New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-28

.,,na almost intolerable, and more than once the
fajplbearted or the fsctous lost confidence IN the re-
init Yet what is the fact What 10 It We have
done A year has not yet eIaD-ed SINCE tie Allied
,rrnies set foot in the Crmea. Within that time they
bsve won three pitched battles, and twiee asealted
fortress Of extraordinary magnitude. Iney have en-
conps.sed the works Of the enemy with trenches exc
tnd,re over more than thirty miles of ground; they
bsve armed these trenches with the heaviest ord
nance and kept up so incessant FIRE that not only
an ipcslcuable amount Of proiectles has been con-
,umed. but FIVE or six siege trains have been worn
out w., r: 49,,
Yenika o thre military stations which the Russians
have not dared 70 assail, and Balakiava has become
populous mart. railroad connects the haroor and
the camp Gil electric chain BINDS the Crlmes 10 In.
yore and CONVEYS 70 US in few hours the tdings OF
these triumphant .uccesses. Upward OF 200, 600 men
srcaured within the lines Of The Chernaya have been
convex ed htber and daily fed clothed and housed
from the resources of Western Europe.
All this has been Effected IN spite OF the rgor OF
Winter the heat Of Summer and the distance Of 1000
mica from our shores and within one little year from
the sailing of the expedition the leading objects of the
campaign are ACCOMPLISHED aud Sevastopol Is IN our
power The military and political results Of this event
ouen new chapter in the history of these transsc-
ton. TO which we shall shortly take occasion 10 revert
hut be thew what they may, the grand fact now be-
fore d, iustes the confidence we have never ceased
TO feel ard rewards eur hopes for within l. months
from the commencement of this enterprise Sc
vsstopo has fallen and the power of Russia in the wa
ters OF the EuxiLe is at al end.
FROM The LosSoa Ta.s SEPT. IL
The fire. queetion which presents tsef TO Our con-
sderatiop after we have given ut.eranoe to those feel
ipes of exutaton and Of gratitude which the glorious
termination Of the .sge Of Sevastopol eIcites 1t this
moment throughout the Empire relates to the military
consequences of this victory and to the sraegiesl
measures beat calculated to brig the campaign and
the var to q speedy and triumphant termination A
,emendou. blow has been struck at the military pow
er aud fame Of Russia, and her naval forces In tae
Black Sea have been snnihilated.
Tie courage, the perseverance, and the lnceesshf
labos of the allied armies have already disposed OF
the arguments Of those who contended MAT sevssto-
mol was inpr, ,nabe until it should be invested and
that the Russian soldiers were invncloIe WITHIN lis
redoubts II now appears from Admiral Bfuat ds-
patch that the mortar boats Of both squadrons took
part in the attack and threw shells against the marine
batteries 90 that from the nights of lnkermann to
Streletzka Bay the whole fortress was encomPaseed
with storm OF FIRE, and an enormous number oil men
must have been engaged IN the works.
Nevertheless upon the final establishment OF Gen
Bosquet's division of the French army IN the MalsA
Of Tower, Prince Gorchakof instantly proceeded
TO execute pre-arapged plan for the destruction aAd
evacuation OF the town. All that night the harbof wss
illumI ated by the urd glare OF burning ships, ana
from time 20 time the explosion OF vast rent
asQl6er en- orBous piles of masonry, while an Aide
youripg conhsgrstion swept like tho scourge OF
Heaven over the devastated city,
Sevas'opo has perisbed like Moscow, by the hands
Of her defenders, while her successful assaants wit
messed the awful spectacle unsoathed Means OF re-
treat lad been secured by long bridge of RATS scross
the greet habor and for many hours large masses Of
troops were removed by this passage TO the northern
eide but at o'clock in the morning of the 9th this
communication was stopped, the whele OF the works
Io,p tlaV N "A a
sny Of the Russians remained the south bank after
that hour they must e her have persisted in the fire or
fallen into the hands Of the bescgers.
About five hundred of the wounded, we know, re-
NAMED in the Fort st. Paul, and for them an ar
mietice was asked; but, with their accustomed In
difference TO the preservation OF life aud property,
the Russians were determined TO destroy the city
raiher than to capi,ulste, and they executed their
design.
The position Of Prince Gorchakof's army after the
main BODY had effected its retreet the harbor,
was therefore follows: His extreme right consist
ing Of the corps most actively engaged In the defense
of the place upon the Severnaia work or Star
Fort and holds the strongly Btrenched positions on
the orth shore where doubt considerable prepar-
atoms have been made for this emergency. His GEN.
ter covers the Bebek and protected in front by The
feldworks thrown up along the ridge Of Inkermann.
HE lef, wing contests of Liprandis corps, occupy
ing the ground from Mackenzie Farm to the hishts
of Aiodor on the Bakshserai-road No attempt was
MADE by the relieving army under Llprana 10 enecs
defeat of the 10th of August appears to have ssnshed
the enemy that the lines OF the Chernays were not to
be carried. But the result of tue general assault and
the OCCUPATION of the southern side by the Allies en-
trey changes the neutrality-suspicious. OF the combat
ants and also the objects Of the campaign.
The struggle for the possession of Sevss.opo is a.
an end. That prize in our hands, and as the de-
ferse Of the fortress and the habor was the grand OBJ
iec of the Russians they have nothing len on that spot
10 contend for. The mere occupation of the north side
a the port is barren advantage, for though II might
hold garrison, it cannot shelter q defeated army
and il If obvious that after the failure Of the main OBJ
iect all the ability and generalship Of the Russians
will be required to save the whole body Of their forces
in the Crnnea from destruction.
We therefore infer that the northern forts will either
be held for time by limited garrison, or, more pro-
badly altogether abandoned in the hope Of saving the
srrry Never was army in q more critical position.
They are confined within peninsula which affords
them no other fortified position, sustsnanoc for the
troops, and no water beyond certain line. The sea,
covered with hostile veees, surrounds three sides Of
this tbeater of war and the fourth is separated from
the Rueeian base Of operations by steppes and
msrshes.
The allied armies already occupy strong positions At
Eupatoria and Yenikale which can be REINFORCED ia
few hours by sea, go as 10 threaten the Rusaans In
their flank and rear; and while il IS impossible for the
enemy TO bold bis ground in the south Of the Crimea
for which indeed, there is further object-to
retreat in this across the country is formidable
undertaking. while the loss of battle in the open field
would he absolute destruction. The Russians are IN
trap from which the Cnongar road and the shmus of
Perekop are the only of ESCAPE and even there
their communications may possibly be intercepted.
Nocoubt all these contingencies have bren foreeeen
Prince Gorchakoffs plan of campaign has long since
been made judging, therefore. from the accustomed
tactics of the Russian army, as well Is from the ex
tIeme difficulty of hs present position, we incline to
the opinion that he will adopt the course Of general
and immediate retreat.
To bold the Crimea without Sevsstopol and even
after the hsrbor of Sevastopo itself has been trans
formed by oonquest into the base Of operations of the
invading aImies would be boouess and Improbable