Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-10-11
LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS.

LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS.
The steamer Pacific has arrived with Eu.
ropean intelligence up to September 22d
Matshsll PeIisser's dispatches relating
to The capture OF Sevas.opoI had no. reach
ed France when the Pacific left port; bu.
III o'clock in the morning of Saturday
Sept. %, q Gazette Extraordinary, was sen.
round to the newspaper Offices in London,
containing Gen. Simpsons despatch report
ing the fall Of ':,he iIus.rious city" The
despatch was brough, bv the Hon. Major
Curzon, who crossed from Boulogne to
Folkesione during the night:
DESPATCH FROM GEN. SIMPSON.
BEFORE sEvAsroroL, Sept. 9, 1855.
.My Lord IL had the honor 10 apprise
your Lordship in my despatch Of the 4.h
inst, tbs, The engineer and artillery officers
Of the allied armies had laid before General
Pelissier and myself report recommending
,hs, the ASSAULT should be given on the 9Th
instant, after heavy fire had been KEEP. up
for three DAYS.
= This arrangement, agreed to, and have to
congratulate your Lord.hip on The glorious
results Of The attack Of yesterday. which has
ended in The possession Of the town. dock
yards, and public buildings, and destruction
Of the las, ships Of the Russian flee. 10 the
Black Sea. Three steamers alone, remain,
and the speedy capture or sinking Of these
must follow.
II was arranged that a, IL o'clock in the
day the French coa,mns o. attack were to
leave their trenches, and take possession Of
he Malakof aud adj jaceni works. Ate,
their success had been assured, and they
were faitiv established, the Redsn was 10 be
assaulted by the English; the Bss,ion, Cen
trail. and Quarantine forts 10 the left. were
simultaneously TO he suackcd by the French
A, The hour sppon.ed our allies quilted
their trenches, entered and carried The sppa-
rem, impregnsble defence Of the MalskofT
with .hs, impe .uous vaIor which character.
Ise. the French attack; aud having once ob-
,sined possession, they were never dlsIodg-
ed
The ui-color planted on the parspe. was
the signal for our troops to advance.
The arrangements for The s,sck entrus-
ted to Lieu,ensn,- General Sir William Cod.
,ingt who carried out the details 10 con-
Ger, with Lieu,ensn,. General Markham.
! determined that the second and light
divisions should hsve the honor Of the as
ssul,, from the circumstance Of their having
defended the batteries and approaches a.
oainst The Redan for so many months, and
{, ON the intimate knowledge they possessed
Of the ground.
The FIRE Of our artillery having made as
much Of a breach as possible in the ssllen.
of the Redan, decided .hs. the column Of
ssssul. should be directed against that part,
az being less exposed 10 The heavy fsnking
fire by which this work is projected.
was arranged between Sir w. Codring-
ton and Lieulensn. General Markham .ha,
The ssssuung column Of 900 men should
be formed by equal numbers Of these two
divisions, the column of the ligh. division
to lead, that Of the second TO follow. They
left the trenches q, the preconcerted signal,
and moved across the ground, preceded by
a covering psr'y Of 200 men, and ladder
party of 800. On arriving a, the cres. Of
the duch, and the ladders placed, the men
Immediately s,ormed the parspe, Of the Re-
dan, and penetrated into the salient angle. A
mos, determined end bloody comics. was
here maintained for nearly an hour, snd al
though supported to The utmost, and the
creates, bravery displayed, il was found i'm
possible to maintain the position.
Your lorJship will perceive, by the long
and sad list Of casualties, with what gsllan-
try and self.devolion The officers nobly
placed themselves at the head Of their men
during this ssnguinsry conflict.
feel myself unable to express in ade'
aus,e terms the sense ! entertain Of The con-
due. and gsllsn.ry exhibited by The troops,
though their devotion was not rewarded by
The success which they so well merIcd, bu.
to no one are my thanks more justly due
,Lan AZ. Col Windh u, IN "a nallanilp head.