The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-06 00:00:00

in. the action, by attacking the outer batteries of the
Marine, and particularly that of. the Quarantine. Two
small batteries clo;:e to thc latter'llai ceased 'firing, and
were partly demolished at noon., but the principal bat-
tery continued to fire. The guns used by the Russians
carried tl a great distance, and several of the ships were
more or Jess damaged. Among those which suffered
most were, on the English site, the Sanspareil, which
had 12 killed and GO wounded ; Albion, nearly the same
number of killed and wounded ; Agamemnon, 4 killed
and 22 wounded ; Queen, • 1 killed and 11 wounded,
&c. On;the side of the Freneb,:the Ville de Paris, 10
killed and 30 wounded ; Vain:ly, 4 killed and 30
wounded; Montebello, ten killed and 30 wounded.
The four aides-de-camp of Admiral "lamella were
put hors de combat. One of them was cut in two by a
cannon hall ; another, M. Z 616, had his two legs
shattered ; the other two were not dangerously wounded.
At nightfall thefleets suspended theirfiring, and returned

to their anchorage. The result obtained on the ]and
side is not exactly known. The Russians defend them-

selves with an obstinacy bordering on despair. Bat,
notwithstanding the 3,000 guns mounted on the ram•
parts, the fall of the place is considered certain in the
Allied camp. The resistance, however, will be longer
and more sanguinary than was at first supposed. The
occupation of Eupatoria by the Russians, which caused
so much joy to the Greeks at Consthntinople, was of
short duration. The village was guarded by a few sea-
men and, marines, who, on the approach of a consider.
able body of Cossacks, retired on board their ships. The
next day; however, they landed with reinforcements and
drove the Russians out of the place." _ _

The Aloniteur of yesterday contains the following
articles .:
"The Marshal Minister of War has received from
General Canrobert, Commander-in-Chief of the

Army of the East, the following report, dated from
the head-quarters before Sebastopol, the 18th of
October, and forming a continuation of that of the
13th, inserted in the Moniteur of the 28th of
October :

"'Monsieur le Marechil,—Yesterday, at sunrise
we opened our fire in concert with the English
army. Matters were proceeding favourably, 'when
the explosion of the powder magazine of a battery,

which unfortunately was of a serious character,
threw our attack into disorder. This explosion
produced greater effect from the fact that our bat-

teries were accumulated round the point where it
took place. The enemy profited by it to increase
his fire, and, in accord with the General command-
ing the Artillery, I was of opinion that it was ne-
cessary for us to suspend ours in order to make
repairs, and to complete towards our right, by
fresh batteries connected with those of the English
army, the system of our attack. This delay is no
doubt to be regretted, but we must resign ourselves
to it, and I am taking every necessary step to
render it as short as possible.
" ' Tho place kept up the fire better than was
expected. The circle is of such a formidable deve-
lopment in a right line, and comprises guns of
such largo calibre, that it can prolong the struggle.
On the 17th our troops took possession of the

height before the point of attack called the Bastion
of the Mat, and occupied it. This evening we
shall raise upon it a masked battery of 12 pieces,
and, if it be possible, also a second battery at the

extreme right above the ravine.
" ' All the means of attack are concentrated upon
this bastion, and will enable us, I hope, soon to
take possession of it, with the assistance of the

English batteries, which are directed against its

eft face.

" Yesterday, about 10 o'clock in the morning,
the English fleet attacked the external batteries of
the place, but I have not yet received any parti-

oulars to enable me to give you au]accouut of the

result of this attack.

" ' The English batteries aro in the best possible
condition. Eight new mortars have, been placed,
in them, calculated-to produce great effect. Yester-

day there was, in the battery which surrounds the
tower situated to the left of the place, a tremendous
explosion, which must have done much injury to
the enemy. Since then this battery has fired very
little, and this morning there are only two or three
guns which can fire.
" ' I have no precise information about the Rus-
sian army. There is nothing to indicate that it
has changed the position it occupied, where it
awaits reinforcements.

" I have received almost the whole of the rein-
forcement of artillery which I expected from Galli-
poli and Varna. General Levaillant has just arrived
with his staff, which increases to five divisions the
effective force of infantry which I have under my
orders. Their state of health is satisfactory, and
their discipline excellent, and we are all full of
confidence.'
" The French Government• has received from
Vice -Admiral Hamelin the following despatch :
" ' Ville de Paris, before Katcha, Oct. 18.
"'Monsieur le Ministre,—lu my letter of the
13th of October I announced to your Excellency
that I had embarked with all my staff on board the
frigate Mogador, in order to anchor as near as
possible to. the French head-quarters, and arrange
with the General-in-Chief a general attack by the
land and sea forces against Sebastopol on the day
when the fire of the siege batteriesshould conimence.
Ori the 14th I had an interview with General Can-
robert, whose views were in conformity with mine.
On the 15th a meeting of the Admirals of the allied
squadrons took place on board the frigate Mogador,
and the arrangements for the general attack were
made with common accord, and were then sub-
mitted to the Generals of the land forces, who
heartily agreed to them.
" This general attack was fixed for the 17th,
the day of the opening of the fire of the siege bat-

tones.
With respect to the squadrons, they were to
effect What follows :—The French squadron un-
dertook to place itself towards the rocks to the
south, and at about 7 cables' length to operate
against the 350 guns of the Quarantine Battery,
the two batteries of Fort Alexander, and the bat-
tery of the Artillery.
" The English squadron had to attack towards
the rocks to the north, at about the same distance,
the 130 guns of the Constantine Battery, the Tele-
graph Battery, and the Maximilian TOwer to the
north.
"'lf your Excellency would imagine a line
traced along the entry-to Sebastopol from the east
to the west;' that, line would separate into two parts
the locality of the attack which devolved upon each
squadron.
" The Turkish Admiral with two vessels, all
that he retained at the-time, was to cast anchor to
the north 6f the two Frerich lines—that is to say,
in an intermediate position 'betwedn"the 'EngliSh
and French `vessel's. On'the Morning of the 17th
the attack of the siege batteries 'commenced ;'
but, as the weather was calm, it was
,necessary to
attach the ships of the lino to the steam frigates
before developing against Sebastopol the line of the
26 ships of the allied squadrons. Nevertheless, in
spite of this difficulty, and the separation which had
taken place between' the ships of the allied squacd=
xons, a part of which had anchored, at Kamisch
and. part before the Katcha, I have the satisfaction
to announce to your Efeellency that the fillip's of
our first line' advanced about half-pest 12 in. the
day under the fire of .the 'batteries of -Sebattopol;
which they stood. against at -first during more than
half-an-hour,. without.. replying. A few minutes
afterwards :they. replied vigeronsly to the fire,
which did not.fail to incommode them, from their
small 'number. Afterwards the other French, and
English vessels successively arrived, and the attack
becanie general.. '
'" Towards- half-past 2; O'clock the fire of the
Russian batterithi Slackened ; it was stopped at the
Quarantine Battery.' This was the exact object
desired by the French squadron; but our firing was
redoubled and continued without interruption till
night.
" ' At th,e timei an' writing to your Excellency
I am not aware of What was the success of our
siege batteries, whose fire had commenced before
ours, and which attacked the Russian fortifications
on the land side.
" ' If the Russians had not closed the entrance
to Sebastopol by sinking two ships of the line and
two frigates, I do not doubt that the vesschi of
the squadrons, after the first fire, would have been
able successfully to enter the port and place them-
selves in communication with the army. Perhaps
they would not have lost many more mon in doing
this than we have now to regret ; but the extreme
measure which the enemy adopted of sacrificing a
portion of his ships forced us to confine ourselves
to attacking for five hours tho sea batteries of
Sebastopol, with the object of silencing them more
or less, of occupying a great many men of the gar-
rison at the guns, and of giving thus to our army
material as well as moral assistance.
" To-day, the 18th, I have only time to give a
hasty sketch to your Excellency of this affair,
which,. in my opinion, does great honour to the
French navy.
- " I subjoin to this sketch a list of the men
killed and wounded on board of each ship. With-
out delay I shall send you a detaileclreport upon