The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-05 00:00:00

THE TURKISH ARMY IN THE CRIMEA

EIIPATORIA, May 19.—Yesterday, when I sent off my
letter to Kamiesh, everybody was still in the wide field
of conjecture about the movement which was preparing;
by degrees, however, the mystery cleared up, and it be-
came known that there was to be another trip to
Kamiesh on a larger scale. The Egyptians and the
Turks who have been attached to the Allied Armies
since the beginning of the Crimean expedition have come
over for the defence of Eupatoria, while a great part of
the troops who came over to the Crimea with Omer
Pasha are going down to co-operate with the Allies.
The first lot of the troops was to have been em-
barked yesterday in the steamers which had brought
over the Egyptians from Kamiesb, but the embarkation
was postponed until to-day.
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under way. As there were no Egyptians to embark
the whole was done without any noise. The regiments
were marched down, piled arms, and squatted down
with perfect indifference to what was going on, waiting
till their turn came.
At the same time, while the troops were embarking,
the Russian inhabitants of Eupatoria were toiling under
the weight of their baggage through the sand, in order
to reach the Quarantine-pier, where they were to have
been embarked for Odessa. It was, I must own, an un-
pleasant sight, as most emigrations are. They'
seemed
to have kept much more of their property than the
wretched inhabitants of the Greek villages
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klava, who in December last were taken down to
Yalta.
MAY 21.—Early this morning (301. Simmons returned
from Katniesh on board the Colombo, and brought the
order from Omer Pacha that the embarkation should be
resumed. Only a few thousand troops remained, which
- were put on board the Furious and the Leopard. The
rest of the daje was taken up by the embarkation of guns
and horses, which of course took much longer. The
whole was done this time under the orders of Captain
Goldsmith, of the Sidon, as senior officer of the station.
Sailors and officers worked with their accustomed zeal
and that steady perseverance which is perhaps nowhere
found in a greater degree, than among them.
Omer Pacha does not return it seems, for his horses
are to he sent off to-day or to-morrow.
MAY 20.—1 t seems as if the Crimean expedition, but
above all the Turkish contingent engaged in it, was
destined to give the world a practical illustration of the
well-known 'words, " Ordre, r ontre-ordre, desortire."
Yesterday the steamers, loaded with troops aed baggage,
went off in hot hat•te, and discharging their cargoes as
fast as they coulf', returned again this morning ready to
take up more. The troops destined for the embarkation
were already on the beach, nay, some of them even on
board, when suddenly the order arrived to stop the em-
barkation, and the troops returned again to their tents.
The Colombo had come in towards morning, and.'
Omer Paella, accompanied by Colonel Simmons; em-
barked suddenly for Karneish. This sudden change of
dispositions, and the precipitate departure of Omer
Pacba? is nerall attributed to the change in the
French commandership—the removal of General Can-
robert from the command, and the nomination of General
Pellssier in his place.
Expectation has again risen to the highest pitch. We
are on the eve of the hottest months, and soon we shall
have to fight against the heat, as we had in winter to
fight against cold and rain
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till further orders, a good deal of baggage and a number
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Yesterday there was a rather bold case of desertion.
The 4th Regiment of Cavalry of Rumeli was doing
duty on the outposts. On the side of the bridge which
forms the extreme right of our vidette line the two
videttes are placed on a little mound, not more than 100
yards from the bridge. About 50 yards' behind them is
a post of 15 to 20 men, under a sergeant, and further
rl back the squadron. About noon the corporal of the ad-
Alarmed • post went cooly to the sergeant- and asked
him for a light for his cigarette. The sergeant bad
nope, consequently the corporal requested the ser-
geant to allow hint to mount his horse and go to
the videttes to ask one of them for it. The per-
mission was given, the corporal went up to the
mound where the • videttes were placed, and a
moment afterwafaii all three set out in a gallop and
went over the bridge which forms the boundary line be-
tween the Russian and Turkish line of outposts. The
sergeant seeing this instantly ordered his men to mount,
and dashed down at their head to the bridge, but it was
too late ; the fugitives had passed. The Russians seeing
the pursuers and the pursued coming in a galop towards
the bridge, thought that it was an attack ; they mounted
their steeds and ran off towards their main guard. But
when they saw the three deserters dismount, and the
rest stopping at the side of the bridge, they returned and
took the deserters away. This is the second case of de-
sertion which has occurred since the Turks have been
in the Crimea.