Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-05-16
From The Times Aprits7.l
THE BUlBARDMENT OF EBAST0POL-WHAT
WILL BE THE RESULT?

THE BOaIBARDMENT OF SEBAST0POL-WHAT
WILL BE THE RESULT?
In attempting to trace the course and the effects
OF the great operations in which the Allied forces
have recently been engaged before Sebastopol- the
difficulty OF the task is increased by the circum-
stance that the irregular and indistinct commune
cations OF the telegraph are of much more recent
date than the incidents of which we have full and
precise acco INT from cur own correspondent We
are informed, indeed, that the telegraph wire is
nearly complete between Whitehall Garden and
Balaklava, and that Lord Palmerston may at this
moment be in hourly communication with Lord
Raglan. But, if this be case, the Government
seems to have kept this mode of intercourse with
the army to themselves and we are IN possession
ofn positive intelligence later than the 18th inst,
which accompanies the last dispatches OF the l4th
Hence, we are led to judge of the success or the
failure of particular operation we clearly UNDER
stand in what it consisted or by what .orces twas
executed, and the general impression OF the pro-
gress OF the siege becomes perplexlng and con-
fused, because the events become known to US out
of their proper series and order. The fact IS how
ever, that to form correct notion oil this prodl-
gous ene prise as far as present accounts en-
able US to Judge of it we must examine the parti-
GUAR and detailed effects of the fire of tie French
and English batteries more than the general result
| which can only be ascertained when the whole
| operation is completed
The extreme right of the positions occupied by
the besiegers in the hands of the French, and they
have constructed extensive batteries on the heights
in front of the scene of the battle of Inkerman
| as to answer the Russian batteries on the other
| side OF the Techernaya, and also to reply to the
fire of the Mameou which is at distance of about
| six bundled wards Passing from the right to the
| left the rext works are Gordon's and Chapman's
| batteries with the Lancaster battery over them,
rising up to the Victoria redoubt, which is almost
| in front of the Redan. On the 18th inst our cor
RESPONDENT reports that the fire of those guns had
kent under one face of the Redan, damaged six or
seven guns in the Round Tower, and injured the
| other Russian batteries on the left
The last accounts, which are to the 18th brought
| by the Asmodee, state that the whole of the am
| buscades in front of the Central Tower have now
| been occupied by the Allies, and converted into
| portion of their own lines; so that this point
| there is considerable advance, for we have first
| senced the Russian guns in the rear of this posi-
ton. ard then acquired possession of the approach
es they were beginning to rake against our CEN
| tre This advance is the more important as the
| ground occupied by the Russians in front of NAM
| elon and the Round Tower separated the two d.
visions of our left attack, and to a certain extent
| en6aded both of them. Crossing theravine which
descends to the Careening-harbor, arrive at the
scene ofthe principal French operations, directed
against the town ITSELF and here the results Of the
| fire appear to be considered. The most advanced
work of the Russians on that point is the Flagstaff
| Battery which not only commands the approach
to the town on the left side of the Careenng-har-
| Dor but also crosses its fire with the Malakhoff
| tower on the other side of the ravine in such
manner as seriously to impede the advance Of the
| besiegers
From the first day of the seige, eight months ago,
the reduction of the Flagstaff Battery has been one
of the most essential objects Of the assailants. Our
correspondent now states that the French fire had
| completely crushed the guns of the flagstaff Bat
tery and considerably injured the Garden Battery
| behind it, these two works being in front of the
| right of the French main attack. There is no
| doubt that throughout the town has been defended
| with the greatest scourge and pertinacity. Re-
| peated sortes have been made, both on the night
| of the 18th and again on the 18th, and French
mine has been successfully exploded. Passing to
the entreme left of this attack, the front CT the
Quarantine Fort is stated to be entirely destroyed
and in front Of the town our brave Allies have
ceeded in tracing and digging the trench of their
| fourth parallel, which must bring them into the
closest proximity to the Russian works.
| The duration of such fire as that which opened
on the 9th of April has its natural limits and it is
easy to compute the vast consumption of ammuni-
| ton from guns each firing 100 rounds per day
| The moment must before this, have arrived for
| different and more enterprisng movement against
the enemy if we are to entertain the hope of reap
ing any advantage from these vast preparations and
| long -continued efforts. The army has not only
improved and consolidated its position before the
town, but it has also the means of acting beyond
We have some reason to believe that successful
cavalry reconnaissance had already been made by
| Omar Pasha; the 10th Hussars had arrived in the
| Crmea; and though we cannot venture to expect
tidings of the immediate fall of Sevastopol, we
trust that the allied forces have entered upon
period OF active operations which will not end
| without decisive and glorious result.
| FATAL AFFRAY-We learn that on Thursday last, in
Butler county near the Logan line, difficulty
CURED between Mr.. Caughon and Mr.. Burns
in which the latter was killed 1t appears that
Burns followed Caughop for mile, trying to shoot
im-the former armed with a rifle and the latter
without weapon of any kind. When they had
got within sight ofhs house, Caughon jumped from
his horse and got behind the animal to protect him
self from Burns who had his rifle presented
Caughons son hearing the noise and seeing the
peril his father in, gathered rifle and gave it
to him before Burns fully aware of what was
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