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The War. The Week, With Respect To The W...
tb e ^ stormedrihe redejrirfi-and held , an <* balfofatag * i » a * i fearfuj odd * . wh <» tbftJlnasiiuiftfSuoceeded . ui . omtaaBfcr " ing the column ; the Marines were separated from the Zouaves and . drirenbacfc in all 'directions , and the latter were completely surrounded by the enemy . . A second time they succeeded , by sheer hand-tc-h & nd : flghting , in completing the capture of the redoubt ' ; bHit no sooner h ^ the ' Bnssian-in & iiitrjrfelteftbacfe'than . th'fr batteries and ships- opened 4 a--terrific- fir © upon- the vrorkj and rendered incompletely untenable . "
A PICTURE OF BALAKLA-YA . Caa , anything be more suggestive of county magistracy * andr poori' Ia . w 6 , > and order andt peace * , than stoaebreaking ? Here > it . goes « ondaUy , and parties ; of > . red-coated ^ soWLiery are to be seen contentedly , hammering away at the limestone rock , satisfied withaiewvpenoeextrapay- The . policeman , walksabsoad imthe streets of Balaklava . Colonel Harding * , the new * commandant , has- exhibited . ! great , ability * in the improvementof the . town , andhehas : means at his : disposal which his r predecessors could not obtain * Lord Kaglanda o » t ; about . the : camps > every day , and : Generals Estcourt and Airey are equally active .. Ai little naval arsenal has grownup at the north side of
the harbour , with shears , landing-wharf , and storehouses . In a fortnight more it is- hoped the first engine will be at work , and it is lying all readyy with the tender aridiallrthe apparatus ?! for-pulling / up-the trucks besideiifc , atita : ailotted station- The harbour crowded asdt is ,, has assumed a certain ^ appearanoe ofjprder .- The ^ coliections-oforotteniclothes andtrags , the garments of- the poor Turksy : hava been / bnrarti Cesspools- have been . cleared out , and the English Herculesihas at last begun to stir up > the heels of the oxen of Augseus . The whole of the Turks are rei moved to : the : hilL-side , where they have encampedj Each , dayt-there is a : diminution in the average amounfcrofi sickness * and ? a > still greater decrease in
the rates ofVmortalityi A gooJ sanitary officer , with an effeotiy « : Staffr -inight : do much to averfr the sickness whicfc may be-expected among-the myriads'of soldiers when the heats oft spring begin . The ther * inometenhasi on an . average been at 45-deg .- during the day for tbelasfc-three days . To-day it was at 5 2-degi , : Freakpmvdsjons < are becoming abundant , and : suppUe & . bfivegetables , nrevto be had . for'the sicfcand sonrvy-stricken-: The siege works-are in a state of : completion ,, and ^ are admirably ; made . Those onwhich ourrfcroopsare now engaged : proceed uninterruptedly ^ A $ greats quantity of : mules and , ponies , ¦
with aistaflEsof- driversfrom alii parts of ; ' thewor tdj have beenrjcoHeeted together * and lighten the toils off tbo troops * andiofcthjeGommissariat'Departtnent ; The public and ^ private stores of warm clothing , exceed the demancLfbr-ifci : The mortality among the horses ha » ceased , and , though the oxen and sheep sent over to . thfi campsiwould : not : find ; much favour in . Smithfieldj . theyrare very , grateful : to those . who have had ; ta . feed-. 8 Ov long- on salt junk alone * Thei sick are neariyali huttedj and : even some of the men in those ; camp 8 W \ hiehvare nearestito Balaklava-. havebeen . pro * - vided ^ wjtlii similarrconifort ® . and . accommodationi—7 ¥ mes Correspondent .
DESIGNS OF THE RUSSIANS . General OstenSacken reports to the Emperor that on the night of the 10 th the Russians threvr up another new redoubt about 300 yards in front of . the Kornilbff bastion .. With the redoubts on the right side of Careenihg . Bay and above the Bay of St . George , this makes the third aggressive work of the kind constructed' by the enemy before Sebasfopol within seventeen days ; On the 4 th instant the > Rusr eians made a sortie , and attacked the French on two flanks , but'were repulsed with loss . The sortie was repeated prrthe follbwing morning , with the same result : The Russians are particularly energetic on . the . points- opposite the right attack . Thoy appear to have received reinforcements .. —Daily News .
AI < IJ & O . BX > IlBffiW . OB ; TKB TBI 1 K 8 AT EUPA / TOIU * ... A telegraphic summary of General lOsten Suekente rcport-of the dth-inefcantj current attl » e beginning-of lust week , stated that two squadrons of' Russian * Lancers , aud 400 Cossacks had completely defeated eight squadrons of , Turks , near , Eupatoriov . We have re . cefred . fraraSfo Petersburg the text of the gen . erftUa report , in which it ; is . simply said that the , outlying . ; pickets of eight squadrons had been , thus defeated * , having , ventured . top / ar . into . the plain . The general , Ieclares ., that : tb , e .. ueiv rockets , mentioned in . Admiral . Bruatls , report as . having sot Sebustopojl on . flro , had . icarcety do * a « nyr harm , and that the general situar ion of affairs foithe ^ C . rjmca . hud . not . changeil . 7 ~ 2 ?« % ! Vcww .
OPBRATL 0 N 8 AT . ICJTCRTCH . A dtapfttch ha $ , been received from Sir Edmund ^ yons , stating that Captain Giffard , of the Leopard , sommandex of the blockading squadron off JCerteh , ind ,. in , conjunction with the French steamer Fjulton , JaptainLebris , " captured and destroyed ton 50 cwt . > - \ nch guns , and burnt seven large boats , two ranges ) f toarwok' buildings , also , n quantity- of " military itoM » an «|» provi « ioiH ) near 4 he Boghnz ? of > the l & mbari Lakey onvttle aftnd of-Ftelwuarys " No casualties
-hap-IneneA-to -the . Allies , but X ! aRtaia , Giffard thinbR . " the , | loss * off theb . eneaay- must hay © been-- ; considerable . ? : The . Coss » cka-. brought ^ ome . £ eld ,. bafcteries-iont to . rthe , ihiils , whei ©< they hadbeen driven , andxiRenod . a < heavy fire * ; bufc-tthe . answering fifa fron * the suips ^ tttuuately / icaused'them to retire behind the hills .
THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . Recent accounts-front the Caucasus * and-Georgia show that the Russians * are preparing to commence the campaign . General Muriavvieflf } the new commander-ofV the Transoaucasian : array , has just . completed atour < of < inspection ^ in which , he hasvisited all the stations of troops . His plans of : attack and the number , of ; troops , to be placed at his disposal werefixedi under the sanction of the Emperor
Nichola s ^ beforei he left ; St . Petersburg . Important reinforcements'had reached . the general since his arrival in Georgia ; these were two complete divisions ofi infantry ^ numbering nominally 14 , 000 men each , and accompanied by their artillery and four regiments of ; light cavalry . General Bariatinski . has undertaken to , the-Emperor to hold Scbamyl and , his forces- in check . The Invalide liusse reports the first collision which has taken-place this year , between the Russians . and . Turka in . Aaia .. T-JDaily : Jyeu & ..
The , - afiairj , aoeo » clmg ,-to , the . Russian so « rae from which the particulars are derived , consisted . of an attack upon an * entrenched , camp , defended by 2000 memi The TJartos , ifc ; i $ -sa id * were driven , from the canap ^ whiohtswia destroyed .
THB- BAIUTIC AND'GTJI > F OP PINtiAND . A letter from- Riga of" the 11 thy states that the greatest- activity prevails- there , a great- number of men- being employed in raising new fortifications both on the landi and sea sides , as it is feared , from that place being the key of the provinces of Gourland andLiVonia . it maybe the first-point of attack-by the allied fleets- in their next Baltic campaign . The entrenehed camp which- existed last year-is to be enlarged , to-enablo ,-inoase of need , two divisions of troops to-be-established there . Several vessels and enormous -blocks o £ i stone-will be sunk at the mouth of-the-Gulf ; so that ships-of-war-, however light their dratight'pf water , Avill -find it very difficult- and
dangerous to effect the passage of the Pannemunde , in order to arrive ^ opposite ^ the * town , wMiichis at' the bottom of a small bay , and where batteries have been ^ established in a semicircle to- commrad every point in front . The same letter-announces the arrival on the coasts of the Gulf of Finland of four regiments of Baskirs , intended jmncipally to act as-videttes in time-of- war ; A body of fronv 8000 ta 10 , 000 light cavalt < y / i & expected ; The organisation of the army of the Ba-ltio , under- the- command of ' " General de Siewers , advances rapidly . A parfr of this body ; which was- at first fixed at-100 , 009 'men , but which will now be carried up to 140 , 000 meiij has already arrived at their place of destination . —Daily News .
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WAR MISCELLANEA . TitE . EussiAW .. FtOTi ^ L 4 of [ row .. bpatsja _ tJMga _ is _ being completed by the enrolment of volunteers . General De Berg has returned from Helsingfors from his journey of inspection in the ( north of Finland . He has caused new batteries to be constructed on different parts of the coast , and' has strengthened those already existing . The battalions- of Finland ; recently formed will' shortly be completely equipped . Tiib Kussian Navy *—Accounts from-Stockholm state that a naval conscription has been ordered for the whole of the Aland Islands . Ever since these islands-were ceded-, by Sweden to Russia , the inhabitants have been exempted from-personal servitude , which , at their request , -was converted into an annuul money payment . Thris hitherto unprecedented measure may therefore be considered another practical ' proof of the scarcity of men in the Russian army and navy . — Daily News Correspondent .
Own- Abrtt in the Crimea . — Morning Post of Monday vouches for the authenticity of the following figures- representing the effective English force in , the Crimea on the 7 th , 23 rd , and 27 th of Fobruary : — " On the flrstof these days . the effective strength at his lordship ' s disposal was 25 , 6 G 8 mon , exclusive of the Ambulance or Mounted Staff Corps ; on the second day the number was , with the same exception , 2 G , 198 men ; and on tho third , tho 27 th of February , the very litest period to which returns-have been received , the available force , not including tho Royal Marines , tho Ambulance Corps , the-Mounted Staff Corps ^ or - th o Turks , amounted to 27 , ' 0 C 7 ' men-. " The number of sick at the last date was 17 , 628 ;
Tim Bai-. aki . iAVA' Railway ;—Lord Raglan ,. in his despatch-dated March- Urd , Bftyat— " The railway continues to progress satisfactorily , and wo already muko considerable use of it in the- conveyance of stores , hutting materials , < fec , ns far- as Kmlikoi ; and the electric telegraph is completed between tlmt village and my-lload-quartorSk " : Thb > At > vanoeo on-Fr / rrwa-SkjuAOROHj which- sailed for- the Baltio on Tneaday , consisted of tho following ' ejirps : —Itnperiouso , Buryalns , Arrogant , Tartar , Esk , 'Archer ,- and Conflict * Tfr each- of * the screw Hne-of *
battleships . a , steam gunUoai ia attached ,, andita assist in mwuiittg tUfim . five .. additional marines have , beeu enrbaj ^ ked w . cach , x > f th , eae . ships / . Tjie . HosEixAi ^>^ -TJiei acconunodationr , i « the hospitals-is progressing , more- or less rapidly .. At-, the Bac-r rack Hospital . at Scutari a .. p , arfc . of . the stableafhas been rendered ( available ,, and sonae , clearau (» . has beeai effected in .-the double rowst of . the lower corridor ,. wbwer more tlian anywhere else the miserable . particulars of suffering have- been exposed , to . a , painful , publicity ; nor . caa it be doubted butrthakthe apathy of prostration . and its helplessness liave beenlargely exaggerated by lying , . as . men do , mere ciphers in : a . loaig series of contiguous disorder and death . In the group ., of buildings near Kadi-keuoi ,
which , may be termed in general , the Palace Hospital , tuo detached structures , are nearly- all fitted up so as to rentier them- capable- of receiving in' all . GDO . or 700 patients . A fii-e-. has taken place in- the cpiairters . at Kululee , occupied by Miss Stanley and her ladies , and was not subdued until it had destroyed their kitchen for the sick . A new kitchen for the extra diets is in progress ; but even yesterday I saw a portion of the lighter food being cooked upon a brazier in the open air by one of the nurses , and the conflagration threw a great additional burden upon Miss Stanley , who was occupied great part of last -week in performing culinary operations with her own hands . She is in every . way underhanded , having still two of her ladies down with fever ,
one of her " nuns" invalided , and her nurses distracted by these claims from their ordinary duties . Her effective yesterday was but three ladies besides herself , three Protestant nurses , and nine Sisters , and with this staff available she was expecting the arrival ere long of some 400 sick from Balaklava . — Times Scutari Correspondent The Sunkkn Russian Ships in the Harsouk of Sebastopox ,. —Lord Raglan , in his despatch of February 27 th , says : — "It appears , that on Saturday night the enemy sank three or four more ships of war in the harbour , as far within the booms as the first sunken ships were outside of them ; and , according to the most accurate examination yesterday , there are now four barriers or impediments ta the entrance of the harbour—viz ., two of sunken ships , and two booms . " In- a later despatch ,-. dated . March 3 rd ,, his lordship writes : — - " Some more shifts are saidrto hawe been sunk since I wrote on
the 27 ih , r But he adds-that he . is not . certain of this . Lettersirom the fleet : off : Sevastopol ,. dated . the-26 th and 27 tb ult ; ,. testify to the--. focts as far : as ; the-firsfc date is concerned- One ofrthese letters says ; : —" During the night of the 25 th . [ query v the 24 th ? . Jthe Russians sank three more of . their—line-of-rbattie' ships ^ and a frigate insidftthe boom at the ; mouth of . the harbour of . Sebastopol ,. and ,- by what , wacani see through , glasses , they appear to ; be making with tfaesa * an © tb « r barrier- across the . harbour , and . < as ; it appears as . yet only-half-way across , I suppose , when ready , they will sink some more to complete it , which will leave but two . or three of their boasted ; Black Sea fleet . We are erecting new batteries , which would have commanded their ships ; so , sooner than see them destroyed by us , they are sinking them in the most advantageous position . That is the only conclusion we can ; come to . "
The Health or the . Crimeiust * Abmy . —Lord RaglairiiasFecently / traiismitted'to Lord Panmure a report from Dr . Hall , Inspector-General of Hospitals , with resp , cct to the health of-, tlie troops . From this it appears that ,, at the date of the report ( March 2 nd ) , the sanitary condition of the army had experienced a fulling , off since the week of warm , spring Aveather . Some of the regiments , however , were in a . tolerable state of health ; and great good is anticipated from-the erection of the huts . Dr . Hall thus summarises the chief results and expectations : — " Bowel complaints continue to bo thef most
prevalent class of diseases ; but I think they are not so serious as they wore a short time ago , nor is scurvy so manifest as it was-since the issue of lime juice daily as a portion of the men ' s rations . If tire issue of fresh meat could be insured , together with vegetables and lime juice , I am quite satisfied , now that the men . arc warmly clad ,- and will soon be better sheltered , a manifest improvement would take place in thoir health . And if the military operations carrying on would only admit of some longer exemption from duty , ' a still : greater improvement would bo observed . "
A Russian-Mkdal . —On tho bodies of numbers of the Russian soldiers who recently fell before Eupntoria was found the silver medal of tho decoration of St . George . On one . side is engraven tho Russian eagle with two heads , holding in its talons the terrestrial globe and tho aceptro of tho sovereign ; ove-r the eagle is the imperial crown of Russia , surmounted by tho illuminated dove , and ' round these figures is tho following motto in tho Russian language— " Full on your knees , idolater * , Wr God is with us . " On tho other side , of the medal is tho following motto , also in Russian— " l ' or tho submission of Hungary aud Transylvania , "' whifch " . sujlicicntly indicates its origin .
Comjxki , Mayxk , of' the- BongaL ormj ' , who was appointed to a cavalry command jn tile Turkish contingent , declines to accept it , owing , it is said , to another cavalry ofllcor from the Queen ' s sorvico ( Colonel SJiirloy ) Mains placed over , him , under whom Colonel Mnyao docs not think ho can bo reasonably called upon to , sorve , tin ) ofllcor in question not having , boon actually engaged . MbVKMKNTs ok Tiirc- Russians ;—A Russian oflicor
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Leader (1850-1860), March 24, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24031855/page/6/
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