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Survey Of The War. The Aspect Of The Cam...
aon , and the advanced defences lying to its light . Our readers may know that the defences of the town , of Sebastopol are sepa-« ated front the defences of its suburb by a teep ravine , terminating on the inner har-> our . * " The Flagstaff Battery stands on the dge of the ravine in a conspicuous position , , nd was a very powerful work . From its ight extends a sort of bastioned curtain , the rincipal bastion being that known as the Central Tower . These face the south , but rom the Central Bastion it curves inward ,
nd looks south-west , jutting forward again s it connects itself with the Quarantine Fort , tunning parallel with this west face , and ivided from it by a shallow ravine , is an Levation about a thousand yards in length , hich , by its position , looks into the left ank of the French trenches , and , in posjssion of the enemy , would bar an advance . a carrying out the siege operations General " elissieb , by a well-combined and resolute low , first carried , on the 1 st and 2 nd of
[ ay , the works set up in front of the Cen-* al Bastion , and made himself secure therein , o counteract this , the enemy seized the igh ground above described , and began to instruct cover . The energetic Frenchman Lstantly resolved to drive them out . Asjmbling a considerable force , he hurled his Dlumns upon the Russian lines ; they were iet by equal numbers , almost equal obstiacy , quite equal hardihood ; but the imetuous and well-sustained assault of out
lies prevailed ; after two nights conflict le whole of . the contested ground fell into le hands of the French , with a loss to the Russians of from four to six thousand men tiled and wounded . Thus , then , from the ; h of April , when the batteries opened , to lg 24 th of May , the siege itself has made Dtable progress . On both sides , but on mt of the French especially , a stronger \ nsp is laid upon the enemy ' s positions ; ore formidable preparations are in progress ; id the next move cannot fail to give the Hies still more incontestable advantages .
In the meantime , the force in the Crimea icoived constant and large augmentationsirdinians , British cavalry from India , British fantry from the Mediterranean , the Im-3 rial Guard from Maslak- —raising the force l the Crimea , including the Turks , to above 30 , 000 men , of whom nearly 8000 were ivalry . Here , then , were the grand desideta for which the Allied commanders had so ' ten sighed ; hero were numbers ; and thus iey were able to continue tho siege and sume the initiative in the field .
2 . Expedition to Kertcli . —At tho easternost extremity of the Crimea there is small peninsula , some nvo and sixty ilos long , twelve broad at the neck—the ) lt of land between Arabat and Ivafl ' aid somewhere about thirty miles broad at 3 greatest breadth . This , next to Perekop , tho most important point in the Crimea ; r here stands tho port of Kertch on the > ast in the straita of that name , and a little irthor to the cast , Yeni-Kaleh , ji station on le straits that load immediately into the 3 a of Azof . Through Kertch cornea , all io commerce of tho mouths of the J ) on ,
tignnrog , Mnrionopol , and Berdiansk , and om tho magazines , at these places the ussian army in tho Crimea . derived large ippliea . On tho other aide of tho straits tho delta of fho Kuban , and it was sross theso straits that the Russians at © baato-pol communicated with Anapa , Soutk-KiUeh , and the Caucasus It was the Ini-tt aunt of tho Russian marine , tho last reHting-Incp of TiuHBian commerce in tho 'Black Sea . t tho northern sido of tho neck of the 3 nxnsula stands Arnbat , a station that turinates tho ridgo of Band connecting tho
Crimea with the province of Kherson , and forming that road by means of which many supplies have also been conveyed to Sebastopol . An expedition against Kertch has long been expected , because the gain that would result from its occupation was selfevident . An expedition was planned / and sailed on the 4 th of May , but to everybody ' s amazement it returned , ordered back by General Cattbobeet when within sight of the desired shores . Bat when Pemssieb . assumed the command a second expedition
was organised . It consisted of French , English , and Turkish troops ; it sailed on the 23 rd of May , and on the 24 th landed to the south of the town . The most complete success attended the operation . The Russians , blowing up their works , destroying their shipping , burning their stores , fled . Kertch fell on the 24 th ; Yeni-Kaleh on the 25 th ; on the same evening the flags of the Allies floated in the Sea of Azof ; on the 26 th and 27 th their steamers shelled Arabat , blowing up the magazine , destroyed above one hundred ships in their cruises , and took one hundred guns ; so there was an end to the last rag
of Russian naval domination in those seas , one small steamer alone remaining . As a military movement it is calculated to produce great effects . It not only separates the Crimea from Russia ; it not only places Anapa and Soujak-Kaleh in comparative isolation ; but it reduces the Russian army in Sebastopol to one resource for supplies—the Perekop road ; and it achieves a moral as well as a physical triumph over the enemy . Moreover , it will excite the Circassians to renewed activity ; and it gives Sir George Brown a base from which he may operate either inland or upon the Russian fortresses in Abasia .
3 . The Tchernaya : Another promising movement—the occupation of the line of the Tchernaya—was effected simultaneously with Sir George Brown ' s seizure of Xeni-Kaleh . On the 25 th General Bosquet marched from Balaklava , the Cossack pickets fell back from Kamara ; no resistance worth recording was made by the stronger body in position at Tchorgoum , and , retreating to the hills , the Russians left the Allies snugly seated on the right bank of the Black River . What will the next move be ? To the north of that part of the Tchernaya occupied by the Allies , the ground gradually rises , .
terminating in a wall of rock , broken in one or two places by sheep-tracks that lead to the villages beyond . Behind this ridge a large portion of tho Russian army is in cantonments , the heads of the columns pointing to the sheep-tracks which surmount tho cliffs . But tho rocky crest abruptly ends immediately opposite Balaklava . The ' main road from the valley below to Simpheropol , crossing tho Tchernaya at Traktir , gradually creeps up the hill under the shadow of tho heights on its left that bend down to the ruins of Inkcrmnn , and , winding round the nigged shoulder of the cliffs , sweeps northward to Baksclri-Sorni . Of courso the Russians have not neglected to place batteries at the summit of the defile ; and should tho Allies advance , up this steep they must take their perilous way . JN o \ v that there aro men enough to perform the necessary operations , the Allies will , no doubt , carry out the Kcrteh experiment ; on a larger scale , by adopting Home means of occupying commanding positions between Simpheropol and Sebastopol , thus cutting oft' tho last external resource of the garrison . This might be "done- either by Ntorming tho . ridgo above the Tchernnyii ; landing at fhe mouth of iho Katcha , and advancing inland i & conjunction with a movement of the Turk a at JQupntoria ; or marching suddenly upon Simpheropol from
Aloushta . Thus the Russians would % & forced to fight a battle , or surrender then * communications without a blow . ' ITq %% ? $ up : Since the bombardment began , w ^ Jiayia advanced closer and closer to the earjblir works of Sebastopol , and greatly circular scribed the garrison ; we have resuiried / the initiative , cut off entirely the most important source of supply , threatened the Abasian forts , and , leaving our entrenchments , we have driven the enemy from the Tchernaya . These are results which , three months ago , no one foresaw , and few believed possible ; while still fewer had faith in the successful
opening of the campaign . War is a surprising art , and nothing becomes the distant spectator like modesty .
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Health Of The Camp In The Crimea. Otjr P...
HEALTH OF THE CAMP IN THE CRIMEA . Otjr private letters from the seat of war mention that the cholera had broken out in the camp and in Balaklava about the middle of May , but that the Sanitary Commission and the medical staff were preparing to meet it ; and were in confident hope of subduing its ravages by timely precautions . It is impossible to prevent a certain excess of disease amidst so vast an army , living in tents and huts , subject to all the evil influences of exposure to intolerable heat and to night air , rains and dew , to sudden and violent activity , to prolonged inaction and suspense in the trenches . "Disease is the true slaughterer of armies , " says a letter now before us : — " No sanitary nor other commissioners can save men so worked and so exposed . Cannon , mortars , rifles , and sabres are terrible enough , but all these combined do not kill more than one-sixth of those who fall . " The water-supply was begining to create some anxiety . The engineer of the sanitary commission had completed and sent to Lord Ragian a report on the water-supply of the
district . It was believed that there would be abundance of good spring water for the allied army in the driest season , if proper means were used to open out , store , and distribute it . There is an enormous waste of water , "ten times more than is used , " and a scarcity is reasonably dreaded . The correspondent of the Times has done good service by insisting on this danger .
The Sanitary Commission , at the date of our letters , was hard at work , advising , recommending , and directing as to sites for camps , as to drainage and ventilation , and as to tho water-supply . The medical officers were prompt in giving all assistance ; most of the commanding officers of regiments were equally zealous ; there were , however , " obstinates and obstructives . " Their names will no doubt be made known at the proper time , and their disgrace , it is to be hoped , will bo proportioned to the responsibilities they have trifled with or misused .
The Right End To Begin At. The Work Of A...
THE RIGHT END TO BEGIN AT . The work of Administrative Reform belongs properly to Government , and ft Government which cannot perform it—sufficient tune being allowed—ought to bo cashiered But Electoral Reform belongs entirely to tho people : and it is the first of all reforms . Send uv ft g « ° < Uousoof Commons , and a o-ood Ministry and everything else will follow Of coiiivne we want a Parliamentary Reform I'ill ; but Hint cannot como this
Mission , nor in all probability before the next dissolution . IMeimtiino much may bo done without it , ¦ Tho rotten counties will onco moro nncl for the last time yield their certain crop of Mq »»™ s- Bufc tho boroughs , wl » ch already send up nil tho good mon wo have , may send up a good many moro .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 2, 1855, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02061855/page/11/
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