Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-01-11
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The Royal Mail steamship Asia, Capt.
Lott, from Liverpool Esd ult., arrived at Hal
flax on Wednesday morning.
| MARsEILLEs. Thursday noon. The Indus
has arrived from Constantinople with dates to
the 10th. She brings accounts from Balacla-
va to the 9Th.
On the 9th. the Russian war steamer Viad-
imir, and another steamer unknown, came ont
Of Sevastopol, and took up position off the
Quarantine Fort, commanding the flank of the
French land forces, and opened fire, but the
English steamers Valorus and Terrible, and a
French steamer bore down upon them, and
compelled them to re-enter the harbor, pro-
tected by the Russian batteries.
Nov. 25. The correspondent OF the Lon
don Times writes: although 1t may be
dangerous to communicate facts likely TO be
of service to the Russians, it is certainly haz-
ardous TO conceal the truth from the English
people. They must know, sooner or later
that the siege has been for many days practi-
cally suspended-that our batteries are used
up and slent-and that our army are much
exhausted by the effects of excessive labor and
watching, wet and storm, to which they have
been so necessarily exposed. The Russians
know this well enough =
Last night there was a brisk affair between
the Chasseurs de Vincenness and the Russian
riflemen. in front of the Flagstaff Battery
earthworks, in which the Russians dispeled
all myths concerning their want of powder
and balls, by most tremendous cannonades,
assaults and counter-assaults, continued and
furious fire which lighted up the skies with
sheets of flames, from nine O'Clock at night
till four O'Clock next morning The French
actually penetrated behind their outer en-
trenchments and established themselves for a
time within the enciente, but as no prepara-
tons had been made for general assault they
withdrew. Nolleys of musketry and salvos
of cannon roared through the camp during the
whole night; but few lost their rest in conse-
quence, for these affairs are of nightly occur
renee. W
Nov. %. During the day the Russian fire
upon the British lines has been at the rate of
one gun every five minutes. The English
lookout man cries-'Tower Redan,' or Gar
den Battery, when plump comes a ball, and
slap goes another in answer. But the fire on
the French lines is kept up in more lively
manner, and with some effect upon their earth
works and parallels. Every night, at nine
O'Clock, the Flagstaff Quarantine and Wall
batteries open furious cannonades, which last
from twenty-five to forty-five minutes, as hard
and fast as the men can load the guns, right
into the French lines, and then follows instant
ly sally, the result of which is invariabe.
The Russians push strong column out of
the place, rush towards the first line, drive in
the pickets and rihemen, get up to the first
parallel, sometimes into it, occasionally be-
yond it and close to the second parallel, and
are received as they advance by the French
covering parties with a deadly fire. They
halt and fire in return, are charged by the
French, who rout and pursue them into the
town, but are obliged to retire by the flank
fire of the batteries and street guns In this
way the French lose forty or fifty men, but
the loss of the Russians in these sorties must
considerable. Frequently they repeat these
performances about daybreak.