Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-03
The London Tim.-' Announcements oi the Vail
of sci

hastopol, OF the 18th October. 1891. n maj anu
victorious assault was made upon the southern
part of the town. Before night the French Tag
waved in triumph upon the Malako0 Tower, which
had fallen before the ndomitable courage aud
perseverance OF the assnilanis, aud within lew
hours more the Russian garrison bad evacuated
the karabelnnia suburb aud the southern pr ppor-
portion Of the fortress, after blowing up the mag
azines aud principal work., setting hire To the
town in many places. aud then endeavorng 10
Withdraw by the bridge across the barher from
this terrific scene Of devastation aud defeat. So
/ fell sebasjopol.
/ Tho catastrophe snfpasses in horrible interest
/ all the preceding scenes of this gigantic contest
| The columns Of the allied armies combined 10 a
| f1ur-fold attack struggled all day with cqua va.
| lor though with unequal success. against The
! principal points marked out for assault The
extreme rgbt of the French attack directed
against the work CHILLED the Little Redan, which
was at first carried by the impetuosity ofour al
/ lies though they were subsequently driven bacl.
/ by the fierce resistance Of the Russinus.
The second aud principal assault OF the French
army was against the Mnlakofi. which ear
ried by storm and determined by its fall the fate,
/ not only of the day, but of the siege. third
attack was made by the British forces on the
Great Redan aud. although we learn that the sa-
ent angie of this formidable work was at one
moment carried and occupied by our troops. IL
must be added tina. they were subsequently div.
IN out of II by the lire of the Russian batteries
which commanded IT, aud this check in some de-
gree dimnshos tho exultation which will be felt
in this country at the triumphant termination OF
the siege. The Wrench columns on the left nlso
assnile1 in the fourth pace, the Central Battery
bu, failed to establish themselves in the work.
We have no doubt that every man who attacked
the offences Of Sehastopol on that eventfnl day
fought with the same undannted galluntry and
the sumo determination 10 carry the place or to
perish in the attemIn aud, although the results
Of these several attacks were unequal. all were
animated by the same spirit aud contributed to
the great result. The first prize OF this glorious
victory belongs of right t. gallant allies the
French since the Malakoff Tower, the key of the
main position. fell before the vigor Of their as
saut, but, with that chiyarous feeling which is
the nobcst bond of men who have fought and con
quercd together. the MINES nj all those who car
ried the rugged deicnces of Sebastopol deserve
to stand side by side on page aud no invdi
Gus distinctions shall sully or lessen their com,
mon renown,
The Russians ON their side unquestionaby de-
Tended The place with the utmost determinations
and on more than one point lhry had the alvan
tage oyer the brsegets, But II was the courage
of desperation. for this effort was their last No
sooner were the outer work. taken which laid the
town aud the port at the mercy of the allied for
ees, than the men of war and the steamers in
the hnrbor were all set on fire, blown up, sunk
destroyed, either by the fire of the allied batteries
or by the orders Of the Russian authorities.
Such was the fate of the Russians Black sea
feet ON which the imperial government had ex
pended incalculnble sums of money and ineessant
labor-that fleet which two years ago threatened
the very existence OF tho Turkish empire bat
whose solitary naval achievement was the afro
cious outrage upon n far inferior force at Sinope.
OF the authors OF that netarlous attack what re
mainsl
Tho Emperor Nicholas sleeps in the vaults of
81. Peter and ST Paul, no longer conscious ofthr
chn- ,seinent his wicked ambition has brought
down on hi empire and his heirs. The admirals
who com laled aud tho crews who fought on that
occasions have, most uf them, fallen in the butte
res of 5 shastoplI. The very ships for which
Russn coutcndcd at the conference Of Vienna rs
essential 10 hrrdigniiy nad power are torn plank
from plank and scattered upon the
The dock yard aud r-enal were already, on
Sunday. ia pos,r,snnof the allied troops: Prince
GortsohnAoiT had, II seems, solicited an utm,tice
though we know MT whether it was granted: but
his troops were hurryn2 away with the utmost
precipitation; and, considering the moral and ply
sical result of such defeat upon the remnant of
his army, il may be doubted whether the Russian
General cun attempt 10 make any further stand ON
the north side of the harbor
These great events terminate the siege of Sc.
have achieved, within the last three days, the
grand object If their enterprise. They have
wrested from the whole military power of Russia
fortress which she had oony, rted into place of
hosts Of her best troops. They have annihilated
the naval power which She relied to secure hor
supremacy i'll the Euxine, and TO establish her AT.
thorty from the shores of the Cansacus to the
mouths of the Danube. Bot, above all they have
shown the servile and credulous nutions of the
I'm hat hu m in fhp arll
are not those IT fanaticlsm and tarbarie absolu
tism. but those % liberty and of civilizations In
this struggle Sebastopol became at once thp test
of strength and the reward of victory. I u redaec
it by force farms was to overthrow that colos.
sal fabric uf Russian influence which century
and half of rapine and intrigue had called into
being. until it overawed the surrounding nations
and threatened the independence of Europe
While the expedition of the Crimea offered the
mcaleulable advantage of crcnmscrbng within
few square miles OF the euemys territory all
the horrows of war, and OF stalking the strength
of four empires on a single point, the result of
our victory is as boundless Us the globe.
! lttells the world that the alliance of England
! and of France has stood the test of warfare by
! the suffering of the camp and the perils of the
! field. itassures mankind that til ir united poll
| cv can impose It's will and execute its resolutions
| even though the timid stand nloot. aud though
mon of baser minds may abandon the cause OF
their country in her hour fnecd.
We owe our success in no slight degree 10 the
unwaverng frmness with which the Emperor OF
the French has pursued this enterprise and al
hered t. the policy that dictated it, But we owe
| it no less to the clear and unanimous resolution
ofthe people of England, whose mind was made
up that this thing was to be done
/ In the course of these everts, which broke i'll
so suddenly ON our wonted ayocation. we have
had much to learn and much to bear. At times
the tediuin of the suspended excitement became
almost intoerahc, and more than once the faint