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London, England, 1855-08-30 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30.

ENGLIBIIIIIN can give free scope to their admira-
tion of the conduct of the allied troops in the battle
of the Tchernaya without incurring the reproach of
national vanity. Our countrymen, on the 16th of
August, were me►e spectators of the skill and valour
of their gallant brethren in arms. The !merry of the
French and Sardinian troops, their discipline and
adroitnear in manceuvriog en mass., and the self-
reliance of the individual soldiers, are beyond all
praise. And the Turkish battalions which were
engaged with them in repulsing the Russians have
proved bow rash and unfair was the judgment pro-
nounced by many on the whole of the Ottoman army,
because Mite raw levies gave way prem►turely on the
day of Retaklays. The Russians on the 16th were
*Twig in numbers, and noway dr flcient in thatdogged
stubborn hardihood which a characteristic of their,
race. It would appear, too, that the whole Russian
army—with the exception of the artillery—had
been liberely supplied with what has been ill-
naturedly end unjustly called "Dutch courage." It
required both the manhood and the adroitness of the
French and Sardinians to beat back such assailants.
Of tete death-charge of Balaklava it was remarked by
a Rena officer, who was an on-looker, that it
was "magnificent, but not the way to make
war." This cannot be said of the mar movies
of the French and Sardinians on the Tchernaya;
in them, buoyant contempt of death was
controlled and directed by perfect professional know-1
ledge, and by a promptitude in applying that know-
ledge, on the spur of the moment, as emergencies
(*Bid for it, that sweats to genius. Our corre-
spondent late on the Danube, who has gained a
European reputation by his graphic and glowing
portraitures of the Turkish military operations of last
year, has been inspired by the gallant spectacle of
the 16th to outdo himself. To do justice to the com-
batants on either side we can only refer our readers
to his letter published in our yesterday's impression.
All that it is necessary to add on our part is, that
after the battles of Alms, Beleklava, Inkermann,
and the Tchernaya, and the various assaults upon
Sebastopol—not excluding even the disastrous repulse
—there is no exaggeration in saying that the Allied
Army now before Sebastopol has never been sur-
passed, and is one with which a truly great general
might do anything.

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Bet whilst it is our duty to do ample justice to tbe
deserts of the army, it is equally our duty to wars
against any exaggerated estimate of the importance
of the victory of the 16 hof August. That it is s
heavy blow and great discouragement to the Rte
inns is certain. They were both surpassed is
b r y and physical strength, and ont-geno-
Tall, d, by their opponents in the battle of the
Tchernaya. Their loss in men, too, has been severs.
There are, moreover, symptoms which show
that their army is in a condition that pre-
disposes it to be beyond measure discouraged by
such a check. It is remarked that the dead left by
the Russians on the field belonged principally to
regiments which had newly arrived in the Crimea,
and that must of the men were either below or above
the age at which recruits for the army are generally
received. It is added, that the gaunt faces of the
prisoners beeped( great privations and suffering un-
dergone by them during their forced marches to the
theatre of war. Again, the Russian officers who fell
into the hands of the Allies on the 16th speak d
their expectation that an attack would have bees
made upon the lines of the Allies in front
of Sebastopol simultaneously with their at-
tempt to force the position of the Tchernaya.
That this expected attack did not take place would
seem to imply either • want of proper concert et
subordination among the Russian commanders, se
some insuperable difficulty in bringing their soldier'
within the fortifications to act. It is clear, therefore
that the battle of the Tcherosya hu been not only a
severe blow to the Russians, but a severe blow dealt
to an adversary already enfeebled by over-exertioll.
All this is extremely satisfactory ; but it must not be
forgotten that, after all, the victory of the 16th was,
on the part of the Allies, merely an attack of the
enemy beaten back. It has not advanced their
objects in the least—it has merely frustrated
thole of their opponents. At the Tchernaya the
Allies remained on the defensive—the offensive part
was taken by the Rusians : and it would appear,
from the letters received by the last mail, that an
expectation was prevalent, at least in the English
camp, that notwithstanding the severe check expe-
rienced by the Russians, their attack might be re-
newed. It would appear from this that the Allied
Army in the Crimea is still, notwithstanding all the
recent successes that have attended it, in the equivo-
cal and unsatisfactory position of being at once a be-
sieging and a besieged force. And here, matters
standing thus, candour compels us to repeat the
protest we have so often recorded, against the per-
tinacity with which the Allied Com mandersatill appear
to chug to the project of taking the fortifications of
Sebastopol piecemeal, without previously beating
the enemy in the field, and investing the place com-
pletely. It is evident that the Russians are preparing
to hoed out every separate stronghold to the last.
The nature of the ground, the strength of the forti-
fication', the dogged pertinacious courage of the
Russians in defence, all prognosticate that the cap-
ture of Sebastopol by the planehitherto adopted will
be attended with an immense loss of life, and
may be procrastinated to an indefinite period.
Now, we are quite aware of the truth of the
remark which we hear io many quarters, that Russia
is wasting her strength in the efforts that she la
making to retain Sebastopol. But it must also be
remembered that though the superior resources oldie
Allies enable them to maintain without similar es-
bawd ice a protracted struggle—for them, too, there is
danger io delay. No mere human bring can read the
future; no one 011111 stay with certainty that events may
not occur, if the war is spun out, either in the interior
of England, France, or Sardinia, or in the relations of
the great European and American States, that
may materially impede its further progress. In
war, all delay is dangerous. The true policy of the
stronger party is always to posh forward and bring
hostilities to • dose as soon as possible, lest actions-
seen difficulties should arise. And the Allies are
the stronger party in the present struggle. The
Russians are no match fur them in the field, either
is attack or io defence. This has been proved on the
Alms, at Inkermann and Bala's'', and now on the
Tchernaya. Besides, this last victory has not only
disheartened and demoralised the Russians, it has
arrested that demoralisation which reports, too well
authenticated, represented as spreading in the ranks