The daily union., 1854-10-27
THE DAILY UNION

the Admiralty that since my letter TO YOU of the
NO 4s5 the men and boats of the feet have been employ
ed IN bringing from the field about four miles distant
and carrying on board the transport the English and Rus
sian officers and wounded in the battle Of the Ina as
well as the sick Of the army
2 All the medical officers of the different ships have
been zeaously and usefuy occupied in attending them
and have been obliged to send several assistant sur
geons in the vessels with the wounded TO Consantnope
The Vulcan and Andes, with eight hundred wounded
and sick sailed for Constantinope yesterday and to-day
the orinoeo and Colombo with nine hundred including
! some sixty seventy Russians will follow
Another vessel (a the request of Lord Raglan with
about five hundred wounded Russians will also proceed
under charge OF the Fury, 10 land them at Odessa
A. On the night of the 2lst inst the Russians made
very great alteration in the position of their feet in Sebas
topol enclose report made by Captain Jones of the
sampson, and propose attacking the line the first
Captain Jones also reports that great exerons appear
to be making TO strengthen the land deences well
those by
New batteries both sides of the port have been erect
ed defending the entrances and line of One to the
north has heavy guns of range of 1000 yards shots
having passed over the Sampson when nearly at that dis
6. Provisions for the army have been landed and the
forces to-day towards Sehasopo accompanied by
the fleets, which have anchored off the kascha.
have &c, j. w. ID. DUNDAS
Vice-Admiral
The Secretary Of the Admiralty
SINKING OF THE RUSSIAN ENTRANCE
HARBoR sEBAsroPoL
BRITANNIA off the Katscha Sept "a
SIR In my letter of yesterday no 4s7) reported the
extraordinary change that had taken place in the position
hitherto maintained by the enemys feet in the harbor of
Sebastopoli and now beg you viii acquaint the Lord
Commissioners Of the Admiralty that the afternoon
on the appearance Of the allied fleets in sight Of Sebaso
pol the whole of the vessels moored the harbor
were sunk by the Russians leaving their more
less above water and went last evening the mouth Of
the harbor to assure myself of this singular event
Capt Drunmond has examined the harbor this morning
and reports that the lower masheads Of the ships gen.
orally above water that the passage is closed except per
haps small space the shoal off the north battery and
the double booms inside thus rendered
Eight sail OF the line moored east and west inside of
the booms and three Of the ships are keeed over TO give
their guns more elevation to sweep the land TO the
northward.
O. An intelligent seaman deserter, who escaped from
Sebastopo on the ed had partly prepared for
extraordinary movement He had informed nae that the
crews or the ships moored across the barbor Ito Of
which he had been atiached had been landed with the
exception OF very few in each shp that the vessels
plugged ready for sinking that the guns stores were
all board and that the other ships were noored under
the south side to defend the harbor from attack from the
northward He reported that the battle Of Alma had great
y dsprted the Russians that the troops had
Sebasiopo without halt that he believes The whole
Russnn force not 10 exceed 10000. Th- mans sa,con.
were clear and on points th under mis- own obser
auoh mefe mostly corroborated and consider reliance
may oe placed on his information generally con sderng
the means ms statioa IN life afforded Of enabling him 10 G
,h IT, AT the request of Lord Raglan have Sent him on
oe " c as guide TO the army their approach TO the
euyrons of Sebastopo
The allied armies moved this afternoon to take up
position to the south of the port of Sebastopo and the fleet
WA move SO as to meet their arrival there
have, &c. J w DUNDAS
r Vice-Admiral.
70 the Secretary Of the Admiralty
ACCOUNT.
Marshal Paskewtsch issued bulletin on the Sd at War
saw giving the Russian version of the battle AZ the Alma
The loss of the allies reported far exceeded that
OF Prince MenschikoH The Russian loss is pat down al
but 2coo 1.-THE English say il is nearly 900 y and on the
whole the Warsaw despatch made read pretty much
as II the victory altogether the side Of the russians
instead Of against them
abe carriage of Prince Menschio with hs private cor
resPondence was taken by the French together with
oooeoL After the battle the Russians burnt all the villages
they passed through
hlenschaoh ian English account says) suffering Sc
verey from illness during the hottest of the battleso
mncA SO tat ne had to be supported One
he u badly wounded in the feet another in the hands