The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-30

Although il would not be reasonable to found any
confident anticpations the brevty Of the Official
Dispatches II p not mpossibe that the Of tho
allied Generalf may be designed TO intention OF
speedily adopting tho most vigorous proceedings Prince
EensclJhoG in his alleged despatch TO Prince Paskie
witsch, osteniatously announces that he will imme.
diatey assume the offensive and not allow The allies
moments rcrose Perhaps, however Lord Raglan and
General Can-obert have asceraned that the enemy
Is for the present disabled from active operations In
any case The combined energy and caution which have
thus far been displayed in the progress Of the siege,
afford sufficient ground for the assra nee that the as.
sault viii neither he sshy hurried unity delayed
The future results which may follow from the capture
Of The town cannot YET be fully Appreciated but the a
important achievement OF destroying the enemys fleet
cannot be much longer postponed.
IRON the London News, Nov IT.
Lord Raglans despatch Of the 9th inst which ap.
peared in our impression of yesterday would have reach
ed london only few hours later than General Canro
bcrts despatch Of the date received in Paris
had not the line of telegraph between Cronstadt and
Vienna been injured BY violent storm The most ma
teria intelligence added by this despatch what
transmitted by General Canrobert isa list of the Eng
ish general officers wounded the 5h The length of
this list together with Lord Raglans ntmaton that
the enemy was not repused till past noon and that the
number OF the enemy much exceeded that opposed to
the allies at Alma indications of an aruous
struggle u i gratifying to peruse Lord Raglans sim.
PIE but earnest acknowledgment Of the essential
vices rendered by French allies this occasion As
at Balakiava, General Bosqaets division promptly
ana effectively to the rescue and General CanIobert
fel ''p'''' u ms assistance ana eAcsnen' coun-
WINE BLUSH army ana its general gratefully
acknowledging the support they have received at the
hands of their French brothers In arms French officers
are in their tributes TO the incredible daring
OF the English Reciprocal esteem and admiration per-
wade the two armies Their leaders appear to act If
animated by mind. There is indeed striking slmi-
lay Of character between the two generals they are
equally undemonsrative mperturbable, fearless and
gacious These qualities exactly what is qured in
their present position The Russians have succeeded in
throwing achievements into he Crimea more rapidly
than the allies and the consequence is that for time
General Canrobert and Lord Raglan have bad superior
nd IN fha,, npo
that the tables have in measure been turned on
the Allied armies, and that it is not easy to say
oa tine Is ossn
ments, batteries and redoubts, wherever it d not
covered by the and these eences have been repeat
edly assailed by lpraddi the east by Menschkof
the north The whole Of the allied force is cooped up
within its intrenchments whilst the Russians, in addi
ton to their troops in Sebastopo have army in the
field. The attitude assumed by the allies comes
and more closely to resemble that of the Duke Of We'll
ngton behind the lines Of Torres vedras The assaults
OF the break the ramparts and fall back like the
waves of ocean when they break some iron bound
coast The time win come when Canrobert and Raglan
will see the right opportunity to let loose their soldiers
on the enemy but perhaps this may not be until after
they have been reinforced.
the impotence that is expressed in many quarters at
the rotracted operations before sebastopo We have
wish to extenuate the delay that took place before the
petition sailed from varna the mscalculation which
sent force so disproportoned to that which Is ap
parent that Russia has been able to bring into the field
against But impressed by deep and sincere
conviction that, under the direction of Advise Pro-
violence these very errors will ultimately prove condu-
Give to the triumph of the for which in
arms. Had Sebastopol fallen at once, have every
reason TO believe that in the Crimea in the Aand
Isles the allied governments satisfied with the ecldt of
such victory, would have withdrawn their troops to
winter elsewhere. This would have been to neutrase
and nullfy all the efforts of the summer But now that
the Russians have girded their oins for winter
pagn the allied governments have choice they must
exert themselves for the permanent wrestling of the
Crimea from Russia. Instead Of mere buccancering
dash at Sebastopol, shall have material dimnution
of the extent of the Russian territories Instead Of the
winter being wasted in diplomacy at Vienna, it will be
turned TO good account by fighting in the Cmea.
The temporary superiority Of numbers the part of
the Russians in the Crmea gives us no alarm Men like
Canrobert and Raglan will make good their position
and carry The bombardment of Sebastopo too-until
achievements reach them let the enemy do his worst
France and England now at last bestirrng them
selves in earnest Large bodies OF troops and ample
supplies OF the munitions of war are being despatched
from both countries; and while these main bodies
on their passage, subsidiary achievements will keep
dropping In from various quarters. Our readers will
bear us witness that have not been slow,
NOUS in our language to rebuke the hardness and indie
esion that has been betrayed by our government;
but now that we see signs Of growing activity and
,onal unanimy, to forgive past shortcomnrs and IL
we do not forget them they shall be remembered only
warning and lesson 1t is only the factions and the
friends OF Russia that can seek to make political capital
out OF bygone errors and sins of OMISSION and bring
about ministerial crisis.
In common with the great mass Of the English people,
so that the work of England be well done in this business
OF the present war; shall not grudge iota of tn
honor thence accrung to those into whose hands ii
fallen at the outset Our object. In all strc
lures and exhortations, is to maintain unity, and
spirit Of earnest endeavor in the national mind.
The chances immensely in favor of the allies If
they true to themselves The harbors on the south
coast Of the Crmea do not freeze during the winter the
constant transmission of stores and provisions by
need not be intermited for day. Winter is it Is true,
the season for transp ortng goods in Russia but the
Crmea is on the utmost verge Of the region Of sedge
carriage-f not, indeed beyond it, and sedge
rage in the season OF cannot be brought into
petition with the water carriage for which the state and
mercantile nayies OF France and England offer the
In short time we shall havea numerous force of French
and English soldiers in the Crmea; and notwithstand
ing the attempts that being made disparagc the
Turkish troops they may be made admirable auxaries.
most unjust to forget the gallant exploits Of the army
oil the Danubeher unrepning long endurance Of cold
and other privatonshsr bravery in the fortress and
in the feld-because small detachment of Turks
gave at Balaklava The Turks Balaklava did not
behave worse not so ILL., whole armies of Portuguese
and Spanards did at the outset of our Penns uar cam
paigns. Let the allied commanders take upon them
selves TO organize, officer and discipline the Turkish
armies, as Wellington did the Portuguese and the
Spanards and the result will Ire the same. The French
and English have fastened hold upon the Chersonesan
peninsula, which all the power Of Russia compel
them to let 60 Retaining that hold they have only to
watch and seize every opportunity Of extending the ter
rtory they occupy The very greatness Of the effort by
(which Russia has been enabled to oppose more obsti
nate resistance to the Allies in the Crimea than was
anticipated is warrant that it cannot long be per-
Sisted in.
THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.
:. From the London Globe, Nov. III
In the intervals between the dispatches announcing
great events in the Crimea have the continued evil
dence that the siege continues. Nothing be broader
than the contrast between the progress claimed by the
MenschkoH has been severely praised for the compare
tive truthfulness of the statements which have been
published with his signature in the Russian papers
but the truthfuness rather consists in emitting direct
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