The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-10-06
FALLOF SERAsTOpOL.

FALLOF SEBAsTOPOL.
! Tie B0mbdrdmtat anil fsarfM
Slaughter anil Terrific Dest,ortiop--Ai.
lies SucceSJUl-1he Fdcis- Courage Qf The
/ Aiii@- ResOiution IF Gortschakod-Posi
ton IF tie Ra@ians-Reports, dc, dc,
REVIEW.
The assault Of the Allies was made on
Sept. Sth On the 18th Oct 1854 their be-
| sieging batteries opened against Scbastopol.
just three hundred and sixteen days after
this, a final assault was made, and the hag
Of the Allies waved triumphantly on the tow
or Of the Malakof
ASSAULT AND RETREAT.
! Details are wanting. We do not know
how often the Allies were repulsed, and if
repulsed with what loss. The sth of Sep.
tembcr, however, witnessed resolution and
perseverance on the part Of the assailants
hardly ever equaled, never before surpass-
ed. Morning dawncd, and with it began the
bloody fray; night closed the sad drama, for
the Russians burning and destroying every
thing, blowing up their magazines and prn-
cipal works. withdrew across the harbor
from this scene of devastation and defeat.
So fell Sebastopol.
THE PLAN.
The plan Of the battle appears to have
been ms follows: The place was attacked in
four divisions. The British troops attempt.
ed the storming Of the Rcdan, the French
attacked the MalakoiI, the extreme right of
the French made diversion on the Little
Rcdan, and united attack Of the English,
French aud Sardinians was made on the Cen
tral Battery. All the attacks were made 81.
multaneouSly with great spirit and energy,
but the one which was cIninrntly success.
inl was led by Gen. Bos1uct and Gen McMa.
hon on the Maakon
rEELMINARY.
| On Sept 9th, Gen. Simpson telcgraphed
our batteries opened fire at daylight this
morning Next day, sept. 9th, he sent
| this message:
| "lhc bOmbardmcnt goes on steadily and
fortunately, with icw casualties on our side.
a Russian irigatc, supposed to have been
set on lire by our rockets, was burnt in the
Great lIarbOr last night
Gen. Peliasjer tu.egraphcd Sept. 9Th, 10
| =. NJ.
"lhc fire against the place continues un.
der formidable circumstances. Cur losses
are extremely sinai Nothing new on the
Ichcrnaya IIn'. Iu, enemy contemp!ates
no movement ln...
Again On Sept. ith, at 10 p NJ he says:
81 he fire Of our artillery has been kept
| up for tue last ~ hours. \ French bomb
D L4t an y ~ AZ
which is still burning
the ASSAULT
/ The Minister Of Marine has received the
following telegraph dispatch from Vice. Ad.
miral Bruat:
CRmEA, Sept ., 1915 4. N.
/ The assault upon the MaiakoT Tower vas
made yesterday at noon, aud later on the
Great R,dau aud on the Central Ea,t,yn.
a ga.c from the north kept the ships at
anchor.
The mortar.boats, to be enabled to fire,
were obliged to enter Strelctska Bay.
They fired 600 shells against the Quaran.
tine Bastion and Fort Alexander.
/ The six English mortar. boats, also at an.
chor in Streletska Bay, fired about the same
/ number Of shells.
Last night violent explosions anl vast
cohfsRratioi~ made US suppose that the
Russians were evacua,ing the town.
To-day We ascertain that the Russian YES.
sells had been sunk.
! The bridge was covered with troops re.
treating 10 the north side.
After O'Clock the bridge was DESTROYED
Only few steamers remain in port. an.
chorcd near Fort Catharnc.
approachcd this morning the Quaran.
tine batteries on board the Brandon. and as.
Ger aimed myself that they are now evacu.
ated
/ They have just blown up
Our soldiers have left tlcir trenches and
/ spread themselves in isolated groups on the
rampartS Of the town, which appears to be
completely abandoned
POSSESSION.
Gen. Pclisser tclegraphs 10 the Minister
of War:
REDornT BRANcroN, Sept 9--3 M.
"karabelnaya and the south part Of Sebas.
topol no longer exist. The enemy. seeing
our solid occupation at Malakon, decided on
cvacua'ing the place after having laid it in
ruins, aud blown up, by mining, almost all
the dcfcnccs. Having passed the night in
the midst of my troops, ! can assure You
that all has been blown up at Kerabclnaya,
and from what have been enabled to see il
must be the same in front of our attacks on
the left This immense success does the
greatest honor to our troops. ] will give
you the details Of our losses Of the day,
which, alter 50 many obstinate cOmhatS, can
not hc otherwise than serious. Tomorrow
shaII be able to give you exactly the result
OF this great day, Of which Generals Bosquct
and McMahan have in great part the honor.
All Is quiet on the Chcrnaya. We are keep
ing look out there
The guns Of the invalldes will no doubt.
fire grand salute tomorrow morning.
Gen. Simpson later in the day, telegraph.
ed to London:
Sebas.opol is in the possession Of the Al.
lies.
The enemy, during the night and this
morning, have evacuated the south side af.
ter exploding their magazines, and setting
fire to the whole of the town.
All the mcn.oi-war were burnt during the
night, with the exception Of three steamers,
which are plying about the harbor.
The bridge communicating with the north
side is broken.
hen. simpson telcgraphcd on the 10th:
The casualties, regret to say, are some.
what heavy.
No general oiiiy cr killed
Names shall be ssnt as soon as possible.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Prince GortSchakoN tclcgraphcd:
sEU'sr roL, Sept ., p. NJ
Inc enemy receives constantly reinforce
mcnts oi fresh troops, The bombardmcnt
is lirrccIy violent.
ItN AT NIGur-Thc garrison of Sebasto-
pol, after sustaining an internal fire (teu
Il #to) repulsod SIX assaults, but could not
drive the enemy from the Kornii,if Bastion
Uhe MaIakoh loner)
Our brave troops, who resisted to the last
extremity, are now crossing over to the |
northern par, of ScbaStopol.
The enemy found nothing in the southern
part but b,ood.Slah cd ruins.
On the 9th Of September, the passage Of
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