Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-10-31

A foreign journal thus briefly condenses
the leading facts in connection with the fall
of Sebastopol =
AT daybreak on the 5th instant began the
terrible ombardment--which Prince Gorts-
chakoff. IN despatch to his Imperial master,
profanely but tersely designates as a " fire of
he'll. I" 1t was continued without cessation
the whole of the day. At night Russian
man-ofwar in the harbor was set ON fire by q
shell, and burned to the waters edge. On
the 6th the bombardment continued. On the
9TH another Russian vessel was destroyed by
the Allied fire; and during the night violent
explosion in the doomed city announced to
the French and British that the work they
had undertaken went bravely on When day
dawned on the Sth the flames Of vast con-
fagration were observed in the centre of Sc
bastopol- AT noon on the Sth--a day TO be
memorable in the annals of Europe and of
the world-the ong-delayed and anxiously-
expected assault upon the Malakoff was order
ed by General Pelissier. Attacks were sim
ultaneously made by the French upon the
Careering Bay Redan and the Central Bastion:
aud by the British upon the Grand Redan.
The French were repulsed from the Career
ing Bay Redan and the Central Bastion, and
the British from the Grand Redan, and both
suffered severe losses. But the glory of the
day was in no wise dimmed by these casual
ties. They but showed the difficulty and
peril of the enterprise, and enhanced the
splendor of the ultimate triumph. The as
sault Of the French upon the Malakof, bril-
liantly made, and desperately resisted. was
entirely successful They made good their
position, and held it against the whole force
that Prince Gortschakof could bring against
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French fighting with the energy inspired by
hope and the consciousness of a good cause,
and the Russians with the obstinate courage
Of despair But the bravest resistance
it must be added that the Russians fought
wellzwas useless against the dashing bravery
of the French. The Malakof was taken,
and the fate of Sebastopol was sealed. The
day closed upon scene of such horror as
history has rarely had occasion to recount
Finding it useless to continue resistance, the
Russians determined to abandon the southern,
side and to transport the remnant of their
army to the North. BY orders of Prince
Gortschakoff, the mines were sprung In every
direction the town was set ON FIRE in several
places and utterly destroyed the ships in the
harbor were burned or scuttled, and an i'm
mense quantity of provisions and military
stores were consumed. 80. 49,.
All night long the lurid glare of the burn
ing city Illuminated the French and British
lines, and on the morning of the 9th it was
found that the long coveted prize of the war
was heap of ruins, that the Russians had
totally evacuated the town, and destroyed the
bridge of RATS which they had formed across
the harbor within the last few weeks in antic-
ipating of the inevitable catastrophe. So
great was the haste With which the operations
was effected, that they left not only their
dead, but upwards of five hundred wounded
men among the still smoking and burning
rubbish. Such, in a few words, is the history
of this magnificent achievement