New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-21
THE INVASION OF THE CRIMEA.

1t has been already announced that July 2 the Light
Division of the British army under Gen. Brown ana the
division Of the French army under Gen. Canrobert, en-
barked at Varna at Batshik, to invade the Crmea
1t now stated that it entered into the plan oi the
campaign adopted by Marshal ST. Arnaud and Lord ka
Ian to occupy either the valley Of the Danube or tue DO
broda Omer Pasha had asked at the first conference OF
the allied generals for moral support of European de-
tachment at varna The generals gave him what
he asked the rather that the delay consequent
hereupon gave the AngoFrench force time to bring their
heavy guns from home and also in degree to acclmae
the men, II also desirable that the hottest part OF the
season should be past before undertaking active opera
tons These conditions being fulfilled, the invasion
of the Crmea understood be undertaken in earnest
The precise spot ON which the expedition will dsembark
is known the public the spot must OF conrse have
sufficient depth Of water inshore to allow the approach oil
the ships or at least of the fgates, to cover
the boats and troops with their guns it must have fresh
water for OF the troops and must have natural aci
ties for throwing up field works to protect the first landing
from an attack by superior force. Several such favor
able spots are TO be found the south
west promontory OF the Crimea. Between the
port Of Sevasopo and Cape Chersonese, within dis
tanee Of about seven mes there less than three
inets or harborsthe bay Of Sreleka the bay OF Pes
chana and the bay Of Kameesh-which are not fortified
on the land and less accessible to vessels Of
The south OF cape Ihefs"nesc thS -hofe Ov4Vh
the monastery Of ST. George might be eligible, and the
deep haven of Balakava would be most important posi-
ton in po esson Of the allies. Some OF these ports
will no doubt form the base Of operations From such
position Seyastopol may be attacked in the rear Until
two wears ago Sevastopo scarcely fortified at all on
the land side and was commanded by hills adjacent the
city. Since 1882 a regular wall two miles m length,
has been built from the citadel to the quarantine hsrbOr
but il probable that this wall Is still unsupported BY
the outworks required TO give ii strength and the Nights
outside these lines still give the besiegiDg army ormd-
able position Of advantage. The Russian force in the
Cmea supposed to consist principally Of two divisions
of the 9th army corps under Gen, Cheodaef, amounting
TO about 600 men, exclusive of the marines and dock
yard batalions within SeysstopOl Great efforts viii
doubiedly be made to increase this force bat the allies
reckon that in the absence of communication by the
Russians will be unable bring into the Cnmea any
siderable force by land II is probable the Russian Gen
erals in command will adopt double system Of operations
namely leave garrison within sevastopo to defend the
works and with the rest Of their available force, take
The field against the besieger- The question then is,
whether the allies ean at one and the time carry
on he siege and maintain themselves ans toe Russian
force in the fed 1t be forgotten that the southern
pert Of the Crimea-which the allies viii hold-is the
only par. that can be called saubrious or fertile conse
queuty the Russians in tae interior northern par, OF
tie peninsula win have the difficulty in providing
supplies.
An official dispatch from Odessa reached Venns late
the h stating tha. the French and Enghsh ss we're
Of Seyaopol the 10th July the steamers having
transports in oE. This conveyed from ssvss.o
pol tc Cdssss IN one day sEa wis .se-ce Immediately