The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-20 00:00:00

HOW THE ALLIES OUGHT TO ACT IN THE

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BM—The oath side of Sebastopol is ours.
Fort Constantine, it the entrant* of the harbour, is
the extreme right of the Hessian position. A road
leads from this fort, and, at a distance of two miles,
close to the Belbeo river, it joins the coast road to
Enpatoria, and also the road ,inland to Baktchi-Sergi.
Along this latter road, to its left, winds the Belbeo
river, for five miles. At this point there is a bridge
across it, and the Belbec river is now to the right
of the road, winding beside it till it reaches
Deevank, a distance of nine miles, this village being
16 miles distant from Fort Constantine. The road
now leaves the Belbeo river, and winds at the bottom
of a hilly country, where after ten miles is a bridge
across the Ketch* river, and six miles farther on is the
well-supplied village of Baktchi-Sergi, being about 30
miles from Sebastopol- There is a country road
about 15 miles long from this spot to join the Baps,-
tons coast road to Sebastopol. Balaklava is our ex-
treme rear ; leaving it at a little distance, two roads
join—ons branch going to Sebastopol, while the other
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conducts to Baktchi-Serai. Upon this road, at about
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mess from the rains crosses a small river. Here the
country is very difficult. (To the right of this spot is
Mackenzie's farm, and the village and old impregnable
Genoese fortress of Mankeep. In many spots here
100 men could stop an army.) The road now turns
towards the right, and at six miles' distance is Merhes
Hernia. Six miles further the road crosses the
Belbeo river, between the villages of Zalankoi and
Kaberta; and here the Russians could easily stop our
advance. The road now stretches due north, and at
six miles' distance, atd at a quarter of a mile from
the Katcha river, joins the road from Fort Con-
stantine to Baktchi-Sersi. Balaklava is distant from
Baktchi-Serai about 30 or 35 miles. Troops can leave
this latter town for Simpheropol by two roads, which
run nearly parallel for 12 mile', but these roads,
after crossing the Alma, join at the village of Jejelike.
The distance to Simpheropol is now about 25 miles,
the road during this distance crossing two rivers.
Simpheropol is distant from Fort Constantine about
40 miles, and from Balaklava from 46 to 50 miles.
There is no coast road properly so called from Bala-
klava, but there is one about two miles inland,
which leaves the Baidar valley between it and the sea.
At a distance of 12 miles it tarns towards the coast,
and shortly reaches Baidar, and in about six miles
oomes to the coast at Pahaka. From this point the
road leads close to the Black Sea, passing in-
numerable villages, until it comes to Aloushta,
distant from Balaklava about 70 miles. All along
the coast line there appear to be no road; leading
inland. Aloushta is the termination of the coast
road. It is distant from Simpheropol about 30 miles,
the road passing through numerous villages and
hamlets. This road, with the road from Simphero-
pol to Fort Constantine, encloses a large space of
gi ound, nearly 40 mike long, and varying from 20 to
35 miles in breadth, to the sea, is entirely in the power
of the Russians, and from which they may draw
immense supplies of cattle, &c.; but in no part is to
be found that open ground where General Brown
proposes to fight the enemy. The great point for
the Allies is to threaten Simpheropol and its
rear. By the map this appears quite practicable
from Enpatoria on the west and from Kaffa on the
east. The distance of the road between the lakes from
Enpatoria is about ten miles, and appears as if com-
manded from the sea. Here two roads join, by which
two columns of troops can move towards the Sim-
pheropol and Perekop roads. The columns could
support each other, as the roads run parallel, being
distant from each other from three to eight miles.
The south column has a march of 20 miles to Tobek-
halorah, cutting off the retreat of the enemy from
Baktchi-Serai to Perekop, and while here, they are
only eight miles' distance from the road from
Simpberopol to Perekop. This seems a most
important position. The northern column by
a march of 25 miles passing through Monlerchi,
and taking up a position between Kezenda and
Ketza, all retreat from Simpheropol, either to Pere-
kop or Genitchi, is cut off ; and at this spot they are
within 20 miles of Portcha Znia : and if the southern
column moved the eight miles to Simpheropol read,
all retreat of the enemy is cut off, as also supplies
from the north. But while the troops were moving
from Eupatoria, two columns could be landed at
Kaffa, one to occupy the road to Arabat, by which all
the Russians in the peninsula of Kertch would be
hemmed in and obliged to surrender. The other column
could move on Keraan Bazar, 40 miles distant. This is
an important town, and one in which the army would
find an abundance of necessary supplies and comforts;
and as the columns from Eupatoria were also moving
towards this town, and as the Russians have here one
road to Perekop and another to Genitchi, to a cer-
tainty they would abandon it. Simpheropol is about
100 miles distant from Perekop, and 130 from Ge-
nitchi. The Russians, with the stores and provisions
they could pick up in the country, and with their
magazines towards the northern forts, could hold
their ground for another year; but now that all that
is valuable in Sebastopol is for them destroyed, there
appears to be no great object for them to remain
where they are. Our great object is to catch them
by a junction of troops from Eupatoria and Kaffa in
the rear of Simpheropol, thus cutting off all com-
munication with Russia. They cannot attack us
from the northern forts, as there is a wet ditch of 700
yards between us. They have no chance in again
trying lakermann, atd their attack ou the 16th
August showed us our weak points. With field
works and 60,000 troops the south side of Sebastopol
and Balaklava are perfectly safe. It is said we have
200,000 troops at or about Sebastopol, but say
180,000 bayonets and sabres. By the last accounts
we had 20,000 men at Enpatoria. Send an additions/
50,000 there, and that gives two moveable columns
of 30,000 each. Three days' provisions will carry
them to the rear of Simpheropol, and the steppe@
thereabouts abound in cattle, sheep, horses, and
camels. We have thus 70,000 bayonets and sabres left
to land at Kaffs, sufficient to master the peninsula of
Kertcb, and with three days' provisions they could
effect or threaten a junction with the columns moving
from Eupatoria.
If the natives of the Crimea can be raised in our
favour not a Russian can escape, and at all events
they cannot seriously interfere with our supplies from
Enpatoria or Kaffa ; and if the enemy towards Sim-
pheropol draw their supplies from the northern forts,
they are farther away from their stores than we are.
But let the nation as one man stand up and prevent
diplomacy wresting from our arms the Russians, as
was the mightiest army from our hands by the treaty
of Evora. Let the army fight with their arms, and
our diplomatists amuse themselves with Austria and
Prussia by a mutual bombardment of protocols. May
the Czar receive a blow he cannot forget, and may
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CHARLES SHAW.
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Sept. 17.