The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-11 00:00:00

THE CRIMEA.

The accounts from the Crimea, brought by the
Jourdain, are to the 29th ult. They confirm the
success of General d'Allonville. The French occu-
pied very important stategical points. The situa-
tion of the corps at Eupatoria was excellent.
General d'Allonville was scouring the country and
burning the depots of the enemy. The Russians
had detached a division of the corps of the Belbek,
and sent it in the direction of Eupatoria. A Coun-
cil of War, at which the Commanders-in-Chief of
the land and naval forces were present, had decided
on the destruction of the docks at Sebastopol. The
engineers had commenced their preparations for
that purpose.
A letter from Sebastopol, in the Post .Ampt
Gazette of Frankfort, declares, on what it repre-
sents to be good authority, that the vessels sunk
by the Russians at the entrance to the port .can be
raised without much difficulty. The Russians, it
says, closed these vessels in every part but one,
and then filling them with water, sank them
straight, at the same time taking the precaution of
fastening the masts by cables to prevent them from
falling over, and attaching hose to the hulks so as
to enable the water to be pumped out when re-
quired. The Russians were so sure of getting up
the vessels again that they called this sinking
" putting them in store." The above journal re-
marks that the allies, instead of blowing up the
ships, would do well to send down divers to seek
for the hose, so as to draw off the water and enable
them to rise.

THE ALLIED ARMIES IN THE CRIMEA
( From the Times' Special Correspondent.)
CAMP OP THE ALLIED ARMIES, ON
THE TCHERNAYA, SEPT. 29.

The taking of the Malakhoff was a surprise for
the Russians which forced them to evacuate the
town rather more precipitately than they expected.
The fall of Sebastopol seems to have been a surprise
for the Allies, which found them unprepared to take
immediate advantage of it. Twelve months of siege
operations, carried on on a space scarcely exceeding
10 square miles, and in a country where they must
entirely rely on sea transport for all the necessaries
of life, has had a prejudicial effect on their move-
ment, while the sad experiences of last year have
made them very cautious how to advance in an in-
hospitable Taurida, and how to go to any distance
from the place where their supplies have been so
laboriously collected. Besides this, now, in the
face of active field operations, the paralysing influ-
ence of a divided commandership makes itself
doubly felt. As long as the question was only to
decide upon secondary matters, when the object
palpable and the direction given,
divided Generalship, however embarrassing,
seas
a s a
r than now when a new direction bas
thisclear
lesser
ess and
to be taken, and when such questions as " Shall
there be an advance," or "Is it too late for this year,
and if so, where shall this advance take place," have
to be considered—when there may be a difference
of opinion as to the main point, namely, whether
the Russians are inclined to yield to the slightest
pressure and retire before a series of harmless de-
monstrations, or whether they think to be able,
and hold it worth their while to defend the north
plateau and the rest of the Crimea—and when
there may be even two views as to whether it is
worth our while to continue a series of hazardous
operations after having effected the chief object of
the Crimean expedition—the destruction of the
Russian Black Sea fleet—and after having broken
the power of Russia to harm
it Turkey by her supe-
riority at sea ;or whether would not be prefer-
able to seize this opportunity to withdraw with
honour from the Crimea, destroying what is de-
structible, and begin next year a campaign where
there may be more chances of injuring the vital
powers of Russia than by
attacking and holding
this far removed point, which, if we should even
cut it off for the moment, will be only as the loss
of the tail to a lizard, or that of the claws to a crab.
'Which of all these opinions may have been
adopted it is impossible to say for the uninitiated,
for the position of the allied armies ha 4 since the
fall of Sebastopol materially very little altered.
They form now -on this side one long line, which
runs nearly straight from west to east, beginningat
the harbour of Sebastopol, and follow ing the course
of the Tchernaya to Alsu, then going over to the
plateau to the south of Czembash, and crowning
the heights which enclose the valley of Baidar to
the north, up to the point]wh ere the road leads
from Bazu over the Siurnikaia mountain to the
Upper Belbek. The French, who occupy this po-
sition to our extreme right, are thus in possession
of the heights which lead out of the valley of
Baidar to the rear of the Russians. They hold
the two only roads, one to the right, which goes to
Markoul and Koluluz, and the other to the left,
which runs by Czembash in to the Tchouliou val-
ley, and from there to the defiles of Aitodar and
Mangup Kale. The Russians are still down at
Markul, which is situate in the gorge formed by
one of the feeders of the Belbek. They are, how-
ever, evidently only a strong grande garde, a few
battalions, and the usual accompaniment of Cos-
sacks. Towards Czembash the Russian outposts
hold the plateau on the right bank of the little
stream of Upa, overlooking the head of the
Tchouliou valley. The outposts on both sides are
so close to each other that shots are continually