Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-30
THE CRIMEA EXPEDITION.
Tho Largest Fleet tho World Ever Saw!
Arder and Efficiency Of she TresPs:

ARdoH and Emclency Of the Vre0Pss
From the Paris papers, received by the last
steamer from Liverpool, the following par
t:culars are taken in regard to the great expe-
dition to the Crimea.
The Constitutional publishes letter from
Varna, of the eth ult., which give further
details relative to the expedition, which are
not without interest The Constitutional
says: .- rTEtgFEEA
s.fhe first convoy Of transport vessels will
sail on the I'd September, being composed of
30, coo French, from 90 600 to 25,O 600 rngiish,
and from 600 to 10000 Turks. The three
squadrons will be able to land IL, 900 men, so
that the whole number will be about $4,000
men. A second convoy will afterwards follow.
The coalesced armies are provided with an im-
mense materiet, and the field artillery in par.
ticular will have terrible superiority. The
English embark with all their cavalry. Ours
il two nomerous to form part of the first con-
voy 1t is to assemble at Bourgas, ard will
be conveyed in two trips. ..-.- s
Fourteen ships-of the line will form the
fighting body of our naval force being more
than suficien. to beat the fourteen Russian
ships at Sebastopol, should they dare to meet
as. Three thousand pieces of cannon can, in
thethree hours required for disembarking the
troops, throw 300, 900 balls and SHELLS on the
shore An immediate battle Is looked for.
The dash of the French, the imperturbable
courage Of the English, and the emulation Of
the Turkish division, insure our success The
siege of Sebastopol will then be only child's
playgr AS at Toulon, In 1893 the fate of the
Ru sian feet will depend on the capture Of q
work Of TO great strength All the n,aterial
for siege is on boardofascine; gabions, aud
earth bags; and never in any war was the
body Of engineers and sappers and miners
more numerous or better instructed How is
II possible to doubt of the success Of an enter
prise en1eret on with such means? Suppose,
next, the army Of Omer Pacha to be at PEREZ
cop, and say what the Crimes becomes! We
are entirely free from cholera Not single
case entered the hospital during the night"
In a letter of the Both ult, also in the Con-
stitutionnel, we read that the allied troops
destined to firm part of the expedition, began
yesterday to quit Varna for Baitschik, where
they are to emb ,rk., That operation will be
effec' ed in single day, owing to the arrange
ments made AS to the landing, it will be
still more rapid, as the admirals undertake to
put 900 men per hour on shore, inclusive of
he siege artillery, Of which eighty pieces,
fully equipped, can be landed at The same
time by means of boats built at the arsenal
under The direction of French engineers
Tho troops are in excellent health and
spirits. They have full supply Of tools and
implements, and are provided with ever thing
necessary Tor encamfing and carrying with
them forty days provisions 1t is this ques-1
ton of provisions which has caused the great
est d. faculties, particularly after the fire at
Varna It was the loss sustained there which
led to the late delays. No French or English
vessels are here at present The last sailed
this morning si,h the two English regiments
which have been here for some days t-
independently ofthe Turkish division which
forms part Of the expedition, Marshal de St
Arnaud has been informed that he can still
further dispose Of 10000 men, now ready to
embark for any place he may please to name.
This number may he still further increased
BY part of Omer Pacha's army, now that it
Is known that the Austrisns have commenced
entering Wallachia. Flesh reinforcements
are also to arrive from France, so that the
allies are sure to have sufficient forces. -,
1t is perhaps to this disposibility of Omer
Pacha's corps Says the ConstitutionneDt that
| our correspondent alludes .hen he speaks of
the possib BILE appearance of that leaders forces
at Perecop. 1t is certain that the conveyance
of this army to the isthmus of Perecop would
not present more difficulty than that of the
combined army, once that the first landing
was effected; and in that case tho Russian
troop, at present in the Crimea could not re-
celve any further reinforcements.
Tho Moniteur says: 1t was necessary
either to posi- pone the campaign in the Crimea
to another year, or to precipitate it! The lat.
| ter course agreed best with the feelings of po-
i,ical men, who wished to see the war gain a
dsuouenent devoid of all ambiguity as to the
future 1t agreed also with the ardor of the
chiefs of the combined armies, and With the
impationce or the soldiers 1t cannot be CON
ceaied that the enterprise is one Of the boldest
recorded in history, since We attack with equal,
perhaps with inferior, numbers an enemy en-
trenched behind walls and fortresses But it
is by undertaking suoh exploits that armies
maintain and increase their renown; and, be-
eides. may not military miracle be expected,
if the elits of three armies, rivals in ardor and
bravery, and of the combined feet, in which
the spirit of ancient wars reappears, are in
cited to 9 rivalry of audacity and heroism?"