The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-10


SION II At0kfess that sbe Russians confirms, Lord
Rhgsn's opinion Of bis det.nces, by sd attempt
10 bresk through them, .hich cost tae British army
more tbaD pundred officers kiieJ and wounded
three OF lie Generals killed, and . 500 mea fursher
taken from our army already unequal TO its object
ord scarcely able TO defend It's position.
LOSSES AND REINFORCEMENrS OF THE
C0NFENDING ARMIES.
From the London Times, Nov n.
In estimating the iorcss Of the British army al
ready engaged III the operations Of the war or on
thelr way to the scsne OF hostities, our Judgment
is divided oe:we' that reserve which is often essen
tal TO the success ofmiary enterprises and the i'm
portance OF satisfying pnhnc opinion, which is the
soul OF action IN th country, by the publication OF
The most Authentic information we Can obtain. Al
the present. time, hoeever the necessity OF satisfy
ing tue ration that the Brush portion OF The allied
amy Cor winch aione we can speak with certainty
Will speedily b. feii force in sufficient numbers -
meet ally ener gency appears 10 20 be p,ram lunt
TO every other confederation; and we naye no doubt
that the appearance OF dependency ia this country
s. TO the prospects OF ste war won'd be TUNED oy
the peItlsans ot Russia TO the Cetri 0ent If our
cause far more iDiurionsly than anv Information
they may acquire of the true eXteat of resources
Its abundaptly evident that in sanding ous last
summer an army to the seat Of war, however nuner-
Gus and well equipped II Nigh be, tn country only
took the first step IN The hostties it vss ,bont 70
wage. To keer up that army in state OF efficiency,
even NJ ifs original amount, required constant aud
cobside able relniorc ments bat events might arise,
AID TO certain exsanJ have arisen, compelling rs
materially To exceed the original scheme OF QUE mi.
hilary CD operation.
The intention Of The British government upou
the CONNER cement Of Jstsliries in the East was
to ser ont an English army of ABOUT 1900 infau-
Try, benides cavalry and artillery, cooperate with
u French army OF at east donb)e that amount. The
forces originally paced under Lora Raglan com
mand hon tne salng OF the irst ae.Ach n OF mill
We end OF June, con sisted Of II bsttaons of the
It bar rAf.n
Rifle )gaoe, hsing ih al rs ba Il io.s Of about
500 rank and file, and amounting, efcre. in rom!
numbers, 10 70 900 men. AZ tnsi time tle primary
ohJtct o. mo tXp5 dItion was The defence o. %.
stanthopie 5gaiost the apr eheH5eG adyalce q,
Russian army u Prince Gsftsci akof succeeded ia
defeating the Turks, end forcing srs s.-ona O,ace,
on The DsDI,e. Hence the occuca'ioD b7 Oh
tcnps FIRST Of Gailipoi, toen Of utsr. aad ast,y
az NGLa. Towards The end OF june the iGi!urr .
the Russian army before Siistrl. And SIC rrrraal
CT Paskiewfsca, changed the Character vi the
VIII iron Offensive 10 offensive o1esstioDs, and
the expeoislpn 10 iha CrImes bacama the er.id
ohjec- OF the anpaiIn. Throughout The snmme-
therefore decreased leiniotceUents continued to
join tie Britin amy. Ire deAtcbu1eDts sent ont
from Tins country amounted - aoout 800
rank and fi!e, ard the six battalcie gdGed SINCE
June. wn:cn comprised Sir Geo.ge Cathcart's
6ieisicD, together with smother hat al.on OF the
Rife Brigade, consisted OF 5000 meu. Within
the sst FEW weeks the Ssh regiment ls been des-
patched 70 the Crlmea from Galipc.l, the cd from
Malta, and the 9th from the Pirans, forming fur
ther addition Of 2,400 men. These rroOps .d u II
joined Lord Raglan's army at the Gate OF our last
letters, but have doubtless since reached tie Crinea
when the contest assumed move obstinate char
acter, aid the Russian generals ere fOupf to be in
force enoush to attack in lines the necessity
for achievements on larger seals became ur-
gent, and within the last ten days six powerful
steam tr8nspOrts, or men Of war, carving Oh an
average geo rank and file each nave been des-
pat bed to the Crimes; and IL may be antc;pared
that they will land $500 men at Balakiava about
the 9th OF December. At the same time, the
Saith end list regiments will proceed from
Corfu, the 18th and s9th regiments from G,oralssr
and the 90th from Dublin. These five stsli,ps
are at their full strength OF $50 rack and file,
and consequenti form AL addi body of 1880
men. The reinforcements which will reach the
British army in about three weeks froN the present
time, Independently of those previously sent
ard which must by this time have arrived,
may be rated therefore in round numbers az 775O
rank ard files who have been prepared and de-
spstched on active service in this present month
OF November. To sum up this statement, 1T ap-
pears from these details that in the last four
months not less than 10000 British infantry have
been added to Lord Raglan's original army of
10000, and Of these about 1000 men are fresh
troops from England or the British garrisops in
the Medife rrsBesD, who will arrive in the Crimea
In the highest state CT efficiency az The most
critical moment OF the camoaj IN. The rank and
file Of the British infantry already landed in the
East, or now on it's way TIE Crimea, thus amounts
III oil 10 80 600 men, wis1ous reckoning the
oiicsrs, non. commissioned officers. aod mns ians,
or the artillery cavalry divisions VI the
army. This force was, indeed, sadly reduced
by chOls "a and fever even before the eygeoitioa
sailea iIom Varba; disease did not TO darsss
II en- or Cd its passage o. or its landicg, ana the
amy has subseque ny undergone the Jsses ~ more
tn n one sapguiDary bsr.Ia and the wasting hard !
ships OF prolonged and laborious SIEGE Yet there
Is Ieason t. believe that after tns battle of the
OH OF November, before winch Inc numbers hsd !
fallen as low 81 1900, the ihfsa ry under Lord
Ra0aD's CCmnaT Il had been fscrrtkan Z
amount 10 not less than 10000 rlok and flea
number which, as we have seen, would .psedil, b, |
rss to the fnil former strength Of the army. We
abstsin for obvious reasons from pursuing tie snb |
il CT Of reDfo cements any further at this moment
ago sball0nly add that ample meaps exist for sop |
plying the demands OF the army; men are existing |
tbrughCut the county with toe greatest spirit st
the tate Of m,re than 900 week; and the govern
IN those resources which flow without an effort from
the courage and patriotism OF the people.
The French government are OF course engaged |
with equal energy, and with larger military re-
sources far nearer than our own TO the theatre Of
gar, in recruiting tho losses and increasing the
efficiency Of Gen. Csnroberts army. Indeed, nothing
but the deficiency Of powerful and cspaclous steam
transports has retarded the mmediase decsrture of
another French corps d'armEs for the Crimea, and
this difficulty will speedily be overcome Gen.
Dulacs division, lately forming part OF the army at
Lyons about to embark; aud We already know
that French reinftrcements 600 strong bad passed
the Bospbt rus on their way to the Crmea on the Och
Of November.
Although, therefore, the fierce and protracted
contest which has now been raging tor nearly seven
weeks around the walls OF Scbastopo has tried to
the utmost the powers of endurance OF the allied
armies and has altogether disappointed the expec
teton once entertained Of mastering the place by
coup de main, the month OF December will, we
tiust, fix Lord r, CLAN and Gen. Canrobert in pos
session Of more powerful means than they have ye.
bad for carrying on the war. When the battle
OF the 9th Of November was fought, the Russian
anxiously expected since the opening Of the cam
paPn, and for which he suspended his operations.
koA uct n. AZ b. a11ioa