Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-18


furnish the following from very luminous nc
eonnts.-1he English papers exceedingly
inhlnnt over their victories; nlso are the French
Journals
sEBAsrornI
Fifty cases Of cholera aud twenty denths arc
reported among the British forces before
Sebastopol and some cases Ind occurred among
the French
The Sandman contingent had been landed in
splendid condition, well supplied with all the ma.
terial of war.
Wmm weather had succeeded tho heavy rains
in the Crimea.
Large conveys of provisions and supplies had
entered Sobasopol from the north side. The
Russians working vigorously on the north
side of the harhor in erecting earth works, &c.
Tho allies hive completed their fourth para.
lei, and the British were moving their heavy
mortars into their advanced parallels
Two dcserters from Sebastopo reported the
garrison Hs being very strong, numerically, but
the hot weather was causing sickness
THE FRENCH ATTACK OF rWENrN. SECOND MAY.
In the Dcbas Colonel St Augc thus writes
with regard 10 the attack on the Russian work,
80 successfully made ON the nights, of the 22d
and 23d
Tho works in question had been dug and con
structed between the Central Baston and the
Quarantine Bny. 1t will be easy to explain in
the locality, if the reader has some oi those
'dows. The general enclosure of Sehastopol is di-
vidcdb BY the great ravnc of the military harbor.
We have only to consider here the part compre-
hendcd between this rnvine ON the east and the
sea on the west. On the extreme right rises the
great Flagstaff Bason, eliminating point; then
Ia the left. i'll going towards the sea, como to
the Central Bastion, called by the besiegors.
because it iaoes nearly the centre of tho line that
we ARE CONSIDERING Further ON lie the bnston
aud the batteries that command the Quarantine
Bny.
Ion this side our troops already occupy the
external part of the Flagstaff l}aison, the ccmo-
tcry nenr the Quarantine, and lastly, but quito
recently, the counter approaches that ho be-
tween this Inter point and the Central Baiston;
TINT is To say. appear 10 be now in possession
of all the chief external parts of the extreme
left of the seigo works. We ought TO explain
how they proceeded at these attacks to establish
themselves in the conquered works. The attack
is the affair of the battalions previously assem-
bled in the trenches; there s not much firing;
everything is carried at the point of the bayonet
by n sudden chargo. Behind the attacking troops
march dctnehments of workmcn, armed with
spades and piekaxes, and having muskets sung
nj their backs these are accompanied by sap
pcrs and miners of the engineer crops, command
ed by their officers As soon IA the attacking
troops hnve disodged the enemy, they proceed
10 make good their lodgment there. This the
workmen aud sappors labor indeiatigaby to of
feet, whe the battaions keep the repulsod
my i'll check.
The object TO be now effected is 10 turn the
work against the besicged that is to say, to give
il the form of direction of seige trench, while
preserving every part of the enemy work con
ducivo TO that end. The workmon here on
titled to quito much merit the attacking
battaIons, for they find themselves equally ex-
posed to fire ot grape aud musketry; and that
a II 1 r
mcnt that men feel when under fire and charg-
ing with the boyonet.
The officers of the engineers, on those occa-
sions arc to be admired for their cool courage,
they point cut the work 10 bo done, and trace
out the direction to be taken, in order that the
men may suffer least from the enemys fire. They
are active and courageous, but they ARE nlso as
passonless as if they were working on tho Poly
gon.
The report in detail in tho two last nocturnal
engagements of MAY 90 and 23 which will reach
us in few days, will naturally excite great inter
est, on account of tho severity of the action aud
the importance of the result General pelissier
has inaugurated his event 10 the chief command
by n vigorous demonstrations uniting prudence
with bnldness We see that the siege of Sc
hastnpol is being carried on with energetic CON
sistency; its successive progress ought to prove
10 Europe that the powers allied in arms before
the wall of Sebastopo will not let go their hold,
and that they will end by achieving II triumph
which, we have reason to expect, will be all the
speedier, inasmuch several letters agree with
General Pelissers despatch in declaring that the
Russian soldiers are beginning to show in their
sortics symptoms of relaxation and discourage
ment.'
soRTTE REPULsED.
Private letters dated kamiesch, the 10 ult,
state that the Russians having made sortic du-
ring the day to retake two redoubts near the
Careening rayine captured by General Pessier,
were observed by frigate stationed at the en-
trance of the port of Sebastopol; an alarm was
given. and General Pate advanced with his divi-
sion to meet the Russians The enemy, who de-
houched from the side of the Quarantine Fort
along the sea, was received with brisk fire of
musketry, and the artillery, acting on compact
bodies OF troops, produced terrible slaughter
The Russians fled in confusion leaving about /,
900 dead on the ground. The fourth parallel had
been completed and firmly connected with the
other works No apprehension was entertained
for any attempt the Russians might make against
it. In fact, it was generally remarked that their
attacks were much less determined than former
ly.
The troops from the camp of Musak had ar
r;,od II, n ovcolIant rondition and wara buttn1 IN