The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-15 00:00:00

NAPOLEON lIL ON THE CRIMEAN
CAMPAI 514.

The foilowieg are the outlines et a plea of cam-
psite drawn by Napoleoe ILL, and transmitted to
Oseeral Cearobert when the Emperor abandoned hie
original design of commanding the army la perms.
The extract is made from the proof sheets of the
second volume of the Boron de Basessoarts "Mo
mobs of the Crimean Exprditioor
"The Emperor to General Canrobert, commander-
in•chief of the army of the East :

"April 28,1864.

" The firswhich has bees visa ageism the plate
will by this time have been sueossefal or ansuoisesful.
Is either class, it is abaolutely emissary to leave the
defensive paid= is which the mosy has found
itself dariog the last six months. To this end, is
grainiest with the English government, I should
have divided the troops into three armies, me of Meg*
and two of operation&
" The first army would guard Xamiesoli, and
blockade the gamins of ilshmespoL The semed
would operate at a short distance hem &Ashley.,
and, in ease of need, take possession of the Mee-
kaiak Heights. The third army would effect •
diversioa.°

"If, as I think, the Reunions have $6,000 Una in
Sebastopol, 16,000 to the north of Bopatmia, and
70,000 between bansplieropol, the Balbach, and the
Tammy., 60,000 good troops would saes to destroy
all the Russian army, which might be taken in re-
verse before it had time to soneentrate all its forces.
And even should it emceed in twocentrating them,
we should be able to inset it with equal nomben.
For we most never lose sight of that great principle
in war, that if a diversion be affected at &certain dis-
tance from one's base of operation, the troops effect-
ing the diversion most be nomerons enough to resist
them of the missy, who an concentrate all hisefforts
' in opposition.
"All this being well considered, I should have
advanced 40,000 men from the army of Sebastopol
into the valley of Baidar, and sapported by Lord
Raglan, would have occupied from Skulls to Ilia
bridge of Tents and Tchorgoan, the is, roads which
erees the Tethering.. We should then have as
many Wes de porn, menacing the left of the lisesian
position on the Msekseede Reighte.
. _

After them movenwints I should Ism Lord
Raglan master of all the positions on the left of the
Tobernaya from hk.lls to Tsborgeen. I should
combine, in rear of the English lines, the 40,000 men
of the active army with the slinky, nod the means
of transport at my disposal, and posting boosts on the
aft I should await the arrival ef my corps d'art's& of
reserve, which, easing from Coustastinople, would
receive ostlers to reeonnoitre the Pharos bradland.f
What would thin be our position with rasped to the
itcredeas
"The movement upon Balder, in giving m the pas-
sage of the Tehernays, would have menaced their
WI, and caused them to think oar intention was to
dislodge them tram the front of the heights of Toter.
assn and Mackenzie The enemy thus would be
held in *beck, and their attention be attracted to
kicker= and Perekop. Our positions would be
mailed, my plans unknown, and if anything hap.
peeled to derange them, nothing would be cos.-

" Bat sapposiag that nothing intsrlsrsd with tbs
genes' plan, it woehl br followed oat in ths manna
following-

" An moon as the fleet (tarrying the 26,000 mem of
the army of rooms was sighted, orders would be sig-
nalled to it to ocavey thus to Moselle, at a place
on the oast previoaely selected for a disembarks-
tioa. Three thousand as would be in readi-
ngs to disembark the first. wed would Mahn&
themselves this. levees from Akoseta, beyond the
defile of Aye.. The remainder of the troop wadi
remain is board until cavalry brought illeffilismuo
of the aosupation of the defile. The reports
head being favoarable, the advance geed mold
take op a good poetics beyond the dell% sad having
eatmaceed itself, await there the amyl 'The re-
=Mader of the 26,000 men would than illeabork oa
the Alosekta Meet, while, on their aide, the 40,000
Ma assembled at Bader would receive orders to pees
along the high road which borders the sea by Yalta.
la three days (two days, that is, after the disembarka-
tion at Moselle) the 40,000 men from &Mar would
unite with the 24,000 soder the walla of flimphoropoL
This tows would be taken poseeseion of, and a suffi-
cient writes left there, or a good politica would
be takes ap on the road toadies thereto* this coming
the rem of ow army.
" One of two this,' would now happy). Either
the Rumba army before Sebastopol would &band's
that formidable peados to attack our army, ad-
vancing from the aide of Baktabi Sorel (and in this
am the fleet army of operation, akar the order. of
Lord Eagles, would prom herd apes it, sad poems
itself of the position of Likeness'), or sloe the Rus-
sians would await in their linos the advent of the
army from SimpheropoL Is this awe the latter,
'deeming from Baktohi Sad on Sebastopol (rem-
log its left upon the mountains), weld 'fist a Jana
tloo with the army of Marshal Raglan, whist,
ad-
vancing from Balder epos Alba!, would repulse the
esemy's forma, sod drive them into flebestopel se
into the sea.

" This plan, in my view, his Immense advantages.
rust, the army, as far as iiiinphoropol (which is
only nine lesion from Aloeslna) would always be
is ocatataniaatios with the sea; it would traverse
an exasedingly healthy ersestry, whim there is the
best waters in the Crimea; its rear would always be
protected; It would Dumpy billy districts, when
oar deileleaey in cavalry would be less idt ; lastly,
it would come saddeuly on the lianien line of *p-
estle= and est off their pansies*, probably also
casing their reserve artillery. If the Ayea dells,
which would be indispensable to the nano of the
plan, were so fortified that it wild not be' tam.
the reannoitring party of 3,000 nen Whisk wee

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