The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-20
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RUSSIAN ACC0uNT nr TILE elrGE

RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF TUE SIEGE.
The hnraiide Rnssc publishes the following extract.
from Prince Gortschakos diary OF the siege from tho
l4th 10 the 18th Of August
The the enemy before ccbastopo from the 2d to
the 9Th 4th-Sth Of August which was very heavy nt
times, became almost inces.ant after uiyhta The
siegers threw IN great quantity ohcow shells against
On the fth 16th) the fire against the town was slack
On the 9Th G7thl, f:30 A. NJ, the enemy opened a
new cannonade and bombardment Tho succeeded, for
this ohiect N placing large number ofmortars in their
trenches. The fire Of the bcsicgers directed
against the kaabenaa and the works which defend that
part Of the town.
On side despite the violence Of this bombardmen
the artillery Il the town replied with constant success
and With no less energy than that q thc enemy and by
its well directed fire, sienccd the 9th 11thl Of
their batteries and destroyed the cmbraures Of others
ihe serious damage lone e our forthcaons was re-
paired w wen possible, although the incessu
re AZ short range o the bcegers considerably delayed
the works.
Our losses which were moderate during The first three
days, were considerable on the 9th G7thJ.
The Jayolid publishes the following details
Arc. z lithl The war q mines Is carried on in
wurknen. The explosion of q counter zinc stopped
them. To-day the line of defence Of 01s-iopoI wa
strength encd by two new batteries Tlc enemy c9n.
iinue % fortify Quarantine BAY increased the thickness
and height 81 the cieuces o his advanced trenches
opened Two embrssurcs in the Old Nolhyna rcdoubt
Aug, 15th).-Wc fred three smoke balls (cdmp,Ja,tsj
in front of listion No which or time interrupted
the onemys works. They fired two mines. which did
no harm. AZ a.3oP. " three Plymouth tot' approach
ed battery No 10 within the distance - 200 agne
fired shclls. The bcsiegers succeeded ia opening
in their lower trench II front of the od KAN
scbatka rcdoubt against the kornlon bastiou.
Aug. : 1Gthl,--Ihc enemy succeeded In slightly
damaging one u cur batteries BY explosion.
Aug. 40, 4:ao 4. M--As observed already the
enemy commenced violent bonibardmen to which our
batteries replied with similar Ih- terrible lire
kept up for five consecutive hours, after which IL
considerably slackcncd The ire of The beseigcrs
directed against oastion No. p the kornen 6astou the
three intermediate bastions bastion No. = and tc left
half ~ The second section ot the line u defence IN the
evening the enemy for moment occupied advanced
Judgments before bastOn No .. but Lieut. ionhaschc
witch N command y that portion u Our line and u our
secret posts, drove them out and our line esumel its
Aug . ns'h). The bombardwen' renewed al lay
break With great vig1r.
AFFAIRS At CONST ANTINOPLE
paris sept 81 Correspondence ot the ionaon lanss
have received the following letter irom CONSTANT
nopie dated The 25th.-
The Ministerial oaicc. which had been closed during
the Bsirsnn are open to-day. s. information b.
iect, the changes made in the ottoman Cabinet, anl
which have been often spoken oi vii iake pace
the Jay after. Mehomot Ali Pasha y expected
80 succeed IialA lasha IN The Marine y pArn,en ana
Ney pasha tate Ambassador nj Paris) Saetti pa.ba.
Omar pasha sets out tomorrow fpr ihe Crmea pfe.
rsaory to his departure for Asia Ferhad rasha ASron
Stcin) will command the engineer CORPS IL hi Asmy
on Monday last the sinai arrived from rance with Bga
dicf General BJurbak - board Tie brilliant pArt i,
took Ia tho battles II the Anna and-Ink ernann ae no
forgotten. H. health compelled him q proceed q
France but lie comes back 10 take command II
of the brgaAes 10 tie timea. Ny let'er from TIC CIT
DO not cnntan any hing new They mention thtt tf
allies work With extraordinary activity amt thoaeh tu,
great BON rduent had not positively commenced ter
Yibe are gss eare al ucyertciess against Tie Jtla
kh0a the works ~ which suffered considerably. m,
English theif sla continued q cannonado the great
Rcdan, and 4 i th.uht tha The cann0nade only
the prelude ncN and serious at'acs. n Nqpl 4
The events A. not proceed with The faridiy which ~
uipateucc of the public desires ro tltme M
Generah who % not wish g lcaye anything q chance
since the .uuguiua affair Il the 10th the kus.n hayt
retired = the hcgbts from Icborgoun q tnsernann
Fer -ine aaNs pat certain movement h., been *
sersod ~ their camp, ii which easily ii,
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