The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-04

noorsd three 30 as 10 direct its Are IN the IA
were also busly engaged in throwing up works Of earth
round the south 81 the town. which sufficiently denotes
the absence Of any regular line Of fotcations or tas
ticns impossible by an enemy until breach has been
made by artillery On the east Of the town, however
and consequently immediately in front Of the British
lines, strong horseshoe redoub has been constructed
which we DO mt find marked in any OF the maps now
before ard this win be the point against which
attack must first he directed.
The Duke Of Cambridge's DIVISION consisting Of the
Guards and Highland Brigade, remained in the rear OF
the army near Taakla,a until the % of October in
order to the base Of operations from the possbi
\ iiy Of an attack. Meanwhile the roads and tracks
through the hilly country south 81 Khutor Mackenzie
by which the allied armies made their flank march
Falalaya have been broken up and put into state Of
defence by the British forces The right flank of the
amy is eectuay covered by the defle leading into the
Tarshy grot nd about il and satisfied Lord Rag
Ian on the LIST Of October Of the strength of this posi-
ton that he caused the first division TO advance to the
right Of the army and to take up the position viii oc-
cuIy during the siege.
mile in breadth formed by the stream Of the Tchernaya
before falls into tho western extremity of sebastopo
by we ~: ts % tine
eastern side Of this valley the ruins Of nkeran still
retain traces Of the Notifications erected by the Greeks
or the Genoese on this positions and for the defence of
setastoIol against attack by land, these heights
ought to have been crowned with strong batteries,
which would have rendered the place almost i'm
prepnabe, since they would have cn6laded the whole
position now occupied by the besieging armies.
the q and s
The stream Of the Tchernaya runs the aqueluct which
SUPPLIES the docks and part Of the town with
fresh wafer and so abruptly do the rocks rise
over the rayine on the western side that, on turn
ing towards the harbor, this aqueduct is carried
died yards in length. Rather than a mile to
he stuh Of this tunnel and upon height which rises
almost psrrndlcnlsry above the valley the First Divi
sion OF The British army has taken up it's position It
forms, therefore the extreme right Of the whole allied
forces and It is protected by steep wall of rock which
is inaccessible to the enemy. We presume that the
ground thus occupied Is beyond the range Of any guns
which the Russians might be able to mount the oppo
ste Size Of the valley which s for the present In
their possession The French army occupies the left OF
our position and extends TO the coast Immediately south
Of scbastorol where the deep and navgable bays offer
the greatest facilities for landing the siege train and the
stores Of allies: delay has nevertheless taken
place in this operation. On the Sd regular attack
had begun rart of the place. but the booming Of
heavy guns from the forts Of Sebastopol sounded like
the prelude to the tremendous struggle which about
to commence and showed that the enemy resolved
and prepared to offer strenuous defence Of the place on
every side
can be known with precision down to the present mo-
ment; for although the Vienna papers continue to sup
ply daily o. g M dispatches puspotas to
obviously framed either in total ignorance Of the
events which have really occurred to some OBJ
qure an Importance which they do not deserve by be.
ing reproduced in the columns Of journals Of far higher
character than those in which they first the light.
The Austrian journals have trustworthy correspon
dents the scene Of action, and all the intelligence
1ne pSc nerves neither the shape
At the same time, we must again remark, with
establishment and regret, that the governments and
thought and feeling of the nation concentrated
on the events of the war, no less than fifteen six
teen days in Of the of the events although
ten days at the outside ought to suffice to bring
only Geographic messages but mails of letters from the
nence Of this incredible want of post Office arrange
ments for the Ministers Of the Crown whose RESPONSE
bty i more deeply engaged in these operations than
that of other person, the first to suffer from the
want OF frequent and regular mode of transmitting
this country the official correspondence of the army
Here again, We have striking illustration Of the
difference between the intentions OF the government and
the fact. 1t was intended, know, informed
by the Post Office circular that there should be regu-
lar and prompt communication between England and
the headquarters Of the army every Ave days. But,
by some means or other, three times Ave days have
now elapsed since the dates Of the last mails which
have reached England Some Of the French and
austrian beats BY which mails are Forwarded to
in the Levan stopping day at each and it is but sell
dom that the bags are transmitted direct and at full
dispatches relating to the battle Of the Alma which
were expected with such everish impotence by the
could perform than Knots an hour ana
was beaten by twelve hours between Malta and Mar
seiles by the ordinary French packet At the present
tine intelligence has frequently arrived by way Of St
Petersburg rapidly than by the Danube or Mar
settles, that the Emperor of Russia has acquired, by
Of the telegraphs established between his
capital and the southern provinces Of his empire, adj
vantage of FIVE six days in the transmission Of infor
matcn over the Western POWERS. Circumstances might
under which that difference Of time would be Of the
utmost consequence and ought to be taken
to accelerate 10 the utmost correspondence with the
THE RUSSIAN REINFORCEXENrS
From the London Times. Oct Is.
It is asserted with apparent confidence by the German
papers that General Osten entered the Crmea
by tho lsthmus Of Perekop with 49, 900 men, about the
10th inst, and that he about advance the
sitancc Of Prince 'MenschikoG before Sebastopol Al
though have official information to this effect
there Is nothing improbable in the statement 1t has
In thn OnvQrp
ment of Cherson destined TO reinforce the army in the
Crimea This army was, however, retained in its posi-
ton the Dpeper until the landing of the allied troops
at Old Fort rendered it certain that the Crimea the
destination Of the expedition FOR the Russians had been
disposed to imagine TO the last like Of our
wiseacres at home that Odessa, Cherson, any place
but Sebastopol, was the real point Of attack.
All doubt This subject being removed, it is natural
to expect that the forces collected to the north Of the
the scene Of actual hostlities We have Of
the eth inst from ODESSA by which appears that the
divisions Of Gen. Iprand and Gen. Engelhardt had en-
and that the Cossacs had brought large numbers OK
the common carts Of the country accelerate the
mcnt Of this part Of the army march from Odessa
Nicholaew to the Crimea is, however, very long and
tosome affair The country is bare, and singularly des
ttute of water and this difficulty is st severely
the Crmeo, where troops are obliged to march full
thirysa hours without any supplies Of water, except
sehioas army; but we must Sss kve to receive the
dulity.
Forty thousand would be complete division
Of the Russian army, equal to about one half Of the
entire force assembled under Prince Gortschako upon
the Pruh and to the whole body Of troops collected in
the Crmea to oppose the advance Of the allies the
Alma. With suitable allowance for the gross exagge
ration Of Russian bulletins may suppose that from
$4,000 TO 49, 900 On their march, and that is
possible they may reach the Of by the Goth of
October by which time trust that the chief business
of the campaign will be
Some surprise has been expressed that measures do
nota upcRr TO bAy bper
occnpy the lines Of Perekop with troops TO
,uc the renforcements Of the enemy and to shut in
TIE already assembled in the Crmca but this sug
geson, which must have been considered by the ge-
ais in their plan Of the campaign will not support ex
animation. The lines OF Perekop consist Of rude
trench and ridge constructed by the Tatars before the
Russian invasion, and, although this position might be
defended successfully by considerable army with park
artillery, such operation would require at least
20 COO with heavy guns. The country. unlike the