Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-01-08
AND EXECUTIONS.
rhe French and Englisa Loss.

Tie telegraph has some weeks since pla-
ced our readers in possession Of the nteili-
gence OF serious loss experienced by the
Allies, ina storm that occurred on the Black
Sea the 18th Of November. The following
are some OF the particulars OF their loss BY
the storm, as coutainedin the London Times
of mere recent date
The loss Of vessels was thirty British and
French wrecked, and s,if as many dismasted
at Balaklava, and eighteen wrecked or dis
masted at the mouth OF the katcha. Our
men-of-war--thanks to the preeaution OF ire
ouentIy trying their cables,--haye come OFF
with no other damage than the loss Of gus
or OF masts, or Of rigging, the twisting OF
their rudders, or of springing some leaks.
Tine French nave lost the Heary ~, no
bic three decker and tayorite war steamer.
Thus far We have sustained no loss beyond
the ordinary drain OF war, but the greatest
calamity is that OF which we scarcely now
know the full Tie Prince. magnificent
new screw steamer, of 2,70o tons, carried
out ,ha other day to Balakava the 46h Reg
imsat. ali tie ,rintsr elotsin9 for tn Esops
eaoa,ea IN he siege, including 10000 great
coats, flannel suits, aader-cioihiag, socks and
qtores; teef. pork, and othsr provisions hos
p,tai stores for S-a,aii, and a U1st 9Qanlitg
OF sho. and she'd 10 carry on the siege. 1arsc
are waq,ty lost, and nothing remains OF ths
Prince but half u dozen of her numerous
crew. who managed to get on the cliffs
when she was 'broken to powder against
them. The Resolute, with 900 tons Of gun
powder, also went to the bottom. Thus, It
seems all the materials for carrying on the
siege and providing against the severity Of
the winter, have been carried oil at one fell
swoop; and, even if We think to content
ourselves with merely maintaining our POI
sition on the heights before Sevastopoi, it
is evident that we are notin condition 10
stand our worst foe, the coming winter.
Figures are but feeble language for the
description Of such a catastrophe, but the
value Of the Prince, a. she tloated, il put at
fl50,ooo and her cargo al half million.
There mus. have been nearly 200 souls on
board The 80 transports, utterly lost,
Of their crews, at Balaklaya, are pat down
at Els 900. So here at once = million Of
money went 10 the bottom, in 4 form Of
which money conveys but faint ides--
The her losses enumerated above, the
French ship-of-ths line and var-steamer,
the transports lost on the western coast,
the many vessels of all kinds disabled, Z. al Z
up another million to be added to The max d
pecunisry estimate of the loss. But the
tn way OF stating it, is, chat the army is
utterly disabled for the present, and left 10
no other protection ihan Heaven, and that
valor which the British sorIier is ever sure
I display in the face OF the greatest dii!lcu!-
ties, the tirest pryatations. and he most
overwhelming numbers.
Yet rever was the ancient yalour Of Our
race put to 50 Tremendous trial. The
tsmpest, which is said to have been the
most terrible ever known in that part ofths
world. and which overthrow three OF the
minarets Of Sultan Achmet's Mosque. ut
Coastsntnople, besides drying large YES
sells from their moorings before that city,
did not spare the allies even on land. II
blew down and greatly injured their tents,
feeble protection as they are against tho
cold "a Crimea winter at the height Of 700
feet above the neighboling surge. Such is
the situatioa in which the array finds Itself
suddenly deprived of the much wanted sup
ply Of clothing sent out for the winter, and
the equally needful ammunition for the