New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-01
roint Of becoming strong enough to rePuse the
Russi,n. from the Chernsya. In that ease the
Pnss;.ns ran act in two WAYS, after having lost

Russians cSn scl IN Two Why's alcf lAfiuz 4"ss
their position above Insermsnn. Ei,serth~ycin 70
round and take Up the iotreDcbed camp about tie
North Fort, or they can with their asin body re-
treat into TIE interior where tie Allies cilnoS -,
low them far. The Abes can hardly be strong
enough before February either 20 invest the
northern camp OF follow retreiing army MI
farther than Bakchisrsi They could scarcely
febt & second battle against an army intren he'd
somewhere about simfefopol In either case,
they would have to fall back on the Cberniys.
ard thus this game Of alternate advance sni re-
srest is likely to be played all tie winter over.
unlets, indeed Sevaetopl i, on he south side. SUE
cumbs 10 an assault. But as the news, which Nc
receive By the At5ntc, respecting the siege is
very mesger we cannot say more on this pom,
than that il is not at all likely. We are indeed,
aware that. according to 5 dlsp patch Of December
7tb. pub'i:hed in the Paris Monitor anil re-
printed il the London papers, the allied armies
had all Of sudden gos the upper hand, sni oaly
two day, after the deuge, almost comp le'eithe
"investment Of the town" This spurious Dis
patch was evidently concoc'ei with n view 70
make amends for tire bsfied % of December
prophecy.
4 hort time ego we gave statement of the
Gum total Of the Russian army, together with its
disposal We then showed tAs. of these nearly
three quarters of mill, soldiers up TO the
present time, hardly ons-thirj had been engaged
in active opera ions, AMI - the far greater P,r-
ton Of the remaining Ec-tiirjs were employed
to menace Austfe In spite Of the reinforce
ments cent to the crimes mstters have nos oeen
much altered since then; for Dannenoerg corps
the 4tb. which marched + the relief Of Se5a.-
topol wss Withdrawn from the army Of the Dan
ube, where it Lad been previously reen o cei.
The only essential change 10 the position o the
great WesteIn Army Of Ru,sia, as we may ell
the corps of some 300 900 men concentrate On
the Austrian frontier, iz q eight extension 81 =
left wing towards Besssrsbs and tie Made
DDeister, in which position it is enabled, IA case
Of need, to receive the remnonts OF the army OF
the Danube ia Gaze OF Iheir retreat from Bess,ri-
bia. Tie grea. Western Army may. besides,
have detached a couple IF divisions 10 the Cfl-
mes aud few reCnfOrcemen's to the DauDbo bns
10 tie whole It's strength i. unmPairei, aai the
march of the I'd division Of the guards from Re-
vel, and Of some more reser7es vii have made
up for these detachments.
The Ddnubian army, however may be cousli-
oied as entirely BROKEN up, and rSducea 10 mare
corps of demonstration placed in Be.sarabi4 u
Loepup1e appearance Of Russian occupation
as long as possible BY Liprs1dls and Afterwards
DanneDberg's departure, that srmy was deprived
Of the whole Of the 18th cOrps, (lOth, llth sud
18th DivisioDs,) d.duc,Dg from the rem.hins
Eve Divisions the 9Th, 7ih, och. ith AID 18th,
the troops cess'ry for the occupation Of the
coast snd the ganis0Ds OF the fOrtresses from
Bender ind Jsmaf 70 Cherson and Ncolaef
aud, ccnsidering the enormous losses of the two
DanUbIal campaigns these FIVE Divisions could
not muster for fetd operations more Than II. 0Jl
meO. They ate placed near the COAT, and wser
ever there is COST. ~ Russian defensive $, eff
ci,n in he heart Of the continent, is lame in tbe
extreme. 1t has to gasrd numerous fortfesses
snd dtp0's sgainst the attacks of the hostile fleet
$500 meu ccmPosirg these five divisions, not
cre-half il dlsposrble for the field.
Tie dissolution of the army OF tie Danube,
Ike mostof the great ,trafegcal measures taken BY
Russia (for the blaaders generally c"mmrnce
with The trecu'iOn Of them is a vefy we'll
step Since TIE AueloFtench have engaged
tn. mselves over head and ears in the Crimea no
enemy opposes the Russians on the Danube.
Omer Pashas army, hardly amounting to some
40 Geo men after the wear aud tear OF two cam
paisns, never made up for, has, by the aid of
western diplomacy, been go broken up. IS TO
lesve it scarcely sufficient TO nye It lsnal, much
les TO detacb corps TO cover the siege, or 10
repel the Russians in the field. Besides, an at
tack upon Be.sarabiS, which would have 81 jrded
a powerful diversion come months $50, would
low lsck definite military object ani, conse
oueu,ly. Omer Pashas army is row sent 20 the
Crimea. The only force, then, purp)rilng to
menace the Russians on the southwest. is nov
the Austrian army, which, in force OF some
20 OOO, occupies Gsllics. Transy lSsDls and Mol
davia. This force must, above ali thing. be
held in check For should il declare tself hoe
tile TO Russia, Besssraba, aud even the country
up 70 tie Bug would hsve 20 be ABANDONED AID
operations have to be conducted either from the
offensive bas, Of the Polish fOrtrssses, or from
the defensive basis OF kleS aud the Dnleper. In
both cases 4 Danutian army would be cut OIL
and hsve 20 find base Of is own somewhere a
the steppes ofthe South, which is 10 easy matter
in a country which fee ds mary horses aud sheep,
but very few men On the other hand, should
Austria declsre for Rus.is. or turn the points OF
her neutral bsyonets towards the Alps and the
Rhine, then the Polish army might either march