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INVASION OF THE CRIMEA.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

THE FRENCH DESPATCHES.

The Minister of War has received the following
report from General Canrobert, Commander-in-
Chief of the Army of the East :

" BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, OCT. 22.

" Monsieur la Marechal,—Our works of approach
continue according to the plan indicated in my preceding
despatch of the 18th. I have cot time to write to you
at length, but I have the honour to send to you the
journal of the siege, which will make you acquainted
with all the details of our operations.
" The difficulties with which we meet are of two
kinds,—those which result from the nature of the soil,
the solid stratum of which, already insufficient, diminishes
in proportion as we approach the place, and those re-
sulting from the number and the calibre of the pieces
of artillery which the enemy plants against us almost
in a right and very extended line. In this respect,
the resources which he draws from his vessels stationed '
in the port—men as well as materials—are almost inex-
haustible ; while ours, although augmented by the loans
which we make from the two fleets, are necessarily li-
irited. The 63-pounders, the 80 howitzers, and the 12.
inch mortars are, in short, almost the only artillery upon
which we can rely.
"This position renders the siege of Sebastopol one of
the most laborious operations which have been met with
for a long time, and the efforts which we are compelled
to make to carry them into effect will explain the delays
that have arisen.
"In the night of the 20th the enemy made an attempt
to spike our guns, which failed. A few men who, by a
surprise, entered our batteries, were killed there by the
officer in command.
"The losses which we have experienced from the fire
of the enemy are by no means so considerable as might
have been expected, considering the difficulties of our
position, which I have explained to you.
"I send successively, and by all the means which the
fleet places at my disposal, my wounded to Constanti-
nople, where our hospital resources have assumed a more
satisfactory character.
" The state of health of the army is satisfactory. The
maladies which have arisen have been produced by the
excessive fatigue which our brave soldiers have had to
undergo. The naval gunners who have landed have also
been attacked with illness. They evince a courage and
devotion which are remarked by the whole army.
" Accept, Monsier le Mamba], the assurance of my
respectful devotion.
" The General Commander-in-Chief,
" CANROBERT."

The following articles are from the Moniteur of yes-
terday :
" A. Constantinople letter says :—" We left the Bay
of Kamischi on the evening of the 26th. The fire of the
besieged had much slackened, and the aim had become
more and more uncertain. It is believed at bead-quar-
ters that the Russians begin to want artillerymen, and
that it is the infantry who work the guns. We are to-
morrow to enter a trench at 400 metres from that place.
" On the 25th the Russians, to the number of 20,000,
attacked our rear, which was defended by the Turks,
and took possession of the redoubt guarded by the latter.
The English commenced the attack, giving notice of it
to General Canrobert, who sent the Second Division and
a squadron of Chasseurs. Our cavalry, assisted by the
English cavalry, repulsed the enemy by a most brilliant
charge, during which the combat was sustained for
nearly five minutes with the sword. The positions were
retaken.
" The English lost 124 men belonging to the Queen's
squadron which recently arrived. In all, their loss
amounts to 400 men. Our loss is not so great, but we
have to regret the deaths of two officers.
"It is believed at head-quarters that the assault will
be made on Wednesday or Thursday (the Ist or 2d of
November.) The inhabitants are in want of water, and
appear to be much discouraged."

FRENCH JOURNAL OF THE SIEGE.
The following is the journal mentioned in
General Canrobert's despatch :
Oct. 17.—At half-past six this morning, the signal
having been given, the fire opened simultaneously from
all the French and English batteries ; 63 pieces on the
part of the French (including the 4 that can be fired
front the Genoese fort,) and 73 on the part of the
English ; total, 126 pieces.
The place answered them with much vivacity also
from all the batteries that bear on the two attacking
parties ; their ordnance cannot be estimated at less than
250 pieces.
The fleets were net able to ntanceuvre so early.
For three hours the firing was kept up with the sane
animation on bath sides, without any perceptible result,
when, at half-past nine, a bomb falling on the French
powder magazine of battery No. 4, burst through it and
blew it up. This explosion disorganised the battery,
and killed or wounded fifty men.
The firing was nevertheless kept up from the other
batteries ; three quarters of an hour after, a chest of
cartridges exploded in the No. 1 battery, manned by
seamen.

The General-in Chief left it to the judgment of the
general in command of the artillery to determine when
to continue the firing.
At half-past ten in the morning, our batteries, against
which the enemy's fire was concentrated, not being able,
from having been reduced to three, to answer the cannon
of the place without disadvantage, the general cam•
manding the artillery gave orders to cease &in.% The
fire of the enemy's batteries slackened immediately.
The fire of the English continued without any marked
advantage or the reverse ; nevertheless, the shots from
the besieged, though well directed, did not produce any
marked effect.

About three o'clock in the afternoon an important
magazine of the great Russian battery, called the Roden,
opposite the English, exploded, leaving only three guns
capable of being worked. ,
At four o'clock a magazine in the rear of the English
exploded. This was the fourth explosion daring the day.
At 1 o'clock in the afternoon the fleet had anchored
with the right of its line near the battery of the Genoese
fort, directing its fire upon the "Quarantine" Fort and
upon the town. The fire was answered with vigour. The
mass of shot thrown by the vessels occasioned great
damage. The whole theatre of action, however, was so
enveloped in smoke, that it was impossible to estimate
the results of the fire.
At night the fire ceased on all sides, and silence
reigned. The vessels returned to their anchorage with-
out having experienced any particular damage, in spite
of the persevering attacks of the enemy.
The loss we have suffered in these attacks consists in
12 guns disabled and two partially damaged. The em-
brasures and coffers of the batteries have also been hero
and there knocked down, and the ditches have been filled
up in places.
After 4 o'clock in the afternoon the Russians sent out
detachments to discover whether the batteries were
abandoned. These detachments returned again.
During the day nothing remarkable took place on the
part of the corps of observation.
Oct. 18.—The night of the 17th and 18th passed over
tranquilly. There was no fire from the enemy's works.
Great exertions were made to repair the embrasures,
strengthen the coffers, and make the batteries again
I ready for action.
This work was continued during the day in spite of
an active fire from the enemy, Which, however, did no
damage. The batteries 1,2, 3,4, 7, and 8 were fit for
service on the morning of the 19th.
The engineers towards the end of thet, day advanced
their works towards the right parallel, opposite the bae-

Lion called the Mat.
The armament of the batteries was regulated upon a
new basis, in the following order, including a battery
No. 0 to be sot up on the right ;
Batteries No. 1,2, 3, 4. Kept up.
Battery No. 5
Battery No. 6
Battery No. 7
4 16-pounders.
2 mortars of 27 c.
4 mortars of 22 c.
4 Turkish mortars, 27 c.
3 Turkish mortars, 23 c.
The arrival of the last battalion of the Ist regiment of
the foreign legion completed the sth division (Levaillaut)
which was landed on the previous days, and which con-
sists of the following troops :
First Brigade, General de la Mott-Rouge-21st of the
.me, 42d of the lino.
Second Brigade, General Couston-sth Light Infau-

Battery No. 8

Battery No. 9

try, 46th of the line.
Third Brigade, General Bazaine—lst regiment of the
foreign legion, 2d regiment of the foreign legion.
This division forms part of the besieging corps. It is
encamped in the second line behind the fourth division.
In consequence of this arrival, the Ist division on
the 17th of October stationed itself on two lines to
the right of the cavalry and general head-quarters, in a
position half way between the corps of observation and
the besieging corps.
The English artillery continued its fire with chances
that appeared favourable.
Oct. 19.—During the night, between the 18th and
19th, the works were not disturbed. About half-past
ten, however, an alert seems to have taken place in
Sebastopol. Shouts were heard, followed by a sharp
cannonade in every direction, and a lively fusillade ac-
companied by cheering. At the end of half an hour
silence succeeded and the works were resumed.
At half-past six in the morning the French artillery
began firing ; ,the English did the same, and the enemy
answered.
This firing was very heavy, notwithstanding a thick
fog, which cleared up about eight o'clock. The firing
became then more regular and accurate. Our fire was
maintained with chances that appeared to be at least
equal, and by the end of the day it had evidently gained
on that of the place. By two o'clock the tower of the
central bastion was completely ruined ; the embrasures
of the Mat bastion (right face) had greatly suffered.
About three o'clock the firing slackened gradually on
both sides. Our batteries were little damaged, and
could easily be repaired during the night.
Oct. 20.—The ruined embrasures of the right face
of the Mat could not be completely repaired during
the night. At daybreak, when the firing commenced,
two pieces alone could play for an instant. They soon
ceased. A part of this result must be attributed to the
very active and skilful fire of the rifle companies, which
did not permit the gunners to serve their pieces.
The engineers are advancing their works on the right,
fronting the Mat bastion, as far as the ravine which goes
down into the harbour f Sebastopol, and separates us
• from the gogli4h. The proxigaity of the place and the

nature of the ground, which is rocky, render these works
difficult and s.-w. They are made with the flying sap.
From 10 to 1 and from 2 to S in the afternoon. the
enc:ny kept up a int fire on these works ; two or three
clearances were made by the guns of the besieged on some

weak portions of the parallel.
The artillery resumed its fire at daylight, and main.
tained it with advantage throughout the day.
The firing of the second (marine) battery, however,
was interrupted by the explosion of a powder magazine,
which, happily, injured no one, and caused little damage
to our works.
Oct. 21.--About half-past two this morning the be-
siged made a sortie, hoping to spike our guns. The
party entered the batteries two and three and was very
busy with the guns, when our bombardiers, leaping to
their arms, and seconded by the guard of the trench,
and in particular by the Ist company of the 74th Volti-
geurs, drove it out with loss. Six Russians killed and
four wounded were found in the trench. Among the
latter was an officer who has since died of his wounds.
The rest of the night passed tranquilly.
At six in the morning the General-in-Chief visited the
battery of Fort Genoa, No. 6 (marine), and gave direc-
tions for its suppression. The French artillery resumed
its fire at six o'clock. The besieged replied, but with
diminished energy ; our batteries acquire an ascendancy,
which becomes more and more decided. Batteries 7 and
8 are doing good work. The engineers are still busy
before the Mat bastion.

Oct. 22.—The night was still. At daybreak our fire
was resumed. The armament of the enemy's foremost
works is much reduced, and the covering masses are
shaken and much damaged. We can see on the other
side of the ravine, descending to the south fort, some
batteries newly constructed and another in course of
construction. The latter appears to be intended to bear
upon the English. The artillery has prepared the plat-
form, raised the coffer, and commenced the powder
magazine of the ninth battery. For two days a few bat-
talions of the enemy, with a battery of artillery and some
Cossacks, have shown themselves on the Tehernaya ; to-
day they disappeared.
Our total loss to this day is 4 officers and 54 men
killed, and 14 officers and 451 sub-officers and soldiers
wounded.

REPORT BY THE MEDICAL INSPECTOR OF
THE FRENCH ARMY OF THE EAST.
The Minister of War has also received, from Dr. Levy,
Medical Inspector, at the head of the sanitary depart-
meat of the army of the East, the following letter :
" BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Oct. 22.
" Monsieur to Ministre,—l was anxious to ascertain
by my own observation the sanitary condition of the
army in the Crimea ; it is as satisfactory as is compatible
with the conditions of war, and the influences which have
previously operated on our soldiers.
" The operations of the siege have only yielded, up to
the present time, a total of 225 wounded, most of them
severely. lam ignorant of the exact number of deaths,
but they are not numerous. The divisional ambulances
are well appointed, well cared for, well served ; there is
but one opinion as to their utility. The central ambul-
ance service has been usefully developed—a group of
tents, and a barrack for 115 patients, offers on a greater
scale than the divisional establishments, a degree of com-
fort and order which one is almost astonished to meet
with at so short a distance from a besieged town.
" In general, all the injuries are progressing favour-
ably, however great their extent or complication ; the
mortality will be very limited, thanks to the skill of the
physicians and the sanitary circumstances which sur-
round the patients.
"An ambulance service has been established at Cape
Chersonesus, on the beach, to shelter and afford succour
to the sick and wounded till their embarkation. I visited
it yesterday, and found only two serious cases—one of
remittent fever, the other of a mild kind of cholera,
"The ambulance service for the trenches consists
alternately of two superior assistants (aides majors) from
each divisional ambulance, and two from the central am-
bulance service ; they are under the direction of the
chiefs of the different ambulances, who have insisted
upon being employed in rotation at this exposed post.
Their request has been granted, upon my intercession,
by the Commander-in-Chief.
" The position of the besieging army is as favour-
able as possible. The heights which it occupies pre-
sent no nucleus of insalubrity ; the camps are spacious,
provisions abundant ; bread and fresh meat are distri-
buted at least one day in three, and they are both of
tolerable quality ; the wine served out is the best that
can be had. The moral condition of the troops is per-
fect. The ardent solicitude of the Commander•in-Chief
for the comfort of his soldiers ; the administrative vigi-
lance which has collected so promptly in a country newly
invaded provisions for three months at least ; and the
intelligent activity of the surgeons, contend with success
against the injurious influences of an advanced season
and the casualties of war.
" At Varna, where I again inspected the hospitals on
the 17th inst., they have been able to dispense with the
last tent hospital (at ,Ilonastir). There were at Varna
1,156 sick, and 1,000 invalids who waited to be em-
barked to France. At Nogara, there were 81 invalids on
the 10th. At Gallipoli there were 268 at the same date.
At Adrianople there were, on the let of October, 10 ;
at the Pirwus, 180 (on the 7th) ; at Constantinople,
1,720 (on the 12th). These, with the 650 sick in the
Crimea, give a total of 4,074 patients in hospital belong-
ing to the army of the East.
(Signed) " MicHEL LEVY."

(1;';'om, the Constitutionnel.l
Letters from Constantinople to the 28th ult., brought
by the Gauge, were received yesterday. Unfortunately
the Indus, which brought news from the Crimea to the
2tith ult., arrived at the very moment of the departure of
the Gange from that city, so that she could not receive
any precise details on the affairs of the 25th and 26th
nit.; but it was rumoured on tho arrival of the Indus
that serious engagements had taken place between the
Allied troops and an important Russian corps d'artnee,
commanded by General Lipraudi, who had failed in his
attempt to cut off the communications of the besiegers
with their basis of operations. Our correspondent
counted on being able to send us ample details on the
events of the two days by the mail of the 30th, which
was to be sent off as usual—the Gauge, which had long
been out of repair, being sent out of turn. lie letter,
however, is not devoid of interest. By the Orenoque,
which arrived the previous evening from the coast of
the Crimea, with the wounded of the fleet, news
from before Sebastopol to the morning of the 25th
had been received. The siege was going on regu-
larly. The Allies had traced their third parallel at
300 yards off the place, in which they did consider-
able damage by their incessant fire, which was, if pos-
sible, more formidable than on the first day. Accordingly
the approaching arrivals cannot fail to be of very great
interest. The besieged were reduced to great extremi-
ties, and the troops forming the garrison, weakened
every day by the new losses which they did not cease to
make, were demoralised by sickness, fatigue, and the
want of success. ,Most of the quarters of the town wee
in flames, and it was remarked that no attempt was
made to extinguish the fires which broke out at every
moment. The Allied fleets wore, it is said preparing
to return to Sebastopol, where the Charlemagne and
some other vessels were collected. It was believed that
a new attack on the outer forts was reserved far them on
the day of the assault. From the commencement of the
siege, the Allies remarked in the town a large building,
on which the Russians placed a yellow flag, to indicate
that it was the hospital of the wounded. Accordingly
the strictest orders to spare the building were given in
the French and English camps, and in consequence no
projectile reached it. But deserters having affirmed that
the building was not the hospital, but the principal depot
of guns, p3wder, and ammunition, it was determined to
send in some shells, and they caused a frightful explosion
which shook all the place. The adjacen t houses were thrown
down, and a great number of men perished. The deserters
calculate the number of killed from the commencement of

the siege at 6,000, and of wounded at more than double.
The French army, on the contrary, is in the most
satisfactory condition. The-Inspector General of the
Medical Department, Dr. Levy, who had been to Se-
bastopol to see everything for himself, was almost as-
tonished at the sanitary situation. It proves the good
accord which prevals between all those whose mission it
is to contribute to the preservation of the soldier. In the
first place, says our correspondent, it is strict justice, to
point out the heartfelt solicitude of the new Commander-
in-Chief, General Canrobert, who, whilst vigorously pur-
suing the object of the war, watches over with incessant
and minute vigilance the health of the army, and the
welfare of the sick. He visits the wounded, encourages
the physicians, demands advice, and resolutely adopts all
measures useful. The Administration on its part has
given proof of intelligence and activity by collecting
within reach of the army a large store of supplies, which
will last for a long time. Thus, then, the siege operations
are advancing regularly; but in such an enterprise
nothing can be abandoned to chance. It is now admitted
that even on the land side the defences of Sebastopol
were formidable, the obstacles numerous, and that these
obstacles must be overthrown one by one. The task is
long and painful, and is in the power of no one to
abridge. Calm then,' writes our correspondence, the
impatience which is felt at Paris, and which is still
stronger here. You will often receive,' he adds, letters
in which you will be told that the assault is fixed for
such or such a day. But it is not very likely that the
generals in chief will take anybody into their confidence
on such a point.' "

The following extracts from private letters will
be found. highly interesting :
" CIRCLING- LIFT."
BALAKLAVA, Oct. 21.—The pounding of Sebastopol
has now been going on for five days, and amid the thun-
der of artillery in the front I snatch a few moments to
o
write to you. Our position here is the same,
and
are in constant expectation of earl gin
iwarm
upon our hands. On the 13th. early in the mornng, a
vedette was seen " circling left" most energetically ;
—and here, in a parenthesis, I must explain that
when a vedette " circles left" the proceeding sig-
nifies that the enemy's infantry are approaching,
while to "circle right" is indicative of the approach
of cavalry. On this signal was immediately heard
the roll-call to " boot and saddle ;" the Scots Greys
and a troop of Horse Artillery assembled with
the remaining cavalry on the plain ; the 93d got
under
arms, and the batteries on the heights were immediately
manned. The distant pickets were seen to
advance,
and a dragoon dashed over the plain with the intelligalceee,
Then
that the enemy was advancing quickly. cavalry
and infantry moved upon the plain,
the eminences from which This thenve remaining in rear of
movements of the vedettes
had been observed.position of things continued
for an hour, when, from the hills, about 3,000 yards in
front, the Turks opened fire from their advanced in-
trenchments on their summits from 24 pounder howit-
zers, firing several rounds front two batteries. At
this moment we were„ informed that the enemy
I " mu, aciT o.n
- _ goand that they cumbered nevem