New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-07
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FURTHER PARTICULARS OF
THE BALTIC'S NEWS.
From the New York papers Of the 2sth nit.
we extract the following details Of the foreign
news brought By the steamship Baltic:
.t ,+,.s The War. 49, ,s.
In order to form correct notion OF the onera-
tions Of the Allies on the 7th of June. against
the Russian works at sebastopo1, it is desirable
to refer to the description Of these works Every
one is aware that the ground before Sebastopol
is intersected by ravines descending to the sea
these rayines being divided from each other by
ridges, upon which both the Russian works and
the principal batteries Of the tesieeing armies
are erected The ravine farthest to the north.
east, and ON the extreme right of the allied po-
sition, in front Of what is now called the Inker-
mann attack, is that descending to the careening
harbor. It was at one time intended by the
Allies to take possession of the whole of the
north ridge down to the careening harbor, but
the Russians crossedthe rayine with great deter
| mination and established two works on lower
slope of it-one at 500 yards, and the other at
| 400 yards from the second parallel. These re
| doubts have probably ere this fallen into the
hands of the Allies, for Pelissier's dispatch Of
June 9th says, /" the enemy have completely
abandoned the right shore of the careening
bay" .s -
This is an important position, commanding
| the ships in port, and almost intercepting the
| entrance to the town. The next ridge is that
Ion which the Malakof tower stands, and oppo-
| site to it, at a distance of about q mile and
half, the Victoria redoubt has been erected by
| the Allies. The Victoria attack carried on by
the French, Is directed from this point against
the tower and adjoining works Descending
NEARER to the town, and about 500 yards in front
LOT 1t, Is the Mamelon, which is described as
commanding the tower itself. The conquest
and occupation of the hill by .he French is the
result of the contest Of June 7th. The Malakof
tower itself, being one of the few works in
masonry on the land side of Sebastepol was
long since reduced to ruins, but it is now en-
closed by a very high semi circular parapet oi
tearth, pierced with twelve embrasures and sur.
, rounded by ditch. From the tower to th,
careening bay there runs Longtime Of parapet
broken at halfway by a battery of 16 gum
on two faces, and thus aanking the curtain be
| tween this point and the tower. Another of /:
, guns on the hill above csreening bay is con
nected with this work by further parapet
, which extends to the sea. We apprehend tina
the works taken on the 9TH June are outside th,
line. The Redan is separated from the MaIakof
tower by what is termed the Middle Ravine, AM
stands upon the ridge between the Woronzof
e rayine and this middle ravine.
+ On this ridge also stands the Allied Crowr
battery, fronting the apex Of the Redan, which
e was further defended by an d6attis, and by
D strong party of riaemen lodged in stone QUAR-.
in front of the work, and which quarry wa
I carried by the British on the Z til June Sebas
: topol, it is to be remembered, is not fortress
but town defended by chain Of forts an
q field Notifications. From this description it wi
!, be noticed that the several attacks of the be
sieging armies are advancing pdri .passu O
e parallel lines, and that the recent operations
n the French and English, although distinct, as
sist each other, and are essential TO the sucees
E, of the common enterprise-the plan Of the al
lies being to enclose the Russian line of forti6
cations within another line which shall gradu
$ ally advance until the besieged are driven ini
re the sea.
The following dispatches from Gen. Pelissi,
: were not included among those we publisht
yesterday: 58..s5 ss -...., s44.. +. .s=..,.
fe June S-Last evening we took possession
81 guns in the captured redoubts. Thirtee
As officers were taken prisoners. Our loss, whic
has not been accurately asoertained, is consid,
rable, asmight have been expected from 80 gres
o result. -
bs June 9.-The situation is the same as yester
d. day. all the demonstrations of the enem
y against the captured works have been fruitles
i'd They have abandoned the so-called battery
q the I'd of May; they have also completely abar
doned to us the right shore of Careening Ba,
The vessels in port have sought refuge in Arti
ly lery Bay, where our large mortars can reac
aaSs them We are watching them attentively.
y Later accounts state that the British loss We
r eleven officers killed, namely Col. TShearmar
aagsl Majors Bayley and Dickson Captains Mule
4 Forster, Corbett, Wray; Lieutenants Lawreno
r. r. Stone, Machell, Lowrey; 150private men kille
= 5l0 wounded and Is missing. 1t is singul
that Lord Raglan omits to mention how Il
> British were engaged, if they were engag
= at all Gen, Pelissier's dispatch informs
Z that the English Allies carried the rifle wor
" in the quarry.
NJ Heights Of the Tchernaya.
ill.,, The French lines are now so far advanced tn
=, the Allied cavalry water their horses in Il
Tchernaya without molestation. The Russia
'0f do not show in force They have constructs
r, two batteries, one towards the bridge, and tt
or other on one of the spurs running out from ii
lis ridge Of Inkermnnn On the Allied side Wol
,u. has been constructed for the defence of ii
aas. bridge. Access to- the river certainly secur
ter water, but the position is described in CORE
ss pondence from the camp, as s. more adyant
@l Dil geous in a moral than q strategieal point
view" tA' ,55t-
n Sea Of Azoff.
.di Admiral Bruat sends o dispatch to his Go
'od ernment which relates that explosive machir
ia. were sunk by the Russians in the Straits, b
Bss st were not fred. TS
J. Reaschid Pacha's dispatches contain nothi
al" additional. t= @frF --z5'
led Other dispatches are to hand from the offct
. commanding the various ships that took part
" the actions. And in % letter from, Admir-
aas a5s Lyons, the following important passage occur
ster "sir George Brown confidently expects tn
nss by the 7th instant Yenikale will be in sucf
i'm. state of defence as fully to justify his leaving
my in charge of the Ottoman troops now there unt
S., So- the command of Hadji Rexhid Pacha, and ii
lxs the English and French forces will be at libel
- to proceed to the attack of Anapa and Soudj
saa Kaleh, in order to drive the enemy ost of
Bro, last hold on the coast of Circassia."
au SI% photographic accounts state that the Russi
Isl have already abandoned Anapa, and are 81
sb. posed to have crossed the Kouban. This requi
assi; aaky; confirmation 5@-5m.-5s -
i sius, Correspondence gives account of the misera
very z state of Eupatoria. War and "Allied eccu
". tion'' have despoiled the Inhabitants OF ieye
ou- thing they possessed. For some time past
w. citizens have been subsisting on scanty all
ance of flour, given them by the British. Fo
or fifty deaths from exhaustion and low fe
7h't take place daily, and around the town
.ronpd has been broken for cemeteries