New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-07
SIEGE OF SEVASrOPOL.

Gen SIMPSONS latest dispatch by m III Is dated Aug
H. ana states briefly in dozen lines that The army
was increasingly EN-, loved in strengthening the ad-
vanced works, which now Gloss TO The enemy
that scarce any further adv ance can be made tnst
Major MCGOWAN of the SO is taken prisoner; and that
the health of the army is the whole goot although
cholera still continues to take several victims day
Gorchahoff' 8 latest dispatah says, equally brieny
aug. 2l-The fire of the Allies has sens!oiy d.
"minishsd it causes us but Ii tic damase His pre-
yious dispatch OF the 18th mentioned the renewal Of
steady fire by the beeiegers.
RUSSIAN ACCOUNTS TO AUGUST g.
A surpleu,ut of the Iapdl.de Russo publishes the
iourna received from Prince Gorchakof OF the opera
tons 10 the Crmea from the Goth July t. 81 August.
The report states that during that space of time the
cam opade and bombardment Of the fortress, which
fell of at times, took at intervals an extraordinary de
gree of quckness against certain paris OF our he OF
defense-for example: on the 27tu July, IN q hours,
the enemy having concentrated his fire upon NO 4
battery discharged about 800 projecfles. The ire
of the carbneers was incessaDt on both sides.
Within Sevasiopol, beside the repair of ourd damages,
we continued the works which have been commenced,
ard which consist of increasing the thickness OF the
coverings in reinforcing the covering Of the pow
der and the construction OF new batteries
Our artillery fired with great success, shacki and
often entirely stopping the works OF the 6esleger
and silencir their ordnance Four days of rain,
which bias succeeded long drought has refreshed the
atmosphere.
The following are the details of the siege:
July Ii (27l-Toward midday We effected an explo-
sion in one of The mine passages of the euemy. The
beseeers placed In the second trench 10 gabions In
half circle opposite the right face OF the Schwatz re-
Doubt they labored also 10 raise hight lE front OF bas-
tion No 4, ard they constructed, with large gablons
filed with stones a loism toward the Mamelon, in
front of the left face of the Koroileff baston, and
about 300 PAGES from the Msak0tf Tower.
July is (27:-At o'clock In the afternoon, the
Freuch batteries opened sharp fire against bastion
No. 4. On our own side we answered with the same
activity. The cannonaGe prolonged until half.
past three o'clock in the afternoon, aud in that space
of time it is calculated tba' not less than 800 p-oec
tics had been fired against the bastion. Considering
the violence of the fire, loss very moderate.
Against other points of the line of defense, the enemy
endeav ortd TO continue the construction of the lodg
meDt need vi old by him in front o! the Schwartz
redoubt, bat the ire of our artillery compelled him TO
abandon this work. In front of the KorDilef battery
the prolonged bis approaches five sageHes, and
considerably increased the hight and the thickness OF
the covering of his other trenches.
July 16 (2sj.-DunDg this day well sustained fire
from the enemy batteries at directed against
bastiOn No. ,, and toward Elk in the evening the
besiegers opened violent cannonade upon bastion
No. 6. AT this point batteries answered with
much that at the erd Of hour they reduced
the enemy to silence. On this day the enemy finished
the h ht 10 front of baston No. and organized upon
its covering number of loop holes and embrasures by
OF bags of earth. These works we're, however,
much interior, with by the fire of iery. From
the Malakof Tower we remarked that they continued
TO supply with artillery the redoubts near the bays of
ksmiesb and Streets.
besegers set fire TO two mnefnaces ainst the angle
of Basiion No. 4, but without success. To yard
o'clock in the evening an Esglish steamer coming from
Eupaions passed within range of the guns OF the bat
teries on the Sevssopo shores the weldirected fire
Of which compelled her to put out to sea.
July u (30).-About midday our artillery opened
fire directed against the semicrcular trench of the
enemy iii front of the Schwartz redoubt, and IN two
Lours this trench was entirely demolished. liz the
course Of the day the beregers tried several times
resume the works but the shot fro batteries made
all their at empts vain and useless.
July ~ l3ll.-rhe besiegeIs works, in front of
the Schwartz redOubt, and of bastion No. ), were
twice stopped by the fire from batteries, and in
gener al, tie FIRE on side did not allow the enemy
TO ini b bis new approaches.
July 20 Aug. l. AT IL o'clock at night we inter
rup,sd their works by explosion at the extremity of
TIE gallery of our countermiDe and, in consequence,
the enemy could not push forward his approaches.
one OF 5s Judgments on the deciyhy opposite to the
our secret port.