New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-12


time TO give PeIissier the benefit Of every cir
cumstance which at this distance from the spot
NAV appear to involve doubt. Now, it msy
be that the sanitary state of the Heracleatic
Chersonese-s subject to which we loog since
called attentions such that speedy terminus
ton of the operations in that small space Of
ground is highly desirable. The exhalations
from the decomposng bodies Of %, 900 men and
10 600 horses are such as to seriously affect the
health Of the army during Summer. OF the
other denominations accumulated there We Will
not speak. Pelissier may think that it is posi-
bic in q short time to drive the Russians
from the south side, to destroy the place COM
pletely, to leave but few men to guard it, and
then to take the field with strong army. We
make this suppo,ition because we prefer to see at
least some rational motive in the actions of an old
soldier. But if this is the case he mistook the
strength of the place. We said at the time,
that any attempt to follow up the successes of
the 7ts against the town itself would be de-
feated; our opinion is confirmed BE- events. We
said the key to SevastopOl lay north of lnker-
mann; the engagement Of the 18th seems to
prove it.
Thus we are ready to admit that Gen. Pelis-
.ier was lead By perfectly logical considerations
TO prefer an assault on Karabelnayi to an adj
vance into the field; but at the same time we
must equally admit that people on the spot are
very apt to take minor facts for the premises of
their conclusions and that Pelissier, BY the re-
pulse of the 18th, appears to be convicted OF
having given in to this weakness; for if il shows
strength Of character to stick obstlnately to the
business in hand, it equally shows weakness Of
intellect to follow up that business in round
about way, because it has once been entered
upon. PeIlisier would be right in attempting to
take Seyastopol at all hazards; bat he is evil
IDENTITY wrong in not seeing that the nearest road
into SevastOpol leads through Iakermann and
the Russian army se'endng that position.
Unless the allied armies take good care to
profit without delay by their superiority they
will before long 6nd themselves in very aSk-
ward position. The necessity of reinforcing
Der force in the Crimea has long been recog-
nized by Russia. The completion of the reserve
battalons Of the regular army, and the levy and
organization of the militia in 200 battalions, but
more especially the reduction of the Austrian
army of observation 10 10000 men-the rest
being either dismissed on furlough or stationed
in the interior Of the empire-nOw offer an OPP
portunty to do this. In consequence re-
serve army has been formed at Odessa, about
%, 900 men Of which are said to be stationed at
Nicolaieff, come twelve to fifteen days march
from Seyastopo Two divisions of grenadiers
are also said to be on the march from Voihynia.
BY the middle of July therefore, and perhaps
sooner, the Russians may again have recovered
the superiority of numbers, unless decisive de-
feats of the troops now opposing the Allies oc-
cur in the mean time. We are, indeed, in-
formed that so, 900 more Frenchmen are march
i.g to Toulon and Marseilles for embsrkation;
but they will certainly be too late, aud can
hardly do more than fill up the gaps which bat
tie and sickness (now reapPearng in the allied
camp have made 10 the ranks.
The operations in the Sea of Azotf have de-
stroy ed one source ofsupply for the Russians but
the Dnieper is far more than the Dou the
natural outlet of the Russian corn districts,
there is no doubt that great quantities of it are
at Cherson-more than the Russians in the
Crimea require to feed them. Thence the
transport to Sympheropol is so not very difficult.
Whoever expects from the Azof expedition
serious and immediate effect on the provisioning
of SevastopOl, labOrs under great error
The scales, though 70, some time past turned
in favor of the Allies, may yet be balanced again,
OF even be turned against them. The Crimean
campaign is far from being decided, if the Rus
SLAMS act promptly.