Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-06-21

steamers- The Russians retreated OF
the approach Of the allies, having frs
, blown up the forts, burned fo7f stea
mers, thirty transports, and half mil
lion sacks Of breadstuffs.
France and England have declined 4
I, renew the Conference at Vienna.
The latest advices say the French havt
established camp at Tchernaya.
1t is said Belgium viii furnish a con
tingent of 10000 men.
Strong hopes of Peace prevailed II
England. The details of the engage
ment on the nights of the 29d and Esd O
May, between the French and Russian;
are frightful in the extreme.
Nearly the whole Russian garrison was
engaged, and the conflict was chiefly
a ''hand to hand" fight. the bayonei
I being the chief arms used, and nearly
two-thirds of the killed were bayoneted.
General Pelissier says the Russian loss
was enormous, and Of his own troops
quite heavy. though nothing in proper
uon 70 the Russians.
Gortschikoff7s account Of the affair is
as follows:
| yesterday evening seventeen battal-
ions of the enemy, with reserves, at
tackled the front of our counter approach,
which had been commenced the day be-
fore in front of bastions FIVE and six.
The combat was sanguinary, and lasted
during the whole night, and our loss in
killed and wounded is nearly two thou
sand FIVE hundred"
Gen. Pelissier telegraphs, under date
of May 95, To-day we have occupied
the enemy's line on the Tchernaya.-
The enemy not being in force, offered
but little resistance, and retreated rap
idly into the hills. We have established
ourselves in the work, taken on the
night of the Esd.
An armistice was agreed upon for to
bury the dead, which enabled us to form
an estimate of the enemy's loss, which
| am satisfied cannot be less than FIVE
thousand, including the wounded. The
enemy has not made any demonstration
against the lines on the Tchernaya.-
The works on the Notifications Kameisch
are progressing. The sanitary condi-
ton of the army continues good.
1t was rumored at Paris on Friday
that Pelissier had attacked and routed
Liprandi's force, and that Gen. Canro-
bert had been wounded, and another
General killed, but this report was
doubted.
Lord Raglan telegraphs as follows;
CAMP BEFORE SEvAsroPoL, May 97.
We are masters of the sea of Azof, |
without casualty. The troops landed at
Kertzch on the Gath, her Majesty's birth
day, and the enemy fed, blowing up
the Notifications on both sides of the
straits, and destroying the steamers
Some vessels. and about fifty guns have
fallen into our hands.
In dispatch the following day, he
thus gives an account of the landing at
Kertzch in a more detailed manner:
"Gen. Sir George Brown reached Eni-
kaleh straits, having the previous day
destroyed the foundry near Kertzch,
where shot and shell and Minnie balls
were manufactured.
Letters from Brown and Admiral Ly-
ons say the enemy had destroyed four
steamers and large quantity of grain.
The sloops of the allies succeeded in
blowing up the magazine and destroy
ing about one hundred merchant yes
sells. Only one Russian steamship re-
manned on the Azof."
The occupation of Galatz and an at
tack upon Ismail and Semi, was conf
dently spoken of.
The garrison of Sevastopol and most
of its supplies from Kertzch-the cap
ture Of the place must therefore be looked
upon as of great Importance.
Fifty cases of cholera and twenty
deaths are reported in the British camp
before Seyastopol.. There were also
some cases among the French.
The Sandman contingent had landed
in excellent health, and with supplies of
provisions and munitions of war.
The warm weather in the Crimea had
been succeeded by rain.
Large conveys had entered SeYasto-
pol from the North.
The Russians were working vigor-
ously on the north side of the harbor,
erecting earthworks, &c.
The allies had completed the fourth
parallel, and the British were moving
all the heavy mortars into the advanced
parallels.
The deserters from the Russian gar
rison report the garrison very strong in
numbers, but the recent hot weather
had produced much sickness.
From the Baltic we have reports from
Dantzic to the esd ult. The first divis-
ion of the Russian gunboats, stationed
at Sweaborg, had moved to the oppo-
site coast in the vicinity of Riga.
The French squadron sailed from Keil
on the 22d ult., to join the English,
which. when last reported, was beyond
The Russian Minister of Foreign At