New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-23
BLOODY CONTESTS AT sEvAsroPOL.


Since the date of previous advices there has been
q series Of fierce sorties and assaults, between the
Russians and French, for possession of the rite am-
buscades in front of the French position and under
the Malskoff tower. These ife-pits, which have led
10 40 considerable sacrifice of life, are placed in
front ard 70 the RICH, and left Of the tower and are
,bout GOO yards from the allied works. They are
merely excavations in the ground faced round with
ssnd bags ard banked with earth, loop h0led for
rifles They are six in number and each contains
ten neb-sixty in all Gen. Bosquet considers
II point Of honor 10 take and hold or de-
stroy these smbuscsdes. He has severed times,
by night asssulr, driven ont the Russiaas
but as the pits are covered by the fire Of the city
batteries the French have hitherto found il imposs
bic either to destroy or hold them. The importance
Of this position, TO both besiegers aud Desieged 10
very great The Mslakoff round-tOwer is regarded
as the key OF the defenses and hence the energy -
The Russians in reng,heniDg 1t. Considerably n
advance of the tower is the elevated mound OF hill,
now called the " msmeoD,' on which the bsseaed
are erecting battery of great strength. h'tle
further advarce, is the ernnence recently seized so
skillfuy by the Russians and fortified with earth
works; it is DOW crowned by square redoubt, with
sixteen guns visble on its three outward sides ou,
they have not Yet opened fire. Outsde OF these DE-
fences are lie rife pits. TIE Russian batter ca at
Inkermarn, their fOrs the other side Of the Cner-
maya, and TIE works Of MalakoG cover this redoub',
and converge the approaches in front Of il. Tals
explanation viii convey idea Of he strength of the
portion which The French nightly contest Dates of
| the encounters are as follows:
MARCH 10 TO 90 On Saturday afternoon, the 10th
MsIcb the firing was very heavy from the Russian
batteries snd their engineers were working busiy on
the new redoub,. Oner Psihs arrived 8, the amp,
March 10 and council Of-war was held, at which
were present, beside Raglan, Canrobsft, and Onsr,
Admirsis Ste cart, snd Sir Edmund Lyons The ex.
act purpoit of Oner Pashas visit did not transplre,
but it rumored in camp that he sought some as
si.taDce which could not be granted and that the
utmost be can therefore do unaded Will be 10 hold
Eupatotia. Electric communicate is completed he
tween Raglans quarters and Balakaya aud the rail-
way is in working order TO Kadiko
During The night Of March IA there fierce
affair. The Russians bad advanced rifemen in
front Of the French lines, who caused considerable
annoyance. When night fell dem brigade of French
We mt down and drove them out. All the city batteries
along the front Immediately opened and continued
furious caDnonsde for half hour, during which
stronger force Of the enemy advanced the French,
ard compelled them to retire, with loss of 65 men,
the Russian loss being probably more severe The
Russians reoccuped the pits.
In the night of the l5th the French renewed the
attack and succeeded with comparatively little loss,
in driving cut the eDernys rihemen, and occupying
the pits with their own. Tue Frendh continued to
bold those on the right, under heavy fire, over the
10th and 18th March.
On the night Of the nth. yet smother encounter
took place. AT g. O'Clock in the evening the French,
IL, r A. L..
marched down 10 reoccupy the ambuscsdes, but found
the Russians bad anticipated them. fierce con-
fct Immediately commenced, but it was evident
the Russians in strong force and the Ffen Ia we're
again and again borne back by the weight of fire.
For four hours and half they persevered in their at
tempts and all that time continuous roll of musket
ry rang out, broken only by brief pauses in the ad-
vance In these lus the British could distinctly hear
the voices Of the French officers cheering on their
men" En- arant, mes eefans !" EN- arant, Zou-
ares - and the tramp Of feet and the rush of men
followed; then roll of musketry was heard, dimo-
isbirg in volume to rapid flshghtipg Russisn
cheer-tben more mu,ketry-a few dropping shots
and the voices of the officers once more. The Zou-
aves bore the brunt Of the fight, and tie action was
somewhat peculiar as artillery took part in it. The
British second, third, fourth and light divisions were
NAMED under arms until the French desisted from
their attack but The gallant French make il point
of honor TO take those pits without aid assistance
was offered. The French 1000 strong, and they
state their oes at so killed and wounded, beside
few prisoners
On the 18th, reinforcement of Is 900 men entered
Sevastopol. None of The Russian batteries fred
shot to-day Some persons surmised that the be-
- : nit ntba hat tba
sence arose from ceremonies connectei with the death
of the Emperor Nicholas, the intelligence Of which
event had reached the city three days previous, and
caused the church bells to be ruDg twenty four hours
and the shipping 10 hoist their fags hal mast. The
Russians continue TO throw up defeDses from the
ravines of IDkermann TO the seaside south Of the Bel
bek. To-day another body of Russians, apparently
about Is coo strong, was observed TO march toward
Macbenzies farm and were reported TO have crossed
the Cbernsya and advanced upon Baidsr
At4P.M. of the 18th Gen Canrobert, with small
escort, parsed down the WoroDzoff Road by the Brit
sh right attack and carefully examined the pits.
At nightfal strong force of French, with ak field
pieces was moved down the left of their extreme
right and another unsuccessful attempt made to
take the pits from the Russians. After some hours
heavy firing of artillery and small both parties
WllHCItN l0Itt uusuCSteciW o'SoSho Ncic HiN4S ~
the French eIe morning Their loss was about lsO.
The British batteries on the 18th, continued to throw
shot and shell into the mameon and new redoubt
Lord Raglan transmitted, on March 20, to his Gov
eminent the reports of DR.. Hall, Inspector General
of Hospitals The number of sick had noe dmin-
shed, but the cases ware lighter, aud the patients
more cheerful DIR Hall disspprOves OF cocoa IS
change Of breakfast diet for the men, for the reason
I ~ son, l, arafio