New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-28
THE FALL OF sEvA.TOPOL.

reached It's turbitg- gGipt FROM the let insS
In the sts the Russian telegrspsie di.p,tcbes
admit that ceasidersbe damage had been
done 70 the lines Of Sevsstopol By the allied
fire. and that the damsge h.d been repaired
".s mach a. possible" and no more. finally,
on the Sch about poon the A lies stormed four
If tie bsstions-ger. defeated at one, car
ried two, but Iere sgsin comPal'ef to leave
ID, II. though they fnsltS mant''n-d themselves
in the fourth. and xh,t w,s most important, oa
the Mslskoff Hull The less of this point
forced the Russians on the Och to march their
troop. from the sou ,hera to the Dorts-rn eide,
Al thus to abandon tbs town OF SeSastopo',
after having exploded their magazi mes, bow
m the bu,ld1gs, ruined the defensive wo'ks by
Swinging mine uuder them, snt con'ected, to
u,e Gen. Pelissier's words, the Whole place
into an ium.nse blazing furnace; they also
burnt their steamers sunk their last sbips-ot-
ysr. and finally broke up the bridge near Fort
Paul
The arrival Of considerable Reimbursement
after The battle Of the Ch-rnsy., must base r..
leved the allied Generals from any sppreh-o-
sion on the score of the Russi,n army at loker-
uanp: for, though even the remainder OF tue
t,h ami 9th Russian divisions, beside toe s"0
divisions Of erensd;ers, bad joined that army
the Allies ere now IN position to oppose sac
c.s,fully any number of men the R1s'i,ns could
tbfoss.ross the Chernaya; while enough OF al
lie troops would remain TO cary On the SIEGE
and even to attt npt an assault. Ii must Do con-
fessed that the French Government has nos
been exceedingly prompt IN sendins 10 the
Cr'mes number Of troops fully adequate to the
Russian r,e achievements alfesdy there, or on 'ne
march fr, III Polsnd and Voibynis; for the num-
Der Of The French forces dispatched to the Est
since the beg ginning Of July, must amount to at
least 80 600.
Under these circumstances, the English and
Fr, ncb sdyaDced mortar batteries being 10 good
working conoiticD, the trenches were pushed up
to the ditch, under she protection of vigorous
fire. How near the adv snced trenches we're es-
tab!ished, and whether complete Gro owning OF
the glscis, secHsdam drtsm, was accomplished,
we 90 not yet know The firing more and more
Assumed tb- character Of regular bOmoirjnent
OIL d vertical are Wa. .ucc 'ssfuy made u.e Of 20
r. nder the place untensble for large bodies Of
troops. till finally the assaut W" ordered.
On ,he Msmelon, the Russians hid last Spring
constructed humber of freproof and she'll
pI oof comps TIN. nts with the aid of trsverses
and blinda.es 1h-se contriyances gave CAPT.
tai protection against the enemy's fire, bu' when
the Assault was made, 1t WAS found that no room
had been |, f. for concentrating sufi 'ent nun
Der of troops for the defense Of the work. Com
psrtment after compartment defended BY q teF
men only, was carried by the French, and at
once form ed ready made lOdsement for them.
TIE same mistake appears to have been made
in the completion of the defenses o. the M'la-
kof. The thing was overdone, and when the
French once got hold of the commanding point oil
the Hill, the Russisn works themselves must
have affo ded them protec ZION against the Rus-
.iab FIRE.
The Re1an (Bastion No. 81 and the Redsn Of
the Careenipg Bay (Bastion No Of the Rus
sians) being situated on more level ground, did
no, admit of the terraced batteries snd compl-
Gated defenses applicable to the MalsAoE
Here, therefore, a simple eoupure appears to
have been made in the interior of the bassion,
cutting OFF the salient angle and exposing It's
interior to an overwhelming fire. The troops
for its defense could thus be placed further to
the rear, and the interior of the work protected
by sslies from the coupure. In consequence OF
this arrangement, which was Of the kind gen.
orally adopted in such cases, the English lines
and the French columns ordered 70 the assault
Of these positions could indeed penetrate beyond
ihe all but abandoned outer wall; bu. when
there, face 10 face with the coupure, they were
crushed by its grape and musketry, and had TO
give up the assault.
As sool as the Malakof was carried, Gen.
de Ssller, on the French left attack, made sn
sttempt to establish himself in the Central bss-
ton, (No. s, between the Flagstaff and Qu,ran.
tine bsstions) lie was repulsed. We are not
informed whether thin assault WAS undertaken
on his own responsibility or whether 1t
formed part Of the original plan. Nor do We
know hsw far the proximity of the French
trenches to the bastiOu justified such detached
ard hazardous attempt.
The fact Of the Mslakof hill being taken, at
osce formed the turning point of the struggle
From all the preceding events Of this remarks
bic siege, ii was TO be anticipated that the
French, If properly alive to their business, were
nc, in tie reuotes. danger of being driven cut
Of their new position. The Malakof complete
y eOmnssds ihe Ksraseinays and the eastern
.lcpe Of the hill on which the town Of Sevssto-
pol was Iilt. Taking in thereN the sea forts on
the southern side Of the harbor, i. made the
whole OF the inner hArbor and the greater part