New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-12

.brouob a oriyate source which gives a cHai"o'.-
N the operations now going on there qu''e u''
g.. 90 that derived from the Interested STATE
,nents Of the French and Englsh Jou'n'''
nj. true that at TIE date OF the i''n some u
Az dofenses ofthe town near the Maiaho" wv
-, 49, Rs.tion du Mat bad been destroyed by
A.. .u;ed Guns. but il must be recoliecteu tha'
- mere the most advanced works OF the Rus
.;.,s that they were erected under the hre
"a, the epemies' cannon and were consequently
Numerically constructed, that they were OF no
Great value in the defense of the place and were
relinouished without much of struggle. Their
destruction was anticipated by the kussianS ana
argues nothing toward the final result IL Is
not till the assaulting party places ltseii IN al
vance of these works that the guns OF the Tor
tress can be brought to bear with crushing
effect. so that at the date mentioned nothing bad
transpired before Sevastopol to indicate an ad-
vantage in favor of the Allies. The pretension
Of the latter that their guns possessed SUPERB
ority over those OF the Russians is not true, ac-
cording to their own admission made on many
occasions since the commencement OF the siege
The most important defenses OF the RUSSIAN
garrison are mounted with the large marine
guns taken from the ships of the Russian Meet
and these guns are made after models OF the
hest and largest guns in the French and English
,ervice AT the proper moment these Will do
,beir duty in the defense of the place. The last
Russian dates from SeyastOpol are TO the l9th'
and these demonstrate clearly that the ieeDly-
defended Russian Outposts once taken ana
sl;obt advance made toward the city, the Allies
have been arrested, their fire diminished, the
amount of harm which they are accomplishing
AGAINST the heavier Russian works reduced almost
to nothing. and that these injuries are readily re-
paired during the night. Added to this, GER
tain timidity reigns in the allied camp from the
belief that all the most accessible approaches 10
The city are mined, and only await the pressure
of large body of troops to be exploded.
1t is repeated from time to time in the En-
plish and French Journals that the guns OF the
large fort LEtoe dp NOrd, on the other side OF the
inlet from the place, will not carry balls further
Than the cathedral in the center of the city.
This assertion is fatty contradicted by an Amer
lean officer now with the allied army, who's every
way qualified TO judge. This fort, which is the
strongest Of all the defenses of Seyastopol, Is
mounted with two hundred guns and dOmineers
the city completely. 1t is furnished with the
large marine guns before spoken OF, which VIII
carry with very fair effect to the Malakoff tower
ar TO any portion of the city wall proper, on the
side on which the attack is being made by the
Allies. This large fort however, with those
which are near it, was built to protect the diff
cult approaches to the city on the north side,
which they perfectly do and at the same
time TO act as auxilaries against an assaultng
party from the south side or as means later on
of dslodging an enemy who might gain admit
lance to the city 1t has now become serious
question with the allied Generals whether, II
able TO cain the interior of the city, they viii
dare 70 risk their almost annihilated army under
tbe play of six or eight hundred guns from the
opposite bank of the river and in strong posi-
ton where they will have no guns to meet their
fire effectively. Admitting then that these forts
do not enter seriously into the question OF the
taking of Sevastopo, they do, however, enter
seriously into the question of holding 1t or OF the
final success of the campaign
The report that division of the allied army
was about to attack Liprandi in the open field is
undoubtedly untrue; for we learn from another
and more impartial source that notwlthstand-
ing the boosted impregnability OF the English
position at Balaklava, there are serious lnten-
tions of evacuating that place through fear OF
fhis same Gen. Liprandi, whose command lies IN
the vicinity, and whose forces are rapidly IN
creosinC in strength. The absurdity of attempt
ing to carry on a campaign in the open held with
any degree of effectiveness against large forces
of Russians, must be obvious to every one VINO
will consider the circumstances under when
The campaign is attempted. 1t will be recol-
lected that one half of the Notifications, and
that the strongest half, are free, and per-
NIT the garrison 10 introduce at will the reen-
forcements and ammunition required for the de-
Tense of the side attacked; that at the side
attacked the defenses are of immese extent ana
great solidity; that they are defended by can
non piled upon cannon, served by men who have
become expert in their use, and that in order to
carry any one point, so as to effect an entrance
into the city, it will require an immense con-
centration of the allied forces at that point,
Thus rendering weak and exposed to sortles ana
flank movements the remainder OF their position
How then will they be able, with the number oil
men now in the Crimea, to carry on a campaign
in the omen field simultaneously with the attack
on the city, Gen. Liprandi and Gen. osten-
Sacken are encamped with very large forces al
not very distant points in the valley above the
CITY. awaiting a favorable moment when the