The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-01

% are above all prsise-(hear and loud appiause)-
eemy for British troops have never behaved better
An they have done In this campaign (Great sppiause
nsps the news we have heard this evening Of the AL
shall De able to do something Iicisve for hitherto
have been fighting with one arm tied. We have not
ships for every Of provisions every morsei q
,rage and every truss Of hay consumed 1t was i'm
S Russ.ns Without leaving
nen upon the plateau to sustain our position there
could not leave s1 attack Rsy
you'd not only have got our guns. but they
have obtained a points Of Thsn
would have established themselves upon the high ground
In the way they previously established themselves upon
that should have been beseged instead Of bessie yng
them, I'm our own harbor (Hear.) We have got
possession Of the south side (there to
doubt)we have got possession Of the tn side
The harbor-whch is, In iact all the town. and GU
to Farm can the chsrna ,e
and we shall be- able to fight our enemy upon open
ground, whereas before could only fight them through
Sy The mus. we
bered, has frequently been Very superior In number to
gard to their army we have been doing to ours
sny other State in Europe has been doing for, Will
I'VE have been improving our civil institutions mainly,
egad they have been paying no attention to any
thing but their army. Russia is the most 81
gsntc military power ever seen upon earth she has an
while We and the French brought up siege traine
consisting of the usual 4nch mortars, Why sir, these
camp shot q no less weight than SO pounds while the
size Of their shells also outmatched ours In this
there i
You meet with people sometimes who think they know
everything. Hear, hear, and iaaghter) There are
good many VINO fancy they know other peoples business
better than themselves Hear, hear The consequence
of this feeling is that have had more great generals
and admiras at the clubs and coffee houses than had
in the army and navy (dear and aughter) 1t would
be no very dhcult matter however to show that every
~nicn mas been MADE oy tnat Eastern army
LEI me aude TO one or two circumstances connected
with these movements The troops were sent out with
Tere told was to occupy certain lines at Galpo join
ing the Sea OF harrpora, SO as to intercept the
Bosphorus. Having done this, the Russians in
the meantime crossed the Danube and set to
WORK IN oes,esing sis'r,a. omer pasha was ex-
We we're told that they were sent there to die of cholera
IN swamp. tell you gentlemen, there was no swamp
~ varna ut all. instead OF swamp we had the most
DeauuIui ground you could imagine. 1t was like the
finest English park with the finest water you could wish
cebted 70 the country in the slightest degree for the
disease that occurred there, and particularly for this
resson that ane troops who never had been at Varna
suffered more than those who had been there. And
there another reason The sailors OF the two fleets
hs as much as
mat ny going TO Varna we saved Sistra. The Turks
made very gallant defence there but i was not the
defence that made the Russians raise the siege Of Sstria
and retire behind the bannbc-i was the presence of
!G9uv troops at varna CLEAR, hear) We are further
told that should have gone two months earlier the
Crimea; but it 50 happened could not go. omer
Rama army Of could not be lett to the tender
merces OF 10000 OF the enemy. (Hear, hear) But
announcer reason was that as we had gone out with
epecnc plan Of campaign consequently the attack the
CIimea was never heard OF by the army till July, and
Wnen We neard OF ~ we knew nothing OF the ground at
AZ, nor even wnesner thas was place that " might
4no A. Inc Admfrais had no nat bottomed boats and
such as We got we had TO mprovise The only thing had
lndeeo IN TINS was the paddle boats OF the steam
sVA ~" n,"se VI w. ateoncrs
ron No rasdic haats onr resonrcas tharanr
in ths vay were NOT at ali suflent nm w. bad 10 o.
down 10 Consantinone In make nrovison far tha d;sa
barking Of the troons We houyht mn ali the caanes of
the country and Joined them together and IN fhi wav
are nsr u soS r h ,a ar nrinG we
which we landed but II should be remembered thai we
could not leave Varna till the Autrans had taken stems
for keeping the peace in the prncpaties Hear hear
and cheers.l The next diffcutv was connected WITH
the advance at the Alma We are told that Lord Raglan
was yerv wrong in taxing the bnlI nv be horne hut
j think he aid quite right He saw that if he rot
out from the pain he had not sufficient cavairv
The Pmss;ans wsra in mb "S sc ~ .ho oanty
that the possibility was TINT they would have mada
an attack and cut up the two armies and am Of
oninion therefore, that INV Iamentad f,;and ala arta
doubt deeply Inst winter and some people saw that we
should hay done better if we had attacked the north side
at first This PERHAPS looks pretty plausible but ii we
had attempted to lay siege to the north side we must
have had one army to carry on the siege and To
Keep on the enemy; hut independently of that we could
mot have safely abandoned our position for two DAYS as
we might have lost the harbor and thereby our means
Of obtaining provisions and material The slightest
breeze raises such that that rendered
impossible for landing being effected but at certain
points and the army am sure would have been lost
when the gales Of November occurred. I am not aware
that are any further points in connection with this
subject that to- But As people are frequently
asking me about these things thought might take
This opportunity OF giving an answer 10 some of their
questions. Hear hear) nave now only to repeat my
very grateful thanks for the honor you have now done
mean honor which could never forget even were q
younger man than am. Goud cheers)
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