The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-27 00:00:00

(Prom the Times of this day.)

The lucid despatches of Sir Edmund Lyons, combined with
the circumstantial narratives furnished by our own corre-
spondents in the East, have now enabled us to present our
readers with a connected and intelligible view of those suc-
cessful operations by which the war has been extended, to
the infinite damage of the enemy, over seas and along shores
hitherto secure add unassailed. A slight inspection of any
ordinary map will show that the Crimean peninsula, jut-
ting out into the Black Sea from the mainland, encloses
a portion of those vast inland iwaters towards the north-
east in such a manner as to form a second or inner sea,
which bears, in fact, about the same geographical rela-
tion to the Euxine that the Euxine itself does to tho Me-
diterranean. This inner sea--calle " the Sea of Azoff"
is approached by a Bosphorus of its own, usually
designated the Straits of Kertch. Though its extent, com-
pared with th 4 of the Euxine, is but small, its shores, being
wholly Russian, comprise the chief portions of the southern
seaboard of that empire, and, as all the eastern coast of the
Crimea is included in its circuit, it became of great conse-
quence to assert for the Allies in these waters the same su-
periority which had been established in the Black Sea. The
attention of the allied commanders had been directed to these
quarters some time ago, but it was not until last month that
an expedition was actually undertaken for the purposes in
view. Oar ships traversed the Euxine in all directions, but
did not penetrate the Straits of Kertch.
On the 24th of May, however, a squadron comprising eight
English, four French steamers, and six screw gun-boats, and
carrying a land force of 16,305 troops, assembled at a ren-
onstration itself
and proceeded
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proved equivalent to victory. It was found that though the
Straits, like all other assailable points of the Russian tali.
tory, were tolerably well fortified, and some pains bad re-
cently been expenjied in strengthening the defences, the va-
rious positions were all considered by the enemy as untenable
inr point all the against the advancing force. About midway lip the Straits
the troops wore diiembarked at a place Called Ambalaki, on
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to the Sea of Azoff, would have been taken in the rear
and cut off from all communication with the interior. This
consideration, combined apparently with an exaggerated esti-
mate of the allied force, seems to have deterred the enemy
from any attempt at resistance, and post after post was aban-
doned before the advancing expedition. First, the batteries
at Ambalaki, and then the towns of Kertch and Yenikale,
were evacuated, so that the allies had. nothing to do, after
bivouacking at Ambalaki for the first night, but continue
their march, and take possession of all the imparta.nt stations
successively, up to Yenikale itself. In what strength the
Russian garrisons actually mustered it is not easy to ascer-
tain, but, if there were no more than 2,500 troops at Kertch,
it is clearly not probable that any effectual resistance could
have been offered.
After passing through Kertch the allied troops proceeded
to Yenikale, and there took up their quarters for a time, a
• small detachment being left at the former town to complete
I the destruction ay the Government establishments. No sooner
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Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Emanuel
Bradbury, to be Captain, without purchase. To be Lieu-
tenants without purchase. —Cornet Walter C. Wingfield,
vice Bradbury; Cornet Joseph E. Edlmann.
4th Light Dragoons—Cornet and Adjutant Henry Jen-
nings to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet William
Winstanley to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Booth, who
retires ; Cornet Frederick Augustus Weatherley to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Honourable C. J. Keith,
promoted.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—The promo-
tion of Ensign and Lieutenant R. W. Hamilton to be
Lieutenant and Captain, to bear date the 18th instead of
the 19th June, 1855.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Tho-
mas Grahain to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ;
Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Haythorne, from the 98th
Foot, to be Lientenant•Colonel, vico 8011, appointed In-
specting Field Officer of a Recruiting District ; Brevet-
Major F. G. Urquhart, to bo Major, without purchase, vice
Graham ; Ensign G. G. Stewart, to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Creagh, appointed to the 72d Foot.
13th Foot—Major A. E. F. Holcombe, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase; Brevet-Major P. R. Jennings,
to be Major. without purchase, vico Holcombe. To be
Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant G. Fitzgerald
King. vice Jennings; Lieutenant M. Browne; Lieutenant
E. Boyd; Lieutenant A. Bainbriggo. To be Lioutenantg,
without purchase.--Ensign R. N. Clayton, vice King;
Ensign H. E. Hall, vice Browne; Ensign P. E. V. Gil-
bert, vice Boyd; Ensign J. P. Miller, vice Bainbrigge;
Ensigns W. Haslett, Henry Gillett, W. Williams; Ensign
T. T. Gould, from the Ceylon Regiment.
17th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Pearson Ward,
from the Ordnance Medical Department, to be Surgeon,
vice Simpson, deceased.
28th Foot—The Commission of Lieutenant E. S. R.
Smyth, as Adjutant, to bear date Ist June, in lieu of the
sth of that month, as previously stated.
3)th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Milligan, to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Wilson, who retires.
68th Foot—Ensign H.. J. R. Villiers-Stuart to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Smyth, deceased ; Ensign
F. G. D. Watson, to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Villiers-Stuart, whose promotion on the 12th May
has been cancelled. The promotion of Ensign Joseph
Thompson to a Lieutenantcy, without purchase, vice
Smyth, deceased, on the 15th of March, has been can-
celled.
72d Foot—Lieutenant J. F. N. Hewitt, from the Ist
West India Reginiont to bo Lieutenant, without pur-
chase; Lieutenant James Creagh, from the Ist Foot, to
be Lieutenant, without purchase.
86th Foot—Ensign J. W. Fry, from the Ist Foot, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Gould, promoted in the
31st Foot.
98th F(..ot—Assistant-Surgeon Neil Henry Stewart,
M D.. to be Surgeon, vice Cowen, promoted on the Staff.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut. the Hon. H.W. Campbell, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Cooper, who retires.-
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Sidney Cave to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hewett, appointed to
the 72d Foot.