Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-16
THl, WAR.

Our space is 30 filed up with the thrilling descrlp-
tions OF the s,orming Of SebastVpol, and other cur
rent news, that editorial matter is excluded. We are
still kept in utter ignorance OF what is going ON III
the Crimea AMI of the future plans Of either Prince
Gogtschakotf or tho Allied Generals. A London
correspondent OF the y. Y Courier writes that 'there
is every reason 10 believe that the Allies ne prcpar-
,n~ 10 make some kind OF a movement in the rear oi
the Ru.sisn army. The Times correspondent nj &c
ts>topol, autographed on the 10th, that the French
were advancing cavalry and n column Of infantry to-
wards l,akshiserai by The Baidar Road. To this
Prince Gortschakof seems to refer IN his drratrh Of
the lTth, in which he SAWS, Tho Allies ar making re-
cnnnoissances from the valley Of Baidar on our leit
ugak.' The Hamburg correspondent OF the Daly
News telegraphs that a dispatch nj Prince Gortsciia-
kohf announces that the Allies had landed 2O,oVt
Ineu M Eupatoria. aud that the whols allied force OF
3a.,aD men had attacked and beaten the Russians.-
Very littlo credit is given to This rumor. y" such
Intelligence had reached the war oifco AT last ac-
counts. We learn, however, from C"ns!sntinnple,
tha, the Turkish troops which had embarked f"r ASIA
hGv. been ordered to Eupatoria. There can he bard
~ any d"u5; that the allies are inenacinG the Russian
army in the rear. but they wisely keep their plans to
themselves.
That Lord Paimerston is in very good spirits ar
TO The prospects of the war, may be gathered from
whut he said TO the Northunptorsbirc farmers q lew
DAYS ago in n conversation evidently sought for The
purpose: The allies will not desist from the war un-
Ill .hcy have ehectually humblcd Russia" "Russia. :,
saws Alexander, "never makos peace after a defeat
Are wo then to be always at war 7 Is Europe getting
back into what NosBs considers the state of nature!
The interest which formerly attached TO Sebnsto-
poi is now being transferred to Nicholaieff, on the river
Bag, formerly the second, now the chief naval ar.
scnal of Russia in the Black Sea. Here the Russians
have their naval stores, and all that remains OF their
Black Sea feet. The Gear is now at NicholaieH, and
i. is supposed that the object Of his visit is TO concer,
measures with tho Admiralty ior making the place
smother Sebastopol. By some authorities the river
10 said to be so shallow as not to allow OF large YES
sells coming up 10 the town, except during the spring
foods: hy others, tho channel Is said to he from Tour
TO six fatboms deep. This is II worry important question
10 the Allies; for if there should be my signs OF ST.
bqatopol rising from it's ashes and reappearing on the
Bag, or il the army, when driven from tho Crimea,
.!ould repair: to the country lying bctwecnt the Dnle'
per Dniester, as is prophecied, the Allied fleet would
doubtless be ambitious 10 do unto Nicholaisf oven as
t!i"v did unto Sweabor,."
The leading London Journals bear down heavily
upon the British commander in the Crimea, for "inca'
Iacity' and Ignorance" which caused the bloody and
disastrous scenes in the attempt to capture the famous
Erdan Tower. The specific accusations against Gen.
,rul Simpson III, are thus summed up by tho New
York Express:
lst. Attacking the Rodan with a force. which h,
knew, or ought 10 have known, was wholly made
uuate to the task.
II. Failing to have reserves in readiness to suppor'
III" s;orminS party.
Sd. An error IN the choice Of the troops cngaced.-
Gen. Simpson states that Ia" selected the Second HI,
Light Divisions because they best knew the ground
but tie charged that, Independently OF the inid.tic
at selecting for this purpose regiments which had
l!rcddv suffered 50 severely i'll previous actions an0
;he trenches, the Commands i'll Chief ov"rlookec
the fact that these gallant corps, which had airead.
faded in a similar operation on the 18th at June, la'
more raw recruits and inexperienced officers in then
ranks thun any other divisions OF the army-ihe ineVi
table result Of the previous losses.
To sum up, the attack was ll.dirccted; in spite o
the warning Of Il previous defeat, the troops we're mo-
,jadiciously chosen aud well-hamdled the resei Yea DIT
not come up in time, the consequence of all & whiot
was that the RussiHiis recovered their ground after
furious contest nj rnor,, tlnr an hoNr.