The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-24 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, NOYEMBER 24, 1854.

Reinforcements ! reinforcements ! ! reinforc9-
ments !! ! We have given forth the cry, and we
shall not shrink from repeating it, until it is re-
echoed from every mountain, hill, and cairn in
the United Kingdom. Reinforcements to those
who, while bravely and efficiently fighting our
battles, are outnumbered by an enemy thirsting
for their blood—who with 8,000 men resisted
the onslaught of 60,000 Russians (many of _them
fresh men just brought from Moldavia in carriages
of the country and in the lightest possible manner),
and who left nearly one-third of their number on
the field which they had so bravely defended. It
is true that they received most valuable assist-
ance from the division under General Bosouzr—
that 6,000 Frenchmen fought for their Allies in
a manner unsurpassed by any former champions
of " Belle France." But the fourteen thousand
resisted four times their own numbers, and actu-

ally repulsed nearly SIXTY THOUSAND of the
elite of the Russian troops, who displayed un-
equivocal evidence of their own determination by
repeatedly crossing bayonets with the Guards, and
leaving five or six thousand killed and wounded
on the field of battle—multitudes of tho latter
having previously been carried off by them ; the
casualties altogether, in killed, wounded, and
prisoners, amounting to not less than FIFTEEN
THOUSAND.

Can there be more conclusive testimony as to
the paucity of our numbers, the over-work de-
volving on each man, than the fact that out of
the THIRTY THOUSAND English troops that started
for and should have arrived at the scene of war,
not more than eight thousand could be spared for
such a conflict ? And of that eight thousand,
more than thirty per cent., or nearly one-third,
have been placed hors de combat during the fear-
ful encounter.
Surely, then, these are not circumstances under
which we can follow red-tapist precedents, or
Waste time in considerations of etiquette or the
conflicting claims of the different regiments.
2alBhand wants every available man at the
Peat moment. Not only the regular troops,
but the ..
k___ ranatta , will be required ; and we
sufficienttoL"'swtatewith of the patriotism of the latter body
will cheerfully respond hesitation, that, to a man, they
cspond to the call of duty. It is
not by
companies or regiments
send thegently.„ - that we should
be e(rired aid. New "expedi-
tions" should
of sufficient force,
not merely to assist,rsgbeaupntteistcod'relieve, those who,
since the 14th of
brunt of the encounter. D. should, for the
tmbser, have borne the
disregarded. The only
thought being, be altogether
thought should be how to succour our gallant
countrymen, and to achieve the
grit object for
which they have so freely shed
rrs are their blood and
sacrificed their lives. Pecuniary matte
alto-
gether of secondary importance. Our first thought
must be how to conquer completely and une%;
vocally, to achieve a triumph so unalloyed, iii:t.
we may be enabled to dictate, rather than nego_
tiate, the terms of peace. We were too tardy in
commencing operations. We allowed the enemy
to concentrate all their powers on the point
of attack, which was not in any degree
concealed ; We then permitted them to being
up all their forces from the neighbouring
districts. By Austrian intrigues they were
enabled to bring their forces from Moldavia and
Bessarabia, leaving these important localities en-
tirely unprotected, to concentrate all their
r'esouroes on our dentiOd men.