New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-12

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SEyAsToPOL, Sept. IL.
NoSsrErg LIE MAREcHAL; Tue place Of Sevas;opol
was stormed on the 9Th Of SsP.sT per. Ih.t sssiuh
cupa,ou of which renders the defenss Of the suburb
almost impossible and enables us 10 cut OF the con-
uunica.ions of the town with the north part OF the
roads.ead The enemy after ralyipg several times,
and resuine the offensive with courage 70 which
are bound to do homage, seeing that his utemos et-
forts rensiLed frui'ltss, began IN the evening to
eyacuate the tom; during the night he set on tire,
and he poy ed bis DO Tder IN destroying with his
own hands The defensive works and the grea' establish
mepts which Russis had been accamula'og for so
many years in this fortress. lie has sunk all his ships,
fis stes and o sailing vessels, preserving only tas
ftesmers lastly he brose up and pulled after him the
bridge of boats by which he communicated with the
for of the north SIDE abandoning TO US IN this way
the town. suburb aid everything else on the south
side Of the Tosdstead.
tao, were repued but the chief attack, that which
insured our success, not doubtful for an nsa1t.
The first division Of the fret corps, commanded a.
Pr esent BY General MaaOn, carried at the first onset
lie Nslskof work ard there mainsiced itself heroic
sy understanding that il held in it's hands the keys Of
the plsce. . .
am Ding to give you an account OF IN dis ?osons
that haG been taken for dimin.hng as mucl IS posi-
.sult made not on piece invested, limited garr
son but on a vast fortress, defended by az army
equally numerous perhaps as that which attscked IT,
In the attacks directed against the town our APP
rroacbes had BEEN canied 10 within forty metres OF
The Central bsstion and thirty metres OF the Flagstaff
bastion At the attacks of the Karabslnsy suburb
The English impeded By the difficulties Of the ground
ia ~ advance their approaches about two mdred
N etres from the salient Of the Grt at redan.
Before the front of the MaskOa We !aad arrived to
within twenty-five me'ree Of The eRceiHte which sur
rouI De the tower and had carried or approaches to
The ssme distance Of the Little Redan of the Careen
age This important result was due - the incotest
atle superiority Of our erery over thai OF the enemy
TIE &c neralsn chief Of the allied armies had made
the following arrangements: , -
TIE general alta of the place was fixed for the 9Th
Sepemter at loon. On ing of the 5:h .1e az
ery of the attacks against the .osn and that Of the
Epelhh attacks who until then had hus5anted their
FIRE were TO re- ume il with great energy.
Such a caInonQde never heard We hal
mounted in our two attacks more than five hundre1
cannons. The English hal about two hundred, and
the Russsps more than we. The fire Of the enc ny
damse ed our trenches, but did us little harm. Ours
noty bsaI ding the great extent of the place. con-
yorred on IT, and must have caused immense loss to
the Russian army. During the last days which pre-
ceded the assault cur infantry fatigue parties were
principally employ ed in eplargLg the most dvanced
plQce ddrmes al the def es, aud in carrying TO the
SPOT the cans of crossing the bitches.
The aim of all our efforts was the capture OF the
work constructed behind the Maakoff tower This
work, called the KOrnof Redoubt by the Russians,
which is an imme nse re5oubt, kind of citadel of
earth Oc aupies q mameI0n which commands all The
interior Of the Kerab maya suburb, takes the Redan
alta ked by the English de rerers, and is only 200
met ca from the south psrt, on which the Russians
bsd constructed a bridge of rafts, n,w their only
communication between the suburb and the tOwa.
The Malakoff fort is $50 me'res by $50 metres IN
diner sions The parapets have more than Blk meters
Of relief above the SOIL and IN front OF them ditto
which before attack six metres in depth aud
seven in width II was armed with sixty two guns OF
various caibers. IT. the front part incosed by the
Malak off tower, OF which the Russians have only pre-
served the re- de ch0ass6e VIII ch is creneated. In
the interior of the work the Russians had raised vast
number Of trsverses under which were excellent blind
ages where the garrison found shelter and had beds
arranged on each side in two rows, one above the
other. Russian officer OF engineers who was made
pioner states that the garrison of this part of the
Malako off, which have jost described, in order that
you may Judge of the difficulties which our soldiers
bad 10 surmount consisted OF not less than 500
The Malakoff front, which is thousand metres in
lei 9Th is bounded on our left by For; Malakoff aud
on cur right by the Little Redan. This last work,
which, at the commencement OF the siege, was only
simple redao was transformed little by little into re-
doubt, clost at the gorge and heavily armed. The
exeri Tor fronts of the two redoubfs OF Maiakon dnd
the Csreersge we're CONTESTED by curtain armed with
sixteen canDoDs; and behind the encetnte ne hussaos
had ra sed second which connected the fronts OF the
gorges of the two redoubts. This second enceinte,
armed in part, had no. however, ditch presenting
serious obstacle.
The rocky nature of the soil had bindered the enemy
rom excayating everywhere equally the ditch OF the
first curtain and of the Little Redan, and on several
points the troops were able TO pass II without very
much difficulty. For passing the dl,ches, which had
a col siderable depth, We had contrived system of
bridges which could be thrown in less than minute
BY an ingenious naneuver 10 which our ,appers and
soldiers d'flite had been trained.
The French artillery superior to that Of the
Russians that had extiDguished the fire Of nearly oil
the guns pointed directly at our attacks. The filled.
up embrasBres relieved us from the fear that COL
might be assailed by grape as they issued from
the trer ches The parapes were destroyed and part
of the earth had rolled into the ditch. Finally the
Maakof fort had been assailed by so large number
of Shells thrown from our batteries and those Of the
English, that the guns which did not look directly
upon attacks had their embrasures also filled up,
and everywhere the trdsseehts had lost their original
form. But behind the defenses situated in the drst
line the Russians had preserved a large number OF
pieces which We could Lot conrt-bdttre completely,
snc the columns which proceeded to attack the mala-
kof were exposed TO the fire OF numerous batteries
which the Russians had raised to the north OF the
roadstead, and which, though fired from great die
lance, were never beless dangerous.
You sre aware that since my arrival before Sc
vastopol, was decidedly of opinion that the true
point of attack the tower or mamelO0 OF Malakoh
az that this opinion having been adopted by Geo.
Canrobert, those attacks Of the right were under
taken which were executed by the second
corps. From the eide of the town We had
breaches executed by the frst corp. Taking
things at the point where they stood when the assault
was resolved on, there no doubt that the posses
sion Of the Maakcff fort would lead to decisive
suit; and on the other hand, it was to be presumed
that il failure took place this point, OBJ
tanned elsewhere could not lead TO great results. HOY
ever it was not proper TO attack place so extended
upon ore single point. Ii was necessary to obtain
that division of the enemys forces which resulted
from the great development of the encente that he
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