The Press.
London, England, 1855-01-27 00:00:00

THE WAR.

Telegraphic advices from the Crimea to the 12th
net. have been received in Paris. They state that
no event of serious importance had taken place. The
ground was covered with snow. Mortar batteries
had been finished, whose fire greatly annoyed the
enemy.

Prince Menschikoff reports to St. Petersburg that
on the 17th the besiegers had made no progress.
He adds that in a sortie on the 15th the Russians
bad taken fourteen English and nine French
prisoners.
Other advices state that very considerable rein-
forcements had arrived to the allies. Liprandi had
again advanced his outposts to the Tschernaya. Forty
thousand Russians and eighty guns were defending
the lines of Perekop.
Several vessels, with provisions and munitions for
the Russian army, had been captured by the allies
near Odessa and Kertch.
A letter from Vienna in the Moniteur says that the
embarkation of the Turkish troops for the Crimea was
so actively carried on that the last convoys had set
sail on the 14th.
The Moniteur also published the following tele-
graphic despatch from Vice-Admiral Bruat, the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean squadron :
Montebello, Jan. 13.
The Descartes arrived from Constantinople on the 4th,
with 1,000 men and ammunition. The Trident and Gorgon
arrived on the 9th.
Omer Pacha left Kamisch at midday of the 4th, on his
way to lialaklava.
The cold has been great for some days, but the weather
is mild for the winter, and the snow has melted.
During the night of the 7th the Russians made a sortie
against the parallel in front of the battery No. 19. They
were vigorously repulsed by our men, and left many dead
on the ground.
On the night of the 11th one hundred and fifty Russians
attacked our lines. After a contest of some minutes of
man to man, they were repulsed, with a loss of seven killed
and two prisoners, who were wounded. Our loss was five
wounded.

On the Bth inst. Lord Raglan issued a general
order, publishing to the army the unanimous resolu-
tions of the Houses of Lords and Commons, express
ing their sense of the conduct of the officers, non-
commissioned officers, and soldiers, in the operations
in which they have been engaged in the Crimea, in
the brilliant and decisive victory of the Alma, and
in the signal defeat of a very superior force of the
enemy on the heights of Inkermann. General Can.
robert had previously transmitted to the British
commander-in chief a letter expressing acknowledg-
ment on behalf of the French army for the votes of
thanks passed by the two Houses of Parliament in
their honour.
Private letters from the camp before Sebastopol
are to the 9th. The health of the troops seemed to
improve, although the cold was severe. The daily
deaths had fallen to ninety. The sheepskin coats
for different regiments were being issued, and also
rice to the troops in the usual manner. Lord Raglan
has ordered that every man be served out with one
pair of boots gratuitously. The weekly average of
sick sent to Scutari amounted to something like 700
men. A permanent staff of medical men was
appointed to be on board each vessel taking sick to
Scutari. About 600 wooden huts had arrived at
Balaklava. The Royal Horse Artillery were to be
employed to carry them up to the camp. It was
intended to establish a depot at head-quarters, with
fourteen days' provisions for the whole army always
in store. The transport of shot, &c., has stopped
fora short time, and the carts were assisting in
taking up provisions. The French took down our
sick on the morning of the 4th on their ambulance
mules, and General Canrobert ordered that the mules
should return laden with provisions to the depot at
head-quarters. Sixteen hundred hands were em-
ployed on the 2nd in bringing up provisions to head-
quarters for the depot.
The Paris correspondent of the Times, writing on

Wednesday, says :
I am credibly informed that official despatches have
been received from the Crimea, which speak in a more
pos;tive manlier than such communications have hitherto
done, of the date fixed for the " assault." From the flth to
the 10th of next month it is stated that this long expected
event will take place.
According to late intelligence from Constantinople,
General Canrobert had given orders to momentarily
suspend the sending of fresh troops, in order to avoid
crowding. Prince Napoleon left on the 11th for
France.
General Canrobert's popularity in both armies is
unbounded : be is seen, day and night, in every
direction along the lines, in the trenches, tents, and
posts of danger, fraternising with his troops, and
consoling them under trials and privations. Their
patience is, however, almost exhausted; and they all
demand with one voice to assault the place. General