The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-20 00:00:00

THE ALLIES AT EUPATORIA.

The Moniteur of Thursday publishes the following des-
patch, addressed by Marshal Pelissier to the Minister of War :

HEAD-QUARTERS, SEBASTOPOL, Nov. 2.
Monsieur le Marechal,—You are aware that towards the
middle of October I had sent to Eupatoria General de Failly's
division of infantry. On his side General Simpson had em-
barked Lord Paget's brigade of English cavalry for the same
destination. This increase of force would -allow General
d'Allonville to sound the dispositions of the, enemy in the
two directions of Perekop and Simpheropol, to annoy the
main line of communication which unites those two points,
and to extend, if necessary, but with the greatest prudence,
his action round Eupatoria. To enable him to advance some
few marches in that arid zone, almost destitute of water,
conveyances and machinery of portable pumps, skins,, and
engines necessary to turn to account the few wells of that
region were sent to him from Kamiesch.
In the great reconnaissance made between the 22nd and
24th of October, of which I have had the honour of sending a
report to your Excellency, General d'Allonville acquired =the
conviction that it was to the south that the enemy had formed
his points of concentration.
To make quite sure of it, that General left Eupatoria on
the morning of the 27th of October, with 24 battalions of
General de Failly and of Muchir Ahmet-Pasha, 38 English,
Turkish, and French squadrons, and 56 pieces of artillery.
Having reached Sak at 2 p.m., and having only a line of
Cossacks supported by a few squadrons before him, General
d'Allonville placed en echelon the French and Turkish divi-
sions by the right in front of Sak, the right leaning upon the
great swampy ravine near that village, and with the whole of
the cavalry and horse artillery advanced on Tchdbotar, about I
a league and a half beyond.
The enemy's squadrons continued to fall back, following
the Simpheropol road, and when our cavalry had arrived
within 1,500 metres of the positions which cover the point
where that road crosses the Tchebotar ravine, the Russians
unmasked thirty guns of heavy calibre (32-pounders), the
shells from which burst over our whole line, killing four men
and wounding 18. General d'Allonville then endeavoured to
entice the numerous cavalry of the enemy to come to blows.
He advanced four Turkish squadrons on our left against ten
Russian squadrons, who did not await the charge, but
retired.
The enemy dared not, or would not, accept battle, and
General d'Allonville was not to be led to attack defensive
positions strongly armed with cavalry only. The day was
getting on. The General therefore resolved rejoining the
infantry, and took up a solid bivoucking position, his front
covered by Sak, and his wings by the two lakes in the vicinity.
Some light English and French vessels, anchored close to the
shore, were ready to give the support of their guns, if neces-
sary ; but the enemy made no attack.
It was probable that in presence of this demonstration the
Russians would unite, from the nearest points occupied, all the
forces at their disposal to aid inthedefence ofthe point menaced.
The better to estimate the strength of those forces and the plans
of the Russians, General d'Allonville resolved to advance again
on the 28th. Sak and the lower Tchebotar ravine were in-
trusted to the guard of the Turkish and Egyptian infantry of
Muchir Ahmet-Pasha ; General de Failly placed himself with
his division one league in advance, and General d'Allonville,
with Lord Paget's brigade of English cavalry, the Turkish
cavalry of Ali Pasha, and the French cavalry under General
Walsen-Esterhazy, advanced easterly, taking the direction
between Temesch and Djamine, skirting, beyond range, the
Russian positions.
The enemy's squadrong showed themselves on our right, and
followed our advance without molesting it, although our
cavalry was two leagues in advance of the infantry. In these
movements the Russians showed about 60 squadrons, and it
was possible to discern earthworks and troops assembled to-
wards Toulat and Alsu. After having in vain, by differ-
ent manoeuvres, endeavoured to entice a cavalry engage-
ment in the plain, General d'Allonville,. who could
only find water at Lez, behind Toulat, fell back towards
noon on General de Failly's infantry, and in the even-
ing, without being followed, regained his bivpuac of the even-
ing before at Sak.
The wells at Sak were nearly exhausted; there was not
enough to drink for half the horses ; moreover, the essential
object of the operation, which was not to engage a serious
battle, but to make a reconnaissance of the positions of the
enemy's army on that side, had been accomplished. General
d'Allonville returned therefore on the following day, the 29th,
to Eupatoria, after having ascertained that on that side, as on
all the others, the neighbourhood of the place had been evacu-
ated ; that within a radius of seven to eight leagues, the enemy
had made the inhabitants abandon the villages; and that the
Russian army did not hold a single cantonment there.
T am, &c.,
MansuAL Panassiaa. Commander-in-Chief.

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.
HAMBURGH, Nov. 14.

A despatch from St. Petersburg announces that the Em-
peror left Nicholaieff on the 7th of Nov. for the Crimea, to
thank in person the army of Prince Gortschakoit
The despatch adds:—

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The Emperor found the brave troops in perfect condition.
The day before yesterday the Emperor returned rid Moscow,
to St. Petersburg.
Up to the 12th the enemy (the allies) had not undertaken
anything in the Crimea.