New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-02

enough 10 advance beyond the Cher,av. "a
something like 100000 men. Tais shss. -
vicious circle In which they move: the u,ors -
they brios into this pessilential mouse. IA. n
more they iose BY sickness; and yet, the ousv -.
to get successfully out Of II, 10 to send ua,s
thither.
The other eIpedient they have hit upo. IA
out Of the scrspe-the Turkish Expedition q r.
patoris-now turns out to be perfec. .s.st;
ton ofthe original Crimean blunder The fs,s.
landed at Eupstoris are far too weak to adv,...
into tie interior. The Entertainments arou,l a.
place appear to be so extensive that an ara, :
some 90 900 men is required for their desa.,
The reports of the "baHie" Of February H. n
fore Eupstoris, lead to the conclusion thsA.,
least one.half of the 40 900 men asseuk.a
there found active employment in the deis,r
The extent Of an intrenched camp intsndsis |
shelter 10000 men must, besides, be such \.
about one half Of the men will be reqairedk
active service in case Of an attack. pnus n.
town viii require about 10000 men for in =. 4
Tense, and 20, 900 only remain dispossble for s41
operations. But %, 900 men cannot venture M,
than few miles out of Eupatorii without era.
ing themselves to all sorts of flank and rear n
tacks from the Russians, and to the risk Of hs,s,
their communications with the to wn intereeps,s
Now the Russians, having double line Of retra,
either toward Perekcp or to ward Synphsrosl
and being besides, in their own couasy,
can always avoid decisive action with IA
10000 Turks who may emerge from Espa.orh
Thus, 10000 Russians, placed at day. march
from the town, will always be able to keep h
check the 10000 Turks con ,entrased In IL; n
they retreat for another ten or twelve miles she
will be match for any number Of Turks VII
can venture to advance to that distance frsa
their base Of operations. In other words, Eaps
tOria Is another KaafAt; but with this difference
that Kslsfat had the Danube in lis rear, and nj
the Black Sea, and that KslAfst WAS deieusivs
position, while Eupatoria 10 an offensive one. II
80, 0OO men at Kslstat could msintain succss+
full defense, with occasional and equally saccssfl
offensive sallies, extending to q limited distance
10000 men at Eapatoris are far too many 10
defend a place which about 1000 English anl
Freoch held for Eve months; while they are "a
too few for any offensive operations. The conss
quence is, that Russian brigade, or at the out
AIDE Russian division will be sbandsatly su@
cient to check the whole Turkish force at Eups
toris.
The so-cal.ed battle of Eupasoria was . mere
It reconnaissance on the part Of the Russians. Thg
advanced, $4,000 to 10000 strong, sgsina
the place from the nrth west, the only available
side, as the south is sheltered by the sea, AMI the
east BY msrshy lake, called Sas!k. Tie country
to the north west Of the town is formed BY loW.
ground, which, to judge from the maps
and from the experience of this action, does not
command the town within effective 6eld-gui
range. The Russians, with force inferior b.
IO, 600 men to the garrison, and exposed besidss.
on both TANKS, aud especially on the right one, to
the fire from the men-ofwar Ia the bay, could
never have dad any serious intention Of taking tia
placeby assault They consequently cou6aed them
selves to an energetic reconnaissance, opening
cannonade on the whole Of the line, at distance
which precluded the possibility Of serious dam
age; they then advanced their batteries nearer
and ne arer, keeping their columns as much - pos.
sible out ofrange, aad then mosedup these columns
o. IT, for attack so as to force the Turks to show
their strength, and made one attack at point
where TIE shelter afforded by the monuments
and shrubbery Of buryins- ground allowed Of
their approaching close TO the defenses. Having
ascertained the situatiOn and strength Of the In.
trenchnents, as well as the approx:matlvenumseu
of the garrison, they retired, as every other army
judiciously commanded, would have done. Their
object was attained; that their losses would DO
greater than those of the Turks, they knew Boz
forehand. This very simple affair has been mag
ni6ed BY the allied commanders into glorious
victory. People must be very much In want Of
something to boast Of, if they attempt to impose
upon the public 10 such barefAced way.
1t certainly was great mistake that the Rus
slams allowed the Allies to maintain Themselves
in Eupatoria for five months, until the Turks
came. A Russian brigade, with q sufficient mum.
Der Of twelve FOUNDERS, might have driven them
into the sea, and by few slight earthworks on
The shore, might even have kept the men-of war
at respectful distance. If the allied fleets had
detached an overwhelming force to Eapstoria, the
place could have been burned down, sad thus
made valueless as future base Of operations for
, landing force. But a. it Is. the Rassisns may
be quite satissed with having left Eupssoria in
the possession Of the Allies. Forty thousand
Turks, the last remnant Of the only respectable
army Turkey ever possessed, blocked up in mar
row camp, where 5000 Russians can keep them
in check, and where they are exposed to oil ths
diseases and sufferiDgs of men crowded closely to-