The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-27

uwe,t upoH the Importance OF Thracan Chersonesus
the oase OF our position for the defence CONSTANT
pie and Of Reumea, which was then the piarr opjec
OF our nte,vention The instructions % the Em
bearing date the 18th of April 1854, exactly
ois year ago are directed in the arst ,sanc'
cause in the event of the defeat the Turks tn,
Danube, and the Passage of the Balkan by Rus star
lied troops Thrace and its march on the capital
come mpossb ble. At the same time the possession O.
the Dardanelles secured our maritime commnnica-
tons, which might otherwise have been Threatened
BY the enemy. roese preparations pura ay
defensive, out our position in the war was
consisted of about 40 coo French and 10000 British
troops and TIE operations contemplated st that time
s.e "a nn 81 .ae ea' bo ssa sy
French sstt meat very ably mainans that the occupa
ton of GGipoi vas wise and correct determination on
the part OF the allies uneer what then the known
sn! anticipated circumstances against which they had
to PROVIDE
materially cha.esed The Russian army had crossed the
Danube occupi.a the Drobudscha and threatened the
rne Of the Bassn TIE suc.ess Of this movement no
ever depended en- the capture of sstra; and lie gal
iant defence OF thst place followed by the defensive
treaty Of the lSth 2, June between Austria and the
had meanwhile msrcned to Yarna, where they were
ready to assist in TIE defence of the Balkan had the
Russians taken Silst:ia and continued their advance
But the Emperor OF the Freuch had expressed ia the
strongest terms his resolution to avoid upon
the Danube and TO abstain FROM expedt into
Danu oian proyinces which could only have produced
the most fatal results If memory serves u.s. rather
istrs aoo those who shared tteir opinions
ed to so'm OF oboquy Because they steadily resisted
the appeals made to them to throw forces into this
psrii0us ana desperate situation
1t was felt however, that the allied governments
having entered upon this war; could not ahow their
mamenis to remain ina ctive neglect any likely
to bring the contest to glorious termination rhs
pedition to the Crmea had been regarded from tho
one Of the objects be kept in view by the allied
Generals and when the whole Russian line had retreated
across the Danubc, and even beyond the Prnth, the
Taurio Peninsula obviously the ttest field for the
operations of the maritime Powers
The French government however, appears to have
pressed at early period IT'S pref for Kaa the
base OF opera the CrmeAn coast and something
liz r-prosch il cast upon thu allied Generals
ing selected their place o. LANDING aud attack elsewhere.
at which the author of ths article in the Men,teW
has arrived The project of Landing KaTi
had frequently attracted attention, and was
than once adverted to in these col anus but
after full consideration in whch aad the advantage
q TIE Opinions Of some of ths highest military authori
tles IN Europe who were not consuited by the Frenca
Government. We were led to the conviction that al
though katfa offered the great advantages Of any
point in the Crimea for the landing and first establish
ment OF the sfmy and for the Reet, yet that tae
position Of this port presented almost insGpsraoe ob
deficiency Of the army was, tpat il larded ia the
middle of September without adequate of trans
port ana with e.be division of calvary while it
mained dependent for many necessaries the fleet
march from kafla upon Simpheropo would haue
PEELED the army enter upon a line Of country sepa
rated from the sea by a chain of high mountains and
exposed 10 flank attacks from the light troops of the
eLerny TO undertake such > march Of loo m les 10
have been enterprise of the mos: perllous kind
Had the expedition landed at KstTa, of the
it woult probaoly have been compelled to pss the
ter there in nacton and the allied governments ald
have been roundly accused Of trea ,hery the
they pIofessed defend ia fact thay might, with far
greater have passed the winter in the Bopho
ius Bu it appears to US tobe at the present time un
generous and incorrect to lay the blame of our
difficulties upon men who took dicison which
was ratified st the time BY public opnioa ard military
juogL ent throughout Europe. Moreover, one OF thu
very first directions given 70 Marshal st Armand, in the
eveDr OF Lie invading the Crmea to seize the har
Dor OF Balaklsya and to maiutan the communications
betseen he army ard the shtps.
1t is not, therefore, % The strateg.ca plan Of this
campago, as adopted By the aIhed generals, that
think adverse criticisms ,e fairly addressed.
The committed have occurred much more ia
tbe execution of The plan than the conception o' it.
We regret that at certain times and opportu mites
vigorous sttempt not made to defeat ths rel ewing
army OF the epemy whereas this French statement
admits that we had army Of observation at all We
stsre the universal astcnishment at the manner in
which the siege has been conducted-ths ait mot to
The delay which occurred the fist iustancs-
when an attack possibe-the neglect of all
ing, by magic, before eyes-and the astooish
ing bnoness which suffered the Russians to occupy
position alt oUgh it is situated leo yards TO
the French lines than to their These some of
the which have frustrated the al! OF which
may be summed up in one sentence-bat the Russians
hare Sholcn science, strength, and ncentoD IN their
mode Of defence has the aIIet forces IN their mode Of a.
lack No doubt. the difficulties of the besiegers
trtAt and extraordinary, but those OF the be-
seged the highest achievement of The art OF
to ADVANTAGE of those difficulties for oneself and to
turn tb en- to disadvantage OF the enemy Agrseog
therefore, the msn with this French statement
the strategical operations of the campaign,
ascent to it's defence Of the echnia operations Of the
siege
the aled precisely in those scent
fc departments which relied with the greatest
comic and. having exhausted the skill OF our
gneers it is now intuated that the armies have the
resource taking the field. We sincerely hope that
this decision, winch have strenuously aiso-
Gated for than month, has at last cen taken;
but without energy Of command and vigor Of in
venton that have hitherto been sho by the generals
it is impossible to carry on successful warfare.
The Manifesto nnd the Vienna Conference.
GPsris (Aprii l1-6 p. Correspondence of the Times
The event OF oGay Paris is the article in the
few woIcs .sterday. 1t will be folio we'd by another
equally rot still more interesting, the political,
thin is on the military The article IS generally
attributed, and have some reason 10 suspect with
truth 10 NJ A. de Laguerronisre, but it hears evdsnt
marks of having been ou shed by the hand Of the
pcror particularly in the sciestfc or technical parts
Of this article is warlke cannot be Doubt
ed but the impression produced in high polt cal
t.rs is that the plan OF military operations hitherto fol
lowed about to be modified otherwise the vastness of
tfe undertaking. as against sebasopol aud the superb
SIi'y Of the Ra 'sans in position and mass,is would
the essre TO disepgsge or rather cover the repnnsi
by Of the Emperor is manifest throughout; aud the
faults In strategy that have been committed to
i'm puted TO others than himself.
We may suppose assume it as correct that the 10
of Wnlch exIrdcts are gVoo7 realiy
communicated Marshal st. Arnaud they will tell
the army, and there little doubt they intended to
do but would have completed the idea given OF the
bought and judgment OF the Emperor IL the Mar
sbsl alive to confirm them. have said tnat the
article is considered intended to prepare the army
matte the transfer OF tho operations
place. and opinion is merely divided to the To-
caIty
Some believe the theatre will be in another part of the
Crmes others that the troops vail embark and pro-
ceed Odessa that the will be carried
in the southern provinces of bussia under tia direction
| OF the Emperor him elf.
am not that any news.of kind b be relied
or has come from Vienna TO day may mention, how
ever that few indeed expect any good ro TIE confer
.pce. that Russia will yield the queaon Of the Il
imitation of her force 10 the Black Sea- that she viii
recognize the right OF the Powers VINO have no tertoy
those shores to call upon her. who has to reduce her
| forces.
1t thought certain that France and England will
persist Ia dema nding such limitations and that this
h. hen nel zielda