The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-25 00:00:00

OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA.

The Moniteur de la Flotte publishes the follow-
ing article speculating on the operations which it is
considered probable the allied fleets will undertake
in the Black Sea:—

The allied fleets at present occupy the Liman of the
Dnieper, after having captured the three forts of Kin-
bourn, together with their garrison. This brilliant feat
reflects the greatest honour on Admirals Bruat and
Lyons, on the Allied fleets, and the division of General
Bazaine. The most remarkable feature in the nail
operations in the East is the rapidity and daring with
which they have been accomplished. In this manner
the most signal success has always crowned them, and
we have now to inscribe the name of Kinbourn by the
side of those of Kertch, Yenikale, Taganrog, Taman,
and S weaborg.
Our soldiers now occupy Kinburn, and a part of our
squadron, anchored in the Liman of the Dnieper, cuts
off all communication by sea between Odessa, Nico-
laieff, and Cherson. The Russians are thus reduced to a
cruel extremity, for the ships now lying in the docks of
Nicolaieff, and intended to replace the fleet of Nachimoff,
ingloriously sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol, can be of
no possible advantage to them. We are now in a po-
sition to menace Cherson and Nicolaieff ; the latter
being the great naval and military arsenal of Russia,
from which might, at any moment, be launched a
new fleet, fully equipped for another Sinope ; Cher-
son, since the beginning of the war in the Crimea,
is the central depot of provisions for the Russian
army. Although it has lost much of its importance since
the foundation of Odessa, it has, nevertheless, from its
strategic position, and from its being the principal maga-
zine of the army, been of the greatest utility during the
present war. Its docks are sufficiently spacious to ad-
mit of seven ships of the line being built at the same time.
The town is of great extent, being divided into 4 quarters
—the fortress, the naval department, the Greek suburb,
and that of the sailors. At Cherson the Dnieper is a
league and a half in width, and 50 feet in depth. Ac.
cording to a recent telegraphic dispatch, the allied flvets
are lying at the extremity of the Liman, exactly opposite
the mouth of the Dnieper. Soundings, no doubt, have
been taken in the Bug and the Dnieper, and we shall
soon be in a position to form an opinion as to
the alleged impossibility of navigating those rivers, which
may have been intentionally circulated by the Russians:
themselves for a very obvious reason. 'We are already,
aware that, as far as regards Nicolaieff, the river is na-
vigable for men-of-war everywhere, except at a point
about 10 miles from the mouth of the Bug. As to Oczakoff
the attack, according to the official docuininte,
presents no serious obstacle. Once masters of
the allies may proceed overland to Nicolaieff. The
events now impending preclude all useless conjec-
tures, we, therefore, confine ourselves to a simple
statement of the numerous advantages which ac-
crue to us from the seizure of the forts of Kinburn and
of the Liman of the Dnieper. Let us hope that before
long the Russian army in the Crimea, completely iso-
lated in the peninsula, cut off from its supvplciiee.f,es
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