Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-05
ADDITIONAL FoRHIaN INrELL1GKNcE
BY THE BALTIC, AT NEW FORK.
THE WAR.

The cavalry affair at Eupatoria, briefly 81
luded TO By telegraph in the last dispatches,
10 thus described by Marshal Pelissier, in a
dispatch published in the Moniteur:
brilliant cavalry engagement took place
on the 18th Of September ct Konghill (dve
miles northeast of Equatorial in which the
Russian cavalry, under Gen. Korf, was com
pletely defeated. The estion inauguratss very
suspiciously the serious operations of which
Eupatoria will now be the pivot. As the re-
suit of the action, we have taken six guns,
three cannons and three mortars) IL caissons,
and one field forge, with their horses and har-
ness, 169 prisoners, Of whom one il an officer,
and $50 horses. The enemy left on the field
about SO killed, among them Colonel An
cavalry officer of great merit. We have six
killed and 20 wounded"
The Russiau account states that tho Russisn
force concerned in this action was a corps OF
observation consisting of q regiment Of Ian.
GERS, and battery Of horse artillery under
General de Korf, and at another point regi-
ment Of Lancers, commanded by General Ter.
vslensky. They had instructions to fall back
If attack led by q superior force. General Korf,
having lost sight of the enemy, who were pur-
suing Tervelensky' lancers, halted and caused
his men to dismOunt. Not having placed vi
detts in proper order, Korf was surprised by
1900 or 5000 Of the French cavalry appearing
suddenly on his rear and right flank, and he
had neither time to get his force in order nor
prepare for combat. The lancers were, there
fore compelled to scatter and fall back fight
ing. Loss, $50 lancers, subaltern officer,
guns, and some of the gunners. ..f.s s.
A commission has been instituted by the En-
perOr at Kief to examine all prisoners from
the foreign legons in the services Of the Allies.
They are not TO be treated as prisoners of war,
but handed over to their respective govern
ments .. .....5 D. ..
Accounts from the Crimea to the 18th state
that on the 18th the advanced posts of the
Allies were within FIVE leagues of Bakschise-
raj; that the Russians were retiring slowly,
and that everything led to the belief that Gen
Liprandi intended to defend the line of the
Delbec, and to rest upon the corps command
ed by Prince Gortschakof. =.
The battle which would definitely decide
the possession Of this ground was expected
shortly to take place.
Other accounts state that the Russians have
surrounded the north side Of Sebastopol with
chain of Notifications, and placed it in .
state to support siege. All the plateaus on
tho north side are, it is said, covered with re-
doubts and earth works, and on the line of
the Belbec new works, constructed In the form
Vi the Mamelon, have been raised.
The Allies are extensively engaged in road
making and hut-building, not only along the
plateau dc la Chersonee, but all along the
Tchernsya line up to Alsu. The line of the
railway has been adopted for the main road
from Balaklava to the camps in the neighbor-
hood Of Sebastopol. .-
goABARDxRNT OF KrxBURy.
The correspondence received from the
Crimea this week describes the sailing of a
grand expedition, consisting of is, 900 French
and nearly 1000 British troops from Balak-
lava, for destination imperfectly known in
the camp. Telegraphs, however, Of later
date, have minated that the expedition made
its appearance before Odessa, and later tele-
graphs announce that on the 18th detach-
ment Of the allied feet effected descent upon
the Spit of Kinburn, near the salt water lakes
The peninsula Of Kinburn is one of the most
important military and naval positions ON the
south coast Of Russia, at the mouth of the river
Bong and Dnoiper, and opposite Nieolaieff
The telegraphic dispatch, describing the land
ing of the detachment land which comes from
Nioolsief via st. Petersburg,) states that
the number of troops disembarked was incon-
siderable. Toward the close of the day six
steamers began to cannonade the town ef Kin
burn. The fortress, however, replied in such
manner as to keep them at distance, and
damaged one of the steamers"
By their position at Kinburn the allies place
in CLOSE blockade the naval arsenal and port
of Nicolaief, the towns of Kherson and Beris-
lat, and the whole regions watered by the
Dnieper, Bong, and IngOul.
TIE CAPTURE.
The fortress Of Kinburn resisted the allies
by a very heavy fire up to the 18th At noon
on that day the FIRE ceased, and at 3 p. m the
allies entered the place.
A dispatch from Admiral Bruat, and let.
ter from Lieut.. Col. Read, announce that, on
on the oath Of September successful attack
was made upon Taman and Phanagoria, in
the Straits of Kertch. Bruat says all the
houses of Phanagoria were destroyed, Sixty
six cannon and four mortars were found at
Phanagoria, but were unserviceable. At Ia
man eleven twenty -four Founders were found
buried in the sand.
REPULsE OF THE RUSSIANS AT KARs.
From Russian sources-Gen. Monravieff's
report and a letter from Trebizond-we have
accounts Of the repulse of the Russians with
great loss in an attack which they made on the
fortress Of Ksrs on the 10Th September. Gen
Monravieff says:
cat the beginning the attack Vas successful,
but the position and number of the enemy
forced US to withdraw. Notwithstanding this
and heavy loss, our troops took fourteen
banners and a stand Of colOrs. The blockade
of Kars il re-established.
The account, via TrebiIond, gives more par
ticulars, and states that the Russians were
determined to raise the siege 1t states that
at one time the Russians succeeded in taking
two batteries, but before they had time to turn
round the guns, or even spike them, the Turks
rushed upon them with such vigor as to regain
possession of the batteries, and decide the for
tune Of the day. The Russians, furiously O.
pulsed, fell back upon their comrades, who
were thrown into confusion. The Turks then
rushed out Of the fortress and massacred an
enormous number.
This account states that, though q large
number Of killed and wounded Russians were
removed, 1000 were left dead under the walls;
200 were taken prisoners, and some pieces of
ordnance captured. En-.
Several Russian officers of high rank were
killed, or wounded early in the action, which
lasted eight hours.
On the oath of September, five days before
this event, 1000 men Of Omer Pasha's army,
sent to raise the siege Of Kars, by threatening
the Russian provinces Of Abkasia, Mingrelis,
Inertia, Georgia, and Tifiis (the captal,)
landed at Suhum Kale, in Abkasia. Their
acting operations, however, it is understood,
will 10 much retarded by the lsteness of the
season.