Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-10-05
The fall of sebastopol.

The fall Of sebastopo1.
RUSSIAN REPoRT.-The Russian paper, the Brus
sells Nord SAYS the resolution OF Prince Gortsc hako
exhibits the energy of q great commander It save
Russia from inextricable position in which falls
Interpretation of point of honor would have thrus
her. The Russian army. concentrated north of Sc
bastopol, will henceforth have that unity of move
ment and action which until now it has wanted. TIL
Sebastopol of the South is replaced by the Sebasto
pol of the North-a formidable position, bristlins
with nnumerable guns, which compact army hence
forward will defend Impartial history will do jus
tice to Prince Gorschakof, who, by making momen
tary sacrifice, and avoiding useless efuson of blood
has preserved for Russia army trained 10 war BY
struggle of years duration, and placed that army
in position which enables him TO command the sit
uation
He LONDON T1MEs's ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FALL
OF SEBAsToPoL On Saturday. the 9Th of September
within few days of the anniversary of the landing
of the allied forces in the Crimea and 316 DAYS afte
the opening of the besiegng batteries against Sebasto
pol, on the 18th of October, 1854, FINAL and victo
rous assault made upon the southern part of the
town. Before night the French flag waved in tr
umph upon the Msakoff Tower, which had fallen
before the lndomltable courage and perseverance oil
the assailants and within few hours more the Rus
sian garrison had evacuated the Karabenaia suburb
and the southern portion of the fortress, after
blowing up, the magazines and principal works, set
ting fire 10 the town in many places and then endea
vorng to withdraw by the bridge across the harbo,
from this terrific of devastation and defeat So
fell Sebastopol
The catastrophe surpasses in horrible interest all
the preceding scenes of this gigantic contest The
columns of the allied armies combined in fourfold
attack, struggled all day with equal valor, though
with unequal success. against the principal points
marked out for. assault. The extreme right of the
French attack directed against the work called
the Little Redau, which at first carried by the
mpeluosity of our allies, though they were subse-
quently driven back by the fierce resistance of the
Russians.
The second and principal assault of the French
army was against the Malakoff, which was carried
by stcrm and determined by it's fall the fate, not
only OF the day, but of the siege. third attack
was made by the British forces on the Great Redan,
and, although learn that the salient angle of this
formidable work at one moment carried and &C.
cupIed by our troops, it must be added that thew
were subsequently driven out of it by the fire of the
Russian batteries which commanded it, and this
check in some degree diminshes the exuItaon which
VIII De 1et IN this country at the triumphant termina
ton OF the siege. The French columns on the left
also assailed, in the fourth place. the Central Bat
terry, but tailed to establish themselves in tie work
we have no doubt that every man who attacked the
detences OF Sebastopo on that evenful dav fought
with the same undaunted gallantry and the same d.
termination to carry the place to perish in the at
tempt; and, although the results of these several
attacks were unequal, all were animated by the same
spirit and contributed to the great result The first
prize OF this glorious victory belongs of right 10 our
the key of the main position. fell before the vigor of
their assault; but, with that chvalrous feeling which
is the MODEST bond of men who have fought and con-
quered together the names of all those who carried
the rugged defences of Sebastopo deserve to stand
side by side one page, and no invidous dist;nc
tons shall sully or lessen their common renown
he Russians on their side unouestonablv defen
ded the place with the utmost determination and IN
more than one point they had the advantage over
the bes'esers. But it was the courage of despera-
uon' Tor TINS e1ort was their last. No sooner were
the outer works taken, which laid the town and the
port at the mercy of the allied forces than the men
of-war and the steamers in the harbor were all set
on tire blown up, sunk, destroyed, either by the
hre OF the allied batteries by The orders of the
Russian authorities
Such was the fate of the Russian Black Sea foot
on which the imperial government had expended in
calculable sums OF money and incessant labor-that
heet which two years ago threatened 1.-THE yerv exis
tence of the Turkish empire, but whose SOLITARY
naval achievement was the atrocous outrage upon a
far inferior force at Sinope. Of the authors Of that
nefarlous attack, what remains
The Emperor Nicholas sleeps in the vaults of St
Peer and st. Faul no longer conscious of the cha.
tlsement his wicked ambition has brought down on
MS empire and his heirs. The admirals who COM
,nahoec and Inc crews who fought on that occasion
nave most OF them, fallen in the batteries OF Sebas
topol. The very ships for which Russia commended
AZ the conferences OF Vienna essential to her dip
NIFTY and power are torn plank from plank and scat.
tered upon the waves
The dock yard and arsenal were already. on Sum.
day, in possession of the allied troops Prince Gort
schakof1 had, it seems solicited an armistce houoh
we know not whether it was granted but his troons
were hurrying away with the utmost precipitation
anu, considering the moral and physical result of
sucn ueIeat upon the remnant of his army it NAV
Ire doubted whether the Russian General can attemnt
to make any further stand on the north side of the
harbor. - "
these great events terminate the siege of Sebasto
POI. properly SO called for the allied armies have
achieved within the last three DAYS, the Grand Oh
Ject OF their enterprise They have wresed from the
"hoie military power OF Russia fortress which she
mad converted into place of extraordinary strength
and defended with innumerable hosts of her BEST
troops They have annihilated the naval power on
Wmch she relied to secure her supremacy in the
Euxlne. and to establish authority from the shores
OF the Caucasus to the mouths of the Danube Rut |
above ALL they have shown the seryile and credulons
nations of the East that the powers now paramount
the world are not those of fanaticsm and barbarc
absolutlsm, but those of liberty and of civilization
In this struggle Sebastopo become at once the test
OF strength and the reward of victory To reduce it
oy force OF arms was to overthrow that colossal fab
nc OF Russian influence which century and a half
OF rapne and intrigue had called into being until it
independence of Europe While the expsdton to
the Cnmea offered the ncalculable advantage of cir
cumscriDng within few square miles of the enemvs
territory all the horrors of war, and of stacking The
strengtn OF TOUR empires on single point the result
OF our victory is as boundless as the globe,
1t tells the world that the alliance Of ENGLAND and
OF France has stood the test of warfare by the suf
1erlngs OF the camp and the peris of the field It
assures mankind that their united policy can impose
t'm'd stand aloof, add though men of baser minds
may abandon the causesof their country in her hour
of need. " "o' "ouf
we owe our success in no slight degree 10 the un-
waver,ng hrmness with which the Emperor of the
french has pursued this