Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-07-18

this IL Wtluk bStuphJ -Os5eulSu M bu&s
18th, and and that the British troops
[ had already carried the Redan, when
thew found themselves exposed 70,
such d fire from the enemy's gnnstir
their flank and rear that, as Sir III
| Graham said, iii his account Iof the
assault Of San Sebastian, @NoI man
outlived the attempt 10 gain that
ridges-and they were consequent
| IL obliged to retire. Some ideamay
be formed Of the appalling Difficult
ties which the French bad to en-
counter at fireworks round the Mala-
Ikhoff tower from the obstacles which
Efoiled their first attack on the 7th. H.
The first onset, as described by our
correspondents on that day, carried
all before it.
The French not only drove the.
Russians out Of the Mamelon, but
pursued them to thu earthworks abnt-
tingson the Malakhof tower. There
they found themselves on the brink
Of d hugetditc formed by tue rex
cavation ofthc earthworks, \ and il
the ditch 4 strong abattis Or palisade
were erected, through which they
attempted to force their way. The
French troops were extremely lex
posed; It'll not clear that any ofthe'
usual means had been provided for
eliecting tile descent into the ditch,
Of for blowing MP the abattis; bit tlhe
trenches were lined with Russians,
and b hand-to-hand battle ensued,
which ended in the French being
driven back, not only from the Mas
tower, bnt IMasnclon ITSELF
tof> they wore hotly pursued by the
enemy>,apa to complete their dan.
ger, a mine~Was fred in the Name
lon under their feet.
Nevertheless, alfer this Istneggle,
the French troops rrfoHued with In
domitable courage rcturncl to- the
attack, and ultimately drove lhe Rus.
slams fron The Mamclon. altogether,
Such We're thc. principal ineidentsHofS
the l7th which we must beg our rea-
ders not to eonlound with those 2pi.
the 18Th, as the latter are still inpef-
fcctly known to ll+; and it must epcr
remain a doubtful point whether. ons
i hc#fortner occasion, the result Which.
had been obtained ce1la hot have.
tnrncdt to more decisive results. H. f.
!. ThetIe is, further, some difference
of opinion among military men, and
even between some ofthe m st emf
nent generals oftlf6 French arlny,>aas
to theIrclative adyantage Of proceed
Ing against Spbasfopol at thaprcscnt
stageZof .bf 4eigc by way ofiassauft,
Or BY Gcld operations against the
Russian relieving army. . HI
Oar readers. are aware, thatas fail
>as the opinion Of ciyilians=at d dis4i
tancc from tic theatre Of var is en- III
titled to any weight ut all, ohIsjudgHa
ment hhs always been strongly ex7.
PRESSED in favor Of tic field opera.
tions Ii has long been. obvious, thatiI
from the nature ofthc TO- ources and
Qualifications of Seba<topoI, our. fire.
has failed notwithstanding tile guns
of the enemy, or in making a practi-
cable breach. This being the case, !.
and atssaultrwas NECESSARILY la very
perilous and uncertain operation ],
ANA, even ifsucccssful must expose
the troops to a most furious resist, {
ancc npon the0parttof THE garrison
behind their SECOND line or defence ].
But, $upposing that the Russian
army in the interior of tile Crinea to +
be.driyen back by the advance of
the allied forces from Eapntoria or
q1sewhefe, and the supplieR and. re- +
Inducements of Sebastopol Ito bel,
stopped, the reduction! Of the place /,
becomcstmcrely a question Of time,
mud after the seige it has already 4
undergone, its means ofdefense must
ere long be exhausted. !. 1
The rcsultofthe attack on the 18th I
conc4usively demonstrates, if any
doubt Was entertained Of the fact the
extreme difficulty Of carrying by /
ASSAULT, works Oh the nature fBthose
who defend Sebastopol, even when
the ASSAULT is made byftroops Of the /
most dauntless courage, confident Of
their owupowerto overcome every
obstacle. The fronts attacked do +
not appear to have been silepced,
nor were the approaches carried 70 the
foot Of the eneIny's works. Under
these circumstances the assailants,E
were exposed to Ia very heavy loss,
and the result was in favor of the.
defence of the place, Fortunately 7
the. allied commanders have other
means at their. disposal, which we
trustthatthey will employ TO receive
d check which, though not dfseredit-,t
able TO- our arms, from the extraor-
binary courage displayed BY the
troops, is the mostpainful occurrence
we have had to record IN the course
ofthe war. ~:%
: Correspondence from the London Times.
RUSSIAN VERSION OF THE nANGo MASSACRE.
Berlin, june o. am not yet I'M
possession Of the date at which the
Russians penetrated that Except in