The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-06
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HISTORY OF ONE YEARS EVENTS IN THE
cRIMEA
The following chronological account of the
Allies and Russians in Crimea, from the land
ing at Eupatoria in September, 1854, down to
the fall of Sebastopol September s, 1856, win
be found interesting and should be preserved
as matter preference:
zas ''2sl.i2 1854. E '- as
- SEPTEMBER
14-The Allied army, 7o; 900 men, consisting
of English, French and Turkish troops, land
ed at Eupatoria, in Crimea 1t was conveyed
in one hundred vessels, and escorted by the
entire allied fleet Of war ships then in the
Black Sea. Twelve thousand men were left
at Baltschik, Turkey; with an immense force
| of artillery sa ~ all "a s
|. 20-Battle ofthe Alma. In this engagement
the English brought into action 10000 men;
the French 25, 600; the Turks Gas estimated
by writers and the hints of civilized general
lofficers, 5000. The Russians had sc, 600 men
in a good position on the heights across the
river, which were stormed and turned by the
Allies. AS result, the generals stated that
the English had 318 killed, 1893 wounded;
the Russians q 480 killed and the Turks (no
and woanded NE sts
l"woundedn contain all who were lost by acci-
dent, or in crossing the rivef, or just after the
battle. Among the English dead Were 96 Off
GERS, ia sergeants, andss24 drummers. The
French loss in officers was reported as about
the same with that ofthe English. The Turk
iish loss is only estimated, as the English or
French officers did not allude to it, and the
Sultan has never made a return, in any way
known to Christian readers, in public. ai
! PA powder magazine belonging to the
Russian army exploded at Perekop, and 430
men were killed. % azrds has Isieais sd5
/ 26-Marshal Saint Arnaud resigned the
Chief command of the French army, and left
and died a few days after. eiia = nl
L. ri sssggdi OCTOBER. sos as9as Bars
l. 12-From 9Th to this day the Russian gar
rison Of Sebastopol had, by bombardment, 1eO
men killed and 48O wounded. Admiral
Kornileff was among the killed. =
,5s17--Renewed bombardment. The Allies fired
by sea and land on Sebastopol when the
English had A men killed and 266 wounded
and the French 30 killed and 1876 wounded on
their ships by the Russian fire from the bat
teries Russian loss not known-supposed
to be trifing. qis s.. nf saaz a4zeb ynai
23-The Russian garrison Sebastopol sailed
forth and captured a French battery. The
French had 81 men killed, and the Russians
4 TO- During the sortie the English had 5 men
Wounded the French 76, and the Russians
l37 Lord Dunkellin was taken prisoner. 81 +
28-Two hundred and thirty French killed
by the explosion of siege battery. Four hun
Edred and sixty-five Russians killed by an ex-
plosion in the Redan. s-.b leo . is1ss :.
/ 25-Battle of Balaklava. There were en-
gagged $4,000 Russians, 5000 English, 1000
French, and a little more than that number OF
Turks. The Russians had 1,730 killed, the
and English /, 100, the French 230, and the
Turks about $50. The wounded were not
Icounted by any party The English light cav
talry, 'the Light Brigade" were nearly annihil-
ated in their charge Their horses are inclu-
|ded among their 'sSilled." t 2I aal
26-The Russians made sertie toward Bala-
klaya from Sebastopol They numbered 5000.
i They had SIS killed. The Allied loss was be-
tween two and three hundred.
i g.9a'rg rH l.a NOVEMBER
+ 5-Battle of Inkermann Here the Russians
had from 10000 to $4,000 men; the English
1900 and the French 6, ,48O The English had
I462 killed and 2, 143 wounded; the French
1889 killed 1887 wounded; and the Russians
1901 killed and 8, 500 wounded. One hundred
and five officers were killed. ssa oH
ga Turkish troop ship lost in the Black
lSea and 7O1 men drowned,
Il 14-A terrific storm occurred in the Black
: lSea The English lost five war ships inclu-
ding the Prince and thirty five merchantmen;
( acout Z, 100 lives were lost, and twenty-three
Iother trading vessels were much damaged.
18-Four hundred of English and French
lost by storm in Black Sea. @
25---Rusian sortie from Sebastopol Forty
tthpee English, twenty seven French, and two
e hundred and forty. five Russians killed; wound
q q ed not enumerated. The English took Russian
o guns.
d 28---Seven hundred Russian powder wag
u ons lost in snow stotm near Perekop, will
n 600 men.
); 29-For eleven nights Cup to December i3
: from this date, the Russians made sorties from
!. lSebastopoI on the French trenches. Eacl
night the French lost Tin killed. about forty
men and the Russians seventy. The FreRcl
would have thus lost 40 and the Russians
I77O. No retu rs of the wounded.
: Cholera and fever ragged in the Allied lines
1.-The commanders estimated their losses iron
l. these diseases alone at the rate of fifty men
iis day from November 18th to December 18th
:. thus running dead list of $780,
a. From November 10th to December Isl
Ie ,O2O Turks had died Of disease and 255 fron
1.-THE effects of wounds. Total Turks dea
1,275. =.
T. -l--2---- i- DECEMBER.
12-One thousand one hundred sick men {
e the Allied army removed from the trenche
Is, and camps to Balaklava. One hundred Eng
ilish soldiers-Foot Guards and S7th regimen
II ldied of wounds and disease.
c-I ,iOhf M ha RrS
ed -. oo-z - !, ri :
ut made elght SortleS ana nan o5I men kllle6
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