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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1855.

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES PROM Fl ELD-

MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN.

( From a supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.)
WAR-DEPARTMENT, JUNE 13.
Lord Panmure has this day received four despatches
and their enclosures, of which the following are copies,
addressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord
Raglan, G.C.B.
Before Sebastopol, May 29, 1855.
My Lord,—Sir Edmund Lyons's telegraphic despatch of
the 25th, which was forwarded from hence on the morn-
ing of the 27th, and one from me that immediately fol-
lowed, will have informed your lordship that the Allied
expedition to Kertch reached its destination on the
morning of the 24th, and the troops having landed with-
out delay, and the war steamers drawing little water
having pushed on towards Kertch and Yenikale, that
all the objects in contemplation were accomplished in
twenty•four hours without any resistance on the part of
the enemy, who blow up the fortifications on both sides of
the passage and retired, thus leaving us masters of the Sea
of Azoff, to be speedily occupied by a French and English
flotilla.
I have now the honour to lay before you a copy of the
report of Lieutenant-General Sir G. Brown, commanding
the allied troops, and in congratulating your lordship,
which I do most cordially, on the complete success of the
operation, I have the greatest satisfaction in drawing your
attention to the promptitude with which the disembarka-
tion was effected, to the efficient measures taken by the
Lieutenant-General to insure his position and attain the
objects in view, and to the just tribute which he pays in
his interesting narrative to the judicious arrangements of
Admiral Bruat and Sir E. Lyons, and to the zeal and
energy displayed by the officers and men of the Allied
fleets in carrying them out under their vigilant superin-
tendence, as well as to the cordial co-operation and assist-
ance of General Dantemarre, commanding the French di-
vision, and Reschid Pasha, commanding the Turkish
troops.
I have not received any further advices from Sir G.
Brown and Sir E. Lyons.
Nothing material has occurred in front of the new posi-
tion taken up by the Allies on the morning of the 25th.
The enemy have made no movement from the high ground
towards the advance, but they have displayed a consider-
able force to-day on the Inkerman lteights.
conyon,centinue to arrive au the uortk side of Sebas-
topol.
I enclose a return of casualties to the 27th instant.
A further portion of the Sardinian Contingent has
arrived, under General La Marmora's brother, the details
of which I have not yet received.—l have, &c.,
RAGL AN.
The Lord Panmure, &c., &c.

Enclosure 1.

Yenikale, May 25, 1855.
My dear Lord Raglan,—The expedition to this place so
far has proved entirely successful, and we have got pos-
session of all we proposed without striking a blow, and
almost without firing a shot.
On leaving the anchorage off Sebastopol, on the 22d, the
night became so foggy that the fleet made but little
progress towards its destination, but the whole of
the ships and steamers reached the rendezvous, four
leagues off Cape Takli, soon after daylight on the morning
of the 24th, when it was speedily determined to run at
once in for the spot at which, as your lordship is aware, it
was originally proposed to disembark, and which is a fine
smooth bay, round a low point running out immediately
under the village of Kazatch Bouroun.
The water in the straits is so shallow that large ships
cannot ascend higher than about three miles from this
spot, but the steamers and vessels in which the whole of
the British infantry and artillery were embarked, could
get at least a mile nearer to it.
All the vessels got as high up as the depth of the water
would permit, and came to an anchor about eleven, when
the English and French troops began to get into the boats,
and small steamers, which were assigned to them, towed
them to the shore, and the gun-boats and small war-
steamers were stationed to scour the beach, and protect
the disembarkation.
Although we had observed some six or eight pieces of
light artillery following us along the shore, no opposition
was made to the disembarkation, and the first of the
troops reached the shore at ten o'clock, which, as soon as
they were formed, were pushed on to occupy the village
on the rising ground bordering the marshy plain, on
which they landed for the purpose of covering the re-
mainder of the disembarkation. As they were the most nu-
merous, and as your lordship had done so on a former oc-
casion, I placed the French on the right, and the British
troops on the left, intending to hold the Turkish Contin-
gent in reserve.
Soon after the disembarkation had commenced, several
loud explosions were heard, and it was soon discovered
that the enemy had blown up the magazines of all his
batteries on Cape St. Paul, and was retiring by the
road leading to Theodosia or Kaffa. It therefore
became exceedingly desirable that I should advance
to occupy the ridge of which the cape is the continua-
tion ; but as only a few of the Turkish troops had got
landed, and but little of the artillery, I contented myself
by requesting General Dantemarre to patrol to the cape
and towards Kertch, and took up the beat position I could
find for the security of the troops, and the protection of
the disembarkation of all the necessary materiel and
horses during the night, just before dark—which, in an
open steppe, where we were exposed to the attacks of
cavalry, was an operatien of some difficulty.
In the course of the evening, several more loud explo-
sions were beard. and it was soon discovered that he had
also blown up and abandoned the whole of bis works here,
and along the coast between t7..is and Kortch,.and spiked
all the guns. He had also set fire to and destroyed
some large corn magazines in Kertch, as well as two steam-
ers in the harbour ; and the Cossacks, as usual, burnt all
the forage and farm-houses in their way.
As soon as the batteries on Cape St. Paul were aban-
doned, or soon before, some of the smaller war steamers
were enabled to round Cape Ackbouroun, and enter the
Bay of Kertch, when they engaged and endeavoured
to cut off some of the enemy's steamers attempting to
escape into the Sea of Azoff. They sucosecled, I believe,
in capturing a small one, but the other two managed to get
through.
The disembarkation of horses, guns, and materiel wer t
on during the whole night, under the zealous and active
superintendence of Rear-Admiral Houstall th ison Stewart
re was
and
Captain Sir Thomas Pasley ; but, with , the
a good deal to be done at daylight this mornin
threeand o I w
the as
ultimately compelled to proceed with only
guns of the Turkish Contingent, and without any of their
officers horses.
Under the circumstances, however, I considered it bits
perative to proceed, and the whole force marched off their
ground at six this morninv-the French in contiguous
columns, followed by their artillery ; the British in
echelons of columns, covering their flank, and their
own artillery and baggage ; and the Turkish troops
in continuous columns of battalions, cover
roached ing
the
the
rear of the whole, until they app
precincts of Kertch, when the whole of the troops broke
into an ordinary column of route. The town of Kertch is
s
clean, and remarkably well built, and the troops passe
through it with the greatest regularity and without the
slightest disorder ; subsequently the day became exces-
sively hot, and the march being a long one, the men suf-
fered greatly from fatigue and want of water, which was
only to be found at occasional wells. We managed to get
in here, however, by 1 o'clock, where we were soon after
visited by the three Admirals, and found a large squa-
dron of small steamers and gun-boats, ready to proceed
into the Sea of Azoff, under the command of Capt.
Lyons, of the Miranda.
The result of these operations, besides the opening of the
passage into that sea, and the destruction of the enemy's
works, has been the capture of upwards of fifty of his
guns, many of them of the largest calibre and the best con-
struction ; and if the enterprise has from circumstances
not added greatly to the glory of her Majesty's arms it
has, as already stated, so far been attended by complete
RtIOCASS.
That success, however, is mainly to be attributed to the
judicious arrangements of Admirals Bruat and Sir E.
Lyons, .and to their indefatigable attention in carrying
them out; as well as to the able and willing assistance
they have ,received from the captains and other officers of
the French aid British navy under their respective com-
mands ; nor ni;ist I omit to mention the invariable and
willing assistanc: I have on all occasions received in the
course of this ser:ice from General Dantemarre, com-
manding the French Division, and from Reschid Pasha,
commanding the Sultan's trocTs.
I omitted to state that, in passing through Kertch this
morning, observing that an iron foundry there had been
employed in the manufacture of slot and shells, as well as
in casting Minie bullets, I caused it to be destroyed, with
all its new and expensive machinery,.—Yours, &c.,
G. BROWN.

Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.8.,

Enclosure 2.
RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 25TH TO
THE 27TH OF MAY, INCLILSIVE.
3d Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
4th Foot-3 rank and file wound
14th Foot-1 rank and file, woun ed.
ded.
18th Foot-1 rank and file killed.
34th Foot-1 officer, wounded.
38th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
39th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
41st Foot-1 rank and file, killed ;4 7: auk and file,
wounded.
47th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
48th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
49th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
77th Foot-4 rauk and file, killed.
88th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 rank and file, killed.
Royal Sappers and Miners-1 rank and file, wounded..
Total--4 rank and file, killed ; 1 officer, 16 rank and
file wounded.

J. B. BUCKN
utanALt-Gen ertC'L ESTOURT,
Adj .l.

Enclosure 3.
NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS W tiO HAVE
BEEN WOUNDED FROM THE 25TR TO THE
27TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE
WOUNDED.
MAY 25.
34th Foot—CapLaiJ. ames MUCaxwell, severely.
B. RKNALL EfSTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Encicoire 4.
NOMINAL RETURN OF NON•COMM.ISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED FROM
THE 25TH TO 27TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.

KILLED.
MAY 25.
77th Foot—Privato Alfred Dodd.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade—Corporal W. 0. Smith,
MAT 26.
iSth Foot— Private Joh n Lynch.
41st Foot—Corporal John Lee.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Ultithnt•Genoral.

Enclosure 5.

NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FR,OM
THE 25TH TO THE 27TH MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.
WOUNDED
MAY 25.

4th Regiment of Foot—Pri%-ates Cornelius O'Brien,
slightly; Henry Johnson, severely ; and Edward Brady,
dangerously.
39th Foot—Private Thomas Golloghy,
41st Foot—Privates Christopher Ferguson, dangerously;
Henry Jackson, severely; and William Mulachy, and
Allen M'Alpine slightly.
47th Foot—Private John Powell, severely.
MAY 26.

3d Foot—Private William Barnett, severely.
49th Foot— Private William Hall, slightly.
88th Foot—Private John O'Hara, severely.
Royal Sappers and Miners —Private George Clubb,
slightly.

MAY 27.
4th Foot—Private Robert Dillon, severely.
33th Foot—Lance-Sergeant John Simins, saverely.
48th Foot—Private Walter Lawlor, slightly.
J. B. BUCKNALL ES'_CCOLTRT,
Adjutant-General.

Before Sebaatopol, May 29.
My Lord,—l have the honour to transmit to your lord-
ship a letter from the Inspector-General A Hospitals, with
the weekly return of sick to the 26th instant.
Cholera is, I hope, on the decline, but it is' still preva-
lent, to a certain extent. Captain King, of the 32d, a fine
young man who was much esteemed, fell a 'Victim to it
yesterday.
It has also occasioned some deaths in the Saidinian con-
tingent, three cases of which ended fatally on , the voyage
from Genoa to Balaklava.—l have, &c., ,
The Lord Panmure, &c., &c. 19.GL IN-

Enclosure.
Before Sebastopol, May 28.
My Lord,—The enclosed weekly state of sick to the 26th
instant, I am glad to say, shows an improvement in the
sanitary condition of the army. The cases of cholera which
have been admitted during the week have been of a milder
character, and the mortality from that disease has been
much less ; but it has extended to the Sardiaian Contin-
gent, to the men of the Land Transport Corps, and to the
shipping in the harbour of Balaklava ; and, from these
sources, the admissions and deaths in the gencralThospital
there have been considerablkincreased, no few& that 18
out of the 25 casualties which occurred there having taken
place amongst these extra patients. In future I will have
the extra patients excluded from the weekly statement and
shown separately ; but as I cannot get fresh returns niade
out initime for the post on the present occasion, I have
deducted the numbers from the general return.
The admissions to strength during the present week lave
been in the ratio of 420 per cent., and the deaths to
strength 0.27 per cent. Last week they were 4.53 and
0.47 respectively.
Fevers have been less numerous during the week, but
diarrhoea has been slightly on the increase, and it has been
noticed that many convalescent from fever have been
seized, in some of whom the disease has run on to cholera
and terminated fatally.
In the Artillery cholera is abating, and many of the
cases of fever under treatment ate of a mild character, and
in the left attack all are described as doing well
In the cavalry Division fever has been the prevalent
complaint, and four casualties have occurred—two from
fever, one from disease of the liver, and one from cholera,
in a man of the 10th Hussars, who died after an illness of
11 hours.

The Ist Royal Dragoons have only two slight cases of
ulcer under treatment in hospital, and the regiment bas
been remarkably healthy for some time past.
Ist Division.—The Highland Brigade embarked for ser-
vice at Kertch on the 221 inst., leaving 198 sink behind,
all of whom are improving daily.
In the Brigade of Guards, eight cases of cholera have
occurred, four of which have had a fatal termination, and
there has been a tendency to bowel complaints, particu-
larly amongst the convalescents from fever. -
In the 2d Division a marked improvement has taken
place in the health of the men during the week. No ad-
mission from cholera has taken place for 48 hours ; and of
the 16 remaining under treatment, Dr. Wood, the super-
intending surgeon, thinks all have a fair chance of re-
covery.
In the 3d Division there has been an increase of mor-
tality, arising chiefly from cholera. Fever cases appear on
the decline ; but there seems to be an alliance between
them and the diarrhoea cases, which have been rather on
the increase during the week.
The surgeon of the 44th Regiment objects to the sum-
mer clothing, on account of its being of a linen texture,
and thinks woollen would have been better ; but it ap-
pears to be approved of by the generality of the regimen-
tal medical officers of the division, as well as by the medi-
cal staff. _ _ _

In the 4th Division cholera has declined considerably.
Last week the deaths from the disease were 48 ; this week,
14. In the 17th Regiment fever prevails to a greater ex-
tent than in any other corps in the division.
In the Light Division cholera is also on the decrease,
and the cages that present themselves are of a milder eba-
racter.—l have, &c.,

J. HALL,
Inspector-General of Hospitals.
Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.8.,
Commanding-in-Chief.

Before Sebastopol, June 2, 1855.
My Lord,—The reports which have been ,i•eceived from
Kertch since I had the honour of writing tilyour lordship
on the 29th May, are of the most satisfactory character.
Five vessels, laden with corn, had come into Kertch in
ignorance of the capture of the place, and had fallen into
the hands of the Allies.
The French and English squadron had appeared before
Berdiansk, and the enemy in consequence destroyed four
of their war-steamers, and considerable depots of curn.
They then exchanged a cannonade with the Russian forts
at Aranat, and were so fortunate as to blow up a maga-
zine with shells ; and since, Captain Lyons, R.N., of the
Miranda, has performed a most successful operation upon
Genitschi. The Russian authorities of the town having
refused to deliver up the Government depot of corn, and
90 vessels, having on board supplies for their army in the
Crimea, Captain Lyons bombarded the place with his
squadron, and, having driven the troops out of it, he
landed the sailors and marines, and destroyed all the stores
and the shipping.
This brilliant and decisive success marks the resolution
and daring of Captain Lyons, and fortunately was accom-
plished with no other loss than that of one man wounded.
Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons states, than in no longer a
period than four days, the squadron has destroyed 241
vessels, employed exclusively in transporting provisions to
the Crimea, besides four war-steamers, and six millions of
rations of flour and corn. '
I beg leave to offer your lordship my warmest congratu-
lations on these important occurrences.
I have nothing of interest to report to your lordship,
from hence, except that some more detachments of Sar-
dinian troops have arrived.
A battery has arrived off the harbour.
I enclose the return of casualties to the 31st ultimo.—l
have, &c., RAGLAN.
The Lord Panmure, &c., kc.

Enclosure 1.

A RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 281 H
TO THE 31ST OF MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. -
2d Battalion Ist Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file,
killed. _ _

31 Foot-1 rank and file, killed ; 1 officer, 2 rank and
file, wounded.
4th Foot-1 rank end file, killed ; 2 rank and file,
wounded.
7th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
17th Fool-1 sergeant, 1 rank and file, wounded.
18th Foot-3 rank and file, wounded.
28th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
34th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
44th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
47th Foot-1 rank and file, killed; 2 rank and file,
wounded.
48th Foot-1 rank and file, killed ; 3 rank and file,
wounded.
19th Foot-1 rank and file, killed ; 3 rank and file,
wounded.
57th Foot-1 rank and file, killed.
62d Foot-1 rank and file, killed; 1 rank and file
wounded.
68th Foot-1 sergeant, wounded; 1 rank and file, missing.
77th Foot-2 rank and file, killed ; 1 rank and file,
wounded.
88th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
90th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
97th Foot-1 rank and file, killed.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 officer, 1 rank and file,
wounded.
Royal Artillerl-2 rank and file, wounded.
Total-11 rank and file, killed ; 2 officers, 2 sergeants,
27 rank and file, wounded ; 1 rank and file, missing.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 2.

NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE
BEEN WOUNDED FROM THE 28TH TO THE
31sT MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.
WOUNDED, May 28.
3d Foot.—Captain W. Pownall, slightly.
MAY 31.

2d Battalion Rifle Brigade.—Lieutenant F. C. Playne,
;everely.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOTTRT,
Adj utant-General.

Enclosure 3.

NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM
THE 28TH TO THE 31ST MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.

KILLED—MAY 28.
2d Battalion 1 Foot—Privates John Wyvea.
48th Foot—Private William M`Manus.
49th Foot—Private Michael Dowde.
62d Foot—Private Patrick Fitzgerald.

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MAY 29.
77th Foot—Private George Woodward.
MAY 30.
47th Foot—Private John Thomson.
77th Foot—Private Thomas Murphy.

MAY 31.
3d Foot--Private John Dolan.
4th Foot—Private Thomas Russell.
57th Foot—Private Daniel Dunn.
97th Foot—Private James Pond.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General,

Enclosure 4.
NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES, WOUNDED FROM
THE 28TH TO 31ST MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.
WOUNDED-MAY 28.
18th Foot—Private Owen Sweeny. severely.
48th Foot---Privates T.llolllti2,
Harris, 41ightly.
62d Foot—Private Patrick Early, severely.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade--Privato George Pitt, &An-
' gerously,

MAY 29.
3d Foot—Private Edmund Day, slightly.
17th Foot—Serjeant George Bid.dalph, slightly ; and
Private Andrew Nicholson, slightly.
28th Foot—Private Samuel Mountain, slightly.
31th Foot—Private James Willow, slightly.
47th Foot—Private Denis McDonald. slightly.
68th Foot—Colour-Serjeant James Whelan, severely.
88th Foot—Private George Smith, slightly.