New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-05
Particulars of Foreign News.
THE FALL OF sEBAsFopoL.

days later. The London correspondent Of the
Herald says:
appears that the attack on the I6th Of An
gust was last desperate attempt by Gortscba-
kof to compel the Allies to raise the siege,
His signal defeat on that dey must have shown
him bis case was hopeless. Nearer and nearer
came the batteries, inch by inch, step By etep.
through solid rock, each yard in advance marked
by blood, but still onward they came against
the mighty walls, and as one man fell another
took his place. =
The bombardment which preceded the last
attack was with guns and mortars of much
heavier calibre and at muoh closer range than
the previous bombardments The first result
wss the sinking Of a Russian man-of-war and
the burning of q frigatea g. ~ ssss Il
On the ever memorable morning OF September
8, orders were issued for the attack The French
were TO storm their old enemy the MaIakoff,
the English the Redan--in fact the assault was
to take place ON the same ground as on the 18th
of june last, when the Allies we're driven back
For the previous twenty -four hours the town
underwent fearful bombardment.
The Herald condenses the following particu-
lars
[ The English who attempted the Redan were
not successful During the night the Russians,
IN the bation of despair, began to sink
their ships, blow up their magazines and burn
their city, and on the following morning Sehas-
topol was evacuated, and the communication
between the north forts and the town broken
off, s11a 3 "
The assault on the Malakoff was made at
noon of the 8th inst. It's redoubts and the
Redan Of Careening Bay were carried by storm
by the French soldiers with admirable intrepid.
ity to the shouts Of ss Pine rEmpereur Y,
The Redan Of Gareening Bay was not tenable,
owing to the heavy ire Of artillery, which was
MOI cd nm - ~
% beholding the French Eagles floating on the
Malakof, Gen. de Sales made two attacks on
the Central Bastion, but did not succeed The
French troops returned to their trenches The
losses were serious. ss.aa-ss. 81 *
The plan Of the battle appears to have been
as follows:
The place was attacked in four directions
The British troops attempted the storming Of
the Redan, the French attacked the Malakoff
The extreme right of the French made q diver
sion on the Little Redan, and united attack of
the English, French and Sardinians waa made
on the Central Battery. All the attacks were
made simultaneously, with great spirit and
energy; but the one which was eminently sue
cesslul was led by Gen. Bosquet and Gen.;
NJ Mahon on the Malskof. Both the kedan and
the Central Bastion were at times in the hands
Of the storming parties; but SO accurately did
the guns of the Russians cover these, that as
soon as the English had gained possession of
them, it was found impossible to hold them. \
The intelligence of the fall of Sebastopol was
received in London with demonstrations of great
joy At the various theaters and places of
public amusement the fact was officially an
| nounced, and the bands at each place immedi-
| ately played the national anthems of England
| and F rance. Throughout England the demon
strations were general
On the night Of the 9Th inst, whilst the
Emperor Of the French was at thesdoor of the
| Theater Italien, at the moment the. carriage
containing the ladies of honor, of the Empress
stopped at the entrance Of the theater, an indi.
vdual who was standing on the trottoir dis
charged, without taking aim, two pocket pistols
at the carriage. Noione was struck. The man,
| who had more the appearance of a maniac than
an assassin, was immediately arrested The
name of the individual arrested is Belleinsrre
He is about ~ years of age, and was born at
Rouen. When l6 years of age he was sentenced
to two years Imprisonment for swindling.
The Madrid advices of the Sd inst. have ar
rived An official return represents that the
number OF persons attacked BY cholera ct Ma
drid, from the commencement of May TO the
end of August, was 2958, and that 1888 Of them
died. The cholera has broken out with extreme
violence at Pampeluna; on the 18th ult not
fewer than forty persons had died Of it. A let
| ter of the Sd, received in advance of the mail,
| says that the Queen continued to be in perfect
| accord with her Minister'S. 1t states that ths
Captain General of Catalonia had reported that
two Carlist bands, under chiefs named Guiberi
and Huignet, had been routed at Osort and
i Adrian, and it announces that extraordinary
heavy rains had caused great damage to the
railway from Madrid to Albaceta
4 The following reliable accounts embrace eve
rything Of Importance by these steamers'
| General Pelissier's Dispatches.
BRANcIA REDouBr, September 9th 3 A. M
| | approached, this morning, the Quarantine
Battery, on board the Brandon, and ascertained
4 myself that they are now evacuated. They
have Just blown up. Our soldiers have left their
| trenches, and are spreading themselves In
groups over the fortifcations Of the town, which
1 appear to be totally deserted. e..
4 CR1MEA, Sept 8, SP. M--The enemy hal
! sunk his steam vessels. The work Of destruc
I tion continues under the fire of our mortars, a
mines are successfully sprung at differen
| points. u s= M rz 81 sty s,J 5slsss,a aS
It is my duty to defer entering the place
l which has the appearance of a great furnace
Il Prince Gortschakof being closely pressed b,
our fire, has demanded an armistice to carr,
4 off his wounded The bridge near the fort g
St. Paul hes been destroyed by the enemy
am engaged in aseertaining the amount of on
loss Everything is going on we'll
We are watching the movements Of the enc
my on the Fchernaya. ~ r.
/ Admiral Bruat's Dispatches. ssp5
Il CRuEA, Sept o. 1856, The assault upon ti
Malakotf Tower was made yesterday noon, al
later, on the great Redan and Central Bastio
A gale from the north kept the ships at ancho
The mortar boats, to be enabled to FIRE, we
obliged to enter Steietseka bay. They fir
600 shell against the Quarantine sBastion al
Fort Alexander. Six English mortar boat
III also at anchor in Steletseka bay, fred abo'
a the same number of shells, Last night violel
6 explosions aud vast conf agrations made us su
!. pose that the Russians were evacuating u
g 4 town To-day we-ascertained that the kussi'
/ vessels had been sunk The bridge was cover
a A with troops retreatlng to the north side. Aft
8 O'clock the bridge was destroyed. A fl
steamers remained in the port, anchored ne
. Fort Catherine #
n CalMEA, sept 10, II P, NJ inspected I
l. day Sebastopol and it's lines of defence T
l. mind cannot form an exact picture of our vi
4 tory y.%the full extent of it can only be und.
- stood by an examination of the place itself.
~ multiplicity of works of defense, and the ma
!. rial means applied thereto, exceed by ]
a anything seen in the history of the war.
10 The capture of the Mslakoff has placed
: the hands Of the 81 HES a large amount of mat
i rial and immense establishments heimpartan
of which it is not possible TO state exactly !
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