The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-30 00:00:00

steamers and transports with the following order
to the Quartermasters-General of the divisieus :
" ORDERS FOR SAILING.

" WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
" The Light Division to be actually under way at 1
a.m. tomorrow morning.
"The fourth division to sail at 2 a.m.
"The Ist division to sail at 3 a.m.
" The 3d division and the sth division to sail at 4 a.m.
" Steer S.S.E. for eight miles. Rendezvous in Ist.
45 deg. Do not go nearer to shore than 8 fathoms,"
About 9 o'clock one black ball was run up to the
fore of the Agamemnon, and a gun was fired to en-
force attention to the signal. This meant divisions
of boats to assemble round ships, for which they are
told off, to disembark infantry and artillery. There
was as I have said no enemy in sight, but long
before the French had landed their first boat's cargo
the figure of a mounted officer, followed by three
Cossacks, had fallen within the scope of many a
glass. The Russian was within. about 1,100 yards
of us, and through a good telescope we could watch
his every action. He rode slowly along by the edge
of the cliff, apparently noting the number and dis-
position of the fleet, and taking notes with great
calmness in a memorandum book. He wore a dark
green frockcoat, with a little silver lace, a cap of
the same colour, a sash round his waist, and long
leather boots. is horse, a fine bay charger, was a
strange contrast to the shaggy rough little steeds of
his followers. There they were, "the Cossacks,"atlast
—stout compact-looking fellows, with sheep-skin
caps, uncouth clothing of indiscriminate cut, high
saddles, and little fiery ponies, which carried them
with wonderful ease and strength. Each of
these Cossaks carried a thick lance of some 15
feet in length and a heavy-looking sabre. At times
they took rapid turns by th• edge of the cliff in
front of us—now to the left, now to the rear, of
their officer, and occasionally they dipped out of
sight, over the hill, altogether. Then they came
back, flourishing their lances, and pointing to the
accumulating masses of the French, on their right,
not more than half a mile from them, on the shore,
or scampering over the hill to report progress as
to the lines of English boats advancing to the
beach. Their officer behaved very well. He re-
mained for an hour within range of a Minie rifle,
and when the Highflyer stood in close to
shore, while he was coolly making a sketch
in his portfolio of our appearance, we all ex-
pected they were going to drop a shell over himself
and his little party. We were glad our expecta-
tions were not realized, if it were only on the chance
of the sketch being tolerably good, so that the Czar
might really see what our armada was like.
Meantime the English boats were nearing the
shore, not in the order of the programme, but in
irregular groups ; a company of a regiment of the
Light Division, the 7th Fusiliers, under Lieutenant-
Colonel Yea, 1 think, lauded first on the beach to
the left of the cliffs ; then came a company of the
2d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, commanded by
Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrence ; a small boat from
the Britannia, commanded by Lieutenant Vesey,
had, however, preceded the Fusiliers, and dis-
embarked some men on the beach, who went down
into the hollow at the foot of the cliffs. The
Russian continued his sketching. Suddenly a
Cossack crouched down and pointed with his lance
to the ascent of the cliff. The officer turned and
looked in the direction. We looked too, and lo a
cocked hat rose above the horizon. Another figure,
with a similar head-dress, came also in view. The
first was Sir George Brown, on foot; the second we
made out to be Quartermaster-General Airey. The
scene was exciting. It was evident the Russian and
the Cossacks saw Sir George, but that he did not see
them. A picket of Fusiliers and Riflemen followed
the General at a considerable interval. The Russian
got on his horse, the Cossacks followed his example,
and one of them cantered to the left to see that the
French were not cutting off their retreat, while the
others stooped down over their saddle bows and
rode stealthily, with lowered lances, towards the
Englishmen.
Sir George was in danger, but Le did not know it.
Neither did the Russians see the picket advancing
towards the brow of the hill. Sir George was busy
scanning the country, andpointing out variousspots
to the Quarter-Master-General. Suddenly they
turn, and slowly descend the hill—the gold sash dis-
appears—the cocked hat is eclipsed—Cossacks and
officers dismount, and steal along by the side of
their horses. They, too, are hid from sight in
a short time, and on the brow of the cliff appears
a string of native carts. In about five minutes
two or three tiny puffs of smoke rise over
the cliff, and presently the faint cracks of a rifle
are audible to the men in the nearest ships. In a
few minutes more the Cossacks are visible, flying
like the wind on the road towards Sebastopol, and
crossing close to the left of the French lines of
skirmishers.
As therehips of our expedition drew up in lines
parallel o the. beach, as nearly as possible as set
forth in the general directions I sent you some days
ago, the French fleet passed us under steam, and
extended itself on our right, and ran in close to
shore below the cliffs of the plateau. Their small
war steamers went much nearer than ours were
allowed to go, and a little after 7 o'clock the first
French boat put off from one of the men-of-war;
not more than 15 or 16 men were on board of her.
She was beached quietly on shore at the southern
extremity of the red cliff I have mentioned. The crew
leaped out ; they formed into a knot on the strand,
and seemed busily engaged for a few moments
over one spot of ground, as though they were
digging a grave. Presently a flag staff was visible
above their heads, and in a moment more the tri-
colour was ran up to the top, and fluttered out
gaily in the wind, while the men took off their hats,
and no doubt did their " Vive l'Empereur !" in good
style. The French were thus the first to take posses-
sion and seizin of the Crimea. There was no enemy
in sight. The most scrutinising gaze at this moment
could not have detected a hostile uniform along the
coast. The French Admiral fired a gun shortly after
8 o'clock, and the disembarkation of their troops
commenced. In 22 minutes, they say, that they
got 6,000 men on shore. This was very smart work,
but it must be remembered that nearly all the
French army were on board line-of-battle ships, and
were at once carried from their decks to the land by
the men-of-war's boats, The Montebello carried
up wards of 1,400 men, in addition to her crew. The
Valmy had in all 3,000. The Ville de Paris and
Henri Quatre were laden with men in proportion ;
and all the line-of-battle ships and steamers had
full cargoes of troops. In fact it was found that
their small brigs and schooners were neither safe
nor comfortabl, and that they were better suited
for carrying stores and horses than men. The
fleet of French men-of-war carried more than
20,000 men. Their whole force to be landed
consisted of 23,600 men. Our army amounted to
27,000 men, and were embarked in a vast number
of transports, covering a great extent of water. But
they were carried in comfort and safety; and, though
there was still much sickness on board, it was as no-
thing compared to the mortality among the closely-
packed French. Perhaps no army ever was con-
veyed with such luxury and security from shore to
shore as ours in the whole history of war. The in-
stant the French had landed a regiment, a company
was pushed on to reconnoitre—skirmishers or pickets
were sent on in front. As each regiment followed in
column, its predecessors deployed, extended front,
and advanced in light marching order en tirailleur,
spreading out like a fan over. the plains. It
was most curious and interesting to observe
their progress, and to note the rapid manner in
which they were appropriating the soil. In about
an hour after their first detachment had landed,
nearly 9,000 troops were on shore, and their ad-
vanced posts were faintly discernible between three
and four miles from the beach, like little black

specks moving over the corn fields, and darkening
the highways and meadow paths.
In our fleet the whole labour and responsibility
of the disembarkation rested with Sir E. Lyons.
The Admiral remained, as I have said, aloof, and
took no share in the proceedings of the day.
When we landed we heard that Sir George
Brown had a near escape of being taken prisoner.
He was the first to land, and pushed on without
sending videttes or men in front, though he took
the precaution, very fortunately, to bring up a few
soldiers with him. The Cossacks who had been
dodging him, made a dash when they were within
less than a hundred yards. The General had to
run, and was only saved from capture by the fire
of the Fusileers. The .Cossacks bolted. The first
blood spilt in this campaign was that of a poor boy,
an Arabjee, who was wounded in the foot by the
volley which dislodged them. Meantime swarms
of boats were putting off from the various ships to
carry the English troops to land.
The Light Division got on shore very speedily,
and were all landed, with the exception of a few
companies, in an hour. The First Division landed
simultaneously with a portion of their friends of
the leading division, the Duke of Cambridge and
his staff being early on the beach with their men,
and the Brigadiers Sir C. Campbell and Major-Gene-
ral Bentinck precedingtheir respective brigades. As
each regiment landed, the brigade was formed in
contiguous columns at quarter distance. The Light
Division on the left, the First Division the next,
and so on in order towards the right. The Second
Division was under way ere the whole of the Light
or the First Division had landed. Sir de Lacy
Evans got on shore with his staff about 104. By
11 the Rifles and Fusiliers had been inspected,
and were marching from the left of the line, along
the front of the other regiments, towards the
right. They ascended the slope of the hill over
the cliffs, py the pickets and sentries who
had been placed on outpost duty by Sir George
Brown, arid marching straight on over the plain I
have described inland. It may be as well to re-

oispitulikte our fore° ;...The Light Division, Sir

George Brown-2d Battalion Rifle Brigade, 7th
Fusiliers, 19th Regiment, 23d Fusiliers, 33d n egi-
meet, 77th Regiment, 88th Regiment, Brigadier
Major GeneralCodrington and Briga i er- Ge u eral
Buller, The former gallant officer has Lad a rapid
promotion. I believe he never commanded a
regiment, much loss a brigade, but being a Captain
in the Guards, and a Colonel in the army, lie was
made Major-General in the last brevet, and instead
of going home on promotion, became General of
the Brigade, the command of which had been vs'
cated by the appointment of Colonel Airey to the
post of Quartermaster-General in lieu of the la-
mented Colonel Maule. Major-General Codringtoa
has, however, a good reputation as a soldier, which
he will, no doubt, justify more fully as soon as as
occasion for doing so presents itself.
The Ist Division, under she Duke of Cambridge,
includes the Grenadier, Coldstream, and Scots Fu-
silier Guards, under Major-General Bentinck, and
the 42d, 79th, and 93d Highlanders, under Briga-
dier Sir C. Campbell.
The 2d Division, under Sir De L. Evans, con-
sists of the 30th, 55th, and 95th, under Brigadier-
General Pennefather, and the 41st, 47th, and 49th,
under Brigadier-General Adams.
The 3d Division, under Sir R. England, is com-
posed of the Ist Royals, 28th, 38th, 44th, 50th,
and 68th Regiments—Brigadiers Sir John Camp'
bell and Eyre. (4th Regiment only six companies.)
The 4th Division, under Sir George Cathcart
the 20th Regiment, 21st Regiment, Rifle Brigade,
2d battalion, 63rd Regiment. (46th Regiment co
route ; 57titRgiment en route.)
The Cavalry Division (Lord Lucan) is made up
of the 4th Light Dragoons, Bth Hussars, 11th
Hussars, 13th Light oragoons, 17th Lancers,
forming a Light Cavalry Brigade, under Lord Car-
digan ; the Scots Greys (not yet arrived here), 4th
Dragoon Guards, sth Dragoon Guards, 6th Do'
goons, making the heavy Cavalry Brigade, under
Brigadier-General Scarlet t.
Sir John Burgoyne may be presumed to contrel
the ordnance and engineers, but it is stated 00
he will not in any way interfere with Brigadier'.
General Tylden.
By 12 o'clock in the day, that barren and deco'
late beach, inhabited but a short time before only
by the seagull and wildfowl, was swarming with
life. From one extremity to the other bayonet!
glistened, and red coats and brass-mounts"
shakos gleamed in solid masses. The air Wet
filled with our English speech, and the hum of
voices, mingled with loud 'notes of commano!,
cries of comrades to each other, the familiar ad-
dress of "Bill" to "Tom," or of "Pat" to "Sandy,
and an occasional shout of laughter. Veil'
amusing was it to watch the loading and us-
loading of the boats. A gig or cutter, pulled by
eight or twelve sailors, with a paddle-box boat, flat'
or Turkish pinnace in tow (the latter purchased for
the service), would come up alongside a steamer or
transport in which troops were ready for disembark'
atiou. The officers of each company first de
tended, each man in full dress. Over his shoulder
was slung his hay ersack, containing what bad been/
ere it underwent the process of cooking, 4ilb. of
salt meat, and a bulky mass of biscuit of the sam°
weight. This was his ration for three days. Oir.
sides this each officer carried his great coat rolled alh
and fastened in a hoop round his body, a wooden
canteen to hold water, a small ration of splirm
whatever change of under clothing he could DWl-
age to stow away, his forage cap, and, in most /*"
stances, a revolver. Each private carried his
blanket and great coat strapped up into a kind °,
knapsack, inside which was a pair of boots, a pair
of socks, a shirt, and, at the request of the men
themselves, a forage cap ; he also carried his water
canteen and the same rations as the officer, a for'
tion of the mess cooking apparatus, firelock
bayonet, of course, cartouch box and 50 round of
ball cartridge for Minis, 60 rounds of smooth-bore
arms.
As each man came creeping down the ladder
Jack helped him along as tenderly from rung o
rung till he was safe in the boat, took his firel
an stowed it away, removed his knapsack, and_
packed it snugly under the seat, patted him on Oil
back, and told him " not to be afeerd t°.,
water ;" treated " the sojer," in fact, in a Teri_
kind and tender way, as though he were a large
but not very sagacious " pet," who was not to DI
frightened or lost sight of on any account—an
did it all so quickly that the large paddle-ho*.
boats, containing 100 men, were filled in five
minutes. Then the latter took the paddle-bo
in tow, leaving her, however, in charge of a care:
fill coxwain, and the same attention was paid to
getting the " sojer" on shore that was evinced
in getting him into the boat, the sailors (haif
or wholly naked in the surf) standing by at
the bows, and handing each man and his so'
coutrement down the plank to the shingle, for
fear " he'd fall off and hurt himself." Never did
men work better than our blue jackets—especially
valuable were they with horses and artillery, that
their delight at having a horse to hold and pat all
to themselves was excessive. When the gun-car-
riages stuck fast in the shingle, half a dozen hercu'
lean seamen rushed at the wheels, and, with *
" Give way, my lads—all together," soon spoked it
out with a run, and lauded it on the hard sand'
No praise can do justice to the willing labour of
these fine fellows. They never relaxed their effort
as long as man or horse of the expedition remained
to be landed, and many of them, officers as well al
men, were 24 hours in their boats.
At 1 o'clock most of the regiments of the Light
Division bad moved off the beach over the hills and
across the country towards a village near which ths:
advance of the French left had already approaohe“
The Second Battalion of the Rifle Brigade led tho
way, covering the advance with a cloud of skirroishi
ers, and the other regiments followed in ord*r °
theirseniority, the artillery, under Capt. Andersen;
bringing up the rear. By this time the rain began_, .
fall pretty heavily, and the wind rose so as to sane "
little surf on the beach. The Duke of Cambridge,
followed by Major Macdonald, led off his division
next in order, and many of the staff officers, who 041:
to have been mounted, marched on foot, as the''
horses were not yet landed. Generals might be seen
sitting on powder barrels on the beach, awaiting 3r;
rival of "divisionalstaffhorses," or retiring gloomily
within the folds of their macintosh.' Disconsolate
doctors, too, were there, groaning after hospiw
panniers—but toe sorely needed, for more than
one man died on the beach ; and nearly every
you met asked you after a particular horse, 0%"
colour and description you were certain not ',-
have seen. The beach was partitioned off by vsal,
staffs, with colours corresponding to that of e3h
division, in compartments for the landing of ee;
class of man and beast ; but it was, of tours
almost beyond the limits of possibility to observe
the difference in conducting an operation which
must have extended over many square miles
of water. Shortly before two o'clock, Brigas'el;
General Rose, the Commissioner for the Britis
Army, with Marshal St. Arnaud, rode over frog
the French quarters to inform Lord Raglan that
" the whole of the French troops had landeu•
This was by no means the fact. Our disembarlos;
tion of infantry had very nearly ended at the sal%
time, but our cavalry and artillery had not COr°,,
on shore, and the French, even without cavalry
and with smaller numbers were not more advanced
than ourselves.
The disembarkation was carried on long Stter
sunset, and part of the Third Division and
the Fourth Division, remained on the beach and „„ '-
the hill near it for the night.

SATURDAY.
The disembarkation of cavalry and artillery COni
tinues. Lord Cardigan started on a reconnaisate
this morning, with a portion of the Bth Hasse:
13th Light Dragoons, 250 Rifles of Ist Battal
and 2 Horse Artillery guns. They went 25 MT
—saw no Cossacks—returned very much fatiguli;
and suffered severely from want of water. 'l,ll
horses had nothing to drink from the time they
the ships. till Sunday morning—more than 30 11011—,:,
While the troops were Aisembarking one of the
reconnoitring steamers returned with news o.f ht
Russian camp situate near the beach, about eight
miles south of the place where we were landing:
The Sampson, the Fury, and the Vesuvius, in n°,1110„.
pany with three French steamers, at one tin
ceeded to the spot indicated. They found a. ca—'
of about 6,000 men formed at a mile's chetann.e,
from the sea. The steamers opened fire with. ehehlel
at 3,000 yards. The French shells burst 01 the
air, or fell short. The Fury and Vesuvius were
little more successful; but the Sampson pitched
shell after shell right in among the tents, knock'. ng
them over right and left, and driving the soldierY,
in swarms out of the camp, which was destroyed
after less than an hour's firing.
The squadron returned to the fleet having
effected this service, and will proceed to-morrow to
cruise off Sebastopol.

A letter from Bucharest of the 18th, in a Vienna
paper, says :—" We continue to receive details of
the disembarkation effected in the neighbourhood
of Eupatoria. This little town, which is sur-
rounded by a wall, was occupied on the day 01
disembarkation by a detachment of 500 French,
English, and Turks. The Russian garrison eva-
cuated the town on the morning of the 14th, and
retired to the Great 'Lake at Treablan, probably
with the intention of going to Simpheropol. The
allied troops are marching direct against Sebasto-
pol, in the direction of Simpheropol and Baur-
link. The reserve concentrated at Varna was
20,000 strong, and after its disembarkation a
second reserve of 30,000 men,. also destined for
the Crimea, is to be concentrated there ; •eo,
that the expedition, including the sailors of
the fleets, will' amount to 130,000 men'
On the 19th a Turkish steamer arrived at Vara