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Sevastopol IS 10 be taken npd Use GTlDlea 4
seized il the Anglo French can do it.
The policy of this step is obvious. Seyasto-
pol gives Russia command Of the Black Sea (
makes of it Russian Lake, not only ena-
bling her to menance Turkey all the while but
to threaten every part of her possessions in /
Asia. The aimed power and possession Of the !
Crimea is necessary 10 NICHOLAS in his aggres- /
sive policy; he can neither conquer territories,
or alarm Eurbpe unless he shall maintain them
in great strength. II, therefore, Sevastopo
were seized anG destroyed and the Crimea
wrested from Russian dominion, Russia would
possess neither motive nor the means to invade
Turkey, or menance Asia. The London Times
after saying il was never the intention
Of the anglo French to occupy ether the
valley Of the Danube, or the DroyOdga,
and that all Omer Pasha wished was the NOR
al support Of the European force at Yarna re-
marks
Assuming the success Of the Turks iG the
Prncipalities to be continued, the Russians can
no longer retain any views upon the Danube,
still less upon the Balkan or ConsIantinople and
no Anglo French troops therefore would be re-
quired any longer in Bulgaria The allies
would then be able to commence offensive op-
erations, not only against the Crimes, bat
along the whole Russian coasts of the Black
Sea-that is 10 say. against the mouths OF the
Danube, against Odessa, and against Anapa,
while the front Of the Russians would be chan
ged and extended accordingly. II the line Of
| the Sereth is to be descended, as our reports
anticipate, the Russian troops in Moldovia
| fka rtrrhf nf hatr
centre of which would be at Odessa and Cher
son, and the left in the Crimca. These dispo-
sitions will be carried out, it is said, by total
! force of 300, 900 men, in the south alone
Fewer, indeed, would not suffice for the pur-
poses detailed but if we consider the hosts
which will be required at the same moment in
the Polish and the Baltic provinces to make
head against the advance Of Austria and the
assaults Of the allies, we may very reasonably
doubt wheth this grand army of the south
will ever be forthcoming.
Well then, one hundred thousand Anglo
French and Turks are to assail SeSastopOl by
| land, and the fleets are to attack it by sea. A
power ofgreat strength will be employed, that's
certain, for we are told that ''every guG in the
British and French arsenals' every machine OF
destruction that modern science has Invented,
can be brought to bear against its bastlons, and
though the scene of operations is certainly dis
tant, the communications is perfectly uninter-
rupted, and the road is our own. The besieg
ed, on the other hand, will be confined to the
walls of their own stronghold and to those ne
cessariIy limited resources which such conhne-
ment implies Their supplies, however abund-
ant must eventual, be exhausted and their rength
hDw,v g eat must fail in the end" But success, sf
ter all, will pend upon one point whether the land
troops can get footing the Crimea Tue officers and
military Writers assert there is no difficulty; the LondoE
Times says the assumption thatt can be secured no
unwarantable, adding:
We hear it is true extrao dnary reports OF the kuss
ian forces in these quarters and is certainly probable
of such consequence would be strengthened IN every
practicable way but the extent OF the Crimea is very
considerable its coast offer numerous favorable LANDING
places and the assaans absolute masters OF the sea
The French and English fleets could throw an army
so, 600 admirable soldiers any point Of the Crimes
which may be selected for the operation, and nothing
that W, have yet experienced Of Russian power shou
induce us TO believe tnat such descent could be sue
cessfuly resisted.
Other authorities point to serious difficulties, an
doubt the success Of the invasion of he Crmel. TIL
climate is represented "dcathy' Besides SaVastopc
Is strong and may not be aksn easily and then the Ca
can, in short period throw immense force into tn
Crimca. Well-a few weeks viii dispose OF tneore
and settle tho question the most important which no
vexcs Europe the surface, viz; whether Savastop
can be taken, and the Crimea wrested from Russia?
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