Summary Of News For November.

SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR NOVEMBER .

THE WAR . to JhL o ? 7 f t r ? 1 bei ' we brougbt up the news of the siege operations before Sebastopo * vie ™ % , ' which date they were stated to be proceeding with the utmos t fwTi , ' n ° -If ' ' many stirrin = events have taken place , but it is now evident that the siege wdl be long and protracted . 25 h theRussians attacked

M , yJ t , four redoubts at Balaklava , garrisoned by Turkisn troops , who , almost immediatel y fled . The 93 rd Highlanders , the only British an . ? , Wf r ° e ' Wlth the esce P tion of a battalion of Artillery of the 3 rd division fWir ™! ™ Jf moa > however , remained firm , untilthey were supported by ZT „ ™ lst ^ visions under the command of the Duke of Cambridge , and Sir rwf , i A . ' ' Sebast ° P ° l > and the 1 st division of French Infantrv , and the

dmifcf ? £ J 1 ? e Kussians were then speedily driven back behind the rerW ™ < T v , 5 succeeded in taking seven of the Turkish guns : and a brilliant „ 2 , , hght oayalry under Lord Cardigan , threw the Russians into great diswT ; , ' p " ^ *?* wltl 'TOt immense loss to that important arm of the service , which rt * t £ r' 1 ' y ex P ° f ed t 0 a cross fire . The troops were well supported on the : att ^ -Sl ? i il ° L ! narlDes Ianded from tlle fluet . On the following day the Russians r _„ i ! f I ?• ° Z d division of the Bri « sh army near the heights of Tchernaya , 7 Lieut-General Sir De Evanswho bthe Bri of

rT , T . Lacy , , supported y gade ™ , 'J Ty S lment sy the 4 th division , and in the rear by the French division rommanded by General Bosquet , drove them back witli great loss . The loss to the 2 ^^ , 22 nd and 26 th of October-both days inclusive-is 27 ™ 7 ffi fee—killed 175 , including 13 officers , and 251 wounded , of whom ZJZ \ ° f CerS ' f akl ? s a total of 42 C > Respective of the missing , of whom three l £ ™ 3 ! vf ° " ! , the light cavall'y bri S ade above "Uudcd to . The loss of the , W ; li' / ° , ? CfL 2 ? 0 t 30 in kiEed and mounded , whilst that of the Russians is estimated at about 1000 .

J" ! , ™ ° , fNovember , the Russians under General Dannenberg attacked under SI T'T . "" & the P ° sition ° f the British army on the heights of inKeimann , the attacking force being estimated to amount to , from 60 , 000 to 65 , 000 r , 7 atta (* wa ? bravely met by the troops under Sir George Brown , Major ^ S ° -H I- " (^ tbeabsence of Sir De Lacy Evans from indisposition-thouglr EE r \ T . ™ e througllout the contest ) , the Duke of Cambridge , and Sir SU PP ° rted btwo French battalions under General and

« fo f J ; * * ' y Bosquet ; wT r , L C ? i , St Which lasted between nine and ten hours ; the Russians , Sorted W ° vJf I by J tW ° ° S the Czar ' s sons ' were « tterly routed with an ^ SltTnf i m ^ ¥ „ wounded of 15 ' 000 men * The low on the side of the SKJ ^ TW ^ ^ - glish Md 6 ' ^ ench were engaged , has also been ^ £ Z ni Vo ^ . ^ sh am ° ™ ts to 457 killed , of whom 43 were commis-CLf3 d 0 Undedof whom 101

If' ? W ' were officers , and 198 missing . fl ^ W * hloss " statedtobe 1726 in killed and wounded , but this includes also TWl ^ hL ° ma , 6 by the Russians at the same time against a portion of the ^ ench troops commanded by General Forey , which was likewise beaten back with a t ? vP , K . t T ^ « ofab . ? ut ^ 000 men . In our limited space it would be impossible to . Undedbut haye to tlle of three

feneral officL * f " £ 1 ° ' we ™ 6 «* ^ IK ^ T'T P ° Catb cart , who distinguished himself in the Cape from 5 ™™ " 9 °$ rj }* t returned when the present war broke out-Brigadier General iSShr / W \ G £ t- Her Ma J ' esty has bee » P leased to raise Lord towbU d ^ gnL'y ^ f a ^ 'e d Marsha 11 ' commission being dated from the 5 th , offirhl L ir " W Inkerma ™ ™> fought .-From the 7 th to the 19 th , no SCnCe aS bn r 6 CeiVed but is generallunderstood that the

wa ^ t , * nl - ' ^ ; y siege ^ 1 WOf Ig f ° USyC 0 J ntlnUedj and that lar S Enforcements had arrived . The SWP W , - a c ° n 3 lderable part in battering the forts in the early part of the 3 f'f " ? « ome damage . B y recent accounts from the Black Sea , it would also appear that much loss has been sustained by heavy storms .