New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-07


be he'd not the adyr Of enormous d-st to a.
set bis operation. ~ On the els, VI una, l7Se,
the Russian Ger erni resumed hls marcn upon DixsSli
sara oA0rr- r ,tc c0ast Of N, Blaze SEA, anu 'oe
historian OF e adds that siace the troops hi1 en
tered tie .,r,asea they had here found saca An
sbuIdf <re O, victusls and provisions a. oy ~,
route, In six days march the Russian army reaenei
tie ssrges OF the mountains which crown 'ns no.
.r1sDd in the envlrons OF B-kseni sara, s,Icn
x,s then the residence OF the Kahn ot INN
Iartery and there decisive battle was
fought. Lord Raglan and Marshal s.. Armand hsy-
Therefore Low 10 choose whether they VIII tJAo" me
main road which CONDUCTS them further into the IN
t.T.or of the country, or whether they Will Ike VI ~
hal Muricb adhere 10 the tracts parallel WIN me
coast The latter course has several obvious aivah-
,sges the sea protects the right OF the army anu az
fords an easy means of conveying al the heavy po'-
ton OF the baggage and stores; and, II the ehethy
should give battle in the course OF the maFcn, 'ho
whole army could be rapidly concentrates To oppose
him. The passage Of the Alma and tue hiteht nay
be disputed, but the hrst strong posnon ap PC ~
10 be al the mouth If the valley 10 shcl iAschi
ssrii is situated. By the coat route seVa''oPo!
would be about Fix days march from Espatona by
the interior, ~ ice "a long.
Itrenains to be seen what the Russian plan oil cam
paien t. and whether they resolved 10 oppose 20
the invasion duect and open resistance VI 70 i-h
back upon their ordinary tactics OF rereahs osio'Y
the ereny and LAYING waste The country bsh'hi
them. Prince Menschikof is in supreme military
and naval command IN the CrImea, enf II u oy sVEs
al lurtCr That the lDrpiFuk
drew down these calamities on bus country snOuli
nov bear the bIuni of Them IN his own person; out
lis military talents inspire us WIN but Little aPpfehuh-
siOu. The extent OF country 10 Dc crossed " pii
armies the nature OF these operations, AMI the uls
which mus eapse before SevastopO can be invested.
aplear 10 Justify strong hope that before the siege
Is commented the allied forces will force the e1eHy
10 battle for the Russians can hardly resign th-'n-
selves 10 witness the rapii progress OF an INVASION
advancing Ia capture their stronghold, without az
least some atiempi - oppose this hostile advance. II
.ucb battle be fought and won, ms we trust II VIII
be bv the urowess Of the two brayest armies on ia
face Of the earth, assisted by picked BODY ~ l?VJO
Turks Sevastopo itsef viii that day be- hali taken
for the garrison Will know tina; Their chancs ci relet
from without j. greatly diminished, and the Pre'tfse
Of The allied troops will give irresistible force 10 their
attack.
To ourselves confident we nave long been that
this expedition would proceed, and would direct us
whole force against the Crnea a9d Seva-t"pol, the
CONNER cement OF this campaign ory realizes the ex-
pectaiions bad long ngp formed and expressed.
But u ere IRE many in this and IN other parts 81 the
world who affected 10 the last an ncredulliy they mis-
took for wisdom, and doubts which are never want
ing when great enterprise Is On foot. Even as late
as the 9th Of September, after the expedition hal
actually sailed, We learn from our correspondents
that an absurd report found believers in COnstan-
tinople, that Russia had accepted the four coud-
tons and that the fighting was at an end. al
though seven days before the Russian answer
Lad reached NienD9. declaring that the fortune
of war could alone determine the basis al future ne
cotIatiOus. To the whole race of cavIers, sksptcs
and alarmists both here and abroad, the successful
landing OF the expedition at Eupatoria il, As far H. It
goes, an answer. 1t has already accomplished the
greatest combined enterprise of modern warfare, aud
one which even the fret military writers OF the last
generation held TO be impossibe; for, 10 defeat Il
Russian army, and to capture Sevastopol, arc
ordinary operations OF war in comparison win the
extraorcin mary attempt to convey an army OF 10000
men, completely equipped tor the field and for great
m trtl.. of hear 4
therefore congratulate the country his au-picous
CONNIE nee ment of the campaign, which already real
ICES our expectations and promises to crown with
victory our strongest hopes.