Washington telegraph., 1855-09-12
ConErnatory-

4 European letter writer. " 10 pTetents 70 give
the substance of conversation with LoEsIs Napo-
leon, represents the Emperor as saying IN regard
to the campaign in the CTImea-
Il acknowledge the tactics Of the CrInean cam
paign TO be my own projection, and confess nv
sell satisfied mainly IN the results The people
of France and England V ant feat Of arms and
perhaps the people of America would appiaGi an
other SEnoienski- and Noskowa- No France in
1913 crossed the arid stePpes and deadly SHOWS
OF Russia VIII now make Russia traverse her
own wilderness to meet on her frontier There
IS not who enters the CTiulea that has not
undergone all we suffered IN the retreat from
Moscow There Is not regiment that arrives =.
Perekop that Is not tecIma.eG- Whole battzlions
have been ensulphed The Russian loss accord
Ing 70 their own estimate rendered 20 the EmpeT-
or Nicholas last December amounted 10 two hun
dred and seventy thousand The Allied troops at
that time had not lost one-te1th Of that figure
am content TO pIotEact the struggle in The CInlea
OF these .erms'
On smother occasion he observed:
4 Russian drnv Is nos recruited with facility
Men can be had, bB. not soldiers. The Russian
pessa1try require from two 70 three years exer-
else st drill be;Ae they 1t for the ranks We
have nearly extirpated the due Of their forces
those which the Car has taken SC many years u
create England and France on the contrary
grow stronger as the struggle proceeds. OuT peas
sutTy IN few weeks become staui.ch troops. and
the IRE OF war, which burns slowly al first among
our population, increases with reverse
This sounds Napoleoaic- whether L Is in tie
language OF the Emperor himself or not But ".
f,iote II merely 70 show how strikingIv confirm
story II IS o. the opinion Of private soldier in the
Allied Army at SevaStopoI- as expressed n let
ter 70 his brother in this ci.y- We quote
i am glad 70 say that in my opinion. Se-as.o-
pol will fail ere long-and l am certain that no
one here ever doubted our ability 70 take it
And now that Lord Raslalsj Is dead. things viii
r-,- ~ -
cf the Allied armies wanted 70 take it-for thev
only used L IS cloak % cover their real in.en-
tons. which have been 70 draw as many Russian
troops into the CTlnea possible 50 that We
might cripple them on this ground. without ai-
vancIns INTO the interior Of Russia, which would
have % be done II we had SevastoPol now. and Il
would be sheer madness 70 foilovSs Russian army
after having such precedent as Napoleon-s Cam
Pelgn OF 1912. where he lost the finest army the
world ever saw through the effects Of climate
You again ask, II think We Will conquer the
RussiansF Ny answer Is yes we will and We
would have done 50 long ago. if the Russians had
ever tEled second experiment ike that OF the 18th
OF November a. IakeFInana- Thev woull have
been crippled al once and though they never al
tempt regular battle they think they viii bea.
Us BY simple occupation But fheir generals
never made greater miStake-ior the Russian
resources are low entirely stopped in the Crimea
and the great losses they have sustained in the
transport Of troops and provisions from the nteri-
CT 10 the Crimea must have greatly reduced thei.
internal supplies And their ports being now
olockeded- must create stagnetion IN their trade:
andwen. OF supplies from foTeisl. ports mus. in the
end, force them TO accept OF any terms the West
eTn Powers may teisn TO offer them"
These views Of the Emperor and the soldier
confirm each other IN q matter 50 striking as q
give color 70 the supposition, that the C-imean
tactics which appeared 70 be blunler from the
beginning. are, after all. nothing but deep-lai
Of - -
Russia Il VIII doubtless take some :ilns 70 10
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