Demoine courier., 1855-11-01

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they were ever taken: they are amazed
that men could have defended them SC
long with such around them. These
feelings are apparently in opposition .c
each other. bu, a glance at the place
could explain The apparen, con ADDICTION.
Ia is clear, in the first place that the fire
of oar a~ruliery Was searching ou, every
nook and corner OF the town, and thai
IL would become utterly impossible for
the Russians TO keep any body OF men
to defend ,he.r long line Of 2arspe, and
halery without such murderous loss as
would speedily annlhila,e an army
Their enormous bombproofs, large and
numerous as they were could not hold
the requisite force to resist a general con.
certed attack made all along the line with
rapidity, and without preyiou, warning.
On The other hand, The strength Of the
works themselves is prodieious. One
hears our engineers feebly saying 'ihey
are badly ";raceG"a and thai kind of thing
but is quite evident that the Russian, who
is no match for the Allies in the oren
field. has been able to sustain the must
tremendous boRbardment ever known
and an eleven months siege. tina, he was
rendered capable Of repulsing one gene.
"a. assault. and that a subsequent attack
upon him at four points wat only sue.
cessful a, one, which fortunately happen
ed to be the key of his position, and the
inference is that his engineers were Of
consamma,e ability, and furnished him
with artificial strength that made him
equal to our bes. efforts.
The surprise throughout The camp on
Sunday morning was beyond drscrip-
Iioa when The Eews spread that Sevas.o.
pol " as on fire and that the ene,ny were
relreaiing. The tremendous explosions
which shook the very ground like SO
maay earthquakes, failed 10 disturb many
OF our wearied soldiers. When | rose
ere daybreak and go. up to Caihcart's
hill, there were not many officers stand.
ing on tina, ~fsvorils spoi; and the sleep.
ers who had laiG down to rest, doubtful
Of the complete success of the French.
and certain Of our own failure, little
dreamed tha, Sevas,opol was ours. All
was ready for a renewed assault. on The
Redan, but the Russians having KEEP, Up
a brisk fire from til e rifle pits aud EN-.
brasures 10 the last moment, and having
adopted .he same plan along their liaes,
so as TO bind our eyes and engage our
attention.. abandoned it, as is supposed,
about l2 o'clock, and the silence having
attracted the attention Of our men. some
volunteers creps up and looked through
an embrasure, and found the place dc.
serted by all save the dead and dying
Soon aflerward wandering fires cleaned
through the streets and outskirts of the
,own-poin, ate. poinl became aligat-
the flares shons out of The windows of
the hoases-rows of mansions raugh,
and burned up, and, ere daybreak, ,he
town Of Sevas,opol-ihs, fine and state
" mistress of the Euxne. on which we
had 50 often turned a longing eye, was on
fire from the sea 10 lhe Backyard creek
Fort Alexander was blown up with a
slupehdous crash tina. made the very
earth reel! early in the night. Al sunrise
tour large explosions On the le~ftfollowed
in quick succession. and announced the
destruction of The Quarantine Forts and
the magazines Of the batteries of the
Central bas.ion and Flag staff fort. In a
moment after the proper left Of the Red
al was the scene Of a very heavy expio
sion. which mus, have destroyed q nun.
Der of wounded men on both Sides
Fortunately The soldiers who had enter.
ed i. early in The nigh. were wilhdra wn.
The Flagstaff and Garden batteries blew
up one after another, al 4.45. At $50
there were two of the iargestsud grand.
est explosions that ever shook the earth
mos, probably from For, Alexander and
the Grand magazine. The rush Of black
smoke. Of gray aud white vapor. OF mas.
SEES OF stone, beams oil timber aud ma.
sonry into The air was appalling. and
,hen followed the roar of a grsa. bom-
5ardmeni; II was a magazine Of shells
blown into the air. aud exploding like
some gigantic pyro,echnic display in the
sky-the e~ffectA@of the mnumerable
flashes ,wiuersng high up in the column
Of dark smoke over the town. apG, then
changing rapidly into az many balls d
white smoke like little clouds. All this
time the Russians were marching with
sullen tramp across the bridge. and boat.
were busy carrying of material from the
town, or bearing men 10 the south side,
10 complete the work OF destruction am
renew the tiscs Of hidden minesl or Itch,
up untouched houses. Of the fleet, a,
that renamed Wis. BILE were the eiph,
steamers and the masis Of the sunksr
line Of battle ships. As scon as j. wa.
dawn ,he Frech began to steal from ,,eil
trenches into The burning .own, undis
mayed by the flames, by the ~lerrors o
these explosions, by the FIRE Of = lurkiu,
enemy, or by the fire Of their owr puus
which KEEP. on slowly discharging can
non. sLo. and grape into The suburbs a
regular intervals, possibly with HE OBJ
jec. Of de,erring ~s,raggiers from riskin,
their lives. BLURRED breeches and blu,
bre.ches KEPT and Zouave fez. could 500,
be distinguished in ard amid The flames
and moving from house TO house. Err,
i've o'clock there were numbers of me,
coming back with plumber, such IA j