until the whole capital borrowed shall be repaid. Art. IV. Their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Emperor of the French, being desirous to save the Sublime Porte the expenses of remittance, consent to undertake to transmit to the Ottoman Government the proceeds of the above-mentioned loan of five millions sterling to be raised under the conjoint guarantee of Their Majesties. With this view, it is agreed that the contractors for the said loan shall pay the proceeds thereof into the Bank of England for the account of the Turkish Government, to be trans mitted to the Sublime Porte by the agency of the Governments of England and of France. Art. V. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Constantinople as soon as possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done at London, the twentyseventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. (L.S.) CLAREndon. DESPATCHES. Horse Guards, Dec. 11, 1854. My Lord, I have had the honour to receive the Queen's commands to acquaint your Lordship that, as a mark of Her Majesty's recognition of the meritorious services of the non-commissioned officers of the army serving under your Lordship's command in the recent brilliant operations in the Crimea, it is Her Majesty's desire that you will be pleased to transmit to me the name of one sergeant in each regiment of cavalry, of the three battalions of Foot Guards, and of every regiment of the line, in order that I may submit them to Her Majesty for promotion to a cornetcy or ensigncy. I am further commanded by the Queen to desire that, with the view to render immediately available the services of these meritorious men, your Lordship will be pleased to appoint provisionally, and pending Her Majesty's pleasure, the sergeants of the cavalry and the line so recommended, as cornets or ensigns, each in his own regiment, and to post the sergeants to be promoted from the Guards to such regiments of the line as you may consider most advisable under the circumstances of the service. In conclusion, I am commanded to acquaint you that, on the several recommendations being approved by the Queen, it is Her Majesty's intention that the commission in each case shall bear date the 5th of November, 1854. I have the honour to be, HARDINGE. Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B., &c. OPERATIONS IN THE CRIMEA. THE ATTACK ON EUPATORIA. The lery and cavalry. I am not able as yet to ascertain the number of Eupatoria, Feb. 17, 1 P.M. men engaged, but I should think My Lord, I have the honour there were not less than 40,000 of to inform your Lordship that on all arms, with a very powerful arthe 15th instant several large con- tillery. As many as 60 of the enevoys and arrivals of troops were my's guns must have been firing seen moving along the north shore at one time, among them some of the Sasik Putrid Lake, from 32- pounders. Prisoners report the eastward. This movement on that they were accompanied by 100 the part of the enemy caused Omar guns. As yet all the particulars I Pasha to place the garrison on the have been able positively to asceralert. No further movement, how- tain is that Liprandi's division (the ever, was seen yesterday on the 12th) was present. At present I part of the enemy; but this mornrn- understand that they are in posiing at daylight they advanced in tion about 5 miles north from this, great force, and opened with artil- their left leaning on the Sasik lery upon the intrenchments which Putrid Lake. It is with much enclose the town. The advanced pleasure I have to inform your line of works which I informed Lordship that the portion of Her your Lordship it was his Highness's Majesty's fleet under the Hon. intention to erect were not yet Captain Hastings have rendered commenced. The enemy's artil- most efficient assistance. lery opened their fire about 1200 Valorous threw some well-directed yards from the place, covered by shells and completely covered our skirmishers, and supported by left, while the Viper gunboat, heavy masses of infantry in their which was at first stationed on the rear, and cavalry on their flanks. left with the Falorous, by Captain The artillery subsequently took up Hastings' direction moved on the a second position more in advance, right near the mills. I cannot at about 400 yards from a small present give your Lordship any crown work which is being erected details of the killed and wounded in front of the mills to the north- on the side of the Turks; I regret east of the town, and, after contito say, however, that Selim Pasha, nuing their fire for some time, the commanding the Egyptian Brigade infantry advanced to the attack, here, is among the former. One having formed under the cover of battery of Turkish artillery was a wall about 600 yards from the completely disabled, every gun right of the town. They were re- having been struck and a great pulsed at this point, leaving from number (nearly one-third) of the 150 to 200 dead on the field. On horses killed. I am desirous your other points of the field a number Lordship should receive a report of horses were left dead, but the of the action with as little delay killed men were removed. At as possible, by the Queen of the length, about 10 A.M., the whole South; so I must beg your Lordforce retired, covered by the artil- ship to excuse further details, which shall be sent by a future tween the French and Russians occasion. I am, &c., JOHN SIMMONS, Captain Royal Engineers, Brevet-Major. Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.B., &c. P.S. A prisoner informs us that a prince commanded, but he could not remember his name. I am happy to say there are no casualties among the English or French officers. Two French sous-officers are among the killed, and two pri vates wounded. JOHN SIMMONS. Turks, 97 killed, 277 wounded. French, 4 killed, 9 wounded. Tartar population, 13 killed, 11 wounded. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. are Before Sebastopol, Feb. 27. My Lord, It appears that on Saturday night the enemy sunk three or four more ships of war in the harbour, as far within the booms as the first sunken ships were outside of them; and, according to the most accurate examination yesterday, there now four barriers or impediments to the entrance of the harbourviz., two of sunken ships and two booms. The only movement on the part of the enemy since I last wrote to your Lordship is the march of some infantry and artillery from the neighbourhood of Bakshiserai towards the Tchernaya, upon which river, near Tchorgoun, they have at present five guns and several hundred men. The weather has been fine for the last three days; the snow is gradually disappearing, and the country is becoming drier. The enemy have re-occupied the ground which was the scene of contest be on Saturday morning before day light; and they are making great progress in a work they are esta blishing upon that point. I enclose the return of casualties to the 25th instant. Before Sebastopol, March 24. My Lord,-On the morning of the 22nd the French troops in the advanced parallel moved forward, and drove the enemy out of the rifle-pits in their immediate front, curred during the day Early in but nothing of any importance octhe night, however, a serious attack was made upon the works of our Allies in front of the Victoria redoubt, opposite the Malakhoff tower. The night was very dark, and the wind so high that the firing which took place, and which was very heavy, could scarcely be heard in the British camp; it is therefore difficult to speak with certainty of what occurred from anything that could be heard or observed at the moment. It appears, however, that the Russians, after attacking the head of the sap which the French are carrying on towards the Mamelon, fell with two heavy masses on their new parallel, to the rear of which they succeeded in penetrating and momentarily possessing themselves of it after a gallant resistance on the part of our Allies. Having broken through, they passed along the parallel and in rear of it, until they came in contact with the troops stationed in our advanced parallel extending into the ravine, from the right of our advance, where it connects with the French trench. The enemy was here met by detachments of the 77th and 97th Regiments, forming part of the guard of the trenches, who, although thus taken suddenly both in flank and rear, behaved with the utmost gallantry and coolness. The detachment of the 97th, which was on the extreme right, and which, consequently, first came in contact with the enemy, repulsed the attack at the point of the bayonet. They were led by Captain Vicars, who, unfortunately, lost his life on the occasion; and I am assured that nothing could be more distinguished than the gallantry and good example which he set to the detachment under his command. The conduct of the detachment of the 77th was equally distinguished; and the firmness and promptitude with which the attack, in this part of our works, was met, were in the highest degree creditable to that regiment. These troops were under the direction of Major Gordon, of the Royal Engineers, who was wounded on the occasion so severely, as for some time, I fear, to deprive the army of the benefit of his valuable services. The attention of the troops in our advanced works having been by these transactions drawn to the right, the enemy took occasion to move upon, and succeeded in penetrating into, the left front of our right attack, near the battery where two 10-inch mortars have recently been placed. They advanced along the works until they were met by a detachment of the 7th and 34th Regiments, which had been at work in the neighbourhood, under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Tylden, of the Royal Engineers, who promptly made them stand to their arms, and led them with the greatest determination and steadiness against the enemy, who were speedily ejected from the works and fairly pitched over the parapet, with but little or no firing on our part. Lieutenant-Colonel Tyl. den speaks in the highest terms of the conduct of the troops on this occasion, and particularly of that of Lieutenant Marsh, Acting-Adjutant of the 33rd Regiment, whose services and activity throughout the night were very useful to him. Capt. the Hou. Cavendish Browne, of the 7th, and Lieutenant Jordan, of the 34th Regiment, were unfortunately killed in this attack, after displaying the most distinguished gallantry, and Lieutenant M'Henry, of the former regiment, was wounded, but I hope not very severely. Lieutenant-Col. Kelly, of the 34th Regiment, who`commanded in the trenches, is, I regret to have to add, missing. The French, in retiring from their advanced parallel upon their supports, speedily rallied, and fell upon the enemy, whom they repulsed with great loss, and followed so far up towards the Mamelon that they were enabled to level and destroy nearly all the "ambuscades" or " rifle concealments," erected along their front. I fear, however, that this success has not been accomplished without considerable loss on their part, although that of the enemy is much greater. Yesterday the whole of the ground between the posts of the two armies was covered with their dead, amounting to several hundreds, besides those which they had undoubtedly carried off before daylight. In the meanwhile the enemy in great numbers found their way into the advanced batteries on our extreme left, which are not yet armed, and momentarily got possession of them. The working parties were, however, speedily collected and re-formed by Captain Chapman, of the 20th Regiment, Acting Engineer, and they at once drove the enemy out of the trenches with the utmost gallantry. Capt. Montagu, of the Royal Engineers, who was superintending the works, unfortunately fell into the hands of the enemy. I enclose the return of casualties to the 22nd in clusive. The wind is excessively high, but the weather is in other respects fine. 'I have, &c., RAGLAN. The Lord Panmure, &c. Before Sebastopol, June 9. My Lord, I have the great satisfaction of informing your Lordship that the assault which was made upon the Quarries in front of the Redan, from our advanced parallel in the right attack, on the evening of the 7th instant, was at tended with perfect success, and that the brave men who achieved this advantage, with a gallantry and determination that does them infinite honour, maintained themselves on the ground they had acquired, notwithstanding that during the night, and in the morning of yesterday, the enemy made repeated attempts to drive them out, each attempt ending in failure, although supported by large bodies of troops, and by heavy discharges of musketry, and every species of offensive missile. The French on our right had shortly before moved out of their trenches and attacked the Ouvrages Blancs and the Mamelon. These they carried without the smallest check, and their leading columns rushed forward and approached the Malakhoff Tower; but this it had not been in contemplation to assail, and the troops were brought back and finally established in the enemy's works, from which the latter did VOL. XCVII. not succeed in expelling them, though the fire of musketry and cannon which was brought to bear upon them was tremendous. I never saw anything more spirited and rapid than the advance of our Allies. I am happy to say that the best feeling prevails between the two armies, and each is proud of and confident in the gallantry and high military qualities of the other. I apprised your Lordship, by telegraph on the 6th, that our batteries re-opened that afternoon. The fire was kept up with the greatest energy until the day closed, when it was confined to vertical fire; but the next morning the guns resumed the work of destruction, and the effect was such that it was determined by General Pelissier and myself that the time had arrived for pushing our operations forward. Accordingly, soon after six o'clock on the evening of the 7th, the signal was given for the assault of the works I have enumerated, and the result was most triumphant. The troops employed in storming the Quarries were composed of detachments from the Light and Second Divisions, and at night they were supported by the 62nd Regiment. The command of these troops was entrusted to Colonel Shirley, of the 88th, who was acting as general officer of the trenches, and he was assisted in the arrangements and guided as to the points of attack and distribution of the troops by Lieutenant-Colonel Tylden, of the Royal Engineers, the directing engineer officer of the right attack. Although nothing could be more spirited than the attack of the Quarries, or more creditable to every officer and man engaged in the operation, yet I cannot refrain from drawing your Lordship's es D D |