Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-10-03
r.iI q s.bastoeel.

We copy rs much Il length IS the stats
Of our colaans win permit the details Of
the stHming VI Sebastopol, from the Lon
don Times.
Tic plan Of the battle sccnss 10 hare
been az follows:
he place was attacked il, four direc.
tions. The British troops attempted the
storsning of the Redan, the French attack
ed the Malakoff. The extreae right OF
the French made diversion on the little
Redan and united attack of the English,
French and Sardinians was made on the
Central Battery. All the attacks were
made simultaneously with great spirit and
energy, but the one that was emineutly sue.
ccssful was lead by Gen Bosquet and Gen
Mahon on the Malakoef.
Both tile Redan and the Central Bas.
ton we're at times in the hands Of the
storming parties; but SO accurately did the
guns Of the Russians cover these, that as
soon as the English had gained possession
of them, it was f, und impossible to hold
them
From the Loedon Times Sept. II
On Saturday; Ire h Of September, within
a few days o, the a,frivcrsa'y OF he landing of
the allied forces in the Cfimea, and 3l6 days
after the opening of The besi'gihg batteries
against Sebast pol. on the 18th OF October, Is.
Sd, final a'ld victori US assault was made up
on the southern part Gf the town. Ref.re
,,git the French fss waved ~ triumph upon
the Ma!akoff Tower which had fallen before
thu indom1table courage and perseve. ance of the
ASSISTANTS, and within few hours more the
Russian garrison had evacuated the Kara belnia
suburb and the ssuthe portion nf The fortress
after blowing up the magazines and principal
works; setting fire TO the town in many places,
and then eBdeavoring 10 Withdraw by be bridge
across The larbor from this terrific scene of
devastation and defeat. So fell Sebastopol
The catastrophe surpas.e> in hor, lille inter-
est all the preceding SCENES of this gigantic
contest The columns of the allied armies,
combined in four-foid attack, struggled all
day with equal vaIol, though with unequal
success against the principal points marked
out for assault The extreme right of the
French attack was directed against The work
called the Little Re,lan, viii h was at first car
they were subsequently driven back by the
fierce resistance of the Russians
The second and prlnei pal assault # the French
army was against the NJ lax off, which was :
RED by Storm and de,e mined BY it's fall the fate
rot only Of the day bat of the sisge. A third
attack was made by the Britt h forces on the
Great Redan and although we learn that the sa-
iient angle of this form dable work was at one
momen, carried and occupi.d by our troops. it
must be added that they we're subsequently, driv-
en- out of it by the fire Of ,he Russian batteries
which commanded it, and tn check in some
degree dim,nishes the eXula'ion VIII CHI will be
felt II tins country at the triumphant termina
ticn OF the serge. The French columns on the
left also assalied, in the fourth place. the Cen
trail Battery, bn failed TO es,ablish themselves
in tie work. We have no doubt that every
man who attacked the defences Of Sebastopol
on that eventful day, fought with the same u'-
dannted galantry and thu same determination
10 carry the pl zee or perish IN the attemp and.
although the results of these several attacks
were unequal, all were animated by the same
spirit and contributed 10 he great result The
first prizc of thss glorious victory belongs Of
right to our gallant allies the French, since the
Malakotf Tower. the key Of the main position,
fel, before the v;gor of the r assault: but, W tn
that chivarous feeling which is the modest
bond of men who have fought and c'nquered
lopetber the names of all those who carr ed the
ragged d. ences of Sehasopoi deserve to stand
side BY side one page. AMI 10 in. dous
d,s!ine ems shall snlly or Lessen their common
rpnown
The Russians on their de u questionaoly de-
Tended The place with the utmost deter IN nat ion,
and on more than 0 epo ut they had the aovan-
taga over the besltge,s But it was tn. cour-
age of desperation. for this effort was their last
No sooner were the outer works aiken, which
laid the to sn and port a the mercy of the al
lied forces than the men Of war and the Steam
ers in the harbor were all SET on fire., blown up,
sunk. or destroyed, elher by the fire of the al
lied batteries or by the orders of the Russian
authorities.
Such was the fate Of the Russian Black Sea
fleet. on which the Imperial government tad
expended incalcui- bl- sums of money an in
cessant labor-that fleet which two years ago
threatened The very existence OF turkish
emp re, but whose solitary naval chevemen,
was the atrocicus outrage up n far inferior
fore at Sinope. OF the authors Of that nefari-
Gus at, ack what remains.
The Emperor Nicholas sleeps III the vaults of
Sr. Peter a. s.. Pau, no longer conscious Of
The cha>tsemrnt MS wicked ambition has
brought down on his empire and his neirs -
The adnirals " no commanded and the crews
who fought IN that occasion have mos of them
fallen in ne batteries If Seba>'opol. The veiv
ships for which Russia cobtcndeI at the Confer
ences Of Vienna as essential TO her dignity and
power, are torn plank from pIaak and scattered
on the waves
The dockyard and arsenal were already,
on Sunday, in posse ssion of the allie troops
Prince Gortschakoff had, it seems, solicited
an armissice, though we know not whether
it was granted; but his troops were hurrying
away with the utmost precipitation; and
considering the moral and physical result Of
such defeat upon the remnant of his army,
it may be douted whether the Russian Cen
eral can attempt to make any further stand
on the north side of the harbor.
These great events terminate the siege of Sc
bastopol. properly so calle'', for the .llied ar
mics have achieved within the last three days
the grand object Of their ent rprise They have
wrested from the hole military power Of Rus
STA fortress which she had converted into
place of extraordinary strength and defended
with innnmerable hosts of her best t,oops. -
They have annihllated the naval pow, on
which she relied to secure her supremacy in the
Euxine, aud to establish her authority from the
shores Of the Caucasus to the mouth of the Dan
ube.
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