New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-27
THE CAMPAIGN IN TIE CRIMEA.

Our readers cannot but be struck with the
novel spirit breathing through the Intelligence
from the seat Of war in the Crimea, received by
the Baltic yesterday, and published ia our col
umns this morning. Hitherto an oyeT-weening
and arrogant confidence has distinguished the
comments of the British Press, and the reports OF
Britsh and French correspondents concerning
the movements and prospects of the war. Bat
now this has given way to feeling OF anxiety and
even of alarm. 1t is confessed on all hands that
there is no such superiority as has been clame1
ON the part of the allied armies over their antagon-
ists. That Segastapol lie stronger, Menchikoif
an ADLER General, aud mis- army far more formida'
bic than was supposed; aud that instead of certain
AID decisive victory the French aud Eogllsh now
stand exposed to possible failure and disgrace.
Such is the feeling expressed Big our cofresPon-
dent at Liverpool, himself an EnglishmaD, alive to
oi the patriotic impulses and prejudices of his
country and this feeling is equally manifested by
the very energetic action Of both the French and
! English Governments. Desperate efforts are
making to hurry re6nforcements 10 Sevastopol;
the United Kingdom is drained Of it's last soldier;
many steamships are taken up as transports; and
200 French troops are sent forward, all in the
hope of arriving az the scene OF action before it
shall be too late to take part in the final, decisive
struggle.
We published on Saturday cDpious quantity
of documents, relating principally TO the earlier
stages of the siege, aud the psrtisly effective
but yet disastrous cooperation of the fleets and
we now add the Official reports concerning Ii
prandi's murderous attack on the allies near
Balaklaya, with other accounts of the subsequent
progress of operations, all of them, we must say,
quite uniavorable TO the allies. From careful
examination OF these documents We conclude
that though the position IT, as we have often
stated, difficult and even precarious one, it is
hardly so bad as lie implicitly our Liverpool cor
respondent. We do no. think that they are in
danger of any worse Disaster than q compulsory
retreat and embaI katiou. And on the other hand,
there is still the possibility Of their carrying the
! town by desperate and saDguinary assault. But
however this may be, il must We think, be de-
cided long before the retnforcemeuts leaving
France and England can reach the Crimes The
campaign is evidently near its turning point; the
movements, the errors aud the omissions which
have shaped It's character aud generated its
results, are made; We are in possession Of
suthentic ard indisputable Information IS to
the principal fscts; and we accordingly propose
succiDctly snd briefly to review the course OF the
ccntett.
IlisDOw established that when the allies landed
at Old Fort, Menchikoif had under his command
in the field only fortytwo ba'talions and two resi-
mtpts of cavalry, besides some Cossaeks, while
sevasFopo was garrisOned by the marines aud
sailors OF the fleet. These forty-twe ba'talioGs
were of the 18th, 10Th and Eth divisions Of io-
faniry; and suppOsng each battalion TO have hal
its jul complement of zoo men, there were il all
1890 men of iDfsntrj: with 1000 husssrs, the
Cossteks, artillery, ssppers aud minsrs; in al
some 5000 men in the field. With these he
could not oppose the landing of the allies, as by
60 doing be would have expos d his troops, with
out sufficient reserve, 20 the fire of the allied
fleets. powerful army, which could afford to
bsye sacrificed part of its strength might have
detached force to open petty var OF surprises
snd night.sttseks against tie invaders while land.
irg; theRussiaDs, il this instance, requiiedevery
an for tie great battle 10 come; besides the
Russian foot soldier s the clum,iest fellow alive
for petty war operations; hisforte is the scon ia
column by Close order. AS 10 the Cossacks, on
the other bend, their mode Of wafsre is 700 petty