn.he TO put them on paper in decent
-, have the clear head necessary for q
"s, command The graphic description OF
- ..nture Of the Malakoff given by General now
U.,.hal Pelisser, and the mastery report OF Gen.
Mel contrast as favorably with the English proiuc-
t;on. a. the success at the Maakof with the defeat
NJ the Redan. The French plan, as appears by
the official dispatch was to storm the MalakOf as
soon as the bombardnent had destroyed or silenced
the batteries Of the enemy and exhausted the ener'
xies of the garrison. The Naakof once taken'
combined attacks on the two redans ana inc
Central bastion were to divide the Russian forces
and IN nrevent them from entrating the efforts
of the garrison for the recspture of the KOrnilef
bastion since if the French could gain sufficient
time for establishing themselves in the Malakof,
Ssvastopol was virtually taken. Pelissiers, or
rather Niels plan was carried out to the letter.
Precisely at noon strong column of French
stormed the Nalakoff, and their first impetuous
rusb carried them without considerable loss lar
;nto the work. The Russians were evidently sur
prised. but soon began to form for the expulsion
of the daring intruders. Now the signal was given
for the attack Of the two redans aud OF the Central
bastiop The English, by the mismanagemeht of
Gen Simpson were led to the shambles. Their storm
ing column o, which, under tremendous fire, had to
traverse six times as long adistarce as the French
was nsuffci to make good lodement in the
Redan, into which they bravely penetrated. The
reserves arrived only by driblets, and in spite Of
Colonel Windham's gallantry, who covered hmsei
with glory, the men could not be formed in sufi
Gent strength to carry the breastsork, from
behind which the Russians blazed away upon the
Enelsh. 1t seems incredible, and still it is true
that Gen. Simpson sent no second column to sup.
port the brave men who struggled in the apex of
the triangle of the Redap. When at last Colonel
Windham himself went back to the trenches to
bring up the support for which ne had in vain sent
four officers in succession, all of them wounded or
killed in clearing the open space between the Redan
and the trenches, it was already too late. The
stormipg party was expelled from the work
by the empowering rush Of the Russian
reserves 1t was for full two hours that
the English bore the brunt Of the Russian
attack, and warded off concentration Of the
hostile forces against the captors OF the Msla-
koff. The French made the best of the respite.
They gained by the sacri ice Of the Eng ish, aud
the French left attack on the Little Rsdan di.
yi6ed the Russians for one hour longer Sill
the victory was not easily won even on the Nal
ahof, and seeing the desperate struggle, Pelis-
sier had to send word to Cen Simpson, iuq1ir-
ing whether he intended to reneg the attack
The English commander replied it was impOE-
sib,e, but that he was preparing for a new attack
The next mOrhing, as if such an attack would
still have been necessary if the French could
maintain themselves in the Mslakoff; while if the
stormiIg party we're once expelled from tae
key Of the position, no success at the Redan
could be maintained Gen. Simpson evidently
did not understand the real meaning of the affair.
The French and SAJdinians likewise contiaued
their attack on the Central bistiop, but all the
dispatches and report, and CORES pondenoe a-e
silent about this episode of the assault. l
seems to have been disastrous, for ~e read in
PsIs,ieI's report of l,4OO missing Ffenchmen.
They could not have been captured at the Nal
akofi; they mus; therefore hare belonged t. the
colpmn, the exploits Of which remain without a
chYoncler. After the side att ,css on the t vO
redsns and the Central bastion were repu sed
BY the garrison il attacked furisusly with con
centrated forces, the French party holding the
KorDilef bastion; but it was too late. At A.
o'clock in the afternoon the struggle was over
three Russian attacks had been repulsed with 1
fearful carnage on both sides. Prince Gorchakot
at last retreated, and with admirable skill evacu
ated the burning town during the night withou
any further loss. The Allies report lO,Osi mel
koys Se combat, killed. wounded or missing, that il
to say, loss of thirty-seven men in every minute
Of the struggle, and as the Russian loss canno
have been smaller, there was one man killed On
wounded every second for four and half success
sive hours We shudder when our Imagination
dwels upon such carnage and such concentration
Of human suffering. The day after the victory the
empty town was plundered by the yictors, and the
work of destruction commenced by the Russian,
WAS completed. The docks are as yet unhurt and
mense stores of war material fell into the hands Of
the Allies, who boast now of 1000 Russian can
mons captured as evidences Of their prowess. Still
their task is not yet completed. Great activity
reigns on the northern side Of the harbor; new
Notifications are continually rising, and there ID
no sign perceptible Of an impending evacuation Of
the Siverpays. The Vienna Military Journal,
known for its philo Russian spirit and the Russian
Nord at Brussels, predict battle and defeat OF
the Allies, but the number Of Russian deserters,
increasing continually since the fall Of Sevastopol
is an unfailing symptom Of the demoralizing effect