The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-01 00:00:00

The French Minister of War has received the
following report from the Commander-in-Chief of
the Army of the East :

CRIMEA, JOLT 17:

M. le Marechal,—For a considerable period the be-
sleged refrained from sorties, merely reconnoitring bur
works of approach with small bodies of men. In the
night of the 14th and 15th they attempted a vigorous
stroke against the left of our works, advanced in front
of the Malakhoff, and, as you have already been in-
formed by telegraph, failed.
We had crowned the quarries situated between the
Brancion Redoubt (Mamelon) and the Milakhoff
To ser with a strong gabionnade, and had thus
formed a continuous line, the right of which is guarded
on the side of the Careenage Ravine by a strong place
d'armes, while the lett is well defended by good
ambuscades near the Karabelnaia Ravine. A flying
ambuscade, occupied only by some sharpshooters
lodged in pits, had been formed at the extreme left,
in order to draw off the fire of the enemy.
This line, of which the central part of defence is
the Brandon Redoubt, was occupied on the right by
Lieut.-Colonel Granchette, of the 49th of the line,
with three battalions of his regiment, having the 4th
Chasseurs i Pied as a reserve.

Lieut.-Colonel de Chabron, of the 86th, commanded
the lest, composed of a battalion of his regiment and
the 91st of the line. Forty sharpshooters, who occu-
pied the ambuscade on the left, received as a support
200 picked men of the 91st Itegiment,:under the orders
of Commandant Teiller. The Ist battalion of the
100th, placed in the parallel, was to act according as
it might be wanted on the right or the left. Finally
the Karabelnaia Ravine was strongly occupied in rear
by a battalion from each of the two regiments of
the grenadiers of the Imperial Guard and by a work-
ing party of 200 belonging to the 100th of the line.
The commencement of the night, which was cloudy,
and in the absence of the moon dark, was marked by

no particular incident, but towards one in the morning
a considerable sortie against the English lines was
made without result. Half an• hour afterwards a
Russian column of five or six battalions advanced
from the bottom of the Harabelnais Ravine and de-
bonched on our left. Our sharpshooters of the flying
gabioonadefellback according tothe orders previously
given for such a case, and gave the alarm. They had
scarcely done so when the Russians made the attack
with loud hurrahs, opening a close and well sustained
musketry fire. They were received in good time by
a fire equally energetic, and were unable with all
their exertions to get at our works. For half an
hour they renewed the attempt, always without suc-
cess, and at last, crushed by our fusillade and the
well directed fire of our batteries, they thought fit to
retreat. They carried off their killed and wounded,
but abandoned before our gabionnade, muskets, ar-
ticles of equipment, and five of their killed, among
whom was one officer. _

The enemy's loss must have been large. Oars
happily is small, for in twenty-four hours' service,
the combat included, the Motterrouge division had lost
ibut 20 killed and 94 wounded. These excellent
I results are due to the good arrangements of Brigadier-
-IGeneral Uhrich, who commanded in the trenches,
and to the vigour of Lieutenant-Colonel de Chabron
and Commandant Toiler, both of them excellent
officers.
I have, at the last moment, received from General
Boequet the news of a new sortie which the Russians
made last night. The enemy having attempted in
vain to stay our approaches before Malakhoff •on
the left have endeavoured to drive us back on the
right; they were repulsed, in the most brilliant man-
ner, by General Canrobert's division, on service in
the Victoria attack, as well as by a part of the service
battalions of the Guard.

As evening set in General Viney, who commanded'
in the trenches, thought he perceived some move-
ments of the enemy towards Malakoff. In fact the Rus-
sians had prepared two sorties, one a false attack
against our left, the other the true attack on onr right.
Towards midnight the Russians advanced with loud
hurrahs. The efforts on our lett were soon discontinued,
but the sorties on our right, made from the Little
Redan, were of importance; the enemy charged our
ambuscades three several times. These ambuscades
were occupied by a company of Grenadiers of the
20th of the line, to which had been added some
Zonaves of the Guard. On the first attack the troops,
aided by the Travailleurs of the 62nd of the line and
some Sappers, valiantly resisted without giving
ground, and drove the Russians back into the place
under the fire of their musketry and a shower of shot
from field-pieces belonging to the Battery No. 30.
Expecting a new attack, General Viney had dis-
posed his roves, sustained by a detachment of

Zouaves of the Guard, sent by General &plumes.
This attack was not long delayed ; the &wises
arrived, but were received so vigorously that they bed
to fall back, leaving several of their men ea the
ground.
A third time the enemy returned to the charge,
with no more success, and at last definitively aue
up to us this small but precious battlefield,
mandant Cardonne, Captain buten, Lieutenant
Chszotte, and Captain Begretain, displayed the meet
brilliant valour.

As on the former occasion, those of our bettmls
which had a good view of the ground contributed
greatly to our success by the sureness and rapidity
of their fire. The artillery of the pug
patted.' near us failed not, as always, to rude
flee,eois sending
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the
bialakhoff.
In proportion as the enemy gave way, the artillery
of the place and that of the batteries on the other g 4
bf the roadstead was brought into play, and at th,
p close of the combat its fire was very intense. Nat.
withstanding this fierce cannonade and a compact
:fire of musketry. our losses are not considerable,
while the enemy must have several hundred ma
hors de combat. In twently-four hours we lost 22
killed and 77 wounded; among the latter, I regret to
say, ars Colonel Adam, of the 27th (ball in left
shoulder), and Commandant Bois sonnet (bell above
the knee).
In these two combats all have done their duty.
Nothing remarkable hes taken place on other
points of our attack. The efforts of the enemy da
not interrupt our works, except during the actual
' combat; we resume them immediately alter, sad
they are pushed forward with activity and per.
severance. PELISSIER.

THE BALTIC FLEET.

Oxon OUR own

KIEL, JULY ZS.
A further reinforcement to the French gun.boat
flotilla arrived here yesterday from Cherbourg. It
consists of four vessels--L 'Aigrette, L'Avalanche,le
Dragonne, and La Fulminante. They are fine Tea
eels of their clasp, carrying tour guns each, and sp.
patently of a plater tonnage than the English gas.
boats. They are schooner-rigged, with two mute,
and have their engines on the high-pressure prin-
ciple. Their crews ere fine looking young mu,
in a most exemplary state of discipline, for while
they are almost all indiscriminately allowed
leave to go ashore, they have not in any cue bum
found to be disorderly, which is more than we could
always say to the picked men of the English ships,
to whom the same privilege was granted. These lour
gun-boats are all now alongside the French wheat
the town, from whence they load their coals direct,
without the intervention of lighters, so that the sape-
riority of the arrangement of our allies in this respect
is clearly demonstrated, and, if there is to be another
year of service in the Baltic, it will be well if the
Admiralty will follow this example, which has been
shown to be both practicable and advantageous.
It was some time ago reported that the French
government had made application to Denmark for a
temporary cession to them of the island of Bornholm,
to which it is understood that a negative wu gives,
and the reason assigned was the firm determine-
lion of Denmark to adhere rigidly w the treaty of
neutrality into which the courts of Copenhagen and
Stockholm had entered at the outbreak of the war
between Russia and the Western Powers. A recent
proceeding oa the part of the Minister of War at
Copenhagen would, however, almost create a doubt
as to there being some change in their policy, at all
events as regards that island or its vicinity. Orders
have been given to remove the guns and to destroy
the fortifications of the small island of Christiana*,
which lies to the north east of its larger neighbour
Bornholm. These works served to protect the euchre
rage in the adjacent Sound, and as the narrow chan.
oil is otherwise secured, when 'medial, by booms
drawn across the entrance at either end, the defences
to be destroyed are such as would enable the
garrison which has hitherto been maintained there
to guard not only against surprise, but to maintain
themselves until assistance could be received from
headquarters. This garrison is now of course to be
removed, and as a population amounting to about
200 had congregated there for the purposes of sup-
plying the troops, they are also to be transferred to
some other quarter, as the government have no ides
of maintaining a colony of paupers, which it is be-
lieved the inhabitants would become when thee
troops are withdrawn. The anchorage is good, then
being in some places a depth of 6 to 7 fathoms, and
as it is a place which has long been resorted to by
ships requiring fresh water, of which the supply is
good and abundant, it possesses many advantages,
so that it is the more singular it should
thus, apparently without reason, be abandoned.
It may perhaps be of little consequence as to what
may be the real intentions of the Danish government
in this matter, while the superior haven at Kid is
open to the allies ; but it may be necessary, not as to
present events, but with a view to future contin-
gencies, that some explanation should be required
and given on this subject, for if these islands are to
be disposed of and should come into the possession of
a hostile power, the navigation of the Baltic may,
from their position, be seriously impeded, and trade
and commerce greatly injured.
The letters received from the soldiers who have
joined the Foreign Legion continue to give the most
satisfactory evidence of the reception which they
have met with in England, and such communications
will tend more than anything else to promote the
enlistment from this country into that service. There
is a diffilulty, however, as to that correspondence
which the government at home should adopt measures
to overcome. The expense of postage falls heavily,
either on the recruit or on his friends, for the establish-
ment of a postal communication with Heligoland
does not at all meet the case, no friends of the
soldiers being residents in that island. Letter bags
should be sent by steamers, either to Hamburg or
Tonning, to the address of the Consuls there, and
these officials should be authorised on their receipt to
transmit the letters so forwarded, post tree, to their
several destinations. The expense would not be great;
and as the effect which this would produce would
soon have the advantage of the suggestion in more
ways than one, it should not be lost sight of.

(,ROE 017 R CORRESPONDENT.)
NAItOEN, Jim: 22.

On the 19th, at 5 a.m., Admiral Dundee , with the
French admiral, left in the Merlin, Captain Sullivan,
to reconnoitre Swesborg ; the French oreamet
Pelican and gunboat Hind accompanied. On nearing
Helsingfors they tell in with the Amphion and
Dragon. When our ships were approaching the
batteries they observed the explosion of an internal
machine, which must have been effected by galvanism
from the shore, the enemy thinking the Merlin mum
than she actually was. The machine must have
been much larger than those laid down at Croustade,
as it hove the water more than six feet above the
surface. There were a number of troops seen oaths
Wand of Miolo. At 7 p.m. the admirals returned,
leaving off Helsingtors the Amphion and Dragon.
The Pembroke is ordered to prepare for sailing.
On the afternoon of the 21st, the Commander-in-
Chief, with the French admiral, went to reconnoitre
Revel, taking with them the Pelican, French despatch
boat, a French and English gunboat; and, Wog
taken a good view of the place, returned to the
anchorage. At 5 p.m. the Tartar came in from
cruising, and, having taken in coals and bullocks,
proceeded with two colliers in tow to join the fleet off
Tolbeacon. The Lightning arrived at 8 pm. iron.
'Astound and Barosund. She brings news of the
Driver having lost four men killed. it appear' that
on the 9th inst. she went into a place called Hula%
in the Gulf of Bothnia, where they saw some wee%
and sent a boat in with a flag of truce to say they
wanted the vessels. The burgomaster came off to the
lboat and said they could have the vessels by not dee
Istroying the town. The officer in charge went on
board the Driver and told the captain the result 01
his mission, and was sent in to bring the easels out,
retaining the flag of truce. When the boat got doe!
to the vessels they hauled the flag of truce down, and
immediately it was lowered the troops from the shore
fired on the boat and wounded nine of the crew, four
at whom have since died of their wounds, and the
boat returned to the ship without the vessels.
The Driver then went in and fired, but I cannot say
what injury has been done to the enemy. The go'

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Oaptsin &titivate, baying token some madam cm
Used. sailed, with two gunboats is sompssy, st 10
p.m. to intsrespt a large trade that is now kept up
boleros Abe sad Waimea.
. Os the had, at 6 am.. the Swinger, gunboat,
arrived from Leftmost!, bringing Liestenant Searle
sad 19 of the Royal Marine Artillerymen from thel
AO: for service in the mortar vessels, which an by
report to try reap next against Helsingfors. All
the mortar vends are being now painted lead meteor,
so as not to attract ratite. At 11 a.m. the Geyser
strived with mails from Dents* and the Vulture
was at mom ordered off to the Orem Belt to meet the
Gloats. She left et 4 p.m.

H.M.S. —, NARGEN, JULY 24.
There an now but three block ships left here ; the
rest of the Bret is dispersed over the Gulfs of Fin-
land and Bothnia, the great portion of it being still
Cronstadt.
• On the 19th Admiral Dundee, accompanied by
Several captains, and two gunboats, went over in the
Mwlin, picking up the Amphtoo and Dragon, and
proceeded clomp in to reconnoitre Helsingfors, occu-
pying the principal portion of the day. The only
'acidotic was the going off of one of the infernal
Machines, and they differed thus far from the Cron-
gredt con, that they watched till one of the vessels
was on a known line, which happened to be the
French gunboat; their line was perfect, and off it
went, causing a considerable explosion some 100
yards short of the vesseL Of course it must have
boon est off by galvanic wires. I uo not think the
plan so good as that which they have adopted up at
Cronstadt. It is generally thought that the mortars
will be brought to bear against the town of Hoaxing-
tore, not with the view of taking the place, but des-
troying as much as possible with the least
eacritios on our side. The mortar Toads themselves
are all painted smoke colour, and have gone through
a good deal of exercise, throwing their shells beauti-
fully at a very extensive rastge. Lieutenant Hobart,
of the Duke of Wellington, has been appointed to
the command of throe mortars.
The health of the fleet is admirable, and no ten-
dency to choleraic dines's. The Magid/rine has just
arrived from Blocks, sad the Pembroke and Dragon
have just started for Miolo, off Bweaborg.

REVEL ROADS, JULY 211.
The work of retaliation has commenced, and the
Cossack, Arrogant, and Magicienne have, in com-
pany, began to bares the Finland coast. The town
of Frederickshaven his been partially destroyed and
▪ six-gun battery dismantled. The church and mu-
seum were spared, and consequently part of the town
in their vicinity. The troops in the place were own-
pel led to abandon it to its fate, after having sustained
considerable loss. Their fire was good, however, and
our ships were "hulled" several times. A few casual-
ties occurred, but no one killed. The Ruby gunboat
was most exposed, and in consequence has the greater
portioa of oasealues. The Driver was unfortunate
enough to have two men killed and seven wounded at
the town of Ramno, in the Gulf of Beduin, which I
cannot help thinking was owing to some carelessness.
A few day. previously the Arrogant lost a young
midshipman (Stony) and one man, besides seven
wounded by the accidental explosion of a rocket tubs
during an exchange of shots with some troops near
Frangsond.
It appears to be the prevalent opinion that we an
on the eve of some gnat enterprise, and preparations
on a great scale are going on in the fleet. No doubt
the 20 mortar vessels will try range at one of the
chief places is the Gulf of Finland.
An adventurous yachtsman has just come out in a
wee bit of a thing called the Pet, in order to be a
spectator at any affair that may turn up.

TRH WAR IN ASIATIC TURLEY.

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B6ZEROIIII. JOLT S.

The Russians still remain with an inapiski hoe
before Kars, and the Turks are constantly nekesems.
The special messenger sent from here to Kars with
letters and despatches for General Williams was cap-
tured on the 21st of June by the Russians. Gsmeital
Mouravieff retained the &apaches and ne
and sent beck the private letters to General =a=
with his compliments. The road from Kars to Erse-
room is closed. A traveller who was promeding
along the road, having soaped from Rumba surveil-
lance, fell into the hands of Kuraish sessedee. The
military surgeons who left here with a sensed
tine chests for Kars on the 28th, were stripped of
everything by the Kurds near Yeni-Kivi. They
arrived here with a whole skin by a miracle.
The Turkish division which bad been stationed al
Bayaud has arrived at Kiopri-Kivi. Before leaving
Uch Kliskia four squadrons of cavalry and three
companies of infantry . were posted there for the
protection of the provisions, and munitions in the
villages. The Russian cavalry, to the number el a
thousand, consisting of Cossacks, Kurds, and Keens-
pats, attacked the Turku near these villages, sad pit
them to flight. About twenty fell on ewe side.
The ;fitgitivee fled towards Kiopri-Kivi, on the NW
which had been traversed by the principal mgt.
The Russians remained masters of the villages, mod
besides they made about a hundred pismire,
amongst whom was Beklal Pasha, ex-goverser
Bayarid, who had come to Uch Khakis to enlist a troop
of Turkish volunteers.
News arrived here yesterday_ that the Russian
vanguard had arrived at Yeni-Kivi, about twenty.
one hours' journey from here, where there are great
stores of provisions and munitions for the army of
Kars. A Russian corps of about fourteen thumbed
men has encamped at Chilpukli, a few leagues
from Yeni-Kivi. It is not known yet whether it is
their intention to stay and take possession of the
contents of the village, or to march on this threatened
and undefended city.
Vely Pasha, the commander of the few forces in
Kiopri-Kivi—one regiment of infantry, one of cavalry,
six field-pieces, and some irregulars—together with our
Governor-General, Mehemet Paths, have written to
the Muchir, in Kars, acquainting him with the fact
that they were threatened by Russians from Chil-
pukli, and by a body of about six thousand troops,
who were marching from Uch Letitia upon them
and that not feeling themselves strong enough tooth;
effectual opposition, and waiting for the orders of the
Muchir, they. were making preparations to retreat
upon the Devi Boynn, about a league from Erzeroum
where they would endeavour to defend themselves.
Immediately on the arrival of this new, our civil
and military councils met together and decided to
send despatches to Cospoli to demand speedy succour,
and to request Mafia Pasha at Trebizond to come
with his Bashi-Bazooka as soon as possible. The fact
is that we are in serious danger. The army of Kars
is blockaded and completely isolated, and cannot have
many days' rations lett. When them are exhausted
the only resource left will be either to make a despe-
rate sortie or to surrender to the enemy.
The population here has no great disposition to
fight. Our governor reckoned on 1,500 Bashi4lie
souks, although be only took 300 with him whets be
lett. Even from this number there were continual
deserters.

Yesterday, early in the morning, fifty waggons
were sent from here, loaded with munitions, to Van.
They came beck to the city in the middle of the day.
This, added to the bad news of the morning, occa-
sioned great consternation.
The principal civil officers are sending off their
families to the interior or to Trebisood. This, I think,
is imprudent, as the Kurds infest all the road', and
are less humane even than the enemy. Oar anxiety
has increased to the highest pitch. To-day the post
arrived from Trebirond, and it is said that li•fie
Pasha is constantly occupied in enlisting volunteers.
It was supposed that about 30,000 might be got toge-
ther, but there has been some difficulty in getting as
many as 4,000 or 6,000. This will show the frail
nature of our hopes.
We have no other news from Rare sines the 26th
of June.
The Persian caravan which intended to take
the road to Bayarid has received orders from their
consul to return to their country by the way
of Van.
On the 28th, early in the morning, the Russians
marched towards Hue, and advanced to within a
mile from the city. The Turks were ready to receive
them. They manoeuvred for some hours, and endea-
*oared to provoke the Turks to sally oat. Finding,
however, that their offsets were not likely to be sac-
esselal, they seassaaded the city for • short time and
returned in rood eider to thiskteop.

IMPERIAL P.

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