New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-24
RUSSIAN REPORTS.
FyO- IA J0urndI de- 81. Pefsvsbcrp.
pxv,xw or WY Military OPERATIONS IN THk


CRINyA pURISs HE MONTH or SEPTENBER.
The journel Of military opersiions IN the Crinea'
which has just been received rom Alie'oe,| L'ip
General Prince MeRchikof, contains the iono S.ns
account of the operations which have TAKEN pi'cs
FEM the lsi ash OF September TO the Isl Lou -
Ocieber: r..u.
On the let 18th of September, the FIRST ntelil.
eeuce Of the appearance Of numerous hOstse nest
no sight Of CAGE Lookout, Aide-de Camp Prince
Menchikof made preps-s lops TO cohTeutfa az nc
troops under his command on the r1Ver Alma hhie
these troops aovsuced from different points OF t1e
Peninsula toward the chosen position, con-ldersole
number of the enemys force, consisting OF Engii,n
French and Turkish troops made their descent on he
Cd 4ih near the salt lakes 10 the south OF Eupa1o-
ria where, after they bad pitched tner camps 'ney
remained without movement for several days.
On the 7th 9th the enemy began 10 recornoirein
the OH ction Of the Alma The second brigade Oh the
9th division of light cavalry anu nine sotnias Oh So3-
sacks with battery Of horse artillery OF me Doh
were sent out to oppose them. After Sigh! skrm-
sh the pemy retired to the River Bouinsk, and an
advanced guard retired to take their post IN the gen.
eral position behind the Alma.
ON IN, following day, tbs 9Th l20thl of September
the enemy attacked this position with all thesr force
After en- obstinate contest our troops were forced
to Weld 10 superior numbers, and retired beyond me
River Katcba The sli,s have suffered considerable
os. in the battle and scarcely pursued them q, all
That we might give our troops time to ger irto
order sgain, and more especially to complete ther
ammunition and stock of provisions Prince henchi-
koff on the 9Th 2lstl conducted them by the bndse
of 1pkermann TO the south of Sevas,opol, where 40
yemaired three iays. During this time the enemy
advar oed upon the Katchs and the BelbeA. On the
18th (23d) the advanced guard OF LieutenanGenoras
Kiriakof dispatched iowa; the north, met large
force of the enemy, and consequently retired upon
InktrmaIn.
On the 18th Gath Prince Menschikof, seeing that
the eremy could establish communication win the
interior Of the Empire, resolved 10 prevent resul.
SO disadyantageo1s and commenced the boldest and
most sklful operation. Leaving at Sevastopoi near
eie bit bsalions reserve with the sailors OF the
feet he left the city at hight with the greser part oil
bis troops and all the artillery crossed the chefnaya,
! ascerGed the mountain near Mackenzie Farm ADD
marching all night, arrived safely az the Beoek. On
the ith 26ih after halt OF "a hours on the banks
OF this river, near the village OF OtarSo leaving q,
| This point the advanced guard 81 MAJOR General
| .Jabokritsky Prince Meuschikof continued mis- move
ment with the main body of his forces as far as the
Kscha and encsmped four versts before Baksnisera'
L. this position he az aed the arrival OF proTlslons
| from Simpheropol and the renforc ,mens which
came 10 him from both Perekop and Kertch, with
! Gen nhomoutof. After their arrival Prince Mems
cbkoff prepared TO attack the enemy In ilnk snd IN
| rear before the northern forts.
But while The Russian troops we're eXeeuutg tder
/ movement from Sevastspol towards Bakshiserla the
! enemy slso marching in flank, advanced from the
north Of the Bay of Sevastopo to the south On the
morning Of the 18th (2Jth) the English advanced
/ guard having approached the Mackenzie Farm, sud
denly came up uDex pecedy to the rear OF the Rus-
sian bag rsge, and carried of some gun carriages,
| which had been left behind. The allies continued
their march bY The bSii tNhu oAii
supported by their fleet, occupied that little town ia
a II. Of the heroic resistance made by the weak de-
tchuent of the Greek battalion of Balaklava to pre-
vent them. Having thus gsined P9'Ht dgppn' the
epemys Ioices established Themselves between the
! River rchernaya and Cspe Chersone us, began to
foriy Bslaaya and Ia land their artillery and Dag
gage from the fleet, and then opened their intrenco'
mtuts bsfoIe the fortiheGtions to the south Of Sc
! yshtOpCL
Having been informed of the enemys movement,
Prince Menchikof the 10th gath arrived Al Bel
| bek and on the following day established himself;
with his Irir Cpa detachment, between TINS river anu
tho Bay Of Sevastopo occupy ing tho mountain slope
/ toward IDkomsnn with the advanced guard OF Ma
| ior. Ger eral Jaboritsky. portion OF the troops
we're brought back into ssvastop0l TO reenotce the
garrison; al measures were taken for an obstinate
def,rse Of the place many old vessels were sunk 81
the entrance Of the port to close against the enc
N.Y. feet.
At this iuncture the re6nforcements expected from
Kertch and Perekop reached successfully the active
detachment and allow ed the garrison OF Sevastopol
! TO G still further increased. The combined brigade
of the division Of light cavalry under Lleuen-
ant General Rljof established itself on the kacaa
with the view Of maintaining the commune ation pc
] tween the detachment aud SimpheropoL Llght de-
tecbmenls from this brigade sent into the noun
taiDs toward the village of TehorgouD, on the Tcher-
| nay a, and toward the Valley Of Bai1a-.
! On The o2d of September (4th Of October ijor
General Krasnof sent toward Eupatona to recon-
n"er with eight soniss Of the 6lst and 9th regi-
ments OF Don COssecks and asceiaIned that this town
had been put into itse of defense, that it was Occu
pied by garrison OF Turks Arabs, and 900 Eoglsh
AID FTerch, and that il was covered on the aside
by n squadron. During this excursion the COssscks
cirr off the cattle that were their way from the
neishborIg villages of Eupa,oria to provision the
sbip9.
On smother tide the ayirg detachment of Major
Genersl Iimofeief, consisting Of two squadrons OF
regular cavars two sotnias of Cossacks, and two
field pieces sent into the village of Baidar, in
order 10 hinder the enemy from obtaining provisions
especially cattle and forage. From This town the allies
apta I'M mar
va hut they were soon prevented from approaching
this psrt also.
On the came day portion of the French and En-
llsb troops, who bad arrived in 10 steamers, landed
at Yaltt After plagng the city aud the property ia
the neighborhood, including hassandra and Livadia,
the troops the 2ith ofSeptember 9th Of Ocsober
ubandonsd the places which they had laid waste and
returned to Bslaklavs.
In order to observe the enemy's position between
Sevaslspol and Balkalavs, nearly the whole Of our
cavalry advanced towards the Tchernays on the S5h
Of September 9Th Of October, under the command of
Lieut. General Ryjof At dsybreak the second brig
ade of the SIKH division of light cavalry passed the
TeheTnSys, assembled the heights the left bank,
md after driving away the English advanced guard,
returned without accident TO the right bank or the
stream In this excursion the demi sqsdron Of Grim
can TartaTs Of the Guard captured picket Of Ora
gOong OF the English Guard
Aerwsrd The greater part OF the cavalry under tho
command Of Lieut.. General Ryjof was brought back
to lite former position the katchg 10 facilitate the
obtaining of provisions, and one Of its regiments OBJ
served the coast between the Kstcha and the Alma.
Moreover, small flying detachments were sent ont
almost every day 10 make incursions in the ebimies'
rear toward the Tchernsye and the Valley of Baiiar.
These operations while they menaced the commu.
nicatiops Of the enemy with Balakava, distracted
their attention from the works begun against the for
tifcations Of Sevastopol in the SOUTH The intrench
ments, open two poinsen the left by the French,
and on the right by the EngliIh, but at great dis
lance from our Acknowledgements bu, slowly
Al that the enemy could raise in the night by
Of fascnes and sarcbags that they had brought with