The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-11-08
Bombardmsnt and Capture Of Kinburn.

Bombardment and Capture of Kinburn.
Sr. PsrERsBuRo, Tuesday, Oct. ls.-Tele.
graphic dispatches received by the govern.
ment announce that on Monday, the ibih
inst, the allies landed at Cape Kinburn, near
ibe Salt Lakes, but their number was not
considerable. 10 the evening, six allied
| steamers cannonaded the fortress Of Kinburn.
which successfully replied to their fire, and
damaged one steamer.
ST.. PETERSBURG. Wednesday, Oct H.
There has only been a cannonade between
the fortress of Kinbu:n and the allied gun.
boats and the enemy has made no new
movement. Kinburn is situated al the ex.
IRENE Western point Of a peninsula whic,,
forms The Southern shore of The estuary Of
the Dnieper. On lhe opposite side is the eel
ebrated Oczakof. The projection of these
promcntories and the shaowness Of The wa
Ter leave only narrow channel, of less than
mile in width. by which the Dnieper and
the Bug can be reached. The water near
Oczakof and Kinburn is nowhere more than
four iathoms in deplh, aud Immediately the
eul. of the Dnieper is entered i, shoals 10
three fathoms. Abou, 60 miles east Of the
entrance stands Cherson, al the mead of The
delta Of the Dnisper, to iba norih Of wildes-
ness OF mar,hy islands. The Bug flows into
the Cult Of the Dnieper, and about IS miles
up the Bug is Nicolaisf, the building ya.d
Of the Black Sea fleet. Knburn and Oeza-
kof, therefore, form the towers Of the gate
which leads TO TWO OF Russia's most import.
ant military towns. There is every reason
10 believe that Nicolaief, and still more,
CEerson, are the chief granaries of the Rus
sian armies, or at least that through them one
line Of the conveys passes which have so
long supplied Sebastopol, 1t is now evident
that the appearance before Odessa was fsint,
no doubt intended 10 draw off troops from %.
zakoH.
The Russians in an attack made upon Kara
were repulsed with immense slaue hler, 1000
being reported as lying dead under the walls
The loss Of the Turks was 700.
The Russians, it is said, are preparing to
retreat, having resolved TO raise the siege of
Kars. The battle was fought with exlraordi-
nary animosity on The part of the Russians,
who confess 10 only 400 killed.
Several Russian officers of high rank were
killed or wounded, early in The action, which
lasted eight hours. On the cath OF Septem-
Der, five days before this event, 1000 men of
Omer Pasha's army, sent 10 raise the siege of
Kars BY threatening the Russian provinces of
Abasia, Mingrelia, Inertia, Gergis, and IT,
hs, ('he capitaD landed at Sanchum Kals,
in Abasia. Their active operations, howsr-
er, II is understood will be much retarded BY
the lateness OF the season.
General MouravieH, Russian, says: "At
the beginning The attack was successful,
but the posi- ion and numbers of tho enemy
forced Us 10 withdraw. Notwithstanding this
and IL heavy loss, onr troops took fourteea
banners, and a stand Of colofs. The block
ade OF Kars is re-eslablished."
The Allies have also destroyed two ,owns,
Laman and Phanagota, in the Strait. ot
Kertch.
The Indian eHal brings the intelligence
that an attempt has been made on the life o.
Sir Henry Ward, the Governor of Csylon, by
a Clngaese.