Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-13
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.
The steamer Baltic arrived al New York We'd
nesday morning at an early hour with Liverpool
datcr to the 18th ulf

| war W. make up the following summary from
the English files. by special arrangement last
night:
THE WAR The Freueh troeps continue Ia
make their approaches against the Mnlakofl bat
| terry, aud the Russians actively continued their
work Of strengthening ihe place.
II is rumored in the allied camps that the nea
attack upon Sebastorcl would be by land aud sea
at the same time--the latter with 100 ships and
10000 men.
On the night of July ilfl the Russian.' fire
demolished the new French battery. between the
MIameon and Mahkoif.
Dispatches from The cfimea speak de@pdnd
! ingiy of the immense efforts If the Russians in
strengthening their defences.
Topographic news by way Of Paris, state that
lnrEe reinforcemcnts Of Russian troops are nav
ON their way to Sobasiupol, from Polnnd; the
number given is $1,000.
IL was rumored that Gen. Simpson. tho
oessor Of Lord Raglan, aud Omar Pasha, had re.
signed their positions. The latter had arrived at
/ Constaninople.
Gen. Simpson reports the death of Lieut.. Col.
| Non. of the French aud Capt. Maunsell OF the
! British Army. On the 10Th ult he reported
that the cholera had not increased, and the health
of the army satisfactory.
The Monieur contains the following despatch
from General Peli-sier, dated July ODD one 7.
NJ:
Tho enemy appears 10 have taken alarm last
niebt. and opened a very bri.k fire Oh the right
and left lines of our attack batteries replied
as briskly and with success
III have good news from Yenikale; everything
there is going on well under the direction ri
Lieutenant Colonel Osnont, who has taken mpas
ures TO prevent any disorder at kertch."
The Times Paris correspondent writes:--"A
telegraphie despatch received ON Tuesday
morning from the French camp, dated July Odd.
1t announces nothing of Importance; bnt the fact
Of General Pessier having made an inspection
of the troops on the Tohernaya." They are re-
ported to be in excellent condition, materially
and morally.
The Moniteur de Ia Flotte gives the following
account Of the progress Of siege operations.
Ii appears, from all the official accounts, and
from our own private information, that the works
for the investment of Sebastopol have bcen con.
Quoted with vigor, and pushed forward to 50
short a distance of the Malakoif Tower and great
Redan, that a decisive attack upon those two
nonts may be considered imminent. Tho con.
sirueiion of the batteries al the extremity OF Ca.
raenng Bay, which is intended 10 prevent the
Russian shipping from bringing their broadsides
Ia bear against us, in the attack of the 18th Ut
June must now be nearly completed. That bat
ferv, II we be well informed viii be armed with
guns Of the largcs chlibre and mor,ars plague,
the terrible fire of which will obhge the remnant
of the Russian fleet TO seek refuge in sane rp-
commanders resoutoy accept battle and prefer,
for the first time since the beginning of the siege
To have their ships sunk by other hands than
their own.
Tho Russians, on their side, are slrenaeusly
laborDg TO increase the defenees of the place by
the addition of new Notifications. fosses and am
busoades. We are fully aware of the nature aud
extent Of those works erected behind the tower
and the great Redon, for plans of them
found on the engineers killed or taken in the last
affair. We shall subsequently be obliged TO
conquer the ground inch by inch; but the mo-
ineni we become masters Of the two great works
we are now SO close to. the gates of the city they
command may bo considered rs in posses
sion. The Rnssnns convinced Of this.that
the army in the fl Id has been ordered to attempt
diversion.
A letter from Balaklava states that n Russian
corps Of from $4,000 10 O00 men, supposed to
be under the order of General Lundres, has nude
its appearance on the heights OF Maokcnzic--
They have been detached from the camp of
Belhek and have placed themselves under the
protection Of the three batteries Of Grnpplnt,
foutriquet aud Bilboquet. The enemy evident
ly intends to make diversion in favor of the
MalakoH Tower, which we 80 closely mennrr.- -
BE this as 1t may. this new move of the Rus ,i4ns
has nowsc interrupted our works. and il they
think proper to offer us battle they will be well
received.
FTencn ftlniofcementS nave been embarked MT
Marseles and Algiers for the Crimea since the
lst instant. All the disposable steamers and
some ships of the line, the Fleuris among others,
have been ordered to Toulon or Marseiiles to
carry out n reinforcement of 25,O00 men, who
are to be landed either in the Crmea or in Rou-
melia whore they will he joined by troops and
detached from the Crimea, if a campaign on the
Danube be contemplated. The English govern
meat. ON its side, has Transmitted orders to
Rnlak Ia send to ENGLAND ar (,ibralta all
transports available, 10 carry 70 the Crimea ten
regiments of infantry and two battaions of rifle.
During the last week 200 300 merchant
men, freighed by the military intcndance all of
which had horses on board, arrived ut Kamieseh.
There IL, consequently but lltt'e doubt that some
great oYent is at haaG.
The Courier de Marseillc of the 22d publishes
the following letter written from before sebasto-
pie the 10th.
I'VE are constantly at work Our engineers
have surpassed themselves. Our place d'armes
| before the Malakoff Tower can already contain
| 5000 men. On the day of assault our Column
| viii be quito close to the enemys ramparts. he
batteries on Careening Bay. although terminated,
are being strengthened and projected against the
fire constantly directed upon them by the Rus
/ slams. From thence, our artillery, when sodly
| established, will command the harbor, and keep
off the Russian shipping during the next attack
| upon the Malakoff In the meantime. we are
! every day gaining ground. Our duties are be-
coming very painful. Gen. Pelissier wishes To
| deprive the enemy of every chance and keeps us
constantly in the trenches. Notwithstanding
! our exertions and the activity displayed in every
direction, decisive result take place for at
least fortnight"
During the month of June, tbs ossos by The
allies "a Sebastopol, of cholera, amounted to 1900
dead; but few cases occur. The following
is given on official authority, the exact loss
A. oh nod in affairs IF IA o,I
1Sth-500 men left dead on the field; and, Of
| nearly 5000 who were wounded, $50, died.