Saturday, October 7, 1854. 
[Gratis. 
Vol. IV. — No. .03.] 
THE FIELD OF WAR. 
THE NEXT MAIL TO THE BLACK SEA. 
Notices have been posted at the Dockyard-gates, Wool- 
wich, that letters for the Black Sea will be dispatched by 
her Majesty’s paddlcwheel steam-vessel Gladiator on the 10th 
of October iust., from Portsmouth. Letters for seamen and 
marines and boys serving in the Black Sea will lie forwarded 
by this opportunity if posted in time and marked. “ By her 
Majesty’s steam-vessel Gladiator.” The postage of Id. must 
be paid on the letter at the time of posting it. 
INVASION OF THE CRIMEA. 
THE ARMY AT SEA. 
ADVANCE OF THE FLEET FROM THE DANUBE TO THE 
CRIMEA. 
Baltsiiik Anchorage, delow the Danube.— On the 7th 
of Sept, in early morning, the Agamemnon fired a gun 
and made signal to weigh, and before seven o'clock ships and 
transports had all found and taken their proper positions for 
the march. I say “ march,” owing to the appearance of the 
whole when the divisions were formed in long lines, steadily 
advancing through the smootli wa'er with all the precision 
of the movements of a battalion. The weather was beautiful. 
anc ^ favourable as the must implicit believers in augury 
could wish. The fleet was innermost; then came the Light 
Division first, second, third, fourth — cavalry, and provision 
ships ; and this order has been invariably observed. At two 
o’clock passed Cape Kaliakri. 
Sept. 8.— Weather all could be wished. At noon distance 
from Cape Tarkau 118 miles. 
Sept. 9. The white lighthouse upon the little island of 
F ldonisi (off the Danube) was visible this morning. Towards 
evening the third division lost distance terribly, owing to 
the Cyclops, their leader, which did not appear quite ade- 
quate for towing so much weight. The Tynemouth assisted 
her off. The Agamemnon and Caradoc, the latter having on 
board Lord Raglan and the Duke of Cambridge, leave the 
fleet to reconnoitre off Sebastopol. We learn by signal that 
Marshal St. Arnaud is seriously ill. 
Sept. 10. — Anchor, shortly after eight o’clock a.m., in 
twenty-three fathoms’ water, and wait intelligence of the 
French fleet. Only those who are present can form au idea 
of the wonderful appearance of this immense assembly of 
ships, anchored out of sight of land. 
Sept. 11.— The Agamemnon and Caradoc return to the 
fleet at 6.30 a.m. ; the Sampson also joins. At 11.30 the armada 
was again on its way. The Highflyer, with Apollo (39th 
Regiment in tow), leads the third division instead of the 
Cyclops, which brings up the rear. 
Sept 12.— At noon Eupatoria Point (Crimea) was distant 
seventeen miles north-east. At 5 p.m. anchor, Eupatoria 
l Oint at twelve miles south-east of the squadrons. 
Sept. 13.— Under weigh again 7 u.m.. The whole anchor 
at 3 p.m. in front of Eupatoria. 
, weather haa been generally fine, a few showers during 
knight and a very heavy hailstorm on the morning of the 
12th forming the only exceptions. The water has been per- 
fectly smooth during the whole trip, and the weather is now 
like our fine days at the end of November iu England— cold, 
though sunny, and strongly indicative of winter. The troops 
are to laud without their knapsacks, carrying with them 
their great-coats and a blanket, which latter will contain a 
complete change of clothing. To-morrow early the debark - 
atmn wdl commence. Marshal St. Arnaud is seriously ill, 
and General Canrobert (a great favourite with the French) 
is next in command. The united army of English, French, 
and Turks, here does not exceed 60,000 men ; no doubt 
there is plenty of work for them, but there is also no doubt 
but they will do it well. Admiral Lyons is entrusted with 
tue sole charge of the proceedings and arrangements con- 
cerning the transports. Printed instructions have been 
issued to each ship, referring to the duties of each on landing 
the troops, and the whole appears to be admirably designed. 
DIVISIONS OF THE FLEET. 
The transport fleet was divided into five divisions, to 
correspond with the four divisions of infantry and the divi- 
sion of cavalry Exclusive of the steam-tugs Shark, Vania, 
Circassia, Danube, Brenda, Minna. Pigmy, the fleet consisted 
of the following vessels, placed in the order in which they 
sailed — Phe Light Division, Lieutenant-General Sir G. 
Drown, K.L.B" K.H., commanding (on board the Agamem- 
a'Lo te A'!' er ^. mpe, ' 0r> with Brigadier-General Codrington 
and 50° oftlie 7th Fusileers on board, Captain Macdonell, 
A.D L., Colonel Sulhvan, Deputy-Adjutant-General. Captain 
Halliwell and Colonel Airey, Assistanfc-Quartermaster- 
General &e. towmg the Monarch and Harkaway, with por- 
tions of the Lud battalion Rifle Brigade and portions of other 
'laments, Commissariat officers. &c., on board ; the Victoria, 
with remainder of 7th and 23rd Fusileers on board, towing 
the Engineer stores and the Royal Horse Artillery in the 
lidavera and Negotiator; the Andes, with the 33rd ftegi- 
Ro val °A Jv°n rd ’ t °"; ing the Mar >' and Calliope, with 
ment 7*° n b ° ard J the Meg®** with the 77th Regi- 
Ocei wHR R’ ‘r ? ,f he Echunga and the Pride of the 
Furv with Artlil , ery on hoard ; her Majesty’s steamer 
88th Reeimpiit ’ *7 ° n k° ar< L towing the Orient, with the 
Re|m;S“n n bo°a“, b0ard: the Courier > ** 19tb 
K.G.— The^onnin’rr COn -«! anded by t '* le fi'ike of Cambridge, 
Majestv and tlu» f>v & c -. on board, towing Her 
ments and the Rov* ’’ detachments of regi- 
GuartJ on *&5l Iery ; the Simoom - " ith tho Cold- 
Edemiale R board towing the Palmcrst-m and 
naendale, with Royal Ar. Ilery; the Kangaroo, with Scots 
Fusilier Guards on board, towing the Arnotdale and Cadu- 
ceus, with the 93rd Regimout on board ; the Emeu, with 
viro ^2nd Regiment on board, towing the Dunbar and the 
Wilson Kennedy, with the reserve ammunition on board. 
The 2nd Division, commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir 
De Lacy Evans, K.C.B.— The City of London, with head- 
quarters, Lieuteuaut-Colonel Wilbraham, Deputy-Adjutant- 
Geueral, Captain LaueFox, Captain Herbert (Quartermaster- 
General’s department), Captaiu Thompson, Captain Allix, 
Captain Gibbous, Captain Boyle, A.D.C.’s., Mr. Power, 
Acting-Assistant-Commissary-General, Major Email, and 500 
officers and men of the 41st Regiment on board, towing the 
Panola and Sutlej, with Royal Artillery and portions of the 
95th Regiment on board ; the Melbourne, with head-quarters 
ot the 41st and 47th Regiments on board, towing the Maori 
and Eveline, with part of the 95th Regiment and Royal 
Artillery on board; the Hydaspes, with Brigudier-Geueral 
Adams and staff and 49th Regiment on board, towing the 
Sultana and Sir R. Sale, with parts of the 95th Regiment and 
Royal Artillery on board ; the Vulcan, with Brigadier- 
General Peunefather and staff and the 30th Regiment on 
board, towing the Timaudra, with the 55th Regiment on 
board ; and the Rip van \Y inkle, with the reserve ammuni- 
tion and Sappers and Miners on board. 
The 3rd Division, commanded by Sir R. England, K.C.B. 
(on board the Arthur the Great).— The Cyclops, towing the 
Mary Anne and Asia, with portions of the 28th Roguneut 
and 50th on board ; the Tynemouth, with the 44th Regiment 
on board ; the Cottiugham, towing the Gleudalough and 
William Jackson, with ditto, ditto on board ; the Cambria, 
with the 68th Regiment on board, towing the Deva ami 
Escourt, with portions of the 50th and 4th on board (the 
68th, however, are to go into the 4th Division) ; the Medway, 
with siege train on board, towing the Arthur the Great, with 
head-quarters, staff, and the Royals on board, and the Earl 
of Shaftesbury, with a grand reserve ammunition on shore ; 
the Highflyer, towing the Apollo, with the 38th Regiment 
on board. 
The 4th Division, commanded by Sir George Cathcart.— 
The Orinoco, with the Rifle Brigade, 1st battalion, on board, 
towing the Pedestrian and Bodsloy, with Royal Artillery &c., 
onboard; the Colombo, with the*20th Regiment on board! 
towing the Shooting Star and War Cloud, with reserve 
ammunition and Royal Artillery on board; the Avon, with 
the 63rd Regiment on board, towing the Negotiator and 
Arabia, with reserve ammunition on hoard; the Golden 
Fleece, with the 21st Regiment on board, towing the 
Georgiana and the Ganges, with the Artillery staff horses on 
board. The Harbinger, with head-quarters on hoard, towing 
the John Masterman, with medical stores on board. 
The Cavalry, or Fifth Division, commanded by Major- 
General the Earl of Lucan.— The Simla, with the 4th Light 
Dragoons on hoard, towing the Pyrenees and Kenilworth, 
with the Royal Horae Artillery ; the Himalaya, with Major- 
General Lord Cardigan and staff, the greater portion of the 
8th Hussurs and 17th Lancers on board, towing two trans- 
ports, with Royal Artillery on board ; the Trent, with por- 
tions of cavalry regiments on board, towing the London and 
Cornwall, with the Royal Horse Artillery and Engineers’ 
stores on board; the Jason, with the 11th Hussars on 
board, towing the Lady M'Naughten and another transport 
with engineers’ stores on board. 
The Siege Train, on hoard the Australia, towing the 
Medora and Resolute, with grand reserve magazines. ° The 
Sydney, towing the Gertrude and Star of the" South, with 
battering train on board. 
THE ALLIES VICTORIOUS. 
DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS— SURRENDER OF EU- 
PATORIA — BATTLE ON THE ALMA— AND FALL 
OF SEBASTOPOL. 
ARRIVAL OF THE ALLIES IN THE CRIMEA, 
September 13. 
Lord Raglan to the Duke of Newcastle. 
Crimea, Camp above Old Fort /lay, Sept. IS, 1854. 
My Loan Duke— Ido myself the honour to acquaint your 
Grace Unit the combined fleets and their convoys appeared in 
the Bay of Eupatoria on the 13th inst., and in the course of 
the following night proceeded some miles to the southward, 
where the allied armies commenced disembarking early in 
the morning of the 14th — the French in the hay below Old 
Fort, the English in the next hay nearer to Eupatoria — and 
before dark the whole of the British infantry, and some ar- 
tillery, and most of the French troops were on shore. 
Shortly before dark, the weather unfortunately changed, 
and became hazardous to attempt to continue lauding either 
troops or guns. 
The surt on the beach impeded the operation thefollowing 
morning ; aud since, on more than one occasion ; hut, thanks 
to the great exertions of the navy, under the able and active 
superintendence of Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, who 
was charged with the whole arrangement, every obstacle has 
been overcome, and I am now enabled to report to your 
Grace that the disembarkations have been completed. 
I should not do justice to my own feelings, or to those of 
the troops I have the honour to command, if I did not pro- 
minently bring to the knowledge of your Grace the deep 
sense entertained by all of the invaluable sendees rendered 
by her Majesty’s navy. 
The spirit by which both officers and men were animated 
made them regardless of danger, of fatigue, and indeed of 
every consideration but that of performing au arduous aud 
important duty ; and that duty they discharged to the ad- 
miration of all who had the good fortune to witness their 
unceasing efforts to land horses and carriages, with the ut- 
most expedition and safety, under frequently the most trying 
circumstances — I have, &c.. (Signed) Raolan. 
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, & c. & c. & c. 
SURRENDER OF EUPATORIA. 
. . _ , . . September 13. 
At 5 a.m. this morning all the fleet weighed anchor and 
stood along the shore of Kulamitu Bay towards Eupatoria ; 
yet it was near ton o’clock before all the vessels wore iu 
motion, ns many of them had anchored iu fifty fathoms 
water, and were consequently a long time in getting in their 
cables. All the shipping were collected into one dense mass, 
with the English liuo-of- battle ships leading, ami the French 
ami Turkish fleets oil the off-shore side, with a living squad- 
ron of sailing and steam-frigates iu advance of all. In this 
order the whole fleet advanced for some hours, | mssing along 
a shore which seemed flat, marshy, and unhealthy. It scorned 
literally covered with cattle, and stack upon stack of hay and 
barley. 
Towards mid-day we approached Eupatoria I’oiut, a long, 
low, sandy sj.it of land, which runs o\h far into the sea, and 
the hqiitfire, Captain Spratt, was signalled to go ahead and 
sound. Sho did so, ancl reported tho water “shoal aud dan- 
gerous, bottom rocky, with sounding varying from three to 
nine fathoms. All vessels wore accordingly ordered to give 
a wide berth to tho point, while tho Agamemnon, Samson, 
and Caradoc went forward round tho capo to reconnoitre the 
town of Eupatoria. By three o'clock the whole fleet was 
well in the bay, though anchored about five miles from 
shore, until tho Spitfire reconnoitred and ascertained tho 
depth of water. As tho fleet took up its moorings a small 
coasting vessel, of about 50 tous, vory coolly run up tho 
Russiau flag -a piece of impertinence of which it is needless 
to sny wo took no notic j. Tho Spitfire was close in to shore, 
and as wo ajmroaelied it was easy to see our movements wore 
watched with iuteusc interest by the good citizens of Euj.a- 
tona. The town itself is situated iu a little nook of land 
under the poiut to which it gives its name. Tho whole 
shore IS low and marshy, apparently not rising more than 
four or five leet above the level of the sea. To tho south 
the whole coast is covered with multitudes of windmills, 
which speaks well for our supplies. Between the windmills 
and tho shore are also immense stucks of what appears to ho 
wheat and hay. Altogether our way seems to have fallen in 
pleasant places. To the north of tho stacks comes the town. 
Like all other little seaports, it has its dirty and its clean 
parts. The former beloug to the Turks, though, as far as I 
am able to judge, the houses here appear far cleaner than any 
belonging to the same class in Turkey Proper. In this quur* 
ter ot the towu I was disgusted to perceive ouo or two hand- 
some mosques aud many of tho tall minarets, which since 
my sojourn in the East have become hateful “to mine eyes.” 
But both mosques and miuarots were beautifully clean, and 
evidently kept iu thorough aud perfect repair. Tho Russians, 
so far from interfering with the faith of their subjects, ap- 
pear to have fostered it ; lor eveu in Gonstautiliojilo some 
of the mosques are neglected, aud out of it, iu what may .bo 
called the rural districts, the majority appear at a littlo 
distance to be little more than dirty ruins. 
But it scorns quite the reverse at Eupatoria The more 
northerly and fashionable quarter of the town was a conso- 
lation to see. No one (says the correspondent of tho Morn- 
ing Herald) can appreciate what a comfort it is to see 
Christian tenements until they have dwelt long iu the East. 
All this part of the town was like tho best neighbourhoods 
of Milton and Gravesend — ouo locale, indeed, bears a strong 
resemblance to the Marine-parade at Brighton. As the Sj»it- 
fire came close in the people flocked out by thousands. 
Eyomtho Turkish population (I suppose from long residence 
with the Russians) seemed to have shaken oil' their here- 
ditary uouchulance, and manifested the lively interest they 
took iu our proceedings by looking out of window and in ouo 
or two instances coming to tho doors of their houses. Four 
or five hundred Russian soldiers, in their long grey coats and 
caps, also sauntered along the shore, laughing and talkiug to 
one another, and throwing pebbles in the water. These 
fellows occasionally stopped to gaze in astonishment at tho 
fleet — and well they might— for by this time tho sea 
was black with them. Tho Spitfire continued surveying, 
sounding, aud scrutinising tho shore, keeping a sharp look- 
out for batteries at tho same time, for wo wore entirely 
unsupported, the rest of tho vessels being more than four 
miles off. As wo came closer in, we had an opportu- 
uity of seeing the superiority, and iu a manner tho opulence 
of the town the third in the Crimea The houses were 
large and spacious. All were faced with or built of stone 
had many windows in their fronts, which opening to the 
floor led into balconies overlooking the seu. One building, 
which evidently belouged to the governor of the town, or 
some other influential personage, was iu truth a fine palace 
with a stately portico, like that of Coveut-gardcn Theatre. 
There wefe many others of less pretensions to beauty but 
equally large and spacious. Further in shore the houses of 
this Russian quarter ajipearcd equally good, but the shore 
was too level to permit our seeing the whole extent of the 
town. 1 o the north of till some fine edifices, in tho form of 
streets and squares, wore being built— this sj.oaks well for 
the prosperity of the place. (Ju Eupatoria Point at the end 
close to the town is a fine pier of timber, strongly aud liaud- 
somely built. Near to this are the quarantine buildings and 
barracks, with a large old fort. The latter mounts no guns, 
nor did its small garrison of soldiers evince anything but 
curiosity as we approached it. Satisfied on this head, the 
Spitfire returned, and moved easily past the towu within a 
quarter of a mile of the bcuch, to which the people flocked, 
tninking we were going to communicate. As wo passed the 
Russian quarter, drifting very slowly, and souuding every 
minute, we had ample time and opportunity to admire the 
handsome gardens and houses which are near the sea. The 
balconies of the latter were crowded with ladies and gentle- 
men —Russians, of course — who, sitting in chairs, wore 
laughing, chatting, and talking with a sang froul au I <*,).» i 
humour which we were cortuiuly at a loss to ualo -sr.mL 
