lamentable losses as were caused after the evacuation of
Sebastopol by the rashness of the troops. The second
in command, the artillery officer, and the engineer,
finding themselves deserted by officers and men,
abandoned their suicidal determination, and
surrendered themselves, and Kinburn was ours, as far as
the flames and smoke would allow us to occupy it. The
northern forts on the Spit were not aware for some
time of the reduction of the principal battery, or at
least paid no attention to it, and hammered away for
some time from one gun, till a shot from the Terrible
utterly destroyed the casemate."

The subsequent operations of the Allied squadrons in
the estuary of the Dnieper and the waters of the Boug
have been confined to an active inspection of the former
as far as the mouths of the river; and a cruise up the
latter, until arrested by a battery planted half-way
down the cliff, at a point where a spit of sand narrows
the channel. From the decks and tops of the ships the
visible parts of the steppe are seen to be covered with
cattle, farm-houses, and stacks of hay and corn. The
Spitfire discovered two large rafts of white oak, valued
at £20,000, at the mouth of the Dnieper, and brought
them off. The larger raft was 450 feet long, 100 feet
wide, 6 feet deep, and had a house upon it. The troops
had moved along the Spit of Kinburn, destroying the
nearer villages. The Russians subsequently advanced
to Vassilievka. It has been resolved that the French
shall garrison Kinburn during the winter.

On the intelligence of the taking of Kinburn reaching
Marshal Pelissier's head quarters, he issued an order of
the day, dated Sebastopol, October 20, congratulating
the army on the event. "The army (he said) will
learn with joy the announcement of a fresh success. The
flags of England and France have since the 17th floated
on the walls of Kinburn. The key to the mouths of
the Boug and of the Dnieper is in the power of the
Allied armies. Surrounded on the sea side by the
squadrons of Admirals Bruat and Lyons, and on the
land side by the Anglo-French division under General
Bazaine, the fort of Kinburn capitulated after a
bombardment of five hours and a half. Its garrison,
composed of one general officer, ten other officers, and
1,380 soldiers, left the place with the honours of war,
and surrendered as prisoners of war, abandoning in the
fort 174 pieces of cannon, 25,000 projectiles, 120,000
cartridges, with ammunition and supplies of different
kinds. The day of the 17th October, in which the
fleet and the army so happily united their efforts for
the same object, adds to the glory and the renown of
the Allied armies. The success thus obtained terrified
the Russians, who, in their despair, on the following
day blew up the fort of Otchakoff and three batteries
near it. Kinburn in our hands will become a formidable
menace against Nicolaieff and Kherson."

No operations of importance have taken place in the
neighbourhood of Sebastopol. The intended movement
of Sir Colin Campbell in Eupatoria (mentioned in our
last month's Narrative) did not take place. General
Simpson, in a despatch dated October 20, says: "I
informed your Lordship, in my despatch of the 13th
instant, that the Highland Division, under Lieutenant-
General Sir Colin Campbell, were to proceed to
Eupatoria and co-operate with;the French; but upon the
receipt of your telegiaphic despatch of the 13th instant,
apprising me that the Russians had resolved to hazard
a battle and attack the Allies, I did not consider myself
justified in weakening the force under my command by
so many men, and I therefore countermanded the
movement." Several forward movements have been
made from Eupatoria, with the view of bringing the
enemy to an engagement. A movement of this kind
was made on the 22nd of October, of which an account
is given by Lord George Paget, who commanded the
English cavalry. The movement was made in two
columns; one, chiefly Turkish, marching along the
strip of land between the sea and Lake Sasik; the other
going North of the lake, and moving by Karagourt and
Temesh. This part of the force was under General
d'Allonville himself, and at Tuzla he offered battle to
the enemy; but it was declined, after an interchange of
shots at long range. Joining the second column at Silk,
the whole returned, on the 24th, by the coast road to
Eupatoria. Casualties in the British force, from want
of water—two troop-horses and three mules. Another
movement was made on the 27th of October, of which
the following account is given by Marshal Pelissier:—

"Sebastopol, Nov. 2—On the 27th of October last,
General D'Allonville, with twenty-four battalions,
thirty-eight squadrons, and fifty-six guns, advanced
along the road from Eupatoria to Simpheropol, as far as
the Chotobar ravine. He found the Russians firmly
established on the opposite side of the ravine, where
they had constructed an intrenchment, defended by
thirty-six 32-pounders. A few men and horses in our
ranks were struck at long range. Every attempt made
to bring the enemy to an engagement outside of this
strong position failed. Ten Russian squadrons fell back
before four Turkish squadrons, whom General d'Allonville
had sent against them. On the following day the
same manœuvres were renewed, with no better result.
The want of water in front of Sak, and the difficulty of
obtaining fodder, decided the General on returning to
Eupatoria on the 29th. The environs of this place, for
a great distance round, have been wholly abandoned
by the Russians."

The stone docks of Sebastopol (among the greatest
and most magnificent works of their kind in the world)
are about to be destroyed by the Allies. The
engineering operations for their destruction are
undertaken by the English and French jointly. These
operations are described by the correspondent of the Daily
News: "There are six docks, arranged in two rows of
three docks, one row behind the other. The two sets
of docks are separated from each other by a very large
and capacious basin. The first series, that nearest to
the head of the Karabelnaia port, is constructed for the
reception of vessels drawing 21 feet of water; the second,
for drawing 18 feet of water. They are built of
carefully cut white limestone, edged with a close-grained
fine granite; and in every part wherever there is more
than the usual liability to wear and detrition, whether
from friction, strain, or weather, or where particular
support, this latter kind of stone is used in place of the
former. At certain intervals where openings have
been left in the sides of the docks to admit of descent
by flights of stone steps, are seen some highly polished
blocks of red granite, magnificent in size and quality,
which are said to have been brought all the distance
from Aberdeen. The iron gates, of enormous size, and
the machinery by which they are opened and closed, are
all of the most careful workmanship. Close to the
docks themselves is a large engine-house, and near it is
seen the termination of the aqueduct from Tchorgoun.
The docks were filled from this source, and the pumps
are so arranged that each dock could be filled or
emptied irrespective of the remainder. Thus one dock
could be employed as a dry dock while a vessel was
afloat in the dock adjoining. Since the stream flowing
along the aqueduct was diverted by the Allies, the
docks have remained dry, and many fragments of shells
as well as round shot are now to be seen scattered
about them and over the floor of the great basin.
Alongside of the docks are spacious wharves, and all
the various workshops, sheds, and houses used by the
artisans and labourers in the dockyard employ. These
wharves are continuous with those of the Karabelnaia
harbour, terminating at Fort Paul, where the lofty
store buildings are placed which were partly converted
into hospitals when the barrack hospitals were no
longer tenable, and when so many dead and wounded
were left on the 9th of September. The docks lie in a
deep hollow, having on one side the hill crowned by the
barracks and other public buildings which separate
them from the water of the south harbour, and on the
other the high ground at the back of the Malakhoff-
hill, and covered by the houses of [the Karabelnaia
suburb. The lofty dockyard wall is on the high ground
and encloses the whole of the small valley occupied by
the docks and surrounding buildings; and on entering
the enclosure through an opening in the wall, which is
at present doubly guarded by both an English and
French sentry, a very considerable descent has to be
made before reaching the level ground below. It was
from this cause that none of the docks could be seen