The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-04 00:00:00

GREAT BATTLE

NEAR

BALAKLAVA.

IMPORTANT
GOVERNMENT DESPATCH

FROM

SEBAST OP OL.

REPULSE OF THE ENEMY.

FROM LORD STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE.
" CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 28,
AT MIDNIGHT.

" The captain of an English steam transport,
which left Balaklava the evening of the 26th, con-
firms in great part the information brought this
morning by a French ship, and transmitted im-
mediately to London by way of Marseilles. It
ippears that the Russians attacked the forts in the
vicinity of Balaklava on the 25th. Their num-
bers are supposed to have been about 30,000
men. The attack was unexpected. The Cossacks
preceded the infantry. To resist them at first
there were Ottoman troops and Scotch. The
Turks gave way and even spiked the guns, which,
seized by the Russians, were turned against them.
The Scotch, on the contrary, remained firm in
their position. Other forces arrived, and the
Russians were obliged to yield the ground, re-
maining, nevertheless, masters of two forts, from
which they fired upon our troops. Three re-
giments of English light cavalry, exposed to the
cross fire of the Russian batteries, suffered im-
mensely.

" The French took part in the affair, with ad-
mirable bravery.
"On the next day their position was attacked
by a body of 8,000 Russians, as well from the
side of the town as from that of Balaklava. They
repulsed the enemy with great slaughter. Gene-
rally, the loss of the Russians must have been
very great. It is affirmed that the fire of the
batteries of the town had much slackened ; and

according to the report of wounded officers, some
of whom have arrived at Buyukdere, the belief
continued that Sebastopol would be soon in the
hands of the Allies. This is merely what has been
gathered from several persons ho were eye-wit-
nesses of what took place.

" The names of the killed and wounded arc

reserved for the official• occasion. Among the
names there is none of a general officer.
(Signed)
" STRATFORD DE REDOLIFFE."

FURTHER IMPORTANT
PARTICULARS.
The following intelligence has been received

here :

BUCHAREST, NOVEAIBER 1.

The English Consul at Varna, writing on the
28th Oct. at ten o'clock at night, announces the
arrival there of the Himalaya, from Balaklava,
bringing the intelligence that a considerable
force attacked and took the three Turkish bat-
teries, near Balaklava, on the 25th.

The Russian cavalry and artillery advancing,
the English light cavalry advanced to meet them.
The English cavalry charged and suffered much.
The Scots Greys and sth Dragoon Guards coming
to their support, the enemy was completely
routed, and retired behind the batteries taken
from the Turks.

On the evening of the 20th the Russians made
a sortie from Sebastopol against Sir De Lacy
Evans's division, and were repulsed in half an
hour, leaving 1,000 dead on the ground.
The English lost one officer only, and a few
men wounded.

The above is official.

It is reported that the Turks withdrew preci-
pitously, thereby causing temporary confusion
and considerable loss.

PARIS, SATURDAY MORNING.

In a short resume of the operations before
Sebastopol, given in the Moniteur, it says, that.
on the 17th the French batteries discontinued
their fire at noon in consequence of the explosion
of a powder magazine, which damaged them.
The English batteries continued their fire, and
laid the works opposed to them in ruins.
On the 17th the whole of the batteries, mount-
ing 250 guns, reopened their fire and c9ntinued
it all day, causing several confLagrations in the
place, and blowing up a powder Enagazine.
The bombardment of this day laid the Quaran-
tine Fort in rains, while the great forts at the
entrance of the harbour were shattered and silenced
by the fleet.
During this operation a shell burst on the
quarter-deck of the Ville de Paris. Admiral
Hamelin was not hurt, but one of his chief
Aides-de-Camp was killed and th:,e rest wounded,
together with several other p n'suns who sur-
rounded him.

VIENNA, FR11) AY, Nov. 3.
Advices have been received here dated Con-
stantinople, Oct. 23.
The Harpy had brought a Rumdan general and
400 wounded to Constantinople.
40,000 of the Allies check th e advance of the
Russian reinforcements.

The British cavalry division, under General
Scarlett, had defeated 5,000 Ru, sians.
Five Russian generals are reported already
killed.
The Russians have left Eupatc oria.

PARIS, Miday Evening.
News has reached us to-day• from Constan
tinople, by way of-Trieste, to the 22d.

The bombardment was continued on the 18th
and 19th _only from the land side.
Five powder magazines had b een exploded in
the town, and five forts, includin E Fort Constan-
tine, had been dismantled.
The fire of the Russians was feebly maintained.
The son. of Osman Pasha aad five Russian
Generals had been killed.

Two sorties by the garrison ha been repulsed,
and three of the enemy's ships Ini,cl been sunk in
the port.
The Sanspareil, the Agamemni :a, the Charle-
rnr gne, and the Ville de Paris we 're damaged on
the 17th.

The last two have had only 25 men put hors
de combat.

The following intelligence has been received
through Vienna :

VARNA , Oct. 24.
The Turkish troops continue to leave for
Balaklava.

GALATA Oct. 26.

Omer Pacha's movements are 130 menacing
that Prince Gortschakoff is orderims ; the Russian