Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-29

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PRoGREss OF TIE SIEGE OF SEvAs-
roPoL.-The Crimea correspondent ol
the London News gives a detailed mar
ratiYe of the events before Sevastopol:
Feb. 9.-Omar Pasha arrived al
Kamiesch last night, in the Colombo,
and to-day his highness visited General
Canrobert and Lord Raglan, and had
heightened interviews with them
These Interviews, in effect, constituted
a council of war, and it is reasonable tc
suppose that the operations of the cam
paign have been finally determined on
and arranged between the allied gen.
erals There is kind of suspicion
ahoat in some mems minds that Omar
Pasha does not bear any remarkable af-
fection for either Lord Raglan or Cen
eral Canrobert and that his views are
not identical with theirs respecting the
general conduct of the war, or the ma
ture Of the operations, but i am not
aware that there are any good grounds
for such an idea. His highness will re-
turn in a few days to Eupatoria, but
whether TO commence a campaign or not,
| am unable to say.
A man of the 98th Regiment, who
had been taken prisoner in a sortie a
few nights ago, made his escape on Fri
day night, and came into camp in a
most miserable condition, his hands and
knees being terribly cut and lacerated.
He stated that he had crawled away
over place strewed thickly for a great
distance with broken glass. His suf-
ferings magni6ed the space, no doubt,
but he said he had struggled on over a
mile and half of this awfulcauseway.
Sunday, Feb. llth.-A considerable
number of sick men (217) were sent
down yesterday from the camp to
Balaklava. There were many bad
cases of scurvy and scorbutic dystente-
ry among the men; and yet vegetables
of all sorts, and lemons and oranges
are to be found in abundance.
There is a great deal of sickness in
the French camp, and one regiment is
said to have suffered as much from
scorbutic diseases as any Of our own,
and to have ceased to exist, like the
sixty-third regiment.
The preparations to remedy our great
error in the plan of our first attack pro-
ceed rapidly. 1t is now said that we
ought to have stormed the Redan and
the Round Tower (Malakoff the very
first day, as soon as our fire had nearly
silenced their batteries. The French
are in high spirits, and say they will be
able to march into the place in fifteen
days. Our troops are in better condi-
ton, and huts are being erected on every
side.
Feb. 13th.-It blew half gale of
wind all night, and then rain fell till
o'clock, P. NJ. in the day, but the wind
was warm and the temperature agree
able. The roads are very heavy, and
The country is not easily traversed. 1t
need not be said with what difficulty men
get over the ground on foot. As to the
of the horses, it is really pitia-
Die. It's now four or five days that
,ur cavalry and artillery horses have
been without hay, and that all they have
rad to eat has been the ration of barley.
md, now and then, little chopped
straw. At recent board, the veteri-
lary surgeon condemned no less than
40 horses out Of the Royal Artillery
llonel The state of the country has
,een so bad that even our active and
ianguine allies were obliged to leave
our guns behind them on the recent oc-
;asion on which they undertook to arm '
'ur right attack for us. The mounted
taft corps is now reduced to about 90 I
Electives.
The French work, however. have {
nade considerable progress with the '
ew batteries on our right. On the left {
hey were exposed to heavy fire from S
our to half-past four o'clock, and the !
russians blew up another French maga-
inc inside the batteries. They at once 8
pened FIRE along their lines with six S
salyos of artillery, and a
ushed upon their parapets and gave
lree loud ringing cheers. The dam S
ge done by the explosion was, l am l
Apply to say, very insignificant. and be- b
ire the Russians had ceased cheering. il
lie French took their revenge by dis
harging tremendous volley of heavy e
lells, which burst on the walls of the c.
.dmiral's house, and silenced for s.
me the guns in No. Battery, at the
lsgstaff Fort. The railway progresses Il