Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-11

ony no,uirudc is 10 10 found in military history In
wIich iLu CARLSON hes not once OF twice beaten
hock Ihu bCSIeCCVS lEom It's works. The Russians
made no less Than five assaults on Silsifia, and
wsTe ,lefesied, The PrenCh were iOilel In their
Grsi attack on The MFneloR, though they ole now
VIGOROUSLY possessed Of II. Our soFOw 81 this
failure, and especially at The sacrifice Of gallant
ana devoted men Which il las cost US, is Ht least
unmiAei with dependency, although, Il seems,
we have YET 10 lsaln the Whole extent oil lie Ie'
sources q Tie place and The enemy " Whom We
ate opposed.
We venlnted Yesterday, GefOtc We wee &C.
quaiRted with this uen'0Tdbe result OI lie allacE
Ol The 18th June, tOeXp1rSS some surprise and Fe.
get that measures had mol been taken 10 derive
more immediate aud complete advantage trOm the
capture OF The MamelOn and QNaiIieS We OBJ.
served that "wlen these ontwotkS wefe C3iIle1, q
COnDaGaliYely small additional effort would have
COMPLETED out success" The Russians were bua
ten, their fife slackened. their tleienceS wcte in
jatrd, anil even then fatigue p'Etes lost IheIt &c.
cUSlOnrd energy in EtpliIiNg lllu daIRjGu Vi The
b0inbarlmenl.
zone would have thought that il might Ge fat
easier 10 drive liz assault hons ri such moment
than 10 defer The secOnd holt Of The operation tOu
future opponunily." We venture 10 quote our
own wUids, because they anticipated with perfect
nccutacy the danger which has since become
known 10 us with such fatal certainty. The sec.
ont half Il the OPT ration woS, VI hal become, the
nUSl IIlItiCull OM the interval which elapsed ifou
The 9TH 10 the 18Th gave lie Russians opportunity
10 concentrate oil lhelt resources against thg I'M
pending attack.
On tie 7tIthe number Of men engaged, al least
OIL our side, was comparatively snlall-nOt, We
believe, above l,00O-nnll the Losses they SuS'
lained chiefly occurred in tie defence oil their po
Sillon Outing The ensuing night. Even OH that
day they had cnteted the ltedan, and succeeded
in spiNing 10 guns there. II Is unreasonable 10
suppose that, II ibis detachment lad been sup
ported by stronger reserves, the Redan might al
once have been carried. On The other hand, 10
defer lie attack was 10 give the Russians time 10
recover tl,e moral anu physical advantages they
had already lost.
10 This observation Il may possibly lie replied
that, as The Rcdan is commanded by the MaIuk'
I,oiI works, our success in The former was con
llngent on thaiof lie Ftencl againt The latter
more elevated position, because the Redan could
not b. held as lung as The Iite Of the AlaakhOlE
batteries could be directed against II. We have
lcaSoas to believe that this Is what actually occur.
red OH The lSlhj that the Btillsg IoOPs had ulFva'
dy CNrfied The Rclan, when they found themselves
exposed 10 such fire ltonl The eneny'S guns III
the flank and rear that, as Sir Y. Gtnllam said IN
his account Of the assault Of San Sebastian, 'No
man ouIIived the attempt 10 gain that fldgh,"-
and they wtGe COnSt quently Obliged 10 Eetite.
Some idea may " fOlnled VI the appalling oil
fculiles which The French had 10 encountet II
The works found the NlalakbOf Tower GEOnI the
obstacles which fuie, lleit ftsI attack on The Till.
The itsI unset, as described by our cOnespn'
lenlS on that day, Carried oil before II. THE
Ftench mol only drove lie Russians oul Of the
AIanlelon, but pursued them IL LIE eaflhwOEGS Il.
bnting on the MaIakhoT Tower. There they
found themselves on the brink OF huge ditch
fuuNel by tho excavation Of llle tNTlhw0EkS, aud
in ihe ditch SltOng aOatS OF palisnde was elecl'
ed, through which they attempted 10 iotee the't
way.
The French troops were extremely expoSedi II
is not clear that any Of the usual means lad been
provided for elltcIug The descent INTO IlIe ditch,
0r fOt blowing up the abaLtis; but the trenches
were lined wi,h Russians, aud hand'tO.lIand
battle euSued, which ended IN the FrcHcIl being
dtyrn back, ROT only irOm The MulakIOir Tower
but the NlLmeI0n itself, fOt they were holly put
sued by the enemy, aud 10 compile their danger o
m ne ives fired In the AlaMelOn under their leei.
Nevertheless, afler this struggle, The FIench
troops reformed with inlomltable courage, tetutn.
ell u The attack, aud ultimately dove Tie Rus
SLAMS iIom the MSm=lon altogether. Such wete
the principal incidents OF the combat Of the 1th,
which We must beg Uut teadeTS not 10! cOMtOund
with those oil the 18Th, as the ntttr are sill very
mpeTlrCiiy known 10 uSj aud II must evel ErHaIIi
doubtful point whethtr, on the former accession,
the result whch had been Obthlnsj could not
have been turlel 10 more decisive results.
a. GNRtl n M Al 4 IF. nj a,
mORg military men, aud even between some Of
lie most elnneRI generals u The Ffencl amy, as
IL the relative advantage VI proceeding against Se
vaStOpO at the present stage Of The siege by way
VI assault, OF by Interpretations against tie Rus
sian relieving amy. Our TeaterS NEG aware lLal,
as TAT as The OpUn Of civilians Ut distance fIOn
The tltatG u wat Isenlite'l 10 any weight at all,
our Judgment has always been SltUlIgIy GSpfeSSed
in favor Of the field operations.
II hos lOls btun obvious that, tOn the nature Of
the resources and Qualifications OF SevaStOpOl, our
lire has Jailed either in senclns The guns Of the
enemy OF In making practicable beach. This
beng The COSe, nn assault was necessarily very
psliouS aud uncertain Ope taiiOu, aud, even II sue
CGSSlul MuSL expose thu troops 10 q most IuIIUnS
resistance vi the part Of the SatliSUn behind thult
SeCUud Iine Of detrnce. Hut, SuppnSIag the Rus.
sian army in the lntGtOr OF the CIlea to be dEiv'
til back ly The advance Of the allied forces tfOl
EupaoIi0 OF elSLwheIe, aud the supplies null IL.
niUn rlIIe ITS OG SeVOSOOl to bG stopped, the IL.
IluclION OF the place GtCUIHe mere question Vi
time, and after the Seise ii has nteady Undergone,
It's means Of defence must cIe long br exhausted.
THE result Of the attack on the lSGh conclusive
" demOnSIla les, il any uUuOt WIS entertained Of
the fact, the extreme dlicul y Of canyiIg by as.
Sauli works Of The natute OF lhcSe which now de-
fend SevaStUpol, even when tile assault is male
by itOUps VI Tie most dauniltSS courage, confident
Of ihelE own power 10 overcome every obstacle.
The fonts attacked DO not appear 10 have been 81
leuced, nor were the approaches carried TO The foot
Of the elleny'S works.
Undet these circumstances, The nssailanls were
exposed 10 very heavy loss, and the result was
in iayot VI the defence OF Tie place. Fortunately
the allied commanders have Othet means al thell
disposal, which We trust they will employ, to te.
tive check which, though not discEednNble 10
our aims, ft0n HE extraordinary cottage display
I'll by the troops, is the most pOinfuI occurrence
We have bad IL EtCOtlin The COURSE OF tht var.
THE cArrURE orTHE MAAELoN ANp THE QuARRIEs.
DESPATCH FRON LORD RNuiAS.
REFORE SEsAsToPoL, June 9.-My L.otd, | have
the great satisfaction Of ilUrmiRg your Iurlship
that The assault that was made upon the QuarreS
IN front Of The E1v'Ian, from our advanced parallel
in the night attack OH tho evening Of the 1lh inst,
was attended with perfect success, aud that Tue
brave men who achieved this advantage with
CALAMITY and determination that does them INF.
nate hollor, msintained themselves on the ground
they had acquitted, notwithstanding That during
the night aud IN The morning Of yesterday, the
enemy msle tepeaIe'l attempts 10 dive them out
each attempt ending in iaInte, although suppot-
led by large bodies UfttOOpS and byEeavy lSchar.
gcs Of muskeIty aud every species Of offensive