Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-28
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The State OF Affairs in the Crimea.-Tha
reader is referred to the outside of our issue
Of this day for an interesting letter from a
distinguished man in Europe, who has, in his
day. made his mark on the worlds affairs
From subscribing to the Star, he has come to
desire that the United States should be kent
properly posted with reference to matters of
Importance on the other side of the water.
Hence We are indebted to him for the lucid
exposition from his pen which We print on
our first page.
We have to say, further, that it is to-day
very generally thought in military circles
here, that the allies will hardly take Sebasto
pol. Previous to the Baltic's arrival, tho in.
pre- sion IN such orioles of tho Federal metro
polls was that they would surely take the
city, destroy the Notifications and backward
Paraphernalia, and the ships of war of the
Csar, and then rapidly re-embark and be off.
The Baltic's news has disGipated that impress
sion, however.
The following facts, not generally known to
tho American public, bear forcibly on the
state Of things in the Crimea, and will help
greatly to enable our readers to comprehend
What has been going on there
Thus, the expedition was undertaken against
the Judgment Of nearly all the officers of bot
the French and English armies, except Lord
Raglan and Marshal St. Arnaud, tho COM
nanders in-chief The juniors opposed it al
long al they could do so with propriety. 1t
wa originally intended to carry Sebastopol
by coup de main, the combined land forces
attacking from the north side, and the COM
bined fleets from sea ward. So no tents even
were taken with the expedition, the commits
saIiat, medical preparations, &c , being only
such as would be requisite prob ably for cam :
Paisn not expected to require much more than
tWsnty-four hours for it's triumphant execu-
ton On arriving at their original landing
place, south Of Upatoria, it was found that the
country bordering the sea, for ten miles
around, was quaking bog, on which it was
impossible to land even the field artillery II
was as much as they could do to land them
selves in safety. This their first disappoint.
ment, forced the change of arrangements, by
which all but the troops had to be sent round
to Balaklava to be landed.
The battle Of the Alma was next fought,
Its result was practical Russian victory, in
"a much as 1t ended in q defeat of the plan
OF the allies to attack Sebsstopol from the
North They nominally held the grount, We,
were forced either to re embark, or undertake
the DC perate job Of attacking the city from
the side where its defences were in thai,
strength, character and position, entirely nm.
known to them. On breaking ground there
On the south side, to their Amusement. thew
found that after digging down II inches they
cane every where on solid rock. So they had
again to change their plans, and make thei,
approaches BY portable field works. a. 1t were
constructed not out Of, but on top Of the earth
Of whatever they could lay their hands On
They had 10 sooner opened their dre, than, "a
their horror, tho whole earth between them
and the object Of their attack, biased with IRE
from nasksd works. sort Of fortified eamp