Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-04
The Fail Of scbastopoI.

I ~ and taN. IA
was mndo unon tLa .o,,,ios, oa. "r wv
town. Before nigbt tbo Eron,h ei,, ,,,o,od H.,
triumnb unon tbS MoiaL1T,To,,an S,L;o,, Lad
fallen befdro tho indom;toilo oou,n,n nnd
or tbo ossniionts al ,r7,t,;,,
fov boura mora ,Lo Rrss;an a,nr,;s,,, hal
evacuated tbe Karoboinoia en- Snrh o'd ,Lo
southern nortion or tbo rnr,ross or,or lt,n.-
inc nm tba noroz;nos ond ,,r;,o;,ai rob,
sos, ~ g., 80 A. .a. ~ Il.n. "'an9 ii
thon ondoovorinl, " ',;,Li. 10y P .p, L.; INV
cross ,bo borbns5 r. IL. ..u.;ga 80 sr
io,osta.;o no J llca ''tio III ~ "
Tbc catastronbo snrnnssos i, horriIin ,,to.
rest MI tbo nrocoJ;n' snono r n,a t;,.at;,
contest Ttn oi,,r So. or H. " oi t'a 'H'a'
oo,nb;nod i, cInaGaiJ VIC 49, ~ III
do, lei o,',,al 'i. .t.I' ,.;, ,oe,,',,'ni
snSo"s. CIns '. .h vmGS "i.n uno"ai
an cn sssa,,It '' w. ro..1 , 10 ,La
Ercnch ottaob r,s dirooi NSIoo y, o.I
III AZ VOC - III o''ou Wv W." TT
corr;oI he, ,La ;a,,,at,,,s;.,. ~ ,. oi,;a,
thnu,h tLe, ,voro si psny duino hacL
h., ia faroyo roa;s.oro ~ H. p.,la;aaa III,
second and rr;nc;rol o.sa,,It or ,l,a Ero,oI,
army was oroinst Tho NoIotLoF ,rLioL ,r,s
oarr;od b,, 60, ,,J 1ata.,,;,1al H., -. eli
tLo r,to not nnI,, 81 tl,o Jo,, h,,t ~ H. &C.,,
A tL;rd ottonL ,as h., tta pn;,;s,
caroos ~, tLo o. poJ, oitI-o.L ,..a
loarn tbat tbo sai;nnt 49, ~;
worl was NJ ono ,non'St oarr;n1 o,,d oon
,;cd h, our ,roors - mt to ,Jdad tLat
tLov wore suhsoo,ontlv dr;yor ont ~ IL h,,
tbo fro If tbo Ruas;an I,ttorios which co,n,
manded il. and tbis check. in some decree
diminisbes tho oxultntion which will he lrlt
in this country nt the triumnhont tnrminn.
ton of the siege The French columns on
the left also assailed. in the fourth Mace. the
glorious victory belongs of right to our gal
liant allies the French, since the MalakoG
Tower, the key of the main position, fell be-
fore the vigor of their assault: but. with
that chivalrous feeling which is the noblcst
bond of men who have fought and conquered
together, the names Of all those who Carried
the rugged dcfences of Sebastopol deserve to
stand side by side on one PAGE, and no invi-
dious distinctions shall sulv or lessen their
common renown.
The Russians on their side unduestionably
defended the place with the utmost deter
mination, and on more than one point they
had the ADVANTAGE over the besierers. But
it was the courapo of desneration. for thi.
effort was their last. No sooner were the
outer works taken, which laid the town and
the port at the mercy of the Allied force.
than the men Of war and the steamers in the
harbor were all set on fire, blown IN, sunk
or destroyed, either by the fire of the allied
batteries or by the orders of the Russian
authorities Such was the fate of the Rus.
sian Black Sea fleet, on which the Impcrial
Government had exncndcd incalculnhle sum.
of money and incessant lahor-tbat flee,
which two yoors oao ,Lroo.onoJ .bo ,.or,, NV
;stenco Of tho Turtisb nm,iro hr, ,,hoso 60.
Itarv naval ocb;ayomon, ,ros tbo otroo;ous
ontrooo nnon for ;nc,r;o. c,roo a. S;,,a,,o
or tho outhors of tbo. rne, r;a,. o.to,l, IL
romains1 Tho Emnorar N;otolas sIaons !,
tho wants Of 81 patpr ond e. pa,i nv idno,a,
consc;nrs tbo ol,,st;'o't H.; -,
hilton has hrnurht o,, LIS 80
10 bo;r. Tho ai uon" III us ''n ".,g
tho crows who f,r1,i't on tLo. n"aio,, law
mast or tbon, r,IIop; ~ Si 'i'
tonol Tbo vnr,. st;ns G,r ,'h;ot, p,s.;a .,
tcaded ot tbo GOV, cord,o,s 81 w.. a-,,'
tioI RI bor d;cnity anJ ,,o,rar ,n' a. ,io,,i
from ,lonk nn1 s,,ttanod ,,,a,, ~ r'.n'
rho drcLyord nd ansoai uIo n - Wv 90
sunday n nossoss;nn 10 ,h su;a5 ',,uy' ~
Prince GortscbokoT ho,i - so n,e' LIZ
an s,;as ,in't ,'au, =. s'vls' So.i'l.V,
,yns gr,ntod hut H. tr n'" w.. -; =
o,ro,, ,.;,b tho 80. VIZ n"'' sinF
consdsr;nr tho ,n u'n,J9 f,cI' pisniion ""u
sncb n dofSot unnu tho ' 1922 r'ny 81 "
II NAV be dorbtad ,rho,hor .ta p,,.;ns, 80
raj cnn ottomnt r. rnaLn on, n,nth"n stn,,
nm tho rorth i;ao - .%f 10y ''i'" ''""'
Theso rre,t oro,,ta ta.,,,;,.a a., a;.., 81
SebnstonSl rronorIr 90 naIiaI c ,n .ta ,sI;o ID
armies tavs iach;evcd ,;thir tho lnst thro1
dovs tba ,rard ab;oo,a - th;n -,
Thev have ,rrestci from tho ,yhote lam, N,
power of Russia n fartres, which She Lo;'
converted into Mace Of nxtroord;nary
strength and defended with nnumcrnble host.
of her best troons Thev have nnnibil,te,
the naval mower on which she roIiod m soon >,
her SUPREMACY in the En,inc and to ostah
lish her authority from tho shores Of th,
Caucasus to the month Of the Donuba But
above all. tbov have shown the sorvile ana
credulous nations Of the Fast that tbe power.
now paramount in the world are not those o
Clnuticism and harbaric ohsolutism lint
those of liberty and Of civilizntion In tbi.
struggle Sebastonol became ut once tho tsst o.
strength and the reward NJ v;ctorv
In another article Tho Tine, saye
The nosition Of Prince Gortschokofr"s arm,
after the main body had effected ;ts rotraa;
across the harbor. was as follows His az,
IRENE right. consisting of tbo corns most no,
lively engaged in the defence Of the nlaco
rests upon the Seycrnaia work ar Star Fort
and holds the STRONGLY intrencbed nos;t;ors
on rho north shore wbero ma do,tt on,,,;
dersble preparations have baen modo for thi,
emergency. III, centre covers the Bnlbek
and is protected in front bv tho 6olJwort,
thrown IN ALONG tho ridac IF IrLorr,onr,
His left wing consist. If Iinrord;;s norns
occunvino tbe ground rroI, Waol,o
Farm 10 tbo beicbts NJ aitodnr on tho pal,
shiserai road So attemnt was mado bv thc
relieving army under Linrandi r. ofIoct y t ii
version durinc tbo osspni, 81 ,hn ~, ~
the severe defeat If tbo 1Gtb of ararst arO
nears to have satisfied tbo onorn $50 ,hot a. a.
lines If tina Tcbernav, ,roro No, ,n arr; |.i'
But the rnsnIt of thS acnnrai oss w I ~
oocunation Of the southern s;do bv tbn oI t,ao
entirely change, tho stratog;caI nos;t;ons 81
tho co1batanf. md also r. No. 81 ~
comna;op Tho strunoIo cor .bo 'ros.os.;',
Of Sebostonol ;s ~ oS ord ~ RI g. -,
our hands and n. tho dersnoonr ,bn = II,
and Nh. bnrbor was tho cr,rd nb;ao, - ~
Russians tb.v have no,b;r, Iar, ~ a.. - wy
10 con,ond foy Tho ,noro w. ',.". Si,o'
81 s;do - a. n. oul"''O" VI '"c