Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-10-25
RICHMOND WHIG.
tFrom the Lopdon Times Of 8 hi

| SEBASTOPOL NOT TAKEN
| W TIE III Aofs To THE CoNTRARv-PRE-
SIM POSITION OF THE ALLIED AKMEs-rnErR PLAN
| OF OPERATIONS CONTEMPLATED, AND PROBABLE RE.
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Al Official communication received YESTERDAY bv The
Government from Constsutnopls entirely supersedes The
ss authentc statements which had been hailed With an
much enthusiasm and general during the I,st
g'. AT another time Il might be curious to roure by
a meats report which Is shown TO ha b.ep NOT
ohy eh gseraed but unoupded acquired such ve;oh,
a. to obtain the belief Of the a,pc n;o,i,,
d CIVILIZED Europe. including ouIy ournali.,s ard
h leaders tut men eIpsIieuced in the movements Of
th'- and statesmen the head VI wary and
ovsiuments Probaby the intetse of tbe ,ro,M
oS"he--, and possible TO scceerate the disconfurs
.he power Of Russia, caused this intelligence to l. q
moro gicedy Received than IL deserved TO be: hut Il
undoubtedly supported By coooou togs 90 feouen, .nd
pp.rsny so conssteut, tha M found almos,
eepstce Our busineis is however, dismiss from our
hnds the erroneous impressions they have lately
100 70 'on more correct estimate OF position from
ne Official accounts which arrived Yesterday and have
noH been published. These accounts are IN our
Judgement by 10 means unsatisfactory though the te.
.-phc message which contains them is obscure and de-
'ee'e ior sthougb Sebastopol has not been taken by
coup de main With circumstances Of melodrsma,c brilip
y! tee iscs Hsich positively known 10 have occurred
down to the evening Of the esh Of September are all
vo'abs to the alisd armies and show the steady pro-
sess OF thcr operations. r
The Banstee WAS despatched from the Crnea o Cor
'ahthote on the evening Of the the esh but the mes
&c owirded By Lord S,raord de Retci If. on the S,h
strangely Quits ell mention of the ,yents bich must b,
| ne of
pera"ons is therefore, alone clearly known us-nsme
h that on the morning OF the latter the allied sri.
tLeir base ofoperutons and were
preparing 70 march without delay against Sebas,opoL-
'tsseis OF war under the command of Admiral Lyons
"re IN tSat port aud the landing siege train of .be
rmics was going en-.
Thi. fact at ouce enables arrive at several inferen
crs "hich mater ally alter the view hitherto taken of tho
operations Balaklava b harbor on the south coast of
the CrimeA situated miles direct line from S-b.s
opOl aud eleven miles TO the OF Cape Chersor
1 IL az fEar h.I
!nrou, the mouth beir only 3U yards ia width b, IL
sill coutaii IL sail of line. The site is ore OF the
most beautiful in the Eisr aud derives i,s nam from the
BELL Chare OF the Geoese, who founded the little to.u
It the bottom OF the haven, aud built the tort on the
rnng cit The port is formed 10y deep inl or linden.
ars IN the rocks with water sufficient o. the largest
hps in perfect security; IL is completely protected iIo
every wind and may be doch for all the pur
poses Of disembarkaon The occupation of thi. pont
therefore, an occurrence Of the advantage for
ensblcs US TO place part Of the aud trarst in com
-te sneter TO i4ud aud supples to maintain an
easy communication with and y.rna and
m .hs sthih seven miles OF tie place about to At
tsek The importance Of the pos of such fer, az
'4-kiaEa aa not escaped the attention uf those officers
Ao bad htst reconnoi cred the the Crimea hut
heheGhs which surround and protect then strong
occupied by the Russian forces il was forseep that
ny attempt TO lsnd there in pres OF enemy might
defeated by the superiority Of his position But these
'ish's anu their deences, whatever they be- must
no" be IN the possession Of the allied armies since they
reached Baaksva from the north. and We therefore boi
secure port which at accessible by and deien
lble ty land.
The fac, that the allied armies had reached R,,,lIsv
rom the land side before the morning of the os.h
OF September, proves demonstration that iu the
Det~.en the battle Of Alma sud their arrival on the
ouhern coast they had forced s the external lines Of
'eenee round Sebssopo end had driven back the Rus
excessively from the Alma katcha the Belbek
.nd the Tchens which feeds the harpor of Sebasono
md Farther that they had crossed and occupied the
heights separating these valies from the southern coast
The form oil the eastern of the Crmea not un like
that Of the county Of Pembroke, aud our readers NAV
form toerably correct idea of the operations We are
describing BY suPposng that the allied forces landed ST.
Bdes Bay, JUS, below ST. Davids, and then marched to
tue Tenby. These vales or ravines in the
C'inea are well wooded abounding in fruit aud wate
peop!ed With tcursbng villages, aud easily capable of
defence The post-road from Sebasopol to Baksbsers
passes along the valley of the Beibek and must have
ormed the principal line Of communication between the
fortress and the interior. Since however we know that
the allied armies have reached Bakava il is certain that
Ill these lines have been passed. and ttat these commun
cations are intercepted There believe from
dispatch received fiom Odessa aud dated the oetb of
September that several successive actions have taken
place especially on the 25th and 21;h and these dates
probably correspond to the days which the allies forced
nes vi the Bebek, aud the heights above B.lsklays
The movement Of the armies hiss thus precisely real zei
the plan we had indicated days before when we
aid that they might advance the whole promontory
20 the southern coast and SO entirely invest the
Prince MeDschikof has meanwhile been driven 10 the
dsi o ts line OF operations and is wor nv OF obser
ton that his army, which consisted OF So 900 men on
he m is now said TO be reduced TO twenty thousand
Indeed severely the oi men ie by the Russian
generals that they said TO have burnt aud abandoned
Ansps, which the key OF the Crcasssu coast in order
10 narch the garrison Vt that place into the CIimes but
this part OF Lord Straords dispatch appears to be AZ
east questionable.
Thus far, then, arrived clear and We believe
correct coEcepuon OF these operations down the eSth
which must have been riumphaDy successful 10 enable
the allied armies in week defeat the enemy in Sc
lies Of actions and to drive him IRON several concentrc
positions of great natural s,rergh cutting of Prince
Merschkcf aud his army altogether from the fortr, s
he fhs
~hich would necessarily follow nasmucb Gie told
that armies were preparing march without decy
at"u s.UAstopo IL Was ae.dy known to us that con-
siderable difference Of opinion existed the proper
mode attacking this fortress and that least one en-
gneer officer clearly in favor OF attack from the
south side. The chief srsuncu. in favor Of the north
side was that as the landing be effected there il
seemed more easy to open the attack that quarter
ruI this difficulty has been su'm)unted by landing the
troops tothe north OF the place. aud the siege artillery
he south some days later. Neither does the mode Of
proceeding adopted exclude the possibility OF an at
lack both sides of the haibor For the present it is
sufficient to know that there Is obstacle between the
fortress and the armies about assa IL; for the ar
mics have crossed ridge between Sebastopol ard
Biatlivs aud driven the chief body Of the enemy
nto the interior, be assumed that the high ground
Ia the rear OF the place itself will he occupied by any
large body Of Russian troops Siossopol is in reality a
open town In the rear, except in so lar this deficiency
III lis defercs has been supplied by external field works
or detached forts but IL has certainly bisons vail
OF decentralization such constitute regularly fortified
place. which can oppose certain resistance TO army
Tor given humber OF diys Toe whole strength VI Sebis
iopol lies in its foits and these forts have undoubtedly
been calculates for defence the rather than aud
Under th sc circumstances the proverosl military express
SION that "a place invested place tken sy
be applied with great justice. Sebasopol must nov oc
tfectudlly Invested by laUd aud aud much
,ucciusy than IL the attack bad gun the north
SIDE OF the hsrbOr, leaving the south coast open
tor ieiUfcrcsmetts retreat. The pan OF the cam.
psgn, as We now more clearly tdeisaDd IL indicates
,be hand Of MASTER and although the Puoc have been
disappointed IN that sudden and uilooked fr triumph
which they rad been led hope or they will d the end
Will be accomplished with Gqp,l certainty by the more
patient operations Of gulr warfare.
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