New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-14

construction Of the lodgnsz4. ..,a,a,sa-...1 !,
by him in front Of Sshwartg reaunSt h,ss, = vf1
\ fire of our artiliy compelled him to - ~ ~
work In front of the Kornilefs batter ~. - !
enemy prolonged bis approaches 1--WE s0eers9 ~
and considerably increased the height and n
Il thick ness of fhe GOVERN &of his other sseuoke.
July 10 (28 During tbs. day aswsii sYs.
tanned fire from the eneuy's Batteries swss i,
first directed sgaiust bsstion No. q. and TO.
4 wards six in the evening the hesiegers opeped q
/ violent cannonade upon bastion No. g.. At iii,
point our batteries answered sith SO much cue
cess that at the end of an hour they reduced Che
4 enemy to silence 0nshfs day the enemy fin.
ished the height in front of bastion No. A. and
organized upon its covering number Of 1aop-
holes and embrasares BY meansfof hsgs oi
earth. These works were, however, much in
! terfered with by the FIRE of our artillery.
| From the MafakhoF Tower we remarked that
| they continued to supply with artillery the re-
doubts near the bays OF Kamiesch and Strelets
! July l1 t29th )--At o'clock in THE after
noon the besiegers set fire 70 two mine furnaces
against the angle Of basth m No A. bus without
\ success Towards ofcock-in the evening an
EnglIsh stesmsr coming from Eupsforia, . q. scd
gi.nIn ..rI range Of the gnns Of the batteries on
'ne sesastpal shores, the we'll directed fire Of
"ni0h compelled her 10 put ont.
eaiy % tanta1- About midday cur artillery
opepeo aFe esteeted against the semi CIRCULAR
4 trench If the enemy in front ot The Sch wartz
redouDtr anu in two hours this trench was en-
tIrely demolished In the eoursa If the cav
the besiegers tried several siznes "a resnrre tho
works, but tbs shot from our batteries made
| all their attempts vain and useless . \ =.
July 10 t3l)1 The besiegers works, in fropt
| OF the Schwartz redoabt, and OF bastion M, i.
were twice steppad by the FIRE from our bat
teries, and, III general, the FIRE ON our side did
not allow the enemy to finish his new an
proaches - ~. 80.
July 20 tAueust lat )--At eleven O'Clock at
nlght We interrupted their work, by an explo-
SION at the extremity of the gallery of our
eeuntermine, and, in consequence, the enemy
could pot push. for ward his new approaches.
Ons OF his Judgments ON the deeliTity opposite
to the Kornilef bastion, was DESTROYED by the
Cossaeks of our secyet port. :. q.
% Nsthing. of Importance has transpired in other
parts Of the Crimea -555s5-.S -
The Battle Of Traktir Bridge.
Accounts are Yet Imperfect. The following
are the dispatches received; =.
Prince GoFt5chak4f telegraphs: g Evening,
August l6ih.-Part of cur troops crossed the
Tcheraaya and attacked the heights of Tediou-
chene. Having encountered very considerable
forces, we, after an obstinate fight, thought
proper TO retire to the right bank, where we
sas they did not move forward, We returned to
our former position. The loss is heavy on both
|,ss ssssas ss.sgrsrs., seus. H.
- CO 9oMschaRbf comN nde$ in person.
Gen. ReM is killed. Oar Anes lave 6; q pris-
oners. The essian less j. greater than at Erst
+ thought. Our batteries have kept up a steady
fire y
ten. PelIssjer telegraPhs: s August IL, Il
7. MI his attack yesterday the sHemy threw
forward five divisions, supported by 6 L0 say-
airy and 20 batteries of field artillery, with
the determination Ut possessing himself of the
teights of ediouehine. After having crossed
the river at several places they had aeeUmula-
ted supplies Of sappers, tools, oak panSs, beams
AMI scaling ladders, alt Of which they lett in
thelr retreat. on all occasions eur artiliery
fought msst paliaptly and successfully An
hnglish battery OF the rising ground occupied
by the Piedmontesy leut US powerful aidxs Tha
hussians left on the field 250 dead, and 3S Rus
jtn officers and ll62u Eussisn wounded "a now
in our ambnlaDees. Three Russian geDer. Is
are killed, and We have row more tsiap 40
prisoners. Our less amounts 10 181 killed aud
$40 wounded.
. Pelissier again telegraphs August is, Prince
Gortschakoff has asked for an mistice to bury
the dead. Lieut. Gen. Read is killed
August 10, P. Nit was necessary to con-
tinue the armistice demanded yesterday By the
Russians from a. ID. to 2 P. NJ. to-day, for
them to carry away their dead. The nearest
return we could make gives these results: RUS
STAINS buried by the French 2, l39, by the Rus
fsians 1900 Total 1929.
(sigped) PELIssIER.
The Moniteur adds these wordsi :. The artil-
lery has again opened FIRE against sehastopol
An error in dispa tch led to the beiief that
another bombardment had commenced bus
that was not the case. The fire referred 10 was
from our guns, which have powerfully contrib
nted to facilitate our works OF approach against
the Malakof''
Gen. Simpsons latest dispatch by mail is
dated August 1lth, and states briefly, in q
dozen lines, that the army was increasingly en-
played ia sti ensthening the advanced works,
which are now gu close to the enemy that scarce
any further advance can 'be made; that Major
McGowan of the 93d is taken prisoner; and
that the health of the army is. on the whole,
good, aithuugh cholera sill CONTINUES TO take
several victims q day.
GortscbakoE's g latest dispatch is equally brief;
'' August 2lsJ. The ERE Of the Allies has sensi-
bly, diminished, and IT causes as but little da-
mage" His previous dispatch of the II III men
ttensd the renewal OF a steady FIRE by the besieg-
era. &
Sea of Azsff
Captain Osborne, under datee25ths Jnly, re-
ports that he had succeeded by means of spama-.
rine explosions in destroying the four russian
steamers sunk in Berdiansk Bay, aud, in con-
sequence of the citizens having fired at the
British boats, he had set fire to the western
suburb of the town, and had also burned ten
granaries and four mills. Captain Osborne is
promoted for this service.
The British gun boat r,tsper went ashore and
was taken by the Russians, who found on board
a complete code of French and English signals,
of which they have since attempted to make use.
England
In the absence of the Parliament Tehaye no
political news. - G
Subscriptions are being collected for ma
tional testimonial to Mr.. Roebuek.
Sir Charles Napier writes letter TO the b Lon.
don Times, saying that Admiral pandas
merely carried out plans which be (Nspier1 was
| unable to do from lack of gun-boats.
! ~ France. =,
| Queen Victoria's visit to Paris mas osem .
success of the most triumphant kind. lug
Parisians have expended an immense amoans in,..s
of enthusiasm, and the Emperor mas eAnioirsa NJ
the NEST Imperial spirit of hospitality. ;.i IN
| English papers are full to oyefhoWlhg WAN
| accounts of the festivities.
/ Spain and Portugal. u;.os
/ Senior EscalapIe, the new Minister 10 the y hiseo
| utto, bss lof Madrid for Washington.