The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-15 00:00:00

THE CRIMEA.

By way of Germany, Constantinople letters of
the Ist March have been received. They publish
accounts of the attack made by the French, in the
night between the 23d and 24th February, upon
the redoubts erected by the lussians in front of
the left flank of the fortifications of Sebastopol,
and in some nneasure explain the contradiction
existing between: the despatch of Prince Menschi-
koff relative to that affair, and the despatches from
French quarters. The latter represented the
French as having stormed the redoubts, and com-
pletely defeated the Russians ; Prince Menschi-
koff's despatch, an the other hand, stated that the
French had been repulsed with a loss of 600 men.
It appears that the French did take the redoubts
by storm, but then found themselves exposed to a
murderous fire from the batteries, and even from
the guns of souls) Russian vessels anchored in the
port. The position was not tenable, and having
destroyed the re doubts they had taken they with-
drew with aboult 400 men hors de combat, of which
number 100 wer a killed.
The Moniteur de la Flotte publishes letters from
different parts ol` the coast of the Crimea. The fol-
lowing
is an ex tract from one dated Eupatoria,
Feb. 22

"I have just heel% on shore, and am delighted at what I
have seen. The Vxzrkish soldiers at Eupatoria are tall
strong men, well i;Lothed, and well equipped. Almost
all of them have itniuskets with percussion locks ; the
Egyptians alone ha ve flints. Every man, in addition
to his arms, carricw either a shovel or a pickaxe to
work at the fortific stions, and I can assure you that
they make good use them. When the Russians came
to visit us on the I.7th, there were not near as many
guns mounted as the re are now. Their attack has had
the advantage of shoe ring the garrison their weak points,
and they have availed themselves of the information, as
now the place is out of danger of any regular attack.
The storehouses are L eing filled by degrees, and every-
thing is being organise, i in the most satisfactory manner.
When our small detach n tents of marines first took pos-
session of Eupatoria, tA'ley found there a number of
camels and arabas (small. carts of the country). A short
time age, when it was wiiched to transport some materiel,
these animals and carts 'mere looked fur, but no trace of
them could be discovered.. After some little time, how-
ever, it was found that thee Tartars of the town had eaten
the camels, and that the 'Turks, not to be behindhand
with them, had burnt them arabas to warm themselves
and cook their victuals."
The following is darts sd ICantch Bay, Feb. 24 :--
" Au act of courage arid humanity was performed here
a few days ago which deserves notice. In the morning
of the 19th a merchant yeses 31, the Nomad. of Marseilles,
laden with military stores and baring on board some ,

soldiers as passengers, went on shore in the west point
of the bay._ As the wind was blowing hard and a high
sea running, little hopes were entertained of saving the
vessel, and the situation of the crew and passengers
whose strength was exhausted excited serious alarm,
but they were all saved through the gallant conduct of
Lieut. Morel and a body of seamen of th• Caffarelli.
who in spite of the roughness of the sea, and the cold of
4 degrees below zero (26 Fahr.) dashed into the sea, and
taking the men in their arms brought them alll one by
one in safety to land."

Another letter of the same date, from Kamiesh
Bay, says :
" Between the 13th and the 23d instant, 149 sailing
ships and 3 steamers, all merchant vessels, have entered
the port of Kamiesh, and 57 sailing vessels and 8
steamers have left it. 54,000 kilos. of provisions have
been landed from 78 steam-vessels, freighted by the war
department. We have now in the bay 9 sail of the line,
4 frigates, 4 steam-corvettes, and 200 other vessels,
among which are some very large steam transports. In
the night of the 17th the wind blew from the north, and
there was a heavy sea both in the bay and the port. The
Psyche parted a chain cable, and for a time was in some
danger, but timely assistance was rendered, and she at
tera Ards weathered it out. On the following morning
the wind had lulled, and the sra gone down. This is one
great advantage of this port. On the slightest change
in the wind, the water almost immediately becomes
smo•tb."