New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-10
CRIMEAN PROSPECTS.

When the Allied Expediton-latei in the seasoo.
and, in strength too great for coup de- msid'
too small for campaign or even siege-'et sail
for the Crimea, and when the British and French
press were revelng n the presentiment of tue vic
tories which this army was to win, we pointed t.
the disastrous expedition of the British to Wal
cheren in 1909. We showed that in expedition,
based upon the presence Of feet as soon as they
degenerate into heightened campsigu, disease
10 more to be feared than the sword of the eueuy,
and that with the alre ady evident msladmiuistra-
ton in the British army result similar to that Of
Walcheren was DOW pr )bable. The intelligence
which has reached US for some time pist has
gone far to show that the fate Of the Wacherea
expedition was readily, though not inevitably, sp-
preaching the British army in the Crimea. Bat
now, from our correspond nee and journals re-
ceived yesterday by the Atlantic, we have almost
the certainty that WdeheIea is being Iepe,sed
over again, and even improved upon, before Sevm-
topol.
The London Times of Jan. 20 in q leading arti-
Gle, Of which we last week had sn extract by
telegraph from Halifax, and which we this morn
ing copy entire, declares that in tbs face Of the
Increasing mismanaeemt mt in the Ctimes, aud the
helplessDess of the Government at home, it would
be criminal to hide any longer the full truth from
the British public. And then it staraes John
Bull with the Information that Of the 500 or
60, 0C0 men who went to the East. not more than
IA, 600 infantry and perhaps l,5OO artillery aud
ssppers and miners are Fl, for duty the remainder
being dead sick or wounded, while the cavalry,
as force, is broken up, the horses having bsen
turned over to the ordnance to convey guas aud
provisions t. the Trenches And even Of these
5000 men toe great majority are ouly oy courtesy
fit for duty; they are weak and exhausted, harbof-
ing the germs Of disease they are disabled by sick
ness at the rate Of thousand week, and the
deaths number from 300 TO 400 week; there is
no chance of this mortality decreasing, the work
to be done by force which becomes weaker aud
weaker every day, remains the same, and Overwork-
ing is ar great cause of disease among these sol
diers as any; andofthe less than two thousand men
who are reported to have been actually 10 good
health on the LIST January, very many mus. have
been reduced to helpless fever and dysentery by
this time. Another article from the sane jour
nal on Jan. %, which We also copy, sums up the
dreadful facts of the case by saying, tnst at tne
existing rate Of diminuton, Lord Raglan aud his
staff would, by the middle of March, be the only
survivors of the expedition; and Lord John Rus
SELL in his speech il Parliament in explanation Of
his resignation, stated that the accounts from Sc.
vastopol were mot only painful, but horrible aud
heart rendipg." The number of deaths in the
camp Lord John also states at from 90 to 100
daily. 1t is therefore impossible to suppose that
the allegations ofthe London journals oa the sub
jsct are mere partisan exsggerations, as has been
pretended in some quarters.
1t is plain, then, that if 1t we're not for the
French, the miserable remnant of the British
army would have been cut up and destroyed long
since. But the admirable management Of the
French army has at an events contriyed to keep
that army intact. This management IL not the
merit Of any particular enthusiastically 10 the
consequence Of the warlike spirit of the French
Of that other quality in which they excel, Of
arranging details in the most harmonious and
practical manner, and, finally, of twenty-five
years experience Of Algerian war. This system
was uot Cicaicu SitucI W LVuts hlitppcf INC
Republic, or Louis Bonsparte; i! is the result Of
circumstances, of continued series of necessi-
ties and of the labor Of many generals Of division
OF brigade, and their subordinates.
The French, although posted on the extremity
of the Chersonese, where they are entirely de-
pendent upon their feet, while with skill and
courage the British might have foraged ont the
fruitful Valley Of Badar-the French have plenty
Of everything; because, in the French service,
nine men out Of ten know their business-which,
in the Brtish service is the case with, perhaps,
one man out Of q hundred-and this exceptional
individual is generally placed in such position
that he would appear presumptuous, and wanting
in discipline, If he should offer his advice. 1.-THE
British are !sparedthe disgrsce of REHABILITATION
without having taken Sevastopol, or being able to
bring their guns with them, they will have the
French to thank for it. There 10 now hardly & |
doubt that we shall soon hear of part Of the Brit
sh lines having been handed over to the French,
md the Bdtish army being reduced TO puay |