The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-02 00:00:00

ADMIRAL HAMELIN'S DESPATCHES.

The following despatches, published in the Mo-
niteur of Saturday, are important contributions to
the history of the Crimean expedition :

Ville de Panie, at Sea, 12th Sept.

By my despatch of the sth inst., which I sent off
after putting to sea, and while waiting for the English
squadron, I informed your excellency that I hoped to
be joined by Admiral Dundas on that day or the next ;
but it was only on the Bth that the English squadron
and the two convoys reached the anchorage of the
steamers. The French convoy was ready to sail on the
sth, but of course I waited for the English to avoid con-
suming our coal to no purpose. At the time the junc-
tion was effected the French and Turkish vessels were
off the mouth of the Danube.
On the Bth, after all the forces had joined, a conference
of the Admiraliiind the Generals of the land forces was
held on board the Caradoc. The result of this conference
was that before definitively fixing the point of debarka-
tion, a committee, composed of general officers, naval
and military, should repair to the coast of the Crimea,
between Cape Chersonesus and Eupatoria, to ascertain
what preparations for defence had been made by the
enemy. In consequence the steam corvette Le Pri-
mauguet, having on board the General of division, Can-
robert ; the General on the staff, Martinprey ; the Gene-
ral of Artillery, Thierry ; the General of engineers
Bizot ; the Rear-Admiral Bouet-Willaumez, and Colo-
nels Trochu and Leboouf, sailed for the Crimea in com-
pany with the Caradoc, on board of which were the
English Generals Lord Raglan, Burgoyne, and Browne,
and the Agamemnon, on board of which was Rear-Ad-
miral Lyons. The Sampson was added to this small
squadron, lest the Russians should take it into their
head's to impede these officers in their exploring opera-

tions.
On the morning of the 10th the four ships approached
the land off Cape Chersonesus, where they found a
numerous camp of Russians. At a short distance from
land they ran along the shore from Cape Chersonesus to
Cape Loukoul. The aspect of the harbour of Sebas-
topol, and the position of the Russian ships remained
unchanged ; but since the previous reconnaissance new
camps, with artillery, had been established on the princi-
pal positions of the Chersonesean peninsula and the
rivers Alma .and Kartcha. The staff officers estimated the
troops encamped along this part of the coast at not less
than 30,000 men ; the coast was minutely examined at
a very short distance.
The four vessels continued to run along the coast from
the Alma to Eupatoria, and saw, half way between
those points, about 45 deg. of latitude, a beach very fa-
vourable to the landing of troops.
Moreover, after having examined the bay of Eupa-
toria, the officers of the exploring expedition same to the
conclusion that it would be advantageous to occupy the
town as a point d'appui to the armies and fleet, and that
a lazaretto of considerable size, close to to the beach,
might serve for shelter to the troops landed. Lord Rag-
lan, therefore, having called the naval and military
officers together, it was resolved with the reserve if it
met the approbation of the Marshal and the two admi-
rals in command, who had remained on board the Ville
de Paris:
1. That the disembarkment, instead of being made
under the enemy's fire in the bays of Katcha and Alma,
should be made on the beach midway between those
rivers and Eupatoria. at a place called Old Fort on the
map, in latitude 45 degrees.
2. That the same day Eupatoria should be occupied by
2,000 Turks, a French battalion, and an English batta-
lion, supported by two Turkish and one English vessels ;
doubts were entertained whether the place was garri-
soned.

3. That three or four days after the landing the army
should march southward, its right keeping close to the
sea, while a squadron of 15 -vessels or steam frigates
should follow along the coast, to cover it with their
guns, and secure its supplies of provisions.
These proposals have been approved by the marshal
and admirals.in-chief, and at this moment we are under
sail towards the point-selected for landing, from which
we are only a few miles distant.
There is a considerable village near this point, with
numerous flocks and good pastures round it ; and this
had considerable weight in determining the selection of
the landing-place.
The coast between this point and the Alma appears
equally abundant in pasturage and flocks. Heaven grant
that the wind and sea may continue favourable for
maintaining the communication between the fleet and
the army.
P.S., 13th Sept.—Last night a violent gale came on
to blow front N.E., and retarded the progress of some
of our transports taken in tow by the frigates and
steamers. To-day, at mid-day, as lam closing the
letter, I am anchoring in the bay of Eupatoria, and
sending steamers in every direction to bring up the lag-
gards. The English fleet is only a few miles distant
from the bay, and will cast anchor this evening.
Ville de Paris, off the Crimea, Sept. 16.
I expected to sail from the Bay of Eupatoria on the
night of the 13th, with the fleets, in order to anchor
at Old Fort, on the west coast of the Crimea, seven
leagues north of Sebastopol. The fine weather which
on the night between the 13th and 14th succeeded
the gale which we experienced on the night between
the 12th and J 3th, admitted
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