The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-09 00:00:00

nature of the ground, which is rocky, render these works
difficult and slow. They are made with the flying sap.
From 10 to 1 and from 2 to 3 in the afternoon ,the
enemy kept up a hot fire on these worms ; 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•
tamed 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 gu❑s. 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 Tchernaya ; to-
day they disappeared. •
Our total loss to this day is 4 officers and 64 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-
ment of the army of the East, the following letter :

" BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Oct. 22.

" Monsieur le 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 ♦ery 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 ♦igi-
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 Monastic.). 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 lot of October, 10 ;
at the Piraeus, 180 (on the 7th) ; at Constantinople,
1,729 (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) " MICLIEL LEVY."

(Fro% the Constitutionnel.)

Letters from Constantinople to the 28th ult., brought
by the Gange, were received yesterday. Unfortunately
the Indus, which brought news from the Crimea to the
26th 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
ult.; but it was rumoured on the arrival of the Indus
that serious engagements had taken place between the
Allied troops and an importsnt Russian corps d'armee,
commanded by Genersl Liprandi, who had failed in his
attenapt to cut off the communications of the besiegers
with their basis cf 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 bad long
been out of repair, being sent out of turn. His 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 weie
in flames, and it was remarked that no attempt was
made to extinguish the fires which broke out at every
moment. The Allied fleets were, 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 for 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, powder, and ammunition, it was determined to
send in some shells, and they caused a frightful explosion
which shook all the plaxe. The adjacenthouses were thrown
down, and a great number of men perished. The deserter,
calculate the number of killed from 0.. 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 tke 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 is 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
is 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
1 on such a point.' "

The following extracts from private letters Nv
be found highly interesting :
"CIRCLING LEFT.
BALAKLIVA, 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 stitch a few moments to
write to you. Our position here is the same, and we
are in constant expectation of having something warm
upon our hands. On the 18th, early in the morning, a
vedette was seen " circling left" most energetically ;
I —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 advatce,
and a dragoon dashed over the plain with the intelligence
that the enemy was advancing
and infantry moved upon the pimquickly.rn T
a, remaining cavalry
in
rear
r of
the eminences from whihehisthe movements of the vedettes
T
had been observed.
fromposition of things continued
for an hour, when,the hills, about 3,000 yards in
fire front, the Turks opened from their advanced in-
trenchments on their summits from 24. pounder howit-
zers, firing several rounds from two batteries. At
this moment we were informed that the enemy
66
Meant advancing,"
and that they numbered Devera