Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-03

IN all cases they were repulsed with
loss, the sortias were well planned aud
bavely carried out.
The beginning NJ the end " the siege
camo on June E, when the French cap.
turcd the Mameou tower aud the Eng.
lish carried what was known ass the
Quarries. These events were marked
by desperate fighting and the loss Of
thousands of men, These conflicts were
followed on the ISM by assaults ON the
Malakon and the Redau, IN which the
French obtained possession Of the form.
cr fort but were unable 90 retain H.
the Russians losing 2 900 men In It's rec.
capture.
Matters thus drlfted along with all
most daily combats until september
when NE Russian commander. Cen
Prince GortschakUff discovered that his
works were being mined. The Musco.
Vltes then put forth their energies I'm
one desperate assault The battle of
what Is known as TChernaya was
fought and the Russians were forced
back tu their Qualifications
ON Sept { the final attack ON Sebasto-
pol vas begun. with the explosion by
the French VI three small mines
Instantly from the sea To the dock
yard creek wrote an eyewitness Of the
scene. there seemed 10 run stream
OF fire and of neecy, curling. rich. white
smoke, as though the earth had been
suddenly rent In the throes VI an earth
quake and was vomiting forth the ma.
terlal Of her volcanoes This iron storm
made am awful havoc ON the works and
on the city I'm its terrible course II
swept the Russian Hanks ana searched
their center To the core This was fol.
lowed by a volley that probably never
before was uttered since the cannon
round lts voice II parayzed the Rus.
SANS. whose commander described II as
me fire Of he'll The stone walls were
lIke houses Of cards before this temp
est but the huge mounds Of earth
seemed quietly 10 engulf all the missiles
that could be hurled against them. The
bombardment had terrible effect on
me Russians who had only few guns
.eft to reply With but they kept up the
IRE with animation and undismayed |
courage There was not one instant In
which the shells did not whistle through |
The air not a moment IN which the sky |
vas not scanned by their fiery curves
)r illuminated with their exr loson."
During the night the bombardment |
aided by the ships Of the fleets was
and at council OF war the |
great attack was planned for next day
he French 10 assail the Maakoff and |
he British the Redan This program
vas carried out After six desperate at.
empts, MacMahon, who led the French |
'aptured the Malakofi, beating back |
hree dense columns Of Russians emery |
ng from the center, left and right The |
pa ssages were Choked with dead bodies, |
which seriously impeded the retreat of |
he Musc0yites, Column after column
poured through the cmbrasures, and
scarcely had the leading men Of the in |
iaders cleared the ditch when the tri. |
'OlOr lloated over the basiion
The English however found q more |
lifilcult proposition IN capturing tho |
Redan A storming party had got I'm, |
)ut were speedily moved down with |
grape shot Other regiments advanced, |
lut they too, fell before whitening |
IRE from the Russians. Panic seized |
lpon part of the English troops. who |
we're Impressed with the idea that the |
RedAn had been mined and would blow |
~. Besides, large masses of Pussians, |
by grape from several field |
lleces had dashed I'm upon the broken. |
'onfused parties Of the British and |
rushed them as II beneath an ava. |
anche But th. Englishmen were not |
10 be denied, ana fought desperately 10 |
gain an advantage. The Muscoyltes |
we're soon forced 10 retire by the pre- |
)onderating fire Of British batteries
md rihemen and the great fort had
been won
In this final attack the French lost |
6i6 killed including five generals and |
80 other officers, while the English lost |
vs. killed, including 20 commissioned |
ulcers and had il8 missing The Eng. |
lsh wounded numbered 1850.
During the night the Russians with |
rev after having placed combustIhles |
u every house and In a few hours |
heir fleet had been scuttled and sunk. |
Explosion after explosion made the |
light hdeous, What we're known as |
he Flagstaff and Garden batteries blew |
lp the magnificent but awful scene be-
ng heightened by the bursting Of the |
numerous shells contained IN the maya. |
lines Tho conQuerors, who entered the |
own on the 9th Of September. found q |
arEe quantity Of stores and also 1000 |
guns unframed
The forces actually engaged during
he latter months Of the Siege were: |
French, 10000 British, $1,000 and Sar-
linians, 5000. The Sardinlans and a |
mall Turkish force helped 10 hold the |
lase tBalaClay@ and the communlca-
ions Of the besiegers. The Russian loss |
Turing the defense was $4,000 men, and |
he total loss Of the allies 10000. while |
he total loss of besleged and heslegers |
vas nearly 10000. At the close Of the |
,Iege Sebastopol had but Il houses that |
we're not severely damaged.
Russia had made Moscow Of Sc |
)astopol But she was beaten 10 the |
u tho dust Moth |
ing remained for her but to accept the |
erms imposed by the victorious allies. |
And 80 the fearful siege and the Grim.