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JUNE d JUNE 2, 1855. THE PRESS. 513 TII E AV AR. the Emperor, and remained at his post as a divisional Mar- officer. Early this morning Outer l'acha, General do la more, General Canrobert, and many French, Turkish, and The Sardinian contingent, has, after a long nego- Sardinian officers of distinction, visited the English head: Successive telegraphic despatches have been pub- tiation, been placed under the command of General quarters, and took lunch with Lord Raglan. During the Canrobert. It was at first thought that Lord Raglan whole time they were pre s e n t t h e b en d o f th e 10 t h Hussare lished by the British and French Governments an- would have it, but it bas been decided otherwise, played under Lord Raglan's windows. This was the first flouncing the renewal and complet e success o f t h e Ei g ht th ousan d Pi e d mon t ese t roo p s h ave already time any band has pl a yed a t h ea d quarters . Thi s i s literal)ythe only fact that has occurred to day to vary the dull • Kertch expedition. The landing w as e ff ecte d w i t h out arrived before Sebastopol, and about 7,000 more are monotony of our liv e s. G enera l R umour , w h o i s d ec id e dl y casualty by i combined force under Si r G . B rown. daily expected. Lord Raglan's force is now calcu- the mos t active general whom we have g o t o ut he r e, s p ea k s in fated at 35,000 effective. The Turkish force number favour of the English and French taking the field instanter. The Russians fled after destroying their magazines 10,000 encamped near Balaklava, and 25,000 Turks The only ground for this sanguine expectation is, that and several ships. Both Kertch and Y en ik a le rema i n and Egyptians, wh o commenced to arrive on the officers have been or d ere d to supp l y t h emse l ves w i th bi t 'in the hands of the allies, who also hold complete 19th, in exchange for the 10,000 who re-embarked horses. Now, ignoring all rumours, the chan c e of o ur taking the field is almost as remote as ever. For instance, some days before for Eupatoria. The French army possession of the Sea of Azoff, across which the number 115000 men. Thus the whole force of . Colonel 16:111urdo requires 19,000 h o rs e s f or th e l an d , Russians hitherto have received their principal sup- the allies before Sebastopol amounts to about transport, which number, if the cavalry is increased to the extent we are led to expect it will be, becomes 24,000. plies of provisions and warlike stores. The success 200,000 men. Three thousand waggons are also required, and about The Russians were reported to be working vigo- 10,013 men. Now, of this small supply colo n el M•Mui do of the enterprise is complete, and o f th e hi g h est value for future operations. So easyland i m p or t an t rousl y on the north side, erectin g an ear t hw o r k has already got about 600 waggons, a little over 4,000 over the Tschernaya, opposite the eastern angle of horses, and eight hundred men, in all about one-seventh indeed has been the expedition that the question is the plateau, under the very eyes of the French of what we absolutely require. It is quite true that a everywhere asked, why it was not undertaken months battery. thousand fresh horses are expected next week, but when it is recollected that the general orders to supply offieers ego ? The following despatch has been published in the will deprive them of about 2,000 animals, the land trans- The despatches relating the chief incidents of this Gazette : port, on the whole, will not have been a gainer. We have, 01, May 15. affair are as follows. Full details must o f course b e Before Sebastop ol , or we may have in the course of another month, sufficient waited for until the arrival of the written correspon- Since my despatch of the 12th inst. nothing has occurred land transport to enable a couple of divisions to take the dence, public and private. worthy of being reported to your lordship, field with a French force, but, from all we can see at pre- From Lord Raglan : The fire has been very slack, and that of the enemy has sent, there is as little chance of the English army moving been directed towards the French works rather than against as Sebastopol. When a move does take place, the major We are masters of the Sea of Azoff without a casualty. the English trenches. part of the force must be French ; English cavalry would, The troops landed at Kertch on her Majesty's birthday, The remainder of the 12th Lancers has arrived, and will of course, accompany. Whether it be decided to force the and the enemy fled, blowing up their fortifications on both be disembarked to-day. Tschernaya and the heights of Mackenzie's Farm, or sail sides of the straits, and destroying their steamers ; some All our means are devoted to the landing of the Sardi- round and land at the Katscha, a strong besieging force in vessels and fifty guns have fallen into the hands of the nian troops, which the bad weather had preveuted on the either case must remain to cover the movement by press- allies. arrival of the first ships. log a fierce attack on Sebastopol. Of one thing we may Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown reached Yenikale I have found it necessary, in some instances, to land rest assured, that when we do move we shall have to tight at 1 p.m. on the 25th instant. I artillery horses at Kazatch Bay, to avoid further crowding battles compared to which those of our previous experience The day before he destroyed a foundry near Keitch, the harbour of I3alaklava. are slight. where shot, shell, and Mini'', balls were manufactured. RAGLAN. MAY 16.—The trenches were undisturbed by a single In the advance Sir George Brown placed the French on The Moniteur says the French Government has wound last night. Barely any guns even were fired— the right, the English on the left, and the Turks in reserve. received two despatches from General Pelissier. In though our working parties were busy the whole time. Sir George reports on the 2Sth the troops continued This change in the disposition of the enemy is, doubtless, healthy; that five vessels laden with corn had run into the first he says : to be attributed to the many and severe checks they have Kertch, ignorant of the place having been taken, and were The enemy had formed between the central bastion lately met with The weather, also, ham something to do captured ; and that the number of guns taken by the allies and the sea a large place d'armes, where they intended with it. The rain has, at last, ceased—the days are fine, exceeds a hundred. assembling considerable forces, in order to make important and the nights, though dark, are clear and warm. A sortie From Sir E. Lyons : sorties against us. On the night of the 22nd we attacked wou ld b e d etecte d b e f ore it had left the Russian works five these works, which were defended by almost all the gar- minutes. On the 22nd (26th?) of May, on the appearance of the neon. The combat was very severe, and lasted almost the Our advanced trenches are entirely marked out, and, allied squadron before Berdiansk, the Russians burnt four whole night. We have taken and occupied the half of the beyond strengthening in two or three places, completed. War steamers and considerable stores of corn. works, and I hope to be able to announce to you to- Most of these works are armed with the 10 and 13 inch On the 23rd (27t11?) the forts of Arabat were bombarded morrow that the remainder were taken the night before. mortars, which have been moved for that purpose from the and the powder magazines blown up. In the other despatch, dated ten o'clock at night right and lett attacks. As yet even rumour does not One hundred and six merchant vessels have been de- of the 24th ult., General Pelissier states : mention the day on which it is possible we may open fire. strayed, and only one small Russian steamer remains in the Cholera is showing itself with severity; ten or twelve Sea of Azoff. We have happily completed last night the capture of the fatal cases now occur each day. At present the pest is works attac k ed the previous co ff ere d day, and we occupy them. almost entirely confined to the la gimenta which have lately The hfoniteur publishes corresponding accounts, e enemy, who i n th ea tt ac k suere enormous as received from Admiral Brunt . That officer Th fi rs t arrived here. Not more than one or two attacks have ap- losses, yielded more easily. Ours, though Revere, have reports:— been less than theirs. The anniversary of the birthday of 1 g , eared amen the troops who have become acelimatieed. Sea of Azoff, May 25. h er M a jesty Q u een Vict or ia was c or dially c el e brated t o day The naval brigade is to be brcken up, we hear, in conse- uence of Sir Charles Wood having accidentally discovered q The expedition has perfectly succeeded. w ith o ur allies. that it coat the country Si, per man per (ley, or, since it was The batteries on the coast at Kertch and Yenikale are Prince Gortschakoff, writing on the 23rd to St. formed, about 700,04,01. With the departure of the naval in our power. Petersburg, says : brigade, when it is disbanded, we lose the services of the The Russians burned three of their steamers, and some thirty transports and trading vessels. As many were Last night we were attacked, in a thick fog, by seven- most efficient gunners that ever worked a battery. The captured. teen battalions of the allies. The battle lasted all night. blue-jackets have done their duty in such a complete In the evening we entered the Sea of Azoff Our loss is 2,500 men. They fell mostly by the bayonet. manner as to raise up for themselves many and powerful detractors, but on the whole they may safely leave their The Russians burned their magazines at Kertch, which The British army in the Crimea on the 17th of cause to the judgment of all impartial military men out contained 160,000 sacks of oats, 360,01/ sacks of corn, and May, including sergeants, drummers, and rank and here. Rather over one-fuurth of the naval brigade have 100,000 seeks of flour. file, was 43,450 strong. Cavalry and infantry under been either killed or wounded since the commencement of Straits of Kertch, May 29. anus (not including drummers), 23,217; sick of all the siege. Commander Lesaiges, of the raicifer, and his colleague, ranks, 11,211. MAY 17.—Early this morning a sortie was made upon Captain Lyons, of the Miranda, announced that, on the our advanced . works in front of our left attack. The enemy Miss Nightingale, who had proceeded to the 26th of May, the allied flotilla sent into the Sea of Azo ff advanced in a most vigorous and spirited manner, and, having appeared before Berdiansk, the enemy set fire to Crimea, has been attacked with fever, but was pro- although not iu very great numbers, pushed on so rapidly, four of their steamers, and to large storehouses. flounced convalescent in a despatch of the 26th from thit after crossing a lialffinished trench of ours, in advance, On the following day the Bay of Arabat was visited, but Sebastopol. they managed to get Into one of our batteries. So entitle* no vessel was seen. The allied flotilla exchanged a brisk Captain Heath has issued a memorandum regu- and complete was the movement, that our men were for the cannonade with the forts, and one of its shells blew up a lating the prices of provisions at Balaklava. Ale time obliged to retire, after spiking the guns. We, how- powder magazine. In three days 106 merchantmen have costing 12s. per dozen in store at Constantinople ever, advanced again, and the Russians retired before us, been destroyed by the cruisers of the allies. The Russians may be sold at Balaklava for 13s. 6d., and a turkey without much fighting. The loss on either side was not have only one small steamer of 30-horse power left in the costing ss. at the port of shipment may be sold at great , and we now occupy the same ground as before. To- Sea of Azoff. Balaklava for Os.; and so on, in proportion. day was also very warm and sultry, and our firing con- The Journal des Debate says that the Kertch expe- The Russians in Asia, apprehending an invasion, Willed much as usual. In the evening Lord Raglan, Lord dition was conceived by General Canrobert, though have thrown up works near their stronghold of and Lady Paget, General Airey, cttc., visited Balaklava. MAT lti.—Nothing of moment occurred to day at the executed by the allied troops. Gumri, and along the passes leading to Tiflis. Their front. The weather continues dry and sultry. The Contemporaneously with this expedition some bold army in the south of Georgia does riot muster more arrivals of the Sardinian contingent continue. 'Upwards and successful operations were eflected in the than 25,000 bayonets. The allies, it is stated, have of ten thousand have landed ; they are to all appearance a TsChernitya valley, of which it appears complete now a splendid chance of taking that important splendid body of men, and have every appearance of having possession has been obtained by the allies, leading province. 20,000 French or English troops, in come from a military State. They bring their own amba- probably to a total investment of Sebastopol. conjunction with the Turks, who are 40,000 strong, lances, forage carts, commissariat officers, and all other General Pelissier reports on the evening of could march undisturbed from east to west, north to military equipments; they fetch their own rations, which the 25th are supplied to them by us, and altogether they have a south. To-day the occupation of the lines of the Tschernaya has The latest news of the Baltic fleet is conveyed in a mart ial and soldierlike bearing which promises very fair to be o f use. Their cavalry are neat light men mounted on been effected. The enemy was not in great force, but, having contested the ground, retreated rapidly to the hills. gaol and strong horses; their infantry are con posed of telegraphic despatch from Dantzic, dated on Thurs. day. The fleet was then at anchor sixteen miles We are definitively established in the higher works. An below Cronstadt. There was no news of importance. strong - and serviceable• s zk u i , i r l y g ; m b e u n t , , and v s e lio a w il, an th a e m m ou o n at t of discipline highly sati s facto r y; armistice has been agreed to with a view to the burial of Ihe dead. The health of the fleet was satisfactory. On the picturesque in dress and manner are their riflemen—they The enemy has lost between five and six thousand men, 20th the Duke of Wellington returned from Faro are dressed in green, with . a kind of Swiss hat similar in hung-hat, ornamented with a large killed and wounded. There was no demonstration at Sound, having landed forty-eight sick of smallpox, shape to an English Tschernaya on the 26th. The fortifications at Kamiesch including their commander, rreedy. After her ar- jaunty style. Their arms are , mit are making progress. rival fresh cases continued to break out. bunch of green feat h ers. . 3'ac It is pla m ced . u . po ri n fle t s he w l i i t e h a. mt l i x n ) The latest accounts from Sebastopol received in Paris state that the Russians appear to be retiring SIEGE CHRONICLE. shots. They march at a fearful pace, amounting almost to a l A m fers t. range, and with sword bayonets ; they are said to be clever all upon landing march from the plain. The letters received from the camp during the a a w tro ay t , , " a m n d d os l d th iff " erent pieces. They ars The result of several councils of war held lately week extend to the 19th of May. The following cheered is to invest the town completely, which however extracts are from the Herald correspondence : cannot be accomplished without difficulty, as the sure 0 0 take the C a npmi lea- p Tschernaya heights are tremendously fortified. MAY 15.—Last night was quiet in the trenches. There and its sufferings ; this is responded to by both officers and was the usual amount of skirmishing going forward, which men most co rd ia lly. The French troops are said to be full of enthu- was hotter on the French lines than on oars. On the to say that since last mail the siasm. General Canrobert had declined the offers of whole, however, it was a quiet night. cholera l b g es .— b l ee been making progress; several deaths have os .