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information, how well they have earned her Ma-
'jesty's approbation, and how gloriously maintained
the honour of the British name.

Lord Raglan condoles most sincerely with the
.troops on the loss of so many gallant officers and
brave men, whose memory it will be a consolation
to their friends to feel, will ever be cherished in'
the annals of our Army.
(Signed) J. B. B. ESTCOURT.

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WAR
DEPARTMENT, OCT. 8, 81 o'cLocK, A.m.K
The Duke of Newcastle has received private '
"letters from Lord Raglan, expressing his great
tv regret that the harrassing duties imposed upon
the troops, by the operations after the battle ori;:
Alma, had prevented the nominal returns of the
skilled and wounded of the non-commissioned t
kt!officers and privates being made out in the different
regiments in time to be sent with the despatches
now published.
The Duke of Newcastle expects them by an early .:,
..mail,
and they shall be published the moment they ;.
.
L,
"pare received. t

ANOTHER
EXTRAORDINARY
GAZETTE.

Admiralty, October 8, 1851.
The Lords Commissiouers of the Admiralty have
this day received despatches from Vice Admiral
Dundas, containing intelligence as to the proceed-
ings of her Majesty's Fleet in the Black Sea, of
which the following are copies :
ATTACK OF (THE RUSSIAN ENTRENCHMENTS ON,
THE ALMA BY THE ALLIED ASMIES.
No. 485. Britannia off the Alma,
September 21, 1854.
Sir,—ln my letter of the 18th instant (No. 480),
I reported to you, for the information of the Lords,
Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the Allied!
Armies were ready to move, and I now beg youl
will acquaint their Lordships that, on the morning)
of the 19th, they marched to a position about two
miles north of the Alma River, where they halted;
for the night ; the French and Turks on the right,l
close to the sea, and the English to the left, about;
four miles inland.

3. Tlie Allied Armies moved this afternoon to
take up a position to the south of the port of Se-
bastopol, and the fleet will move so as to meet
their arrival there.—l have, &0.,
J. W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty.

THE BATTLE OF ALMA.

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM MAKSHAL

ST. ARNAUD.

PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING.

The Meniteur of this morning publishes the fol.-
llowing report from Marshal de St. Arnaud on th(
Battle of Alma :

" Field of Battle of Alma, Sept. 21.
" Sire—The cannon of your Majesty has spoken
—we have gained a complete victory. It is a glo-
rious day, Sire, to add to the military annals (A
France, and your Majesty will have one name
more to add to the victories which adorn the flags_
of the French army.
" The Russians had yesterday assembled all thei2
forces, and collected all their means, in order tc
oppose the passage of the Aqi al a . Prince Menschi-
koff commanded in person. All the heights were
crowned with redoubts and formidable batteries.
The Russian army reckoned 40,000 bayonets, from
all points of the Crimea ; in the morning there
arrived from Theodosia 6,000 cavalry and 18(
pieces of heavy and field artillery. From CI(
heights which they occupied the Russians coulu
'count our men man by man from the 19th to the
moment when we arrived on the Bulganac. 01
the 20th, from six o'clock in the morning, I curie(
into operation with the division of General Bosquet,
reinforced by eight Turkish battalions, a movement
which turned the left of the Russians and some o,
their batteries. General Bosquet manceuvred with
as much intelligence as bravery. This movement
decided the success of the day. I had arrangec
that the English should extend their left, in ordex
at the same time to threaten the right of the Rue
sians, whilst I should occupy them in the centre
but their troops did not arrive in line until half-
past ten. They bravely made up for this delay.
it half-past twelve the line of the allied army.
occupying an extent of more than a league, arrived
on the Alma, and was received by a terrible fire
from the tirailleurs.

The Russians, with some 5,000 or 6,000 cavalry,
and artillery, and 15,000 infantry, made a demon-I
stration north of the river, but returned on the'
approach of the armies, and recrossed the river at
sunset.

About noon, on the 20th, the Allies advanced in
the same order to force the Russian position and
entrenchments south of the Alma. This was
effected by 4 o'clock, the Russians retreating appa-
rently to the eastward of the main road to Sebasto-
pol.
The Russian left fell back before the French
very rapidly, and their batteries on the right wore
carried by the bayonet of the English.
Our loss has necessarily been severe, and is
estimated at about 1,200 killed and wounded ;1
that of the French about 900.

The Russian loss has also been great, two gene-I
ral officers and three guns were captured by our
men, but we have few prisoners beyond the
wounded, in consequence it is believed of our de-
ficiency of cavalry.

Lieutenant Derriman, of the Caradoc, accompa-
nied the staff of General Lord Raglan, during the
action, and I also sent Lieutenant Glynn of this
ship to convey any message to me from his lord-
ship. - - • _ -

the medical officers of the fleet (exceptinc,
one in each ship), 600 seamen and marines, and'
all the boats have been assisting the wounded, and
conveying them to the transports, that will sail for
the Bosphorus as soon as possible.
I believe it is the intention of the Allied Forces
to move to-morrow, and the Sampson which I de-,
tached last night with the Terrible off Sebastopol,
has signalised that the Russians were retreating on'
Sebastopol, and that they have burnt the villages
on the Katscha.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) J. W. D. DUNDAS,
Vice-Admiral.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

" In this movement the head of the column of
General Bosquet appeared on the heights, and
gave the signal for a general attack. The Alma
was crossed at double-quick time. Prince Napoleon,
at the head of his division, took possession of the
large village of Alma, under the fire of the Russian
batteries. The Prince showed himself worthy of
the great name he bears. We then arrived at tht
foot of the heights, under the fire of the Russian
batteries. There, Sire, commenced a real battle
along all the lino—a battle with its episodes ol
brilliant feats of valour. Your Majesty may bt
proud of your soldiers; they have not degenerated:
they are the soldiers of Austerlitz and Jena. At
half-past four the French army was everywhere
victorious. All the positions had been carried a'
the point of the bayonet, to the cry of Vive l'Em
pereur" which resounded throughout the day.
Never was such enthusiasm seen ; even tht
• wounded rose from the ground to join in it.
On our left the English met with largo masses of
the enemy and with great difficulties, but every-
thing was surmounted. The English attacked tht
Russian positions in admirable order under the fire
of their cannon, carried them, and drove off the
Russians. The bravery of Lord Raglan rivals that
of antiquity. In the midst of cannot and musket
shot he displayed a calmness which never left him
The French lines formed on the heights and tht
artillery opened its fire. Then it was no longer a
retreat, but a rout ; the Russians threw away their
muskets and knapsacks in order to run the faster.
If, Sire, I had had cavalry I should have obtained
immense results, and Menschikoff would no longer
have had an army ; but it was late, our troops wert
harassed, and the ammunition of the artillery was
exhausted. At six o'clock in the evening we en-
camped on the very bivouac of the Russians. My
tont is on the very spot where that of Prince Men-
schikoff stood in the morning, and who thought,
himself so sure of beating us that he left his car-
riage there. I have taken possession of it, with
his pocket book and correspondence, and shall,
take advantage of the valuable information it con-1
tains. The Russian army will probably be able
to rally two leagues from this, and I shall find it
to-morrow on the Katcha, but beaten and demora-1
lised, while the allied army is full of ardour and
enthusiasm. I have been compelled to remain
here in order to send our wounded and those of
the Russians to Constantinople, and to procure
ammunition and provisions from the fleet. The
English have had 1,50 G men put hors de combat.
The Duke of Cambridge is well. His division and
that of Sir g. Brown were superb. I have to regret
about 1,200 men hors de combat, 3 officers killed,
54 wounded, 253 sub-officers and soldiers killed, and
1,033 wounded. Gen. Canrobert, to whom is due
in part the honour of the day, was slightly wounded
by the splinter of a shell which struck him
,in the
breast and hand, but he is doing very wolf. Gen.
Thomasson, of the division of the Prince, is seriously
wounded by a ball in the abdomen. The Russians
have lost about 5,000 men ; the field of battle is
covered with their dead, and our field hospitals are
full of their wounded. We have counted a pro-
portion of seven Russian dead bodies for one o
'French. The Russian artillery caused us loss, but
ours is very superior to theirs. I shall all my life
regret not having had with me my two regiments
iof African Chasseurs. The Zouaves were the ad-i
Imiration of both armies ; they are the first soldiersi
'in the world. 1

MOVEMENTS OF THE FLEETS ARD ARMIES.
No. 487. Britannia, off the Katscha,
Sept. 23, 1854.
Sir,—l beg you will inform the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, that since my letter to
you of the 21st inst. (No. 485), the men and boats
of the fleet have been employed in bringing fr•m;
the field (about four miles distant), and carrying)
on board the transports, the English and Russia*
officers and men wounded in the battle of the!
Alma, as well as the sick of the army.
2. All the medical officers of the different ships
have been zealously and usefully occupied in at-1
tending them, and I have been obliged to send
several assistant-surgeons in the vessels with the!
wounded to Constantinople.
3. The Vulcan and Andes, with 800 wounded
and sick, sailed for Constantinople yesterday, and
to-day the Orinoco and Colombo, with 900, in-
cluding some sixty or seventy Russians, will follow.
Another vessel (by the request of Lord Raglan),
with about 500 wounded Russians, will also pro-
.-eed, under charge of the Fury, to land them. at,
Odessa.

4. On the night of the 21st instant the Russians
made a very great alteration in the position of
their fleet in Sebastopol. I enclose a report made
by Captain Jones, of the Sampson ; and I propose
attacking the outer line the first favourable oppor-
tunity.
5. Captain Jones also reports that great exer-
tion appear to be making to strengthen the land.'
defences, as well as those by sea.
New batteries on both sides of the port have
been erected, defending the entrances and line of
coast. One, to the north, has heavy guns, of a
range of 4,000 yards, two shots having passed over
the Sampson, when nearly at that distance.
6. Provisions for the army have been landed ;
and the Forces move on to-day towards Sebasto-
pol, accompanied by the fleets, which have an-
chored off the Katscha.

I have, &c.
(Signed) J. W. D. DUNDAS,
Vice-Admiral
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

Observations on the Fleet in Sebastopol, made
on September 22, 1854, by Captain L. T. Jones,
C. 8., H.M.S. Sampson.
Moored across the Entrance of the Harbour.
From north to south are the following vessels :-
Ist—A frigate, at northern en treme.
2d—A two-decker.
3d—A three-decker, with round stern.
4th—A two-decker.
sth—A two-decker.
6th—A two-decker, without masts, quite light,
and appears to be newly coppered.
7th—A large frigate.
ARTILLERY CREEK.
The top-gallant masts of these are on deck and
sails unbent.
The ship without masts is lying across Artillery
Creek ; inside is a two-decker ready for sea, and
bearing an Admiral's flag at the mizen.
HEAD OF HARBOUR.
The ships at the head of the harbour, which had
hitherto been lying with their broadsides to the'
entrance are now lying with their heads out :
No. I—On the north a two-decker.
2—A two-decker.
3—A two-decker.
• 4—A two-decker.
5—A two decker.
6—A three-decker at the entrance of the,
Dockyard Creek,
7—A three-decker bearing an Admiral's
flag at the fore.
Above these are two ships, one appears to be a
line-of-battle ship and the other a frigate.
• STEAMERS.
Five steamers under the northern shore. Three,
small steamers at the head of the harbour, and four
in Careening Bay.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
Dockyard Creek shuts in with Northern Fort,l
bearing S. E. E. Observed about 500 infantry
marching towards the town, from the direction of
Balaklava.
Noticed about 60 men employed on brow of Sig-I
nail hill, carrying mould from brink of cliff to.
;Square Fort.
3 45 r.m.—Cape Constantine and ships in one
`bearing
S. W.

" Accept, Sire, the homage of my profound• re
spect, and of my entire devotedness.
" Marshal A. DE ST. ARNAUD."

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of the harbour to -assure myself of this singular - They have entered Sebastopol, the entrant x 3 of
event.
which they have blocked up by sinking thr, ?.43 of
Captain Drummond examined the harbour
theifrigates. On the
this morning, and reports that the lower mast r line-of-battle ships and two .
-
heads of the ships are generally above water ; that ~, 25th the allied armies were in march to take. up
the passage is closed, except perhaps a small space,''a position before the town. The English had 1,800
near the shoal off the North Battery, and the put hors de combat at Alma. An aide-d e-
double booms inside are thus rendered more se-2.7camp of Lord Raglan proceeds to Paris and Lan-
cure.
corn-
Eight sail of the line are moored east and west ?don the bearer of despatches from the •
:, 1 wanders-in-chief.
inside of the booms, and three of the ships are
M
heeled over to give their guns more elevation to'-.'l (FRO THE PATRIE.)
sweep over the land to the northward. The sharpshooters of the division Napoleon and
2. An intelligent seaman, a deserter, who:, the French Marines, who were sent the first aga•inst
escaped from Sebastopol on the 22d, had partly4the Russian positions, carried them with trenien-
prepared me for some extraordinary movement.'"'dous energy and rapidity. The Zouaves, on
He had informed me that the crews of the ship:;-•--
a,nother point, dashing onwards with equal in-
moored across the harbour (to one of which lie-.
had been attached) had been landed, with the ex -s trepidity arrived without a check on the heights,
• :.
:=.,,
ception of a very few in each ship ; that ther,,where the Russians made a desperate resistance ;
vessels were plugged ready for sinking ; that;, ;and after a time, the whole line was marked by,
the guns and stores were all on board ; and thaq;:,heaps of dead bodies, killed with the bayonet,
ithe other ships were moored under the south sicle'il:l.
[to defend the harbour from attack from the north- '"and lying in. three lines, according as the Russians
(ward. He reported that the Battle of Alma had
Vetired, and then made an attempt at further re-
spistance. It was the fact of the bayonet being used
kreatly dispirited the Russians ; that the troop
had retreated on Sebastopol without a halt ; thatiiio universally that explains the enormous loss of
he believes the whole Russian force not to exceedKithe Russians. In the midst of the hottest part of
40,000. The man's statements were clear, an*the action, and in an instant before he was
lon points that came under his own observation64' ded Gen. Thomasson who commanded one
,wounded, , . ,
were mostly corroborated, and I consider reliance -4
of the brigades of the division Napoleon, seeing
a
may bo placed on his information generally, con
sidering the-means his station in life afforded of en- ,' shell bounding along in the direction of the Prince,
abling him to obtain it. At the request of Lord had sufficient presence of mind to cry out, "Take
Raglan I have sent him on shore to act as a guide
care, Monseigneur !" and the Prince had only time
to the Army on their approach to the environs of
'Sebastopol. to drive the spurs into his charger and bound for-

ward, when the shell fell amongst the group, killing
the horse of the military sub-intendant Leblanc,
and wounded the latter in the leg. The Prince
at onco alighted, notwithstanding the danger,
raised up the officer himself, and had him carried
to the nearest ambulance.
After the battle Marshal de St. Arnaud decided
on a movement by his left flank, which ►ill com-
pletely disconcert the enemy. In place of march-
ing direct on Sebastopol by the north, he has taken.
!the high road leading from Simpheropol to Balaklava.
I Llence the Russians and Sebastopol are turned, and
as that side of the town is but poorly fortified, it
is probable that the allied army will not have any
;Teat difficulty in getting to the heights and burn-
ing the town and port, if Prince Menschikoff does
not surrender. This is the explanation of the move-
ment which has astonished France, and which has
3ompletely put out the Russian army in their
movements.