The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-07 00:00:00

EUPATORI A.

EIIPATORIA, March 21.—The fortifications about
Eupatoria are assuming daily more colossal pro-
portions.

In order to mask the construction of these ad-
vanced workS, 'a great cavalry demonstration took
Rlace yesterday. At daybreak five regimental of
cavalry, with two batteries of horse artillery and a
large, force of infantry, leftthe town. - , •
The infantry, which _had to furnish the working
parties, and at-the same-tithe to serve as support to
the cavalry, in case the Russians should be in supe-
rior forcer, took up its' position close to the town,
While the cavalry, proceeding towards the first
mound in the centre, on which the Turkish videttes
had hitherto been placed,' formed,under the lee of
the ridge. .
Two.reginients, throwing out their skirmishers,
occupied.. the first line, , a . battery of horse
artillery in, the centre .between :them, The second
line, outflanking .a little the first, was • formed by '
two other regiments in columnS of squadrons, with
three guns 'in front of each. The remaining regi-
Ment formed the , reserve., While the' Tartars were
thrown
"out on both fianks'as Skirmishers.
r• In this order of b4ttle the 'cavalry pasSed the
first mounds. The Weather' which during the last
two days had been . fin's!, lied changed, and, *as
.
threatening' with wind and nun. , The Russian
videttes, seeing the Turkish cavalry, began sloi,vly
to retire ; horsemen wer,e/seiiti., off in every direc-
tion,. and. the reserves. came.galloping up.
In the beginning 'nothing more than the usual
four squadrons of Ru4sians were seen—the stpiad-
ron of Lancers, on their bladk horses, coming up
from the 'bridge which leads- over the 'creek, two
squadrons of dragoons, with their White Cro,shelts
over their great-coats; and
.one SqUadion on white
horses, verydikely the Hussars, which were seen .at
other tithes. This force, Seeing the advance of the
.Turks, drew off slowly tci thy right towards the
nil-
.lage.pf Nagai, situated oa-a, slope close to the creek,.
while a long_ line of Cossack skirmishers extended in
the direction of Oraz, guarding the 'right flank of
the Russians. The Tnrks'followed from ridge to
ridge, from mound to= mound, -down towards the
gully, on' the other side of Which' the. Russians
halted on an advantageohs slope, as if deeided to
dispute the passage:-
Their intention was Clear- enough—they wanted
to draW the Turks to the right, entice them to at-
tack the few sqUadrons on the slope, and thus Out-
flank their lett, and roll up their line, Indeed,
.eight :squadrons and a whole .battery (12 guns) of
Russians had already outflanked the Turkish left,
for the Turks in descending towards the creek
could not see the high ground to the left.. As soon'
as the movement of the enemy became appareot
the order was given to draw j back slowly ' but be--
fore this took place gunk were advanced and'opened
fire.on the Russian cavalry on the opposite side of
.the gully, while the skirmishers on both. sides were
firing harmless carbine, shots at, each other. The
distance was, however; -too_ great,. and the rising
ground on ie other side unfavourable to ricochet
shots, so the guns were withdrawn after a few
rounds, which dismounted a couple of Cossacks.
The opening of thefire of the guns had neverthe-
less the effect of dro.w4ig the forces of' the enemy
which threatened to outflank the Turkish left more
to the right. ,
Up to tbiS time (about 8 o'clock in the morning)
the cavalry expedition was commanded by the
General of Brigade. Tsherkess Ali Pasha, who had
attached to him, as -Chef d'etat • Major, Murad
Effendi (Major Wierzbicky). 'But just as the
Turkish cavalry retired to -the next ridge in the
rear of the position it had occupied Omer Pasha
himself came up. innediately ordered one
regiment of cavalry and 'three howitzers to ga to
the extreme right towards the bridge leading over
the ereek;
lik‘this time the Russian cavalry on our right
lank had increased.to 12 squadrons and 12 pieces
of artillery, which were seen coming up in a gal-
lop, when the Turkish guns first opened. When
the. Turkish detachment ordered towards the
'bridge came up they- had taken up, theirposition ;
they .did' not only :net hide their strength, but
'Made Tither a, display • of' it,, which showed that
they had no intention-to-attack,. but were only de-
termined to dispute the passage. Thus, when the
three howitzers opened and sent some well-aimed
Shells arming, two_ squadrons.-.which formed the
Russian advanced guard, they .did . not, reply at
first ; hut only mlien:tliefire-became too annoying
they. brought up 12 -guns and fired' one or two
rounds, which, however, -did -no harm. As the
-Turks had likewise no intention to attack, both
parties kept their 'position.. Omer Pasha, after
having ordered up atibtherregiment;- as reserve.to
the first, in case the-Riisians should attack, went
back towards the works, which had in the mean-
time begun in tile- centre.'

When- the Russians saw .the Turkish centre and
left,retire more towards the town, their skirmishers
came up again," and up to the evening shotd were
exchanged at 200 yards' distance,' which, however,
as usual,-hurt neither party.
In the afternoon both parties dismounted, fed
their horses, and made preparations to pass the
night where they 'were.-
While this was going on in advance, the new
redoubts were traced and commenced under the
directions of Colonel Symmons. They were con-
tinned without interruption during the whole night,
which proved very fine.. There was some appre-
hension that near the ridge the ground might be
rocky, and thus offer considerable difficulties, but
it was not the case.

the night passed cfuietly, without the, slightest
alarni. •

About 9 o'clock this' morning two squadrons of
Russian cavalry antl'SiX guns advanced towards the
bridge which forms on the extreme right of the
Turkish position the only means of communization
with the other side of the creek. Sefer Pasha, who
commanded on that 'flank, did not oppose them,
and soon after two of the guns with a platoon of
cavalry were over the bridge and opened fire on the
Turks. The four others and the rest of the cavalry
followed, and the whole drew unmolested towards
Nagai and joined the RUisian fOrces on thiis side of
the gully.
The rest of the, day passed, quietly.
The works were.proceeding rapidly, so that to-
morrow they will most likely be finished. •
The Lynx gun-boat had yesterday a slight acci-
dent. In going along the coast to the west she
struck a Sandbank and stuck. The Valorous got
her off.

This afternoon a column of black smoke was
seen suddenly arising from the wreck of the vessel
Her Majesty. It soon changed into a bright
flame, and attacked first the foremast and then the
whole deck. How the fire happened I cannot tell ;
but I beard that the intention was to blow up the
decks, and then take the timber. Perhaps some
accident occurred ; at any rate the vessel will burn
down to the water's edge.

RUSSIA.
We have received the St. Petersburg journals of
the 30th of March.

The 'nvalide Busse publishes the following re-
ports of General OSten-Saoken

" REPORT OF THE'AFFAIR AT EUPA.TORIA:

" The commander of the detachment at Enpatoria,
Lieut.-General Baron, Wrangel, reports. that on the 2d
,(14th) March, eight squadrons of Turkish lancers attacked
the advanced posts of the detachments under his orders.
" On the news of this attack Lieut.-Colonel C ondina; of
the Regiment of Lancers of her. Imperial Highness the
Grand Duchess Catherine 3likhailovna, who commanded
the advanced 'posts -sent but the Cossacks of the reserve ai
skirmishers, and followed them up with two squadrons of
the Novomigorod Lancers, with two field pieces of No. 20
Battery, Light Horse Artillery.
" At a distance of about 250 sagenes from the enemy our'
Lancers opened their ranks, and the Horse Artillery opened
fire of grape. . .
Taken by surprise, the Turks immediately took to
flight with sush speed that the Cossacks and Lancers could
not come up, with them,.. The artillery sent ball and grape'
after t Lem,

"The-enemy left 15 dead on the ground.
one non-commissioned officer was wounded."
" REPORT OF THE ATTACK ON TuR KAXTSCHATKA RR-
DOUBT BY-THE ENEMY.
the nth (17th) March, shortly after nightfall, .the
enemy opened from their trenches a violent fire on our
ambuscades in front of the tamtschakta redoubt erected
in advance of the Komiloff bastion.
"The musketry soon ceased; 'the enemy brought all the
guns of their nearest batteries to play upon the redoubt.
Vatta occupied the latter, made
a sortie from the entrenchments, with three companies of
the Volhynia Regiment, charged the enemy vigorously,
and drove them back at the.point of the bayonet on the
placings occupied by the riflemen of the. Yakoutsk Regi-
ment, who, taking advantage of the disorder of the .eue-
my's' columns, attacked them in the
"Pla'eakl between two rows of belynets the 4""
45 sougiit'safety in 'fright'. 'J' ' ' e
" Having reinforced the defeated columns, the enemy
re-opened a violent fire of artillery, after which the Zonaves

Or. our. aide

again threw themselves upon the n robuscades ; but, received
by I:WA:IP:Ai of thi.; 'lt..koutk of Eh., rt,.4

T,wo th,-) whom Colonel
'l>i'ongbt up frota the redoubt, they were ag,iin
driven back to their trenches.

" Following cu the heels of the enemy our brave soldiers
entered-the trenzbev, where a murderous struggle of told
-steel ensued, in which the French suffered considerably.
" Colonel Bialy then withdrew his battalions, and took
up a position in front of the ambuscades. The enemy'S fire
ceased; and was not renewed during the night.
"The Allies were firmly resolved to take our redoubt
at all cost. According to the statement of prisoners the
number of the enemy's troops engaged on thisoccasion was
about 12,000.

To judge by the obstinacy 'of" the 'struggle the loss of
the enemy must have been very considerable. Near the
redoubt alone they left 50 Milled. We took prisoners 1
subaltern and
_9 men.

" On our side we had 15 men killed, 1 subaltern, and 87
men wounded."

" In his diary of military operations sent with these re-
ports General Osten•Sacken mentions, among others, a very
happy sortie made on the night of the 3d (Mb) March by
70 volunteers -under Majdr Rondanoysky. Dividing his
detachment-into three columns, he attacked the trenches
occupied by the French, and in face of a very severe
cross fire he drove them out of them with, great loss.
" When reinforcements of the enemy came up, Major
Rondanovsky sounded a retreat, which he executed in per-
fect order under a fire of grape from the besiegers.
"In this affair we had 13 men killed and 57 wounded.
We took 9 prisoners."
We have received the St. Petersburg journals of
tha•2Bth• and 29th of March.

The Intala e Russe publishes the fellowiiic, :
0
" learn, by a telegraphic despatch from Sebastopol
that on the 2d (14th) of March the Turkish bavAlry made
a sortie from -Eupatoria, .but were defeated by us.
" On the sth (17th) of March,en the south side of Sebas-
topol, three battalions of Zouaves, with. considerable re-
serves of infantry, attacked our-positions in advance of the
new ,Kamtschatka Bastian, which was commenced in front
of the Korniloff battery in the night of the 26th of pleb.
(10th of March), but they were driven back with great loss.
"Since that fruitless attempt the enemy has acted With
less pbstiriacy, than formerly ; but, to our great. •regret,
RearA:diniral Istomine was killed on the 7th (19th) by a
cannon-ball-.'

"Ott the' Bth (20th),—in the eiening, Aide-de-Camp-Ge-
neral Prince Gortschakoff arrived at Sebastopol,"
- - -

A letter from Warsaw, dated Aprill, says :

. !`.The -Vienna confereaces form here, ,as elsewhere, the
chief tOpieof conversation. After each sitting telegraphic
despatches, as detailed as possible,. are transmitted from
Vienna to St.
,P e tiers b -by way. of Warsaw; ,but, al-
though thpy are deciphered here, the Prince Marshal. alone
'is informed of their contents, and nut a word trauspiresin
public. The, pacific advance of the conferences does not
astonish those who know how- to appreciate-the recent
Ministerial crisis in England, and the real signification of
the last Austrian circulars. •

4‘ The hopes of peace, however, do ,not prevent‘the ad-
ministration of the army from displayinz.the:greatest acti-
vity. The arsenals of godlin (Novogeorgewsk), of ; the
citadel of Warsaw, and of the town itself, axe busy 'day
and night preparing immense quantities of war materials,
and nutrierous eminent artillery ofQcers,have been Sent
from the armyf to superintend the works., ,Promobions are
being made in the army on a large scale, and all the corps
under. the immediate orders of Prince Paskiewitcli are
being furnished with all the, reqiiis)tes for;_ai:loag march.
The withdrawal Of the Austrian troops from:the t.:4allcian
fiimitier; which is daily .eonarrued by, letters ,frniu Cracow
and Lemberg, the recent artiele,in the Mbnitettr, and dther
peaceful symptoms, are not disregarded „but it is thohgl4
advisable to be prepared, for every eventuality.
"The same maybe said of all the other nrovinces o the
if.empire,..wlsich,_ in case of war, would be tho-first'ex osed
to the attacks of an enemy,,as Finland. and the Baltielpro...
vinees. Generals Berg and Sioyers havodieplayedi the
greatest energy in placing all the chief points in a state of
defence. . •
- .
".The last advioes from St. Petersburg. and of thell 29th
0' March. They describe the remarkable-activity dis-
played by the. Emperor Alexander in giving an imp,u se to
every branch of the Mrdinistration, Eve:rjthing 'goes
i
through his hand, he exercises his awn judgment% ' ehda,
all repbrtse and signe.everything. himself. Like, his hit&
father,.the now Emperor . devotes particular attention to
military affairs, and to the improvement of the troop."

THE BALTIC -
A letter from Hamburg, dated April 2, say
"You will already have learnt by the_electric wir the
arrival of the flying squadron, under Commodore Wt ,son,
at Elsinore:- Ebear to-day-that the ice`is bi--Caking Up 'so
slowly in the Danish waters that thei'squArpn. will be
compelled to find shelter in some port for some fiche. to
come before it will be able to enter. the Baltic. • .
".According to the list accounts, the navigation cif the
Great Belt is almost free; as much cannot lae,i3aid or the
Little Belt, through which the men-of-war must pass, awing
to, its greater depth. The passage is still blocked up by
enormous masses of ice.

"The same may be said of Kiel.
't •
fg Lis expectation of the fleet agents are seouringßols ein,
buying up provisions at high prices for the crews.
" From Finland we have news to the24th March. All
the ports on that side were still closed by ice.' Riga, Revel,
Mittau, and others in Courland and Livonia were quite
shut up
• _

"The Govenfor-General of Finland,,Geueral de berg,
had returned from St. Petersburg to Helsingfors, anti was
organising the staff of the new eriny of ffie Bailie. 1 The
grater portion of the 20 battalions, consisting chin y of
volnuteers, had been fully armed from' .the: arsonl ls of.
1
Sweaborg and llelsingfors. 'The inhabitants of the tiowns
and villages on the shores of the Gulfs of Bothnia ad of
Finland had formed themselves into rifle companies. They
are provided with double-barrelled rifles. Every prepara-
tion was being made to oppose a lauding."
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