The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-15 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1855.

The Allied Troops in the Crimea are at length
exhibiting symptoms of vitality. There seems to
be a fair prospect of something decisive taking
place, even during the short remainder of the
present season. We learn from our best corres-
pondent, Prince GORTSCHA.KOFF, that "
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enemy"—i. c., the Allies—" has concentrated
imposing masses of troops in the valley of the
Upper Belbulc, and is preparing to advance still
further." ,And even Lord PANMERE has at last
broken his protracted silence, and informs us that
" Sir COLIN CAMPBELL has been sent to Eupatorin
with a considerableforce of infantry and artillery !"
The time when this very important step was taleen
is not mentioned. On that point we must still
trust to guess-work, corrected by, and based on,
the best premises that can be obtained. It is
something, however, to know to a certainty that
the movement which we have so long suggested
has been made, even at the eleventh hour ; and
the delegation of the duty to the brave CAMPBELL
and his gallant Highlanders proves beyond the
possibility of doubt that it is no trifling or ordi-
nary task that requires to be accomplished.

It will now be seen that the Russian army is
threatened in front and on the flank—being
literally placed between two fires. Nor is it
merely Turkish troops that they will have to en-
counter on their retreat, but the elite of the
British army—the Highlanders—who never failed
at any duty, however arduous, but nobly main-
tained and gloriously enhanced the honour of the
national flag whenever it was cDnfided to their
charge. The Muscovites have long since learned
to listen with wholesome terror to the tones of
spirit-stirring pibrochs, and the emphatic an-
nouncement that " the Campbells are coming "
will scarcelyprove satisfactory to the greatest lover
of martial music in the Russian ranks.

We could not have supposed that the Allied
generals would have remained satisfied with the
capture of Sebastopol, without striking a heavy if
not a decisive blow against the opposing army,
who still held the open field. We should suppose
that Marshal PELISSIER was one of those,
Nil actzum credens duet quid 3uperesset agendum,

who would never sit down indolently, contented
with half measures, or imagine that he had merited
the approbation of
his Imperial master or of his
country while a single adv antage remained un-
achieved. Nor lave we less confidence in General
SimPsoN, who will doubtless energetically co-
operate with his vigorous colleague. It was a
painful necessity that compelled him to remain
contented on the Bth of September with a demon-
stration against the Redan, to distract the atten-
tion of the enemy, while the French were allowed
to occupy the post where they might reasonably
anticipate to remain masters of the position, from
which, by their dashing assault, they had driven
the enemy. He has now received from the entire ,
community a due appreciation of his morits—the
justice which we were the first to render, and from
which we never for a moment swerved; and when I
the proper opportunity arrives, as it may en
many dftys have elapsed, he will supply irresisti-
ble proofs that Britons still know how to strike
home, acid firmly to retain what they have bravely