Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-01-26
seoastopol---The Expected Great Battle.

The following from the Liverpool Times of the
30th ultimo, will be read with deep interest at the
present time:
Tie fate of Sebasopol appears TO be mainly
depending the state of the Crimean weather.
Our war ntlligence yesterday, which comes down
the 18th instant, that the renocements that
had reachet the Allied camp up to that date amount
I'd to Is, 900 men; and we learn from Constantinope
and other that On the 18th the ROYAL Albert
passed through The Bosphnrus for the Crimea with
1900 TROOPS and that the urksh troops from Varna
were arriving rapidly at the seat o war, On the
18th, three days previous this, the Allies said
to have been in force and ready to give battle the
enemy manoeuvring their All this looks
well, and If 1t be that the French have mounted
their guns their third parallel The assaul, must be
near al hand.
IF the British engineers have been equally forlu-
nate in pushing forwar1 their siege works, and arm
ing their large siege batteries, there cou have been
little more required in the way of preparation for
the decisive blow which has been so long threatened
and often deferred 1t must not be forgotten
however that the French are much nearer TO their
ship and have very little difficulty in bringing I'D
their heavy guns. ammunition, and PROVISIONS &c =,
compared with what the British have The former
cannot be above two miles from their fleet
The latter eight miles from Balaklava. This is
a p,odigous difference ard il would probably keep
our works back for some days. Yet, when an army
is standing in force and face to face with an enemy
day two generally produces some remar able
change one side or the other.
Prince Menschkoff can i'll afford 10 waste time in
looking at the movements OF the Allies, and those of
General Liprandi's troops upon Lord Raglan's left
flank and rear looks as If he aniicpa some deter
mined attempt on Sebastopol. The appearance of
that general in the eighborhood of Balakava looks
in fact, if Prince Menschkof that the attack
of the allies close hand and had ordered Ii
prand to take up the position it was meant he should
occupy. with view to threatening our left flank,
while the Russian army will appear again on the
slopes OF lnkermann to force our extreme right
That there Is large body of the enemy somewhere
to the north of lnkermann is quite certain The AL
lies will therefore have defend the extreme right
and left of their position while the storming of the
garrison is going on and, ii is 10 be hoped, that
while we are told the Allies are in force and ready
10 give battle, Liprand on the left, our right flank
will not be overlooked. II such oversight should
occur, the consequences would he terrible indeed.
Without taking such matters into account, how
ever, and merely looking at the blow about to be
struck, the public may well fee-ihe deepest interest
and the most intense anxiety If the Russian gen.
erals have been as fortunate as our own 10 receiving
reinforcements, it may be necessary to delay the
nal attack until the allies increase their strength
still further than they had on the 18th. But If the
enemy have received no further suceor than that
which is known to have reached them since the bat
tie of nkermann, the allies undertake the assault
with force equal to 10 600, and still hold from 35
900 to 10000 men in reserve as ths united strength