The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-19

and he fails then to break up the besegng camp and
march into the interior of the Crimea
Let us consider to the chances of either OF
these two operations All the efforts of the allies thus
far have been directed against onehalf only of the mill
tary position of ebastopo that is the works on the south
side of the harbor They have not besieged nor IN any
way touched threatened the works on the north
side The latter universally admitted TO be stronger
than the former As TO these all which the allies nave
accomplished nine months of battle after battle and OF
such bombardme other siege in history can ex-
hib has been regain some of the detached advance
works which the Russians after the battle Of lnkermann
had pushed forward into the very lines OF the allies FOR
practical results the siege apparently no nearer the heart
OF the place than the day when the besiegers
sat down before it, IT, in another assault Pelissier
should succeed in carrying some more OF these Kas-
sim outworks-and he may do this with due sacrifice
of life, for anything is possible to welEdreced val
orstill he does not gain Sebasopol, but has to re-
pea, the same process of desperate assault with awful
carnage on both sldes against Sebastopo ITSELF and when
he comes in contact with that only the southern side
Of the position after ALL and that completely commanded
By the northern part Of the position which is defended or
supported by the main body Of the Russians, and which
the allies can reach only by recrossng the Tchernaya for
cling (,ortschakofs lines and stalking y,hing upon
pitched battle here in the neghborhood of Simpler
opol
Thus il would seem that If Pesser should resolve
oa;n 10 attempt the outworks of ebastopo by storm,
vet no decisive result is thus attained without oale IN
the field and think that either such battle wiii soon
come or else that the allies must OF necessity retire Tor the
present from the Crmea If then, they try the expert
ment Of battle to do which they must abandon, or at
least suspend the siege Sebastopo then they must march
across the Tcbernaya ascend the bluf headand OF the
steppes and offer battle Goschako In that case ihey
have got to begin by fighting their way out OF their pres
ent position which they just as closely beseged by
the Russians they themselves besege the latter in Sehas
topo OF course Gortschakof will give battle ~ his own
time and place with perfect knowledge OF the country ana
in full possession of its de VIII hght reeauhg
need be- wasog everything behind him. Every step IN
the campaign will take the allies further and further from
their sources Of supply at Baiakava and hamesch ana
nearer to those Of the Russians at Perekop Inc allies
will thus be engaged in the waste interior sleppes "hou
supplies with constantly diminishing forces ana win no
definite point Of supply and decisive result before them
like that which Napoleon pursued in his advance Mos
cow or Scott in that on Mexico Beyond all this, when
the allies shall have forced the lines of the Russians and
nv series Of sanguinary engagements driven Gorscha
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kof into the heart Of the Crimea, the allies, who
thus far have been fighting with the choice troops
of their respective countries and England with the
entire of her military force, against the secondary
troops Of the Russians will somewhere between Sim
pheropol and Perekop, encounter the very elite OF
the armies of Russia grenadiers of the guard great
bodies of picked infantry, artillery, and cavalry fresh
troops which during the last month have been gradually
advancing along the Polish Russian provinces set free by
the now certain neutrality of Austria and at this moment
as all the European agree accumulated
great masses within striking distance of Perekop
In this vew do that the prospect Of the allies
looks any brighter the suppositon Of advance to-
wards Smpheropo than upon shat of their continuing
their abors Of Ssypbus in the lines before Sebasopol
and we can, therefore, well understand why it is that
England covered already with mourning by the death Of
50 many gallant officers and brave men, and seeing what
remains troops deprived by death disease OF all
its trusted superior officers commanded nominaly by
new officer General Simpson, whose gauge in supreme
command il yet TO be TAKEN but commanded in fact by
General Pessier whose characteristic quality seems to be
reckessnsss of in the pursuit of any possible end
we can well understand how, in view of this all England
seems to await awestruck and in terror and CONSERVATION
4 the dire progress Of events in the Crimea.