The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-01 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

FROM

FIELD MARSH AL
LORD RAGLAN.

D ESTRUCTION OF THE
RUSSIAN FORCES

IN THE

SEA OF AZOFF.

WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 31, 9 P.M.

Lord Panmuro presents his compliments to the

Editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in

ranstnitting the enclosed intelligence, which has

his day reached him from Lord Raglan.

SEBASTOPOL, MAY 30.

Letters received from Sir George Brown and

hir E. Lyons of the 29th announce the destruc-

Lion by the enemy of four Russian war steamers

and large depots of corn.

The allied ships have succeeded in blowing up
a magazine at Arabat and in destroying about

100 merchantmen.

Only one steam-ship. remains of the enemy's
forces in the Sea of Azoff.

We have also received the following from the

Secretary of the Admiralty

ADMIRALTY, MA.Y 31, G 15 P.M.

A telegraphic despatch has just been received
at the Admiralty, with the intelligence that on
the 22d* of May, on the appearance of the Allied
Squadron before Berdiansk, the Russians burnt

four war steamers and considerable stores of corn.

On the 23d the forts of Arabat were bombarded

and the powder magazines blown up.
chant vessels have been destroyed, and only one
small Russian steamer remains in the Sea of
Azoff.

106 mer

[* It is probable that some inaccuracy has oc-
curred in transmitting these dates by telegraph ;
27th and 28th are, perhaps, the true figures.]

VIENNA, MAY 31.
The Oesterreichische Zeitang, under date of Con-
stantinople, May 24, has the following :-
100,000 Allied troops are about to attack the
Russians at Ink€rman.
18 steamers are cruising in the Sea of Azoff.

VARNA, THURSDAY.

On the 24th of May the French made a recon-
naissance across the Tchernaya with 35,000 men,
and established a camp at Tchorgoum.
Two thousand men of the Turkish Contingent
have arrived.
The French have taken 1000 oxen at Kertch.
At present there are 24 steamers of the Allies
in the Sea of Azoff.

PARIS, FRIDAY, 7 A.M.

The Moniteur has the following :
The Minister of War has received the following
despatch from General Pelissier, dated May 30,
11 p.m.
I have news from Kertch of the 29th of May.
All goes on well. The flotilla of the Allies had
returned from the Sea of Azoff. It destroyed
106 merchantmen at Berdiansk. The Russians
themselves burned four of their steamers and
considerable stores of grain. A strong garrison
left at Yenikale assures to us the possession of the
Straits. The expedition has captured 90 guns of
different calibre.

The Minister of Marine has received the lb.
[owing despatch from Vice-Admiral Bruat :
STRAITS OF KERTCH, MAY 29.

Commander Lesaiges, of the Lucifer, and his
colleague, Captain Lyons, of the Miranda, an-
nounced that, on the 26th of May, the allied
flotilla sent into the Sea of Azoff, having appeared
before Berdiansk, the enemy set fire to four of
their steamers, and to large storehouses.

On the following day the Bay of Arabat was
visited, but no vessel was seen. The allied flo-
tilla exchanged a brisk cannonade with the forts,
and one of its shells blew up a powder magazine.
In three days 106 merchantmen have been de-
stroyed by the cruisers of the allies. The Rus-
sians have only one small steamer of 30-horse
power left in the Sea of Azoff.

BERLIN, FRIDAY, JUNE 1.
The following has been received here, dated
Dantzic, Thursday, May 31.
The Princess Alice has arrived with the mails.
The fleet is at anchor 16 miles below Cron-
stadt.
There is no news of importance. The health
of the fleet is very satisfactory.

A despatch Konigsberg, dated 31st of
May, says that a y,supplementary ukase has been
issued by the Russian Government, which from
com-
mands all the peasants in the State dominions,
from 30 to 35 years of age, to be included in the
levy lately ordered in the 17 Western Govern-
ments.