New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-26
TIE WAR In ASIA.

While the campaign in the Crimea may bs re.
garded as ended and new Developments Of i'm
pOYtance are not to be expected in Asia the strug.
gle still remains in uncer tainty which may not be
entirely cleared up at least for on this side Of
the ocean, for aome time to come As means Of
shedding light upon the subject, and Of enabling
our readers the better to appreciate the fsca
when they become known, we will now lay before
them the most accurate information within our
command as to the relative strength Of the parties
at the immediate seat of war.
The Russian army of the Caucasus, including
Georgia and Erivan, is composed in time of peace
of three divisions of infantry, or six brgados con-
tanning twelve regiments which in turn include
forty eight active service battaliOns, with Ons
Grenadier reserve brigade, consisting of three bat
talions ofGrenaders and three aad one
battalion Of rfes-in ALL fifty five battalions Every
one of these regiments has also two reserve bat
reserves, thirty.six bsttsliOns. Then there srs
forty.seven battaliOns of the Caucasian line, snds
militia force occupying in common with the regu.
ar lire troops the ines of forts north and south Of
the Caucasus ndalong the coasts Of the Black and
Caspian seas The total Infantry is thus seen 10
be 1873 battalions Of cavslry there is one regt
msnt Of dragons, three Mussulmsn and two
Kurdisb regiments, and variable number Of Cos
sacks. Of artillery, there Is one division of four
teen batteries, lghs, heavy, and mountain guas
Of all these troops, the three Divisions OF infantry
numbered in the official army LIFTS as the l4h
Goth and 2lst,) with their reserves, the dragoom
and artillery, are mostly male up of Russians and
Poles while the line battalons and the Mussulmau
and Kurdish horse are recruited from the natives
The depots of the infantry divisions were Of RoS
tsf en- the Don, and therefore at great distance
from most OF the stations. In consequence of this
aid of the climate the regiments were generally
very weak, and the line and reserves can scarcely
have averaged 500 men to the battalion, while
those Of the militia were scncsly any stronger
The whole force of this Caucasian army may DO
estimated st from 20 900 to $4,000 men. When
the war broke out the 18th and 18th dvisoasd
infantry, beside three regiments of dragons, were
sc Mt to the Caucasus increasing the total strepgh
to 10000 or 100000 men. This force, however
had not only to guard the southern slops OF the
Caucasus, TO hold Georgia and Mingrelia, aud
meet the Turks in Armenia-it had, also, In COR
junction with the Don and Black Sea C0ssscksw
hold the line Of the Kuban and Terek, as well %
the advanced forts Of the northern slope. Toss
them free, the Orenburg corps (23d division, count
ing eleven battalioDs) was sent to the Kuban sna
Terek, which line it now holds along with the Coz
sacks before mentioned. Thus the greater psrtb
not ELL of these 10 oatt:liOrs infantry four reg
ments Dragons and five regiments of DatiSo irfeg
ulars, beside COssacks, have been moved 10 VIC
south of the Caucasus
What their present strength is we have but ies
Data to estimate. The regular line and rescf"
Infantry Cannot have been properly reinforced
recruits, and must number considerably lsss thn
FIVE hundred men to the battalion. Tee mil"
On the contrary may have bsen increased oy /"
cruits from The country itself, many OF whom NV
also have found their way into the regular ar"t
Thus the militia forcs must now be stronger
rroporti IN TO the lice than some tine ago, aaas
will be sufficiently exact if we put dawn tho 10
mericsl strength of each, at rough esslmste'
follows:
divisions Of iuf.uy brssls OF gtns iers tias es ~
AID IS reserve bIttsors rather under 400 men sSs
n mia bc.t.:a. her .bov: 800
Artills ~ and regular '''..
Irregular
$50
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These troops are distributed in the gsrn'0n'
Min, relia, Aksltzik, Georgia add EriVa''
form beside, General Murayiefs active si-S
That General has before Ksrs and 10 tbs ga'nr
of Akhslszikh and Jumri, the thirteenth, es
eenth and twenty first divisions OF infantry ~"
regiments of dragons, three Of Mussulm'as
some Cessacks. The Kurds deserted atsef W.
feat of goth September. According to our e's "sc
this amy should be from twenty TO tSs'yJ
thousand men strong, including all the '"r