New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-06
Of September II wss fair trial Of the real
ptrtpgth Of TuIkey and Russia, 90 nsopAisticated

cipne, Injured 70 war by Cfcassian campaigns,
assisted and perhaps somewhat encumbered by
sprinkling of Georgian and MDgrelisn mhtis, not
electrified, but likewise not hampered by the pres-
ence Of grandduke in one word, awen-organ-
lied srmy Of about 10000 Russians, flushed by
acme victories in email encounters with the
neighbour ing Pashas, who, one by one, went up to
the relief of Kars and were defeated in turn before
reaching the invested fortress. The Turkish gar
rison of Kara, on the other side, is the type OF
Turkish army; ragged, without shoes, for two
years unpaid, assisted by Bashi-Bazouks OF the
worst kind, robbers from the Kurdish mountains
and the plains Of Mesopotsmis, and defending
fortified town inhabited BY treacherous Greeks and
vepal Armeniars g, both favorably disposed toward
the besiegiDg enemy. But this army badly cad
and badly fed. abstains from intoxicating liquors,
and it is not commanded by rascaly, European
lied, French speaking, cbaDpaigne-drinklng,w we'll
educated intriguing pasbas, hangerson OF the
French or British embassy at Pera lts CON-
manders sre Hungarian refugees, whom Austrian
intrieues have forbidden to fight on the Danube
General Kmetty, Colonel COlman, Majors Sch~ar-
zenberg and irish, and their chief is General
Williams. an English officer Of the artillery ser
could not reach on the highlands of Armenia Ka-s
was besieged by Muravief since the beginning of
.Julv and poor General Williams wrote one letter
after the other to Lord Redcliiie, urging
him to represent the Importance OF the Tor,
tr.ss to the Porte and to the allied armies, and
TO get relieving corps sent from Ireblzonde 70
Armenia. But Lord Redcliffe bad half dozen OF
ministerial ntrigues on his hands and could not IN
tere.t himself either for Miss Nightingale and the
ho,pitals or for General Williams and the besieged
fortress in Asia and the Allies in the Crimea could
not spare one single man, not even correspond
ept of The Times, for giving moral support
TO the garrison of Kars, such as last year they had
given TO the garrison OF Silistria. Everybody was
prepared for the fall of the fortress when suddenly
we got the news that Muravief, annoyed by the
doeped endurance Of the Turkish garrison, winch
could not be starved out, and in anticipation OF
the eauipoctial snow storms which might force
him TO fall back on the genial valley OF Georgia,
suddenly attacked Kars on Michaelmss day,
but that after battle of eight hours he had been
defeated with loss OF four thousand killed aud
several pups captured. The news was too good
70 be credited at once still General Muravief7s
dispatch in the Inrdiide Russo confirmed the
Turkish victory indirectly, the Russian mminder
Of Transcaucasia-sd that his attack on
Kars failed because several OF his commanding SUI
perior officers were killed still claiming the vic
fpaDdent established at Kars who could give him
the lie direct. The danger of Turkish Armenia
has now passed Mauravieff's plans are baffled;
while Omer Pasha is concentrating his troops at
Batoun, preparing for Winter campaign in Min
grela, anxious TO prove the superiority Of his mil
itary genius to the allied commanders. who
waste time and blood and money on the barren
Heracleatic peninsula, unable to make any use OF
their victories.
MT mill tarv MATT
except Colonel st. Auge the strategist of the Jour
nal des DeJats expected after the evacuation of the
south side of StvastopOl an attack on the Rus
slams demoralized as they must have been by the
capture Of the MalsSof. But, to the surprise OF
every body the Allies loet the most precious oppor-
tunity Of defeating the Russian army. They sat
down once more before SevHtOpoi hlling up the
trenches cleaning the streets from rubbish strip
ping the houses OF every piece of wood and iron
blowing up, by csrelessness, the barracks and hall
company of English soldiers in the bargain regis
teriDg and vsluiDg the spOls as If they were bro
hers dividing the booty according to the number
of men on the effective list of the armies on the
9Th of September preparing to destroy the oasins
and dcckyards; observing the Russians, how they
build new MalakofIs and Redans on the north side
of Sevattopol accommodating the valley of Baidar
for the twentieth time throwing sometimes she'll
into the Sivernaya suspending the service OF the
telegraph to England and France trying to gag the
correspondents and allowing Prince GOrchskOh to
IeOrgsnze his battaliOns, to strengthen his posi-
ton 10 recruit his commissariat, to fill the stores
Of Sivernaya with provisions and to raise the
morale" of HE army. Thus one month was
wasted BY Pelissier and Simpson 1t was just
sufficient time for destroying their military
reputation; they seem never to have un-
derstood the principle Of Napoleon i, that the
enemy is 70 be defeated by the feet Of the army as
well as by its arms. At last they seem TO have
reused themselves from their torpOr. Gen. d'Alon-
vile was sent 10 Eupatora, aud since he succeeded
in surprising the cavalry Of the enemy and In cap
turing six cannOns, Lord George Paget and the
British cavalry were sent to enforce the French
and Turkish garrison, and perhaps even to take
the field in combination with the troops at the
Chernsys, and 10 operate against SympherpOl II
GorshakOff falls back against his right flank aad
rear if he remains on the Upper Belbek Tae gar
rson Of Yenikale and the gunboats II the Allies
have likewise continued their work Of destruc
ton they have sacked, burned and complely de-
ttroyed the Tartar towns of Pbansgoria and Tanan,
on the Asac side of the straits OF kertch, prob,.
bly, 10 give practical Interpretation OF the way 10
which the power of Russia on the Black ses is 70
be limited. The poor inhabitants of those towns
are now beggars, and as they never thought OF re-
sistirg the Allies, they are rather st loss TO IN
derstand why their houses we're burnt and their
property sacked. Perhaps they will be comforted
by learning from the English papers that after
oil this is the war Of civilization against
barbarism. of freedom against despotism-
more important expedition sailed on tne 9th
from Kamiesh and Balaklava. Three thousand FIVE
English soldiers and about double the number Of
French. were on board the feet On the stu they
were of ODESSA, threatening the chief emporium Of
Southern Rus.is, but doing no harm TO it The poor
inhabitants Of Odesss were dreadfully frightened,
and expected the well known Internal hre' OF
the Allies mentioned in the Russian bulletins of