The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-26

2b-Lord Do kodefhe left Constanhnopie for the
CIimea
2e-Grand review Of the French army At sebAstopol,
and the told by General Canrobert that they should
SUNDAY, a.Eiora Raglan reported the discontinuanoe
OF the bombardment of Sebastopol 10 London.
s0Lord John Russell explained his official conduct In
Vienna IN Parliament.
l-Severe engagement at Sebastop,l The French took
teverai Russian rife pits, eight light nortars and two
hundred prisoners About two hundred and thirty men
were killed On all sides.
2.-The allies took some important works Of counter
approach before sebastopol after fierce engagement in
which some one hundred and sixty men were killed.
3-Desperate struggle OF the Russians to rsAke these
works and their defeat General Canrobert resigned the
command Of the French army to General (now Maraha
Peissier.
4.-The Russians had not man gun outside of Sc
bastopol.
lo-Two severe Russian sorties from sebastopo made
the right advance trench Of the allies repused
Themusket and bayonet used for an hour and half
when the Russians retired under OF their batteries
The city and allied batteries then kept up hot fire for
two hours longer. The loss considerable both sides
supposed to amount to four hundred killed,
allies, with loss Ct ore hundred and ten killed and
wounded.
Of night the Russians made another sortie against the
allied LETT attack charging clear to the British trench
es and some Of them espiDg over the parspets we're
bayonetted They fought most desperately. The rain
having damaged their ammunition they attacked with
rockets. The British lost captain and q hundred
killed and wounded and the Russians had two hun
bred hors de combat Prussia and Austria had agreed
to maintain an armed neutrality during the war.
1Eght war vessels Of England and France arrived
place deser,ed by the Russian garrison.
1s.Count Buol, Of Austria, suggested another meet
Fortfcations Of Petropaulowk destroyed by the allies
but citizen Of the United States with two French
leihe allied army completed it's fourth parallel to-
wards Sebastopol. or English French, Turks and SAr-
dnans there two hundred thousand men operating
in the Crimea The Russians declared all the fortified
hsrb0rs Of Finland in q state Of siege.
SUNDAY, British ships OF the China squadron
sighted the Russian Pacific feet in the Cult OF Tartary
The Russian vessels six in numbsr and supposed to be
the Aurora, fifty guns Admiral Pontatfne, steamer Vos
took. s,oreshp Menschko two eoryettes and brigan
tine at anchor in De Castris Bay lat $3.50, and,
although superior in force could not be brought
ton Long shots Intellectually exchanged and Com
for rsinforcements. When she arrived there Admiral
Stirling bent sails and proceeded norhward, waiting at
the straits Of La Perouse, where he was joined by the
ship Spartan Thirty days had elapsed before they
reached De Castris Bay and meanwhile the Russians had
made their escape during heavy fog, and where
TO be found. 1t supposed they passed up TO the
Amoor by deep but channel not marked the
a2-French Baltic fleet sailed rom Kel to join the Bril-
tsh squadron. Grand councils Of the allied comman
ders held sebastopo at which Generals Canrober
Pelissier, Besquet, Lord Raglan Omer Pasha Brown,
Della, Marmora and Admirals Bruat and Lyons pre-
sent
23-The French fought severe battle with the Rus.
SepaBtOpOl.
tween the central baston and the sea, large place
darmee. where they proposed assembling considerable
forces to make important sorties In the night the
French attacked those works, which defended by
nearly the entire garrison The combat fierce, and
lasted during nearly the whole night The French
RED and occupied half the worke The French had 600
killed and wounded and the Russians Whose losses
mostly caused by the French field peces)
Iosea to have los. 500 men Count Walews French
e0rs abroad the subject Of the Russian version Of the
Vienna Conference.
A..
Russian place d'armee near sebastopol after
a fierce struggle in which the Russians lost
$500 men en- and the Frensh about 1850 Prince
Of the enemy with reserves attacked trench
ter approach commenced the day before in front OF bas
tons Nos. andc6. The combat was sangunsry, and
lasted during the whole Of the night Our twelve bat
alions lost nearly 500 men in driving back the enemy
the os n md
sbed camp a. Tchargoun. Fifteen steamers Of the al
lied squadron under the command Of General Sir George
Brown having entered the Straits OF Kertch landed the
soldiers the coast The troops assembled the heights
and the steamers went to Ker,ch to which place
they blew up large Russian factory. The Russian
garrison in Ker.ch Ned the approach the squadron
first blowing the magazines and destroying the stores
and 100000 Of four The allies proceeded to Yenikae
which garIisoned. The war steamers captured and
destroyed some $50 vessels laden with grain supposed to
be the supplies OF the Sebastopol garrison.
SUNDAY, 27.-Ibe allied squadron went from Kertch to
BerdaDsk where the Russians burned four steamers
2s.-Russan forts Of ArabAt blown up by the allied
steamers which thus had control Of the Sea Of Azo In
three days the cruisers had destroyed hundred and
sixty Russian trading vessels and taken hundred
guns leaving the Russians only in the Sea
Of Azof sonjat-Kai evacuated by the Russians
They burnt the principal buildings and abandoned sixty
guns and six mortars having rst rendered them
vicesble.
al-Town of Gepitsch near the Pu rid Sea- bombardea
by the allies and al the Russian stores destroyed
JUNE.
4British and French aee.s lying close to Crons tad
was a of
ference, when FINAL dournment took place. all hopes Of
peace from this source vanishing.
5.--The Cossack, an English man of war boat, went
into the port of Hapgo, showing Gas her commander al
leged) a flag of truce. The Russians, fearing
aeacheous taking of soundpgs fell the officers and
after they landed, and killed five six Of them.
6--Another boubardment Of Sebastopol commenced.
The French made a fierce fire on the Mameion work.
T-Msmelon and White towers at Seoastopol captured
by Engish and French troops after dreadful fght
soners me Russians four Thousand three hundred
and sixty m.n put hors de com.d the French lost four
thousand men, and the Epgiish had one hundred and
sixty. five men Killed and missing, with FIVE hundred
wounded Among their killed we're eleven oaicers,
Captains Muller Forster, CSrbstt, wrsy Ieusnanss
laurence stone, Machett, and Lowrey.
12.-Alhed ere on sesastopel very weak.
Ia Ports OF Kertch, Arabat, Genitchi, Bardansk,
Maropo and TagAnrog the shores Of the Sea Of Axo
all IN the hands of the Allies. They had also taken
Anapa the most important fortress the coast of Cir
eass Remains OF the town OF Kertch DESTROYED by an
accidental FIRE.
SUNDAY, 1.-THE bombardment Of Sebastopol again
sumed. For three hours the fire warmly returned
by the Russians when II entirely ceased.
1e.-Redan and hslakof works Mt Sebastopol fercely
attacked by the English and French troops, who
driven back by the Russians with immense loss of
and officers General Pelis,e informed his government
that the French loss 81 officers killed II prisoners
and 90 gone TO the ambulnnces commissioned OIL
GERS and men killed and missing ,544 gone to the
balances i644 In the British House of Commons, Lord
Pslmerston declared the English loss 10 be foiows
The whole number of the nonconmssioned officers
and men killed is IA and wounded, loss,
making total OF non commissioned officers and
killed and wounded OF 1202 the numser
Of officers Allied and wounded Is 90, making a
total Of as6. The whole loss Of the allies in kilein
wounded wasa little over 5000 men. Every OF tue
Esgish commanders we're killed with two French Gen.
eras-Aayran and Rrunet-very distinguished The
Russian General expressed himself follows on this
pent Our loss during the bombardment and assault Of
the 18th and 18th Jnue waskined superior officers
and rs men weunced superior ofiosrs, AZ subaliern
officers and 8 122 mon. One General superior officers,
20 subasrn ecers snd SIS received contu-
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