New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-28
TIE STATE OF EUROPE.
From Our Own Correspondent.

LONDON, Friday, March Q, 1855.
A letter dated Balaklava, Feb, 10, from one Of
my friends, M,jor in the Turkish service, con-
tains ,ome striking facts abou! the c,niitlon Of
the different armies before Sevastopo!. The
Sultan las sent successfully twenty eight bat.a-
ions to the tiege, fourteen being attached to the
Britisb, and fourteen to the French camp. In
neither camp have tie Turks Commisssria. Of
their own, but receive their rations from the
Allies. Sill such is the result of the different
admin istrstion, that while the Turkish troops at
Kamiesb Boy have not los. more than a5ou. 20 per
cent. of their original number by death and sick
pess at Bakalavs they have lost above 5Oper cent.
Ard again, while the mortality ofthe men has been
fearful, the Turkish horses are 10 much better
condition thsn those Of either Of the Allies. The
English since September have lo,t about 90 per
cent. Of their horses, and on the 18TH ut thsi
entire cavalry consisted Of one hundred aud
eighty three horses The French have los. above
25 per ceIt.-but principally OF French horses,
tie Algerian cavalry having saved their horses,
willie the Tu,kish Losses do not amount to more
than per cent. Tie reason Of this discrepancy
may be traced to the fact, tina. the Turkish COM
msnder has al ways served in the cavalry and
Knows how TO take care Of Is, while Lord Rig-
lsn and Gen. Csnrobert are infantry officers Tae
Turks had their Lorses covered with rugs, and
the Icsebsg hung always about them, while the
French and still more the English, neglected to
cover theirs, and have them regularly fed.
Al TO tie siege works, Gen. Mel thinks that
tie chief attack should have been prepared on
the richt, and not on the left wing. He says the
English trerches, leading to the Arsenal and 70
the points commanding the Russian feet, should
bave been mos. vigorously pushed forward. The
Malskop Tower must be destroyed, no. the de-
lenses between the southern fort and the Csreen-
ing Bay, il Sevsstopol is to be taken by storm,
and it is just here that the approaches are, as
VET. IA, distant from the Russian works. This
/. the reason why the French have nov taken
po,,es.ion of the Englith trenches sin,e Lord
Rsplsn's army, dwindled down to 5000 effective
men has enough 70 do in projecting Balsklavs,
tie ba,is of the operations. BJ-the-5y, some of
the French antiquities pretend tina. Baaklava Is
.be ancient barber OF the Lastrigonisns described
Nv Homer In the tenth book Of the Odyssey
Coyper re ndeIs i: in the following words
"7o that flustrous port cane. By rcek
Uninterrupted. hsnk.d on ether aide
OF towering hight, Lie prominent ne s1o!e',
Bold eonyeIEns Of the Ravens mouth,
Leave raros pass We pushed our gaeysin
Theu ncored them side BY eide for never surge
There Hts iIs bead; or great; or snn.l ca. eIssf
We found .Ld II o;io1lsss the thet-red hooa-
M,,eI alone, staying my bns without,
sscufec her well with hawsels % foek
A. the lands point; then climbed me rugged 'eepf
Ard Spy irS stood tae county
In similar way with Ulysses, the Enslsn
stood there OLE September 10Th, spied the country
and saw sevsstopol open toward the south the
eres. Re1sn wall not ye. finished, and ten thou
sand Russians busy throwing di'ch around the
city. Lord Raglan, according to the plan con-
certed with 81. Arnsud might have Immediately
,tormed the town and, witt loss Of about Z. UoO
men. carried 1t, and destroyed both the arsenal
ard the feet. But the reckless Sc. Arl.ud was
diving, and Lord Raglan, too tinid to assume the
responsibility OF .uch fearful daughter, tsi'led'
ard sacrificed forty thousand men 70 ais apparent
humanity and real iue.paciiy. Now that very
anne portion of the town s fearfully fortified
and though i, might be taken any day after pre-
yious preparation OF about fortnight, it cannon
be done at q less sacrifice than lO,oOO men
Strs.e sicslly such en- assault. vii. be entirely irat
less: for, unless tie Northern Fort 10 invested
and ,iler csd, the Allies cannot keep seva'topoi
situated as it is urder the crosi-fre oil the oa'
te,ie. on the northern plateau. Sail the destruc
!, ton Of the Aysenal and of the remainder OF ID
Ru,,i,n feet may be Of some valae' a. 1t m'sn