Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-07-10
The Malakoff and the Redan.

The following is description from the London
Times, of the Malakoti and Redan towers. where
the scene of the late bloody conflict between the
Russians and the Allies, took place
The Malakoff Tower itself, being one of the
few works in masonry on the land side of SrbaS.
topol. was ruined by the bombardment long nga.
but il is now surrounded by a very high semi cir
cular paraprt of earth, pierced with twelve en-
hraaures aud surrounded by II ditch. From the
tower To the Careening Bay there runs n long
line of parapct, broken Mt half way by a battery
of Sixteen guns on two faces, and thus Thinking
the curtain between this point and the tower
Another battery of twelve emhrasures on the hill
above the Carcening Bay is connected with this
work by n further parapet, which extends 10 the
sea. We apprehend that the works taken on the
9TH of June are outside this line; but that this
line must be seriously mennced by tho position
from which we are now enabled TO attack il.
The Redan is separated from the Malakolf Tow
or by what is termed the Middle ravino. and
stands upon the ridge between Woron2oH ravinc
and this middle ravine. On this ridge also stands
our Crown Battery, fronting the apex Of the Re
dan. which was further defended by abatti, in
front and by strong posts of rifles occupying an
abandoned stone quarry in front Of the work.
This is the post as carried by the British forces
ON the 9TH of June, aud it will he seen from this
description that the several attacks of the be-
sieging armies are advancing pari pasSu ON par
allol lines.
The French have carried the outworks of the
Tower and the English the quarry in front of the
Redan. But, although the operations are dis
tinet. they all help one another, and are essen
tial t. 'hc success of the common enterprise
The British works ON the left of the right attack
cannot advance SO rapidly as those ON either rXtre-
nifty of the lines, partly because the ground in
front of Chapman's Batteries falls abruptly away
and more especially becuse the Russian works
against which our engineers are operating are
commanded by other works on the flank All il
the rear. To take tn Redan would be unrr TIA
bic until VT know that we shall not be driven out o.
it by the guns of the batteries about the Malt.af
Tower.
Seh.siopol is not SO much of a fortress, Tor
that T. IN can even now scarcely be applied 10 il,
as a town defended by a chain of forts and field
Qualifications, most of which have been erected
by the marvellous industry and energy of the
Russians since the commencement of the siege,
upon principles admirably adapted to the Gu
liar confguration of the soil. Thus Major Bid
dnlph observes. in his valuable remarks. that
..ihry have in fact produced the most perfect sPe.
cimen of field Notifications possible, particularly
since the outwork on the Mamelon has been m
structcd of enormous strength. aud not thr ihss
so for it's being simply formed of earth" 1t Is
highly satisfactory to know that the very outwork
here mentioned is actually in the possession OF
the French, and that its guns are probably al
ready turned against the enemy. The importance
of the works already taken is proved by the fact
that they mounted no less than sixty-three guns
To this Russian chain of forts and field tortihca
tions the Allied armies oppose another chain o.
batteries and lines of approach now extending III
one unhrokcn line from the Quarantine harbor cut
side the bay of Sehastopol, to the GARDENING har
Dor within it. This chain will daily enclose thu
garrison within a narrower verge; and IN spite %
the skill and courage which have undoubtedly