New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-19


'forcs1 "sud undertook regular siege
"Sincs then, despite the for nidsble meaus a. the
Disposal Of enemies who By their nums'oas ships
co, sisDy recsiv,d reenforcements ar'ierv ana 'm'
mul iiion for eleven mon hs aId s s their efforts
failed b, fore your bravery and hrmness II fset
une1smIled In military annals that tswn hastily fos
titled in prese c. Of the enemy, shoui have osen able
10 hold out so long ags let force the uesns OF at scS
of which have exceeded every hing that h oerto could
have been T. re.t Ell in calculations Of this nature
and with means enormous and OF suc1 de-
scription sfter The runous effects OF an artillery OF
colossal dimensions confined for nine months, The
eueuy having fa quepuy bad recourse to prolonged
bombbrdnenIs of the town, hriDg on each OCCASION
mspy hundred tbons md rounds they became coo.
v ctd Of the naeequ.cy OF heir efforts and resolved
to tske Stvas'opol by combat
On different Sides entering courageously pto the Town,
but you received tbt m with intepidhy and hey ~ere
driven back on oil points in TIE mos Or liant manner
This check forced the m TO return 10 continuation
of their 6rst plan of iese multiplying their batteries
end increasing the activity OF their trench works AMI
mining operations.
"Since tire memorable DAY upon which you repulsd
the assault two months and half have elspseu, dur
Jug which, animated by sentiments OF duty and OF love
The throne and 10 your country YOU hav he<oicsly
disputed each ch of ground forcing the ASSISTANTS 10
advance only foot by foot, and paying Nth torrents
of blood and incredible loss of ammunition for each
yard of q ound Trey gained.
In this obstinate defense your courage did not
flag; the contrary it rose to tue hisnest degree of
self-denial.
"Bu,, if your in.rcpidity and your patience were
without bounds, there such ia the nature OF the
disability of defence As the approaches OF the enemy
gradually advanced their batteries were erected
ne aIer the walls The circle OF fire which surrounded
Sevastopol grew daily naTroxer and sent Dc ith and
destruction upon the courageous defenders still further
into the town.
Taking adv antsge of the superiority of their fire
at short range the enemy, after the concentrated
ton of their artillery for thirty dsys-wbich cost our
garrison Fl en- FIVE humid ed 20 ote thousand men per
dsr-comu enced their terrible bombarc ment bonn
Jardmem enttr from their inuumerable engines Of
war, ard of q caliber hitherto unknown, which de.
s'ro, ed detepses, which had been repaired az
night with gfeat labor and ut great Oss under the in
cesssnt fire of the enemy-the principal work the
Korpiltff redoubt, on the Maakof hill the key of
Sevastopo as a point dominating the whole town
having experienced considerable and lrcparable
damage.
ITO continue under these circumstances the de-
ense of the south eide would have been to expose our
troops daily 10 useless butchery, and their preserva
ton to-day, than ever, ne;essary TO the EN-
peror of Russia.
For these reasons with sorrow in my heart, but
with foil conviction resolved TO evacuate SevastO-
mol and take troops TO the Dotl side by the
bridge constructed beforehand over the bay, and by
boats.
meantime the eIemy, beholdDg on August 81
Sept 81 at 10 30 the hafiuiDed works before them
ana the Konilsf reGoubt, with its bitches flied ~
resolved upon desperate assault frat on Bastions
No , lKornieif) and No. (RedaD) and after about
three hours upon Bastion No. 5, and the Bokin aud
Schwartz redonbts.
PULSED. Some of the points of attack, like that
bsstion No. 2 ON which the enemy had succeeded in
bril- cling guns by flying bril- ges, having at various
time been taken ana ietakeD, renamed finally ours
But the Konieff redoub more damaged m an Others
by TIE bombardmebt was taken by the Freach who
brought more than thirty thousand men against IT, and
could OF be rtaken after the great loss we had SUI
ere6 a. the commencement oil this COMBAT Tor II
L In i'm mil M
the rui1s very steep incline, and then
rids above deep ditch on the rear face occupied by
TIE Frer Oh. Such an undertaking NIGH nave pre-
vented 10 achieving the proposed object aud would
have cost U.s. without the slightest doubt, inca culabe
losses.
"Ihe attempt was the more needless as for reasons
already mentioned, / had resolved to evacuate the
place. Therefore, The success OF the enc ny was
ed 20 the sole capture of the Kornlei redoubt
ordered that 10 attack should be made on that re-
coub and 10 remain in front of il, TO oppose any con-
tnusiioD on the euemys attack on 1ne toSn i'sei IN
order bich was executed despite all the efforts OF the
French 10 get behind the gorge OF the redouot.
AT dusk y troops were orde:ed 70 relre accord
ing 10 the arrangements previously made.
"1he examples Ct bravery you gave during that
day, valiant comrades, aroused feeling of
spec in the enemy that, despite tue knowledge they
must have had of our retreat by the eAPosioS OF our
as they gradually Iereatcd they Lot only did not pdr
sue us III columns, but ceased firing with thor
artillery, which they might have continued wit impu
nifty.
Valiant comrades X is painful it is hard TO leave
seyastoro oil IN the enem US nands But remember the
sac i6ce made upon the altar OF our country IN
leI2 Moscow surely as valuable as Sevastopo
we abandoned il after the immortal battle Of B0r0
dino The defer Of Sevasiopol during three hundred
81 forty line daJ is supei TO B0rodno, and when
the enemy entered Moscow in that Rrea' year OF lal2
they foui only beSps OF stones and ashes Likewise
il is not SeyastOpo which we baye left to them but
the burning ruins of the town. which we ourselves set
fire to- having maintained the honor of the detcnse ~
such manner that our treat grandchildren may recall
the remembrance t. ereof with pride to all posterity
"SevastopOl Bept US chained to IT'D walls with its
fall we acquire freedom of movement, and new war
commences war in the open field, that most con.
genial to the Russian soldier. Let Us prove TO the
Emperor let us prove to Russis, that we are still iu-
lued with the spirit which Al mated our ancestors 10
our memorable and patriotic struggle Wherever the
enemy may show himself we will present our breasts
to him. and d, fend native land we defended 1t
in 1912.
.Valian wsriors Of the land and sea fcrces, in the
naue Of the Emperor thank you for tho I'LL exampled
courage, frmness and cOLstancy you have displayed
during the siege Of Sevastopol. Here follow tue
namts Of the officers who most distinguished them
selves
"In thus expressing the gratitude your worthy COM
manders ere entitled 10 who still living, let US also
boz or, comrades those who have fallen honorsby for
our faith and for our country on the ramparts OF
Ssvsstopo
Get us rerern Der the immortal names Of Nachimo
Koinief, al Isomine, let address prayers to
the Most High that He will gram them peace, and
eernalize their memories example TO the future
generations Of Russians"
We take the following from Prince Gorshakofs
diary of tie siege:
AGO. "a Sept 81 AT A. NJ. the enemy opened
a very violent capnonade and bonbardment against
the first and sc cond sections o. liue of defense;
the batteries fred by savoes. We replied from
works the RICH faok Of our line of defenses by an