The Press.
London, England, 1855-06-30 00:00:00

employ every means given into their power to obtain a
surer and less bloody, although pethaps a little deferred
success. And, indeed, through the positions gained last
week the position of the besieging armies is considerab y
improved. Leaving aside the moral influence which the
capture of the Mamelon and the Quarries right in the
teeth of the enemy must naturally exercise, the capture of
them, as well as of the White Batteries, greatly facilitates
further operations. The construction of French works on
the Mamelon brings us to about 500 yards from the
Malakoff works; it gives us a footing on the plateau on
which these works lie; it furnishes us with the means of
approaching the rear of them, and at the same time of
operating successfully on the annoying batteries in the
rear of the Mamelon, which, taken thus in a cross fire,
cannot long resist. The Quarry is scarcely more than
200 yards from the Redan. The battery which it contains
already will work successfully on the six-gun battery in the
rear between the Redan and the Malakoff Tower works;
and from the advanced posts our riflemen will be able to
prevent a good number of the guns in the Redan from
working. Several of them seem already abandoned; at
least, no shot is fired from them. Besides, in other em-
brasures the guns cannot be sufficiently depressed to do
much harm in the Quarry.
Our position on the Tachernaya is still the same, except
that two regiments of French cavalry and some infantry
have pushed forward in the direction of Baidar, which is
occupied. Only a part of the Turkish troops is on the
Tsohernaya, the other part still remains in front on the
extreme right, where they have been helping the French to
construct their new works on Mount Sapoune. They were,
however, chiefly employed as covering parties.
dela 13.—T0-day a boat with a flag of truce came out
of the harbour; its object, I hear, was to request the
allied commanders not to fire on some of the vessels in
the harbour, as they had been converted into hospitals.
The impression is, that the Russians would not scruple
at all to employ a little ruse to save their ships. Imme-
diately after the affair of the 7th a great activity seized all
the ships in the harbour. The steamers approached by
night the Careening-creek, and fired on the k reach work-
ing parties in the White Batteries. The line-of-battle
ships have all moved and are now distributed about the
harbour with their broadsides looking towards us, so that
it strikes one rather as if they weriaternparing to take an
active part in the defences of the and the Malakoff
works, and to try to make them untenable in case we
should take them, than as if they were inoffensive hospital-
ships, removed from a feeling of humanity out of reach of
our guns.
Anna 14.—There is nothing new in front ; the fire is as
slack as yesterday, and the activity in the works greater
than ever. The Russians are by no means behind us in
strengthening their position. Our late successes seem
not to have discouraged them, and everything shows a de-
termination not to give way except step by step, and to sell
every advantage as dearly as possible. They are very busy
just now in strengthening the rear of the Malakoff works,
which as long as the Mamelon was in their power was safe
enough, but for which they must naturally entertain appre-
hensions now that this outwork is taken. Besides these
new works, they have entirely repaired all the old ones,
which look as if they had been constructed yesterday.
Most of the English and French troops have returned
from lierich. The Highland Brigade has taken up its
old place on the heights, and the other regiments have gone
up to the front. The Turks and some few English and
French troops have alone remained there, besides a part of
the steamers.

JUNE 15.—N0 change has taken place ; the same still-
ness prevailed during the whole day. Cathcart's-hill has
lost again for the moment the attractions which it pos-
sessed, while the bombardment was going on, as one of
the best points for observation. The order for the reopen-
ing of the fire is every moment expected.
A council of war was held to-day at Lord Raglan's quar-
ters, in which Omer Pacha took part. In consequence,
the Turkish army received the order to be ready to march
at a moment's notice. This looks like a movement in ad-
vance on the Tschernaya line.
Juxe 16, MORNING.—The night passed silently, and the
morning too, at least np to 10 o'clock.