The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-16 00:00:00

DESPATCH FROM MARSHAL PELISSIER.

HEAD-QUARTERS, SEBASTOPOL,
Nov. 2.

M. le Marechal,—You have already been in-
formed that about the middle of October, I sent
General do Failly's division of infantry to Enpa-
toria. General Simpson also ordered the embar-
kation of Lord Paget's cavalry brigade with the
same destination.

This accession of strength would enable General
d'Allonville to obtain an insight into the disposi-
tions made by the enemyin the two directions of
Perekop and Simpheropol, to harass the great line
of communication that unites these two points,
and to extend, in case of need, but with the greatest
prudence, his action round Eupatoria. In order
to put him in a position for making several marches
in this barren and arid district, waggons, and sets
of portable pumps, buckets and engines fit fur
working the few wells in that region, had been
sent to him from Kamiesh.

In the great reconnaissance effected between the
22d and 24th of October, which I had the honour
of reporting td your Excellency, General d'..kllon-
ville acquired the conviction that the enemy had
selected his points of concentration towards the
south.

In order to ascertain this fact this general left
Eupatoria on the 27th of October, in the morning,
with 24 battalions from the corps under General de
Faill and Ahmet Pasha the Mushir, 38 English,
Turkish, and French squadrons, and 56 guns.
Having arrived at 2 o'clock in the afternoon be-
fore Sak, and having in front of him only a cover-
ing line of Cossacks supported by a few squadrons,
General d'Allonville stationed the French and
Turkish divisions in echelons to the right in front
of Sak, the right leaning on the great muddy ravine
that runs towards this village, and he himself pro
ceeded with all the cavalry and horse artillery to-
wards Tchobotar, which is about a league and a
half distant.

The enemy's squadrons continued to retire along
the Simpheropol road, and when our cavalry had
arrived to within about 1,500 metres of the posi-
tions covering the point where this road crosses the
Tchobotar ravine, the Russians unmasked 30
pieces of large calibre (32-pounders), the shells from
which burst along our whole line, killing four of
our men, and wounding 18. General d'Allonville
then put. the numerous cavalry of the enemy con-
I fronting him to the test. He despatched towards
our left four Turkish squadrons against 10 Russian
squadrons, who did not wait for them, but retired.
The enemy either did not dare or did not wish
to engage, and it could not come into Gen. d'Allon-
ville's mind to let himself be drawn on, with only
his cavalry, against defensive positions strongly pro-
tected. The day was declining. The general de-
cided accordingly on rejoining the infantry, and he
took up a strong position for the bivouac, his front
covered by Sak, and his wings by the two neigh-
' bouring lakes. A few English and French light
vessels, stem to stern along the bank, were ready
to give the support of their artillery in case it had
been required ; but the enemy did not attempt to
make any attack.
It was probable that, in presence of this demon-
stration, the Russians would collect their disposable
forces from the points occupied in the vicinity, for
the purpose of obtaining their aid in defending the
route now menaced. With a view to get a better
judgment of these forces, and of the arrangements
adopted by the Russians, General d'Allonville re-
solved to march again towards the enemy on the
28th. The keeping of Sak and the nether ravine of
Tchobotar were entrusted to the Turkish and Egyp-
tian infantry of the Mushir Ahmet Paella ; Gen.
de Failly took up his station with his division a
league in advance, and General d'Allonville, with
Lord Paget's English cavalry brigade. Ali Paella's
Turkish cavalry, and the French cavalry under the
orders of General Walsin-Esterhazy, marched east-
wards iu a direction between Temesch and Djamin,
and passed along the Russian positions out of the
range of their galls.
The enemy's squadrons fell back on our right and
flanked us on our march without disturbing it,
although our cavalry had advanced more than two
leagues ahead of our infantry. In these movements
the Russians showed about 60 squadrons, and it
was possible to distinguish earthworks and troops
collected in the direction of Toulat and Aich.
After attempting, but in vain, by a few manceuvres
to bring about a cavalry combat in the plain,
General d'Allonville, who could not find any water
except at Lez, behind Toulat, fell back about noon
on General de Failly's infantry, and with it re-
gained in the evening, without being pursued, his
bivouac of the previous evening at Sak.
The wells at Sak were nearly exhausted ; half the
horses had not even been able to drink ; moreover,
the essential object of this operation, which was to
reconnoitre the positions of the enemy in this
quarter, was attained. General d'..4llouville re-
turned, therefore, on the morning of the 29th, to
Ropa.toria, after ascertaining that on this side, as
on all the rest, the entire circuit round this place
had been evacuated ; that in a radius of seven to
eight leagues the enemy had compelled the inha-
bitants to abandon all the villages, and that the
Russian army did not maintain there a single j
cantonment. PELISSIER.

GENER4.L CANROBERT AT STOCKHOLM'.

We read in the Affion,bladet of Nov. 7 :
" To-day, at one o'clock, General Canrobert was
received in audience by the King, in his capacity
of French ambassador. General Canrobert was
conveyed from the Brunkenjerg Hotel to the royal
residence in a state carriage of the court, drawn by
eight white horses, preceded by several outriders
and runners, and surrounded by servants of the
royal house, all of whom were in grand livery.
This carriage was followed by another, drawn by
four horses, in which sat Colonel Comedy, Gmeral
Canrobert's aide-de-camp ; and Captain Bjoernst-
jerna, the King's aide-de-camp, who, by order of
his Majesty, will act as aide-de-camp to the illus-
trious general during his sojourn at Stockholm.
Along the whole route the procession was saluted
with cries of Vice Canrobert ! Vive la France!'
At the gate of the King's palace General Canrobert
was received by the marshal of the kingdom, who
conducted his excellency into the presence of the
King.

"To-day the King will give a grand dinner to
General Canrobert. The high dignitaries of the
kingdom, and a large number of the chief civil and
military functionaries, have been invited.
" On Monday next a performance will take place
at the Theatre Royal, in honour of General Canro-
bert. It will be Mozart's celebrated opera, the
Zaubertlote.' The King has, moreover, invited
General Canrobert to take his place in the box of
the royal family whenever he may feel disposed to
go to the theatre."
We read in the same journal : " The high im-
portance of the mission which General Canrobert
has come to Stockholm to fulfil is seen in the fact
that the King has summoned Baron Manderstroem
from Vienna in all haste. The baron was formerly
Minister for Foreign Affairs, and is now Swedish
and Norwegian Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Court of Austria."
The Borsenhalle has a letter from Stockholm in
which we read :

"At the palace the Ambassador Extraordinary
of the Emperor of the French was received with
great ceremony. The Princes Oscar and Augustus
and the Minister of Foreign Affairs were present
at the audience of the King, to whom General Can-
robert presented'aff 'nuttigraph letter from his
sovereign and the Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honour. An hour after this presentation the doors
of the audience chamber were thrown open, and
Colonel Comedy was presented to the King.
" The ambassador then paid visits to the mem-
bers of the Royal family, and presented to the
Prince Royal the insignia of the order of the Legion
of Honour, as he had done to the King. The audi-
ence lasted two hours.
" At three o'clock the ambassador Was escorted
back with the same ceremonial to t
pposed
French legation, where he alighted. Itbe hiostse oful the
that his sojourn at Stockholm will last at least eight
1 days."

CAPTURE OF RUSSIANS IN THE SEA
OF OKEIOTSK.

We are favoured by the Secretary of the
any with the following
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sular"nitithe company's agent a-t
and Oriental _in-
tab]. caunt t a
thoseyesterday,
broughtand
extract of a letter
Hong Kong, froeucreizdysfrloamterC
bearing date
the last China advices :
,c The Bremen brig Greta arrived in this harbour yes-
terday, in charge of Lieutenant Gibson, R.N. She was
taken a prize by her Majesty's steamer Barracouta on
the Ist of August in the Sea of Okhotsk, under American
colours, and having on board 277 Russian sailors, part
of the crew of the Russian frigate Diana, which was
wrecked some months ago on the coast of Japan."
According to other accounts from Hong Kong,
of the 19th of September, her Majesty's ship Rat-
tler returned from Cochin China on the 16th, with
Mr. Wade, whose mission had been unsuccessful.
The Russian fleet was supposed to be to the
north of the River Amoor.
The Friend of China, in an extra. edition dated
Tuesday, September 18, has the following :
" The Bremen brig Greta arrived on the 18th, inl
charge of Lieutenant Gibson, of her Majestys steam
ship Barracouta. The Greta was found in the Okhotsk
sk
Sea, about seven weeks ago, with 280 Russians
bolfotohd.
the
wrecked Diana's crew, including a Princo of the
The prisoners were distributed as fal-0515 ;--,- arr-- 4°4l'3'
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