Show 1 it ii i THE WAR POSITION rosl rosi nOX nos 1 M asa axa PROSPECTS EC TS olf the E I 1 i ARM ARMIES I 1 ES lc til THE F EA the lart last tt official offic lal idl dispatches des patches report the south side sid of sebastopol sevastopol Seba to be occupied by detachment detachments of french and english troops who have had dis disi quarters of or the town assigned to them the russians concentrated their forces ird fit the northern forts and were or firing upon the town to which the allies replied from the two forts which remained intact nicholas nicholis is and quarantine and slid from the ruins of other fort prince Gort chakoS chakoff in his reports describes the fire odthe of ahe allies as heavy preparations vere were making by the and french engineers by tile the sinking of immense mines to destroy the splendid docks arsenals and shipbuilding yards bards of sebastopol sevastopol Seba and thus uproot the place as s a naval stronghold though ereis the th no official information on the subject the allied generals for rea reb reasons bans ians being silent ag as to their future ope operations ratio ns there are various premonitions of al vigorous campaign in tile tiie open field I 1 it is uncertain and slid will remain so for some little time which of these threatened attacks is the real ribal but there is cuite enough ui preice gort koffs kotTle dispatches des patches to show that lie considers cons cont iders himself seriously threatened in front and on both hanks flanks another significant fact Is that the english land transport corps are in full activity that the field batteries of the artillery are in fit mar marching ching order that large numbers of the french cavalry have embarked for Eup atoria and by the telegraphic accounts from vienna it is stated that the allied fleets had left sebastopol sevastopol Seba on some secret expedition it is is azila asserted from vienna that the russian army is retreating the times correspondent correspondents i writing on the sg Is not at all sanguine that the russians will be forced io to abandon theli their position on the approach of winter prince on the uit reported that men had been landed at Eup atoria and that on the this force was I 1 increased ncr eased to men he has since bince since reported that imposing masses of the allied troops continue to threaten the left wing of the Rus russian army from the valley of baidar whilst a force amounting to between and men threaten the right wing of the russians from Eup atoria the correspondent of the daily news takes a dl different Terent view ile he says the tha belief gains ground that the russian russians are preparing to evacuate the north side of the tile harbor of Seba sebastopol sevastopol the extensive earthworks earthworms earth works which have been lately constructed and others in course of construction are regarded as simply fa tended intended to cover the retreat retreats and protect the rear guard of the russian army carts have llave come in empty from the mackenzie heights and have gone away laden it is supposed with provisions these arrangements are supposed to indicate an intention to retire it is still understood that a combined movement is to take place against the position on the mackenzie heights heig helg lits A direct attack from Baksh Bakshi iseral is is spoken of the approach from the south being made by a route which is kept secret and which will have the effect of avoiding the tw ernys fortified entrenchments in an order which prince Gorts chakoff has addressed to his soldiers the prince admits a loss of from to 1000 men per day during the last 30 39 days dabs of the siege to continue to defend the south mouth side he say ray t would have been to expose the troops to b bo ry rys uselessly murdered ile he concludes by saying it inot ia not sebastopol sevastopol Seba vve e have left in the bands hands but burning ruing ruins that we have set fire to ourselves Seba sebastopol sevastopol enchained us to its walls walla with its fall we acquire acq aca n lre ire i freedom of action and a new war commences A letter from st petersburg states that the evening before the emperors departure for the south routh a grand council was held field at which it t was decided to carry on the war with the utmost energy the emperor went from moscow to nik olai eff the great russian naval depot on the where on the ull accompanied by the llie grand dukes constantine nicholas and michael he be made an inspection of the troops fortifications and dockyards dock yards the tho fortifications it is stated are to be greatly strengthened and extended by telegraph we learn that the czar crar lins has left Niko laleff for the grimea crimea his object in proceeding thither being doubtless to inspirit his hia forces by his pre presence sence senco and ana turn th tide in favor of russia various russian and prussian pc oc counti state plate that the war is to be carried on with the greatest determination and that the crimea is to be defended tp to the oe last talt extremity general who is now II ia 1 asia aia will it is intimated take lake the pince place of prince koff who Is s to lecome become minister of war moscow advises advices state that men have been faded to the military force ol 01 russia ibrom the ther london inmee time oct 43 41 43 41 once more solicitude for the future mut must mui return to its old place in the thoughts of the nation notion and mingle H ith tho the recollections of past triumphs the ruins of Seba sebastopol sevastopol are in the hands of the tile allies a number of cannon caution and many thousand projectiles are among the spoils forts forta that were partially blown up may be repaired arid anid armed but bat still the great question of the subsistence of the tile victorious army during the winter will be only duly partially solved by these advantages two contingencies are now before us one that the russians having lost the town the arsenals nud and the docks of sebastopol sevastopol Seba will consider that the maintenance of a fort and earthworks earthworms earth works on the north side will serve no purpose while it will endanger the whole army of the crimea and most certainly entail vast exertion and outlay darlng daring the ensuing months the facilities with which the allies cin transport a force to toady an point on tog log coast early la in the must murt be present to ile lip flip mind minds of the tiie russian gener generals als ais and make them anxious anxious lo 10 rein norce force the troops at Nicholai eff and on the lower danube i these are the reasons which render even the evacuation evac nation of the whole crimea not improbable as a military movement on the oth other erhand hand there are hot wanting causes which may lead to a determined resistance the chief of these jan jsn isa iba motive which may urge the czar and his advisers to the most de despera desperate spera to resolutions the feeling of national and military pride it may ba be something to hem to induce the world a iii ili tie longer to believe that russia has not entirely lost Selu seig they may also hope to be able to hold their ground until the rains of I 1 winter and judge that then the operations of the allies will be delayed during an interval of which diplomacy may make good use by bv the letter of our correspondent it will be seen seer that a belief prevails in camp that the enemy will not relax without a struggle their hold of the he northern forts and the ride ridge rid e they occupy great stores of provisions shot and she shell are ready for a long defence tile the russians labor at their new works as unceasingly as they prepared to defend the southern side military carts laden meth produce are continually passing almost within range of the allies and should all this be a feint it is certainly the most expensive and surprising on an record i there also exists an idea that the allies are not ready to attack should the enemy be of this opinion it will wili not fail to strengthen his big resolution to remain for either contingency it is the duty of the british government to prepare should the enemy maintain his present positions it is evident that the great body of our army must still either remain on the spot where it has been encamped so iong long or that at least balaklava must continue to ba be the port from which its supplies are drawn the harbor of Seba srba sebastopol sevastopol must remain closed as long as the russians are in PO possession of the sea batteries or until tile the roadstead is cleared of wrecks and thus there will be no advantage but a positive inconvenience in occupying the place even putting aside the hostile i efforts of or the enemy from the opposite shore it is doubtful whether there be much that can be called habitable remaining of the conquered town the great works of engineering science the docks the solid batteries may have defied the tile flames but barracks and private houses seem either elther ther to ta have been totally destroyed or so far injured red as to require more labor for their repair chaa than n would construct new dwellings As it now appears certain that the russi russians ans will not quit their positions without a campaign actual or menaced and therefore no dispersion of the british force can take place it becomes the duty duly of the government and people to recur to those considerations which occupied them before the excitement of the last three weeks it is a duty to taka take thought for these thing even in the freshness of triumph with a great general victory is buethe but the beginning of new labors and it will not do for the nation to rest content with what it has fins done while an obstinate enemy is opposed to it with energies perhaps sharpened by defeat should the tha enemy abandon his hw last works the harbor of sebastopol sevastopol Seba would be open and transports might land provisions within a few yards of the allied troops who might either find themselves dwellings in the town or be partly encamped along the northern side but this second conquest though not impossible ought not to be re carded as a certainty or prevent the continuance of the works which were justly deemed necessary a few weeks since the position of or the turks and sardinians ians fans with a part of the tile french in the plain of baluk batuk lava renders absolutely necessary the completion of these enterprises without which they will bo be forced to close up to for the rest of the army to the tile grea preat great t discomfort is of all and the diminished safety of the allied positions the accounts given by our correspondent of recent recant preparations for the winter are not entirely reassuring tile the guards were one day marched down to work on the roads but when the they arrived there were no tools no spades shover sholem sq pickaxes pick axes or barrows and so they marched back again A great part parl martof of last years warin warm clothing I 1 a irretrievably ruined and ther the old stores must not be relied upon but I gir if ir the huts ants only arrive in time tima bv by tile tho sailing ships alps in which they have bf ohn ihn sto stow weil fo much of the severity of winter will be disarmed jt it is this speedy arrival which we I 1 wish to insure I 1 the telegraph uie Ulf graph has bas now for some time been isilene silent and we have a right to augur from the reticence of the th generals that they have something to conceal indeed it is hardly to be supposed that a commander with wilh the vigor and resolution of marshal Pel pei pelissier issler would allow the six weeks of fine weather which remain to pass away wit without hout an e endeavor to complete his victory and rn anise ise still higher the reputation of his country the tile powerful ua fleet of the allies lilies consisting now for ther thet st part of screw vessels and the tha nume berless transports of the tha british marine may through the skill acquired by a twelvemonth s experience land in a few days a power powerful rui fui force I 1 at any point whence it might be desirable to operate As to a direct advance on the Rus russians slang stang there are various opinions the most general is that though a hazardous movement not to be undertaken without much caution it 11 might succeed now that all the armies of the allies are at liberty the chief difficulty is to obtain access to the russian portion which towards the south may be compared corm corn pared to a great natural fortress the plain of the crimea rises gradually till it reaches the line of the aya and there ends in precipitous corfis almost perpendicular along many miles on this commanding elevation the russians are i posted a and nd have kave have increased the natural strength of tile the region by thy the artificial obstacles which they ibey aro are t e so skillful skill ful fol in creating i the road zoad down which they descended to va and the pass of Ai todor lodor some eight miles further on are strongly fortified it will be seen that the french have made a on the extreme ex trema right and that they are constructing roads the valley of baidar up to the plateau of the I 1 belbeck closer to works of the enemy are even moie numerous and formidable it is probable that if the generals contemplate any at tack from the south they would have to make a long detour but should bey hey be success successful ral fal in gaining the plateau in force there can be little doubt that the Russi russians ans and would sooil ba be compelled to abandon their positions the tile other alternative Oter ster native isa sfa spa new landing and an advance from seme pointon point on the western coast which would menace the re arand the retreat of tile enemy in this case should the allies have to fight another battle of the alma we might trust that the valor which has once prevailed would be again equally successful however the opinion still is that the allies may not be strong enough in men or means of tran transport sport snort to effect any great diversion of this kind in either case a campaign of some weeks must take take place and its sion ion S would find our army fatigued and Te requiring quirin 9 rest |