The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-05-30
Gnropean Metus.
State Of Affairs before Seyastopol |!
TERRIBLE NIGHT CONFLICT

The London Correspondent of tht
New York Herald writ,s as follows:
awe have no further details of tn.
operations than the 18th. Up to thai
date the news is satisfactory. On the
18th it is reported that the fire of the
guns had kept under one face of the
Redan, damaged six or seven guns in
the Round Tower, and injured the 9th
| err Russian batteries on tho left The
latest accounts, which are of the 10th,
state that the whole number of the am
| buscades in front of the Centra Tower
have now been occupied by the Allies,
and converted into portion Of our own
lines; SO that on this point there is con-
siderable advance, for We have frat ST.
fenced the Russian guns in the rear of
this position, and then acquired posses
sion of the approaches they were begin
ming to direct against our center.
This advance is the more important,
as the ground occupied by the Russians
in front of the Mamelon and the Round
Tower separated the two divisions of
our left attack, and to certain extent,
enfladed both Of them. Crossing the
ravine which descends to the caresning-
harbor, we arrived at the scene of the
principle French operations directed
against the town itself, and here again
the results of the fire appears to be con-
siderable. The most advanced work of
the Russians on that point is the Flag
staff Battery, which not only commands
the approach to the town on the left of
the Careening Harbor, but also crosses
its fire with the Malakhoff Tower on the
other side of the ravine, in such a man.
ner as seriously to impede the advance
of the besiegers. From the first day of
the siege, eight months sgo, the reduc-
tion of the Flagstaff Battery has been
one of the most essential objects of the
the assailants. It is now stated that
the French FIRE had completely crushed
the guns of the Flagstaff Battery, and
considerable injured the Garden Bait
terry behind it. There is no doubt
though that the town has been defended
With the greatest courage and pertinaci-
ty, repeated sortics have been made,
both on the night of the 18th and again
on the 18th. and French mine has been
successfully exploded.
"Six days and nights" bombardment
have passed since then, and if the town
is not soon stormed, or does not surren-
der, the guns will be worn out from in
cessant firing. The Russians made a
sortie on the mig ght of the 18th, but ap-
parantly with little success.
ANOTHER TERRIBLE NIGHT CONFLICT.
Since ten minutes pas eleven, (Sat-
urday morning, half-pa twelve A. NJ,
April l4,) the fight has been raging, and
I have returned once more to my den in
despair as to its canse, Lam now inclin-
ed to think it was sortie in the trench,
which was finally rerulssd victorieusly,
and with great loss to the enemy,
q While the fight lasted the quantities
of shell thrown by both sides were pro-
digous. They might be seen, six and
eight at a time, seeming ithe sky with
their frey curves, and then bursting
with Albright red flash, which litup for
an instant the smoke and flashed through
it like beam from the sun through a
murky cloud. The French threw 6o,t-
quets, two, three, and four shells from
one mortar, in flights at a time,
and must have caused fearful havoc in
the eneuy's lines At every crashing
yolley our men used to grow quite excl
ted, and many Bono Franeeese ran
throught the crowd but the few French
mon who were there talked in subdued
and eager tones, with deeper intrsst in
the fate of their gallant comrades than
we could feel.