The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-28 00:00:00

Ry the morning of the 17th the field works thrown up
oy the troops were, as far as circumstances would per-
:At of, very defensible, although too extensive. The
outlying pickets had also thrown up small entrenchments
at their respective posts ; that morning at daybreak I
made a reconnaissance with the detachments of French
and English cavalry and the 57th Regiment. The
'weather becoming thick the infantry returned after a
,narch of four miles out. The cavalry preceeded to
the village of Paksoffka, a few miles further, whic'
they found deserted. At ten a.m. the ships opened
Eire, and at three o'clock the forts surrendered, with
about 1,400 prisoners; 17 officers and 739 men were
riven over to me by General Bazaine, and were sub-
•equently sent on board her Majesty's ship Vulcan, to
proceed to Constantinople. On the following morning
the forts at Ochakoff were blown up by the enemy.
French and English commissioners were appointed for
the taking over the matt-, i. 78 found the forts of Kin-
bourn, and for the temporary division ef the place. On the
19th I moved the English camp to the immediate neigh-
bourhood of the fort, and occupied the southern shore ;
the ground is here nearly level with the sea, and so per-
fectly smooth that it is easily protected by ships on both
flanks. On the 20th the English force, with the exception
ef the 21st Regiment, who were left to do the duties at
liinbourn, joined the French in a reconnaissance under
Cron. Bazaine. The troops carried three days' provisions,
and the commissariat were able to carry three more. We
halted and bivouacked that night at the village of Pak-
eoffka, about eight miles' march of sandy soil. The French
,ccupied a village at a short distance. We had no tents,
but the weather was fine, and there was plenty of wood
and hay, and a large supply of cabbages and other
vegetables. The inhabitants had all left. On the 21st
halted. The following day, with the cavalry, artillery,
land three battalions, I accompanied General Bazaine,
with a part of the French force, to the village of Skis-
doffka, about five or six miles ; country very open, with
occasionally deep sand ; always plenty of water in the
villages. Having burnt the village we returned that day
to Paksoffka. The detachment of Carabineere, under
Captain Wardlaw, bad pushed on by my direction to a
village about three miles further, where they found in-
habitants, who told them that some Russian cavalry had
left them that morning.
On the 23d the whole force returned to Kinbourn. On
the march our rear was threatened by about 250 of the
enemy's cavalry, who, however, soon retired. On the
27th the cavalry and artillery were embarked, and on
the 30th the whole of the infantry, to return to the
Crimea, leaving French troops to garrison the fort.
I cannot speak too highly of the assistance I have re-
calved from the co-operation and counsel of Admiral Sir
Edmund Lyons, and of the support afforded me by him
and the officers of the Royal navy under his command,
to whose excellent arrangements, for the landing and
re-embarkation of the troops, I have been much rode bted.
I beg to assure the Commander-in• Chief of the great
satisfaction I have felt in serving under the orders of
General Itazaine in this expedition.
I have received every assistance from Col. Hurdle,
Royal Marines, who commanded a brigade (2 battalions
Royal Marines and 63d Regiment) 500 marines were
added, through the consideration of Sir Edmund Lyons,
to this force.

Also from Col. Lord West, 21st Fusiliers, command-
ing a brigade (17th, 20th, 21st, and 57th Regiments),
who mentions his brigade-major, Capt. Earle, 57th Regi-
ment, and his aide-de-camp, Capt. Carleton, 21st Fusi-
liers. Col. Hurdle mentions Capt. Rodney, Royal Ma-
rines, and Capt. Ellis, Royal Marines, his brigade-major
and aide-de-camp.
I was also ably supported by Brevet Major Best, coin-
mandir g Royal Engineers; Captain Johnson, command-
ing Royal Artillery ; Captain Wardlaw, commanding
detachment 6th Dragoon Guards ; Brevet-Major Gordon,
commanding 17th Regiment ; Capt. Gray, commanding
21st Fusiliers ; Lieut.-Col. Evelegh, commanding 20th
Regiment ; Lieut.-Col. Warre, commanding 57th Regi-
ment ; Lieut.-Col. Lindesay, commanding63d Regiment;
Lieut.-Col. Campbell, commanding battalion Royal Ma-
rines ; Lieut.-Col. Holloway, commanding battalion
Royal Marines ; Brevet-Major Smith and Brevet Major
Hallewell, assistant adjutant and quartermaster-generals,
were of great use to me ; as also my personal staff, Capt.
Robinson and Capt. Baillie, 44th Regiment ; and Lieut.
St. Clair, 4th Regiment, acting as interpreter.
Dr. Gordon, principal medical officer; Deputy-Assist-
ant Commissary-General Power ; Capt. Clavell, Royal
Marines, acting as provost-marshal ; and Lieut. Young,
Land Transport Corps, were all most zealous in their
several departments.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) AUGS. SPENCER, Brigadier-General.
To the Quartermaster-General, &c.

(Enclosure 2.)
Eupatoria, October 30, 1855.
Sir,---I have the honour to report that the allied
forces stationed here, disposed as per margin,* marched
on the small town of Sak on the morning of the 27th
instant, under the command of General of Division
D'Allonville.
At the further extremity of the strand that divides the
sea from the Lake of Sazik Gualoie (by which route the
column marched), the ground rises to the level of the
steppe land that universally prevails. On reaching this
point the allied cavalry and horse artillery made i rapid