The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-05-25
our Notifications and the looses Of the gar
rison are also less in proportion"


THE ACCOUNTS BY THE ENGLISH And FRENCH.
The official dispatches from Lord Raglan
are to the l7th April only, aud from Gen.
Canrobert to the 10Th. Lord Raglan states
that the condition of the army Before Sebas-
topol continued to improve and mortality
from disease to decrease. The fire of both
the English and French armies had been
continued upon Sebastopol ; bat though
superior TO that Of the enemy, Lord Rag Ian
admits that it had not produced that effect
which nigh, have been anticipated from it's
consistency, power and accuracy. The list OF
casualties is not heavy. The correspon-
dence which has come to hand since our last
gives a description of the furious sortie from
the Flagstaff Battery upon The French lines
on the 18th. A long and desperate struggle
took place. Twice the Russians succeeded
in entering the parallel in advance of the
battery, and twice they were repulsed-the
second time with such loss as to compel an
immediate retreat. The French made no
attempt at pursuit, as the enemy were within
stones throw of their own batteries
Gen. Bzot was wounded in this affsir, and
havisg been struck also with chance bullet
after the close Of the fight, has since died.
In this sortie the French lost between fifty
and sixty killed and wounded, the Russians
far greater number.
On the l4,h the French fred three mines
under the Flagstaff battery, with partial NC.
cess The Russians. fearing an as sault
j opened furious cannonade along the whole
line. On the night Of the l7lh the French
succeeded in making a Judgment in one
portion of the battery, but on the 9th they
were compelled TO yield their position.
i BRILLIANT EXPLOSION.
On the same night the English succeeded
in capturing the first Of the enemy's rife
pits. from which much annoy ance and loss to
working parties have been sustained. Col.
i Graham Egerton, the field officer in command
of the trenches, who led the at,aking party,
was killed in the desperate action which
took place afterwards for the protection Of
the trenches. Ia this last affair fifty British
!, soldiers secured the trenches against
. column Of Russians 1000 strong.
, The total loss to the English was two Of
, icers and twenty-on men killed, and FIVE
officers and between forty and fifty men
, wounded. The enemy lost about fifty killed
and twice re- many wounded.
On the night of the goth an attack was
made upon the second rife pit, but the pit
, was almost Immediately abandoned by the
, Russians.
The Turkish corps took part in recon.
, noissance on the 10Th, which was undertaken
toward the valley Of the Chernoya, with the
view of showing ON er Pasha the ground.
sUsPEssros OF THE SIEGE.
: Telegraphs from Sebastopol to the 2Sth
|, ult, state that on that day the Allied com.
manders had suspended their fire so as not
to exhaust their ammunition, and that they
were awaiting reinforcements which were
hourly expected. A Russian dispatch how.
ever, dated the evening Of the 2Sth, says
"The fire of the enemy is moderate. TheiI
: approx ches- progress slowly. We have es
tablished at 100 yards from bastion No. A q
row of rifle pits which serve to form a con
tinuous branch Of communication"
The in formation with regard to the gather.
ing of the Russian endorsements is obtsined
: from telegraphc dispatch from Lord Rag
Ian. The dispatch itself has not been pub
: Iished, but it was stated in the House o
J, Commons on the night of the LIST, that 1t con
, tanned an announcement of the Russian
e army in the neighborhood Of Sebastopol be
Q tween Balaklava and Mackenze's farm, hav
ing been re-enforced by two divisions of fresh
: troops. According to the statement OF two
Polish deserters, there are 100000 Russian:
in the vicinity of Sebastopol, $4,000 of whom
were from Simpheropol.
: THE NORTH FORT.
p The correspondent OF the Morning Herald
4 writing on the 18th says: Fort Constantine
and the forts north of the harbor for the FIRST
time took part in the contest to-day. firing
!. clear across the harbor and town into ouI
y own aud the French lines. Their shot ap
d peured to be of immense weight and thei'
guns Of considerable range. rs no undue ele
vaton apparently were given. bout lc(
rounds were fred. Our officers t"ke it as Q
= gentle hint that even after siorning, the
f south side will be untenable, while the nortf
e remains in their hands.
d IMMENSE EXPENDITURE OF AMMUSITroS.
During the first week of the bombardmen
y the English trenches alone fired away be
tween $4,000 and 1900 80 and 6S pounds
! shot and shell; 1900 Is inch shells; and
500 10 inch shells; making in all abcu
i 200 tuns of shot and 500 tuns Of powder
The Engl sh trenches mounted on the 18th
% i04 guns and mortars; the French $50; Sc
that during the first weeks bombardmen
}. about 5000 tuns of shot and shell. and l SGT
z tuns Of powder was expended.
TEIEGRArH FROM THE cErMEA.
. The telegraph from the Crimea 10 London
. and Paris is now complete with the excep
ton OF portion across the Danube. Though
the whole line is not yet completed, mes
:. sage can be transmitted from the camp Il
y home governments in a few hours. Since
: the opening Of a communication, question!
:, have been asked in the House of Common.
= every night whether there was any news
and the answer has almost invariably beer
nothing worth communicating. An i'm
. preston, however, prevails in the country
:, that government has received information oil
: a not very pleasing character, and which i
does not think it prudent to communicate
I'm ThnrSd,v niub. Mr. Whitpstde ask cd the