Smyrna times., 1855-09-26
Q5enetat yntcIligente,
Progress CT the W2!.

! The bloody ep sode Of the fight of Ira kin
seems likely to have little effect on the course
ot events IN the Crime3 The Russians have
;atlrcf up their narrow and wa!i-tortiticd pla.
ceo on me steep plateau, where, according te
Gen. Simpsons lltest report, they are once
more prepared for offensive movements. At.
tentIon Is, therefore, again turned to the siege
! Oh SeVastopoi. Little on which a Judgment
may be founded, can be learned either from the
dispatches OF the Generals or from the cores
pondence Of letter-wrters before the cifv.
10 our previous knowledge that the besicr-
ers' sap had approached very near to the Rus
sian defences, we now learn that the foremost
parallel, which has been begun at the two ends.
was completed and united in the middle Oh the
18Th OF August Since then a fortuirht has
passed, without much incident. General SimD-
son mentions a small sortie, in which the Rus
slaas succeeded IN destroying some gabions.-
FOR the rcst--the daily life of the camp. It's
hardshIps and amUsements, the death or leayc
ct individual officers, ill both public and pri-
Vate letters. On the great preparations Of the
! last ten weeks the hopes of the bcs,poprs pr,
ilXed, and the fire that will onrn when tho
! 'hhc comes, VIII be uncXdmpici IA The history
OF warfare.
4" The cannonade Of October last" s9ys thr
Times, " was trlhng to thai of April tprii
was surpassed by the TWO DAYS winch preceded
the capture ot the Mameiun; bat ali wliI sink
INTO lnsIgnitcahce with tie IRON tempest winch
VIII shortly be poured on the bpsicpcd civ
ihe weight and range # the gums. the number
ana SIZE OF the nortars, the new Positions of
The batteries won BY the steady proaIcss winch
has marked the summer. will try thc endurance
OF the Russians to the utiuost. The prcYt
scale on which such bombar,!mcnt is carried
on; and the proportions necessary inr ITS cyo-
cutIon, render the delays which prect a mat
ter OF little surprise. In April, the Allies
threw against Sevastopo, in nine davs, j;lO-
900 shot and she'll. The cost of the British
ammunition alone was E300,OO sterling =
Yet April is now looked back upon as time
when We undervalued the enemy and did not
know what SeVastopo was.
Even on ordinary days the Russians often
tire" 1850 shot IN the "A hours. and 600 shells
INTO ouly one part OF the British POSITION
HAtteVer the resources OF the garrison, and
The strength OF the works at winch they labor
hlsht ana DAY, there can be no doubt that the
approaching struggle wlideteruine the fate Of
'>cFastopol, tor th- Winter at least. No one
can pretend TO turetell the Issue; all that is
spoken OF with cerclinty Is, that the line Of bat
Tie ships IN the har0or will be DESTROYED. or a,
H"de Poweriess against the assaulting troops.
neither The besie-ers shall take the Malakot
whether they can keep lt-wheIher it will
!ehG TO the Immedlate capture of the town. or
only To nllerlUr success-aTe all matters of
uouDt Should victory not favor the beslegers'
arms thcy VIII probably be forced to wait in
thaciHHy III another Spring, when change OF
tact'cS Lay aseurt success. The besiepiuo
t'eherdls have set AL on the hazard of doubt
iul Struggle at single point, and we must wait
The result.
Inc hus5ia1S, meantime, are actively en-
5aged IN bridging the harbor, to remove their
defencc TO the north side should the south be
taken.
The evils of a divided command are more
aud more teit. The line from Baidar 10 Inker-
mann, distance OF twelve miles, is occup,ed
oy Frehch Sardlnians ana Turks, with part OIL
me English cdtalry--each nationality under
It's own commander. aud totally independent or
al others. Report speaks vaguely OF plan to
unite the commands OF all the troops on the
icchernaya IN one hand
As nix weeks, or at most two months. arc
the utmost iimlt that can be assured for u CIV.
hutary operations. attention is turned to tho
means o. supplying the armies during the com. !
lhS winter. Mr. Beatty, C.vil Engineer. has
0Iei'eu "'uetS 70 Construct two new lines of
railway; one from the Col de Balaklava ia
n NanltSch' to be worked by horse power, and |
the other from kadekoi TO the Woronzoff road /
near the Sard.nan pos ton over Tehergoun.I
10 be worked by locomotive. The labor ~
s,rec'ing these rvacs vii b. supplied by the
French aud Sardlnrlas. M. Beatty believes |
ha' the orlglna railway wall last during the
inter- ana 2OO mel OF the army works CORPS
ire now engaged IN repairing. Stores and
heds are being erected Ns rapidly as possible,
Ind other preparations for winter are going on
with energy.