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nws av jrmi___i:ireI.1sn nu. Progress of the War.

SIIGE 0!‘ SEBASTOPOL. from the News of the World, April 29.

The b_onibardnient of Sebaetopol is vigorous- _contiiiued. The latest accounts from the _ iinea inform us that several of the most unportapt works of the enemy have been eﬁ'ec- tualpy silenced. and that the arrison replies but ecbly to the uninterrupted ﬁre of the be- eiegere.. Still, it is said, that an immediate result is not anticipated by the Allied com- manders, their plan being to eﬁsct a gradual but certain reduction of the lace by the su- ricrity of their flre, rather than to incur the earful sacrifice of life which must necessarily attend a hurried assault, however brilliantly successful such it movement mi ht e.

Acting with this view, the (icnerals ap ar to have determined to limit the ﬁre of tieir batteries to the extent necessary to damage the works of defence, and to prevent the enemy, at the same time, by an uninterrupted cannonade, from repairing by night the injuries inflicted in the da . iy thus husbaiiding their resources, the Al ies will be enabled to await the arrival of the reinforcements that are required for ul- terior operations, and will likewise avoid the disastrous effects experienced in the first bom- bardment of Sebastopol. On‘ that occasion, the absence of sufficient supplies of ammunition prevented the Allied batteries from maintain- ing an uninterrupted eannonade, and the ene- n were therefore enabled to re air in the night the great damages sustained in the day. The Allies are, at the present hour, in. ii osi- tion to continue the bombardment for several weeks on the same extensive scale, and the ter- rible eﬁbct created by their continual ﬁre may be conceived from the result of the first few (In s‘ cannonade. lVc are assured that, on the 13th inst., the formidable Russian works of the Hamclon and .\liilakoﬁ' tower were reduced to nearly coin lete silence by the over-mastering ﬁre of the ritish batteries; and that our Al- lies, the French, had so for damaged the great l'lagstaﬁ' battery, as to disable it from return- ing more than one shot to every three directed against it. At other points ofthc attack, siini- lar advantages had been gained; and on the 1-lth, one of the ablest of our correspondents writing from the spot .<:i_vs,—‘-'l‘lie result of each ay's b0fIIl).l.l'\llI|(‘llt continues to be most favourable to the Allies. The I-‘la staff still makes a heroic defence, but is evident y sinking fast. 'l'lie Redan is still vigorous; but on the whole line the enemy's fire is not halfofthat of the Allies. 'l‘o-day our superiority has been much more lil:tl'i{e(l than ever. the Russians not re lyin-_r one '3'!" to our three or four."

tater ibL'l'0lll1lS l‘orw:ir-led by the electric tcler - ,' . and published in the French Mo- isilrf}, tell us. that up to the lTtli the siiperi- ority of the Allied fire was steadily maintained —tliat ii. series of ainbuscudcs in front of the central tower had been successfully carried, and were now comprehended within the lines of the ltcsiegers; on that a mine had been sprung in iiuiiicdi.-ite proximity to the Flagstaff

stioii, giving to the French it new arallcl, which they had successfully joined with their other works of advance.

All this would.certainly lead to the conclu- sion that the bombardment, if not so rapidly triumphant as our sanguine liopesinduced us to anticipate. is still steadily and surely tend- ing to the and we all so earnestly desire—tlie ﬁnal downfall and destruction of this strong- hold of Riissiiii tyranny in the south.

lndepeinlr-ntof the immensematgrizleinployed in the actual rocess of the siege, the means placed at the disposal of the Allied Command- ers for operations of another character are rapidly attaining the proportions demanded by circumstances. \-Vo believe we are correct in stating, that at the present moment above 100,-

ritish and Frcncli troops are encainped before Scbastopol. while .-i corps of 25,000 ex- cellent 'l‘urkish and Egyptian soldiers, coin- nianded b Omar Pashai, swell the strengtliof the Allictl Armies. Within a few weeks, the Sardininn contingent and a large rcinforcciiient of French troops will have diseiiibarltetl at the seat ofwa ; and the deficiency in cavalry ex- ericnced. _v the Allies will have been partial- y removed l?’ the arrival of the British regi- ments froin ndiu. '

Supported by these. r.-inforcenients, the Allied Commanders, even if an assault on Scliastopol should not prove so successful as is confidently anticipated, will be in ii condition to take the Ield with ii ﬁne army. and to establish, if'ne- necessary a fresh basis of operations.

When the last accounts left the Crlmea, is considerable body ofllussizin troo s was showing itself upon the heights of the oronzow-road,

o site to Balaclava, and there up cars to be little doubt, but that the enemy wil sooner or later strive to effect a division by attacking that place. We are led to believe, liowcvcr, that an atteinpt of that kind will be indeed lint a for- lorn hope. Omar Pasha, with l;'i,lltl0 chosen Turks. has inarchcd into the fortified lines of idalacluva. where he will be supported by the gallant remnant of the British Guards, and an , ample force of British artillerymen.

‘established in a strong ition, all that the pld warrior deigns to say mbe Russian legions II-“ Genie. ifyon dare.'.' If they venture to attack him. there can he no question but that he will give a good account of them»

LATEST PARTICULARS.

The following Despstch has been received from Admiral Brunt, by the Minister of Marine zi “ On the 17th, the ﬁre of our batteries main-. pcriority. lo the front of the Central ower we have carried a series of smbuscadee, and those works where we have established our- selves are now comprised in our lines. We have crowned a ravine in that direction, which runs along the fortifications of the town’, where the enemy formerly kept its reserves in safety. Be- fore the Flagstaff Bastion we sprung s mine at a distance of about fifty metres. That operation, which perfectly succeeded, gave us a new paral- lcl, and was successfully joined to the others. From the l2th to the Nth, notwithstanding the terrible fire of the Russians, we had only about 300 men Iiors dc combat. The commander of the frigate who brought the news added that the situ- ation was generally considefed very satisfactory."

LATEST RUSSIAN ACCOU.‘\"l‘.

Sr. Pi:-reassuitc, 'l'u:snAv.—Prim-e Gorischa- koﬂ" writes as follows on Ilie l9th :—0n the lﬁili, l7lh, and l8th, the ﬁre of the enemy was not so sustained as on the preceding days. Our batteries

tsined its an

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cross-fire in front of the 4th bastion, directed against the works which the enemy is actively executing against that fortiﬁcation. The injuries caused by the day's ﬁre are l'Ep:Ill'I'll during the night. in the night between the 18th and 19th. one of our battalions, successfully and at s ver slight loss, eﬁ'ecled s sorlie, with the object of destroying the enemy's most advanced works of approach. In general, the loss of the garrison has been much less within the last two or three days than at the commencement of the bonibanl- merit. '

EXTRAOIIDINARY Mssruuviiirs or run: Rl7SSlANS— ‘cariiiui. nx'rur.s or run Fins-r D.u"s Fiiuivc. English Cum , Heights of Sebastopol, April 10.

At about four o'clock yesterday. all the enemy's lines and batteries suddenly sprung into ifc and vigour. Volleys of from 100 to 250 guns were fired at once from the Redan. the Flagstaff, Barrack, Garden, and Malukofl Batteries: even the lllamelon, which all thought destroyed and untenable, ﬁred ﬁve or six guns in rapid succession. 'l‘hcir shot came in upon our works like hail. On every point alon r our lines balls were to be seen bounding and ung- ing, and shells bursting like ﬁreworks in the air. Never. perhaps, was such a concentrated and destructive cannonade witnessed since the coiiiineiiceuient of the siege. All felt that if it continued two or three hours, our works would be levelled with the dust, as though both English and French kept up a terriﬁc fire. the enciiiy in spite of our utmost cliiirts gave five guns in reply to our one. The ra -idit and deafening uproar of the ﬁre brought al who were at leisure to the front, and the Qdest and most experienced artillery officers augurcd very unfavoiirably of our pros cct of taking a fort- ress which could eomuinn such a ﬁerco cannon- ade. Suddenly. and in the midst of, such re- marks, the encniy's batteries made.a dead pause. For nearly a uarter of an he at a gun was ﬁred. The A lies kept up their born- bardment: the French battered tho Flagstall and works to the left; our shot ploughed into the lledan and i\lalu.kofl, and our l.'l-inch shells burst in regular succession in the centre of the hlamelon: but not ﬁve guns did the Russians give in re ly. Nomrly twcntyuiinutcs ssed on their si e in this state of unaccounta ilo in- activity. when again suddenly the Redan and Flagst.-iffbrokc out in heavy it leys, and main- tained them. This was at arout fiveo'clock, and from this time until the fire of the long guns discontinued for the night, except by I)I,',t.‘.tf4l0lItl.l guns, few and for between. no other ltussian works but the Redan and Flagstaff took part in the contest. Our long guns ceased firing at little after seven, the enem ‘s about i-iglit, and then both Russians and allies resort- ml to their mortars. 'l‘ho ﬁre of these latter was iiinintained all night. Every five minutes one of our I3-inch sliolls was dropped into the Mamolon, and from the advanced work. iit the same intervals, 10-inch were thrown into the .\lalakol'l'. The French din,-ted their bombs into the Flagstaff, and our left attack throw them into the Redan. On the extreme left ofull, the l“roin-,li rocket battery sent their burning

have replied successfully; particularly by their I’

able. and some thirty or forty pieces of ord-

missiles in all directions, except into the town. the orders to spare that being still in full force. l'lio enemy replied with mortars from the rear? of i\lolakofl', the lledan, and Flagstaff workszj but we were evidently two to one superior to; them in such ordnance. This deficiency they? occasionall compensated for by the use of their; means to be trillcd with. The advantage of‘ the whole day's ﬁre is evidently with tho allies.i Whatever is the reason.the enemy most curtain-

guns, whic , when fired in volleys, are by rio;and the fire of our mortars p aycd so direct

ly are not ﬁghting with their usual vigonr.vcnciny”s works beyond the Mniiielon except We have not yet destroyed their works—tlicir‘ by theirfire, which was incessunt,und llplit::tl‘t-(l Thus guns are still good and serviceable, yet still far to overpower the French batteries opposed

silent unéletp-I can 0I'lI‘It:I0D|::1°

' ter rt 0 e a . c c - diihinoil lb: giieein i:.‘on the wholdv, so extraor-t dinary, that even the wildest con‘ ctures to _ac- count for it gain temporary credit. Accordin to some, the garrison is not suﬁicient to man al the defences, and this being also, I believe, the opinion of General Jones, is generally believed. Another rumour a_seribes it to-the want of lHlI'\ munition, which is certainly.less probable, as up to the moment of our openingfire,the enemy have wasted it in the most reckless manner. II if their stores of it were inexhaustible. Some, remembering Bala Clava_ and the subtle attack of lnkerman, look on their want of activity as a mere ruse to induce the allies to storm.

they continue

srcorin nsv.—itavi:ivna or THE FRENCH UPON Tux rI.sGs1'Arr BATTERY.

Ariui. 11.—At daybreak this morning the ﬁre was resumed by the allies a_nd Russians, and for some time with equal vigor on both sides. In spite of the ﬁre of our mortars, the enemy during the past night have managed to repair inucb of the damage which the hlainelon sustained, and also the works of the Flags_taﬁ' Battery opposed to the French. For the li_rs_t hour of hostilities this morningulll the RIISSIIID works were fonght with vigor and deteruiir_ia- tion; but after that time (about lialf- inst six) the guns round the Malakoff and .lamelo_n again ceased their cannoiiade, and from this eriod until late in the day seemed perfectly indifferent to our fire. As to-day the weather has been fine and clear, a perfect view of the whole ﬁght could be obtained from the hills. I availed in self of the change to watch the ro- gress of t ie siege for some hours, and up I ia is powerful telescope, was'able to see minutely everything which went forward in the batteries of our antagonists. First, then. as to the real amount of mischief which our fire has inflicted. On the extreme left, where the French are attacking, much harm has undoubtedly been done. The .\|ud Fort hiis received some hard knocks. several ofits guns have been dismoun- ted, and are not yet rc laced. Still, as a battery, it is perfectly efensible, and the Russians evidently consider it so, as when I looked and during the rest of the day. it was hotly engaged with the French, and appeared to be giving gun for gun with the battervo.ttack- ing it. Next to this came the Flagsia ', one of the most formidable oftlie Russian defences. and the same which blow up all the F cricb batteries on the 17th of October last. Since that attack its strength has been increased four- fold: then, it mounted 45, now itinounts up- wards of 160 heavy guns, at some parts in three tiers, and at others in two. This work has sustained much damage; more, perhaps, than all the other Russian batteries put togetlier. lts lower and iiioro advanced tier of guns are quite silenced. 'l‘he guns themselves are ou-r- thrown the embrasures dcs'i‘oyed. in sane cases shot quite uwa , in others so dainagotl as to be more piles of b ack earth from which the rcuiniiiits of white sundlia vs cei out here

ta P. I and there. The st-coiid tier is also much knocked about, and one or two of the guns silent. and the slopes of the eartliworks inuch daiiiiiged Still this portion is goodiiiid service-

nacc in position in it maintained it hot ciiiinon- ads. The up or ill‘? of about thirty guns was almost uninjured; certain it is, that none ofits guns were touched. it was into this upper tier that the Frciicli last night \tllf0W their boiiih-shells, which of course must have caused much damage inside the parapet. lnit as yet there is no reduction in its fire. The two small batteries, which flank the lower tiers of the l~'lagstaﬁ', are more out of the direct line of fire. They had suffered very little. and con- tinued to inflict some inischiefupoii the Froncli. Ono face of the Barrack ll-.ttter_v, which adjoins the Flagstaff, had been hit hard by the Frciicli. but was still firing. The other two sides of it were almost unscathed, and seemed even to be making head against a French battery on our left, and part of our lel't attack. Next to this came the Garden Buttery. It suffered much yesterday, but, from its position in rear of the other wor s, tie {us-iians have been able to repair it easily, and this morning it was again in active operation. The Rcdnn, the enemy's piére dc: rcsislanm, lregret to say, shows but little tokens ofinjury. its front face was con- siderably iiinrked. and some three or four guns quieted. but this was all. It was still firing 30 or 40 guns a minutc.. The i\lalakofl"l‘ower— the ke of the whole position, the point on which ormcrly the enemy up cared to concen- trate all the vigor of their defensive t-nergics——t was silent. t was undoubtedly much injured. and half the guns of the semicircular battery gone, but still very, very far from being unten- able or incapable of forinidalile opposition. lts two flanking batteries, mounting each some 10 or I2 guns, were, comparatively ‘speaking, untouclicil. 'l‘hc Mumelon was much injured. lts parapets were more loose iilcs of earth,

into its centre that the em-in it by an iniint-iisc siicrilii-e of lift-.. impossible to judge of" the state of

y can only retain lt was the

to them on the Inkermann heights. This state. ment, I think, will be found to contain a toler. ably accurate account of the mischief we have yet done the Russians. Our mor batteries near the picket-house were ﬁring hotly into the

Mamelon part of our right attack, and the mortars in the advanced trench on the Malakol.

Two of our right attack and mortar battery, an advanced battegy attack, cnge

of heavy guns, with the lsﬁ; the edan. me eneh batteries foug t the Barrack and Garden works,

hssisted b is small battery ofoure beyond the laying ulwo

n the Flagstaff, and the French works at Kamiesch on the Quarantine and Mud Forts.

THIRD DAY.—-A BRITIIH MISTAKE.

Ariui. l2.—During the whole of last night, the ﬁre of our mortars was incessant, and this morning the long guns _recommenced with renewed energy; but, in spite of our bombard- ment. the enemy had evidently'been again busy during the night, and part of the Flagstaﬁand neiirly all the Mameloii embrasures were re- paired. In the former, up arentl , no new guns had been mounted, but in the atter there were two. The ﬁre to-day has been much the same as during yesterda -—viz., a well-sus'ain- ed cannonadc from the Nice throughout, and the enemy replying very slacltly, except from the Flagstaﬁ and lledan. Occasionally, as since we ﬁrst opened, nearly all their ovorks gave forth tremendous volleys, almost simultaneous- ly; but their is irts, though terrific, never lasted above halfan iour.nfter whic two-thirds of their line relapsed into comparative silence. One of our bupterigs on thlc slopespt lplkelgmpn, ruountin r eig it ti - oun ers, on w ic as llllll(‘.l'i.tibl)1't‘ll masked, was opened this morning on the flank of the lllalnkoﬁi But the position

of this w -rk has been most unfortunately _

chosen. As it commenced its ﬁre, it was dis- covered. not only that the Mnlakoffcould and would reply, but that two other of the enemy's works here full u on the spot. The result was, that it bad to maintain a most unequal contest, and before twelve in the day three of its uns were so injured as to be unserviceable, an the rest of the work seriously damaged and the men exposed. Accordingly the artillcrymcn were withdrawn. and the battery remained silent. Still, before this step was taken,its ﬁre had wrought considerable liiischiefin the Malakolf, sliattcring the chevaux-dc-frisc abbattis, and aluiost destroying one part of the parapet. During the restof the day. the ﬁghting was principally between the Flagstaff and French

attcrics. and the Rcdnn and our right and left attacks. The l"lugstaﬁ' each hour seemed to suﬁisr more and more under the incessant can- nooude of the French. and towards evening its fire was iiiost considerably slitckcncd. ' is certainly not now more than pno-halfof that which it maintained on the morning of the 9th. Owing to the much greater distance of the lledan from our works it has sustained less

‘doiinigo, but still our licavy grins are evidently

telling upon it. The other Russian batteries took little part in the contest. Our own mor- tars have been active all day, and in spite of last oight‘s rr-pairs tho Miiniclon is now as ha usever : ionch injury has also been done to the Muliikolf in this manner. Our cnsuiilities during the day have not been very severe. exccptaniong the sailors of the iiavu_bri do. One shell from the lledan entered the le tat- tack, killing two men on the spot, and severely wounding Nt'\'t5ll others; all these poor fellows were sailor.-. l.ieut- llriiistiern. of the uecn, was wou:i.i.eul, and Lieut. Crofton, of the Royal l-Iiigim---r.-, was severely wounded late last night.

l-'orm'u lhi'.—-fli'it.\'ixu or A .\'r.w B.\'r'ri:ni'—- Ct)\\1'l-'.\A'l‘lt)N or‘ ’I'lIE llrssr.iss—Gainuii. l)i.~nu« HUN or ‘HIE l'Is'siii"s l)ui-riwxs.

wllll .~~mm~io~:l heavy rain. yet still our bombardment nevi-r ulo--r.« in (l for a moment. The Beagle. which was inoon-d oil‘ Sebastopol at ii long range. also assist.-,d in the ﬁre, by casting loose her Lancaster guns, and throwing shells into the works the whole night. She also ﬁred about 50 Cnngreve rockets into tho uoiks opposed to the l~‘rencli. This morn- ing. wlwn our lmtieriee recomnienccd, the effects of our assaults were still more sppiirenp 'lYic ﬁre of the Fill‘-liIll'\\.':si cvideiilly slncl-. even more niurked_so than on the previous cvenii-g. ltu scarcely replied oun gun l-- ih-- I‘ren«-I-i three. The devastating traces oftlie Ill!-l wmn also llmill apparent. Not only are the low.-r vi.-r nfguns quite destroyed, but the upper seem in it fair wa offollimiiig tlicm. TWO 0|‘ ll||’W of them are already disuiountcd, and the eatlh 0f “'9 pimipets so scurried and turn that the rest of the orduum-e appear as if pointing out between loose piles of eailh 'I'l'Iri llankiiig batteries M0 IWW living fired sit. and apparently with much elTe¢l- 'l‘hc llnrr.-iclt work is also sullliring much, and nearly one-third 0 its euibrasures are empty- The “ﬁlm still shows ii bold front. As I have already said. llii! colossal work is at so long a range from our! (L250 yuuliI)..nnd mounts such an enormous mass of ordnance, that it would stand its prescrit battering for two or Ilneo weeks to voriu-., uiihout receiving such injurry as to render it uoteiialilo. llut this is! matter 0 no inoirn-nt. '|'l»c llrrlon, per i

thong battery, but, Illllllxtl the |'l:igsl.'ill'or hlulukolfo it is by no on-ans so importantly Iiltlillrd as to neces- silule our taking it by storm. The former works are the keys of the enemy‘: osition; when they are

silenced and captured, the edsu will fall of itself,

lts lire,

Arm l. i.:. - Last night was wild and unfavorable, I