New-York daily tribune., 1854-04-25

conar,ti,ely uncutvstes and desolate country yer
10 be
The English army, 80 fsr OF less, SIS the common sol
5e, IA cooee,,ei represents most completely che an
cieet spirit common to Eu-opean ar n'es l'e! no
NOT poura about the uorl value Of the c'a'e "aa
bev are IN fight and are therefore no' roused ~ 1t -
eprhu.issm: but they lolay go into The IRE '"r me
honor f their Sovereign their stsulsrd the deus'on
Of military honor. from the habit Of discipline AMI
finally. in obedience to the will of the nation commit
nicated TO them by the order of the day
The commander of the English auxiliary corps,a
msn very advanced IN age, Is wears OLD, however DIS
tinsu;.hed ne sy have been in the staff of the Iron
Duke or IN that OF the Horse Guards has never un'!ed
the duties of chief himself Lord Raglan is 70 show
bis cspacitie. in this new position; aud the sane is
the case with most of the superior anu with all OF bs
inferior officers The latter especially are not yes
Acquainted with the smell OF powder though 1t Is oil
course in possible in the least to douh that they pos
sess the ndyid al courage inherent 10 the Eugu'o a'
as well as in all other nations
The French troops sent to Turke!-Nltl tue excep-
ton of the veteran and warnured soldiers OF Africa
are composed OF comparatively young ahilneAPere
recruits who have seen but few years oi nome scr
vice and at the utmost are familiar with street
fighting The frria traneese, for centuries 50 cele-
brated is however pow to blaze out aud to show how
far the French soldier can be inspired Oy the magic
name OF the Emperor who is all the while quietly
warn,pg bis feet iD TIE Tuileries. Without some
powerful incentive. French soldier, aud asove all
fresh ore. is generally not over terrible IN the hrs
encounter Ee is easily di'heartenej aad II ne rushes
on urously e ofen veAeneaty takes 10 his heels
not urseiJom tie sGate fai pcaf sounds as loudly IN
Tie ears Oi me French trooper does the cry OF eH
arart He likewise succumbs easier TO prlyatlons
thsn the soldier of any other nation and II IN any way
demoraz,d . the begnuiog of a campaign It IS dit
feult again TO raise bis spirits The French army
possesses experienced and distinguished generals but
the best and most eminent OF them are IN exile
and as 70 the commander Marshal -. Arnaud his
military capacity is douotfu as his unslemished
character.
The Russian soldiers on the other hand brought
into this war in state OF excitement, either genuine
or artificial but nevertheless existing Ia their minds
it is national snd religious question aud the unsuc
cessul beginning of the Danubian campaign. has, We
nay be sure ony irritated them most violently. The
cited even more by defeats suffered tan by victories
won Disaster awakers their sumberine spirit more
th,p triumph. Besides, the Russian soldier, alone
among Europeas armies fights as we'll unpaid as PAID
either with or without being physically well taken care
Of he fearessy endures the dealiest fire, and as Nd
poleon said, q" il is not enough 10 kIl the Russian,
'but he must be thrown over He has the most
absolute confidence in the orders of bis Immediate
commander. aud his next confidence is in the 5ayonet
The use of cold steel he prefers TO hrpg; auf all
the remarkable Russian exploits under Suwarof aud
other commanders and above all 10 the wars with the
Turks have been done by charges With the bayo-
net The Russian knows the French, and is not fright
eped by them but John Bull he suspects to be another
kind OF customer.
The Russian army has the worst of equipments, aud
especially of arms compared with the two Others bat
its artillery is well provided for The muskes On
the old principle and some of them even have the old
flint locks though the recent inventions being
introduced in the Guards ard the corDs of greni-
diers who are to defend the Baltic chores The
Russian Generals are most of them too old, aud
some are NOT fit for the posts which theT occupy
LADDERS and Lprandi, however, distinguished the IL
selves in the Polish campaigl and there may be amoug
the Inferior graces sOue meh Vi csPaciy "no WI"
break through sud becOue eminent in the course OF the
war Schlder, who belongs 10 the ne men some time
ago, hes gained prominent position. Bat the Rus
sian Army of the Danube will possess at least in the
beginning of the campaign, numerous and well sp-
pointed cavalry, outnumberng by lar that OF the allies
1t will also have the advantage of ulity OF command,
so absolutely necessary for aoy success whatever Id
military undertakings, aud the attainment OF which
will very likely be the of serious difficulty in the
opposite camp There the question is still to be de-
cided whether Omer Pasha or the French Marshal is TO
be the GeneraissimO. And then the directing infd-
euce of the combined diplomacy with that OF rivalres
between nstionalties and chiefs is likely to weaken
rather than to strengthen the energy which can alone
give an impulse to decisive operations
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