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London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

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that it will he eomposeil of at least 1911,00 ► men
reiuly to take the tielil, and of a reserve (of f(M►,(MWI
men. Ile is getting up his staff on a eorresponiling
scale. Ile has already selected the officers who are
to serve as his aides de-camp, imil has appointed
Genera! A bram ovi tse h formerly e mm ander. in -chief
of the gendarmery in Poland, ac the commandant of
his head-quarters. This appointment is considered
an ►undoubted indication of the commencement of an
important eampaigu."
.t number of young Witllachs of good family, who
have refused to serve against the Sultan, have been
w•nt by l'rince Omtschakotf into the interior of
Russia, where they will be forced to enlist as privates
in the Russian army. The Prince has also seized
and imprisoned the Boyar Kostekar tirazean, the
head of of the noblest ramifies hi Wallachia, with
three of his friends. _ .

There is little news from the seat of hostilities.
Some skirmishes are reported to have taken place
near Oiur4eve, apparently for the possession of a
small island in the Danube opposite that place. On
the Ilst the Rite:inns were driven out of the islet by
the Turks, and made two timuecessful attempts to
regain possession. Three days afterwards, however,
the otteman troops were in their turn dislodged:
and on the ...With the Russians are stated to have com-
rneneed building a bridge across the Danube at
G inrgeve.
The Utaisians have lost two fine vessels in the
Black Sea. t trie was the Flondrorent steamer, the
same which brought Prince Menschikeff to Constan•
tinople, and remained there at his disposal during
his stay. It got stranded near flattarm, and being
exposed to the Turkish batteries was speedily sunk,
and all the crew, together with, it is said, 1,500
Coops who were on board, were taken prisoners and
eenveyed to Constantinople. The second vessel was
the Joailosle, one of the finest war-ships in the
Russian navy, which was lest purely by bad seaman-
ship, having struck on the rocks near Jals, and been
wrecked in snesith water.

The Turkish naval division has entered the
Mack Sea. A thregian foree of about 6,000 men,
meter Colonel Korzanotr, had been n•pnlsell in five
attacks made by them against the fort of Sheflttil,
which gnards the town of St. Nicolai. A sea attack,
which was made against the fort at the sante time by
the Russians, was also ansueeossfal.
Letters from Odessa state that the Rnssitm vessels
in that port were unloading their cargoes, in conse-
quence of the intimati from the Turkkh Govern-
ment that all Russian vessels would be considered
lawful prizes utter the .20th Nov.
The weather there was margnifeent, and there
were from :Mtn 400 vessels in that port being laden
with wheat ; 1.0 or :10 left every duty after having re-
ceived their complement of corn.

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT oF THE BATTLE OF
OT.TEN

f.‘sr week we gave an acconnt of the affair at
WI described by a military eycvritness.
()fifer Paella's official despatch, conveying to the
Porto the tidings of the Turkish victory, has now
reached us. The document contains a fell narrative
of the military operations which occurred on the '2 nil,
:int and 4th of November. It appears in the fonn
of a letter to tint Seraskier from the Marshal com-
manding the Army of the Danube, to the following

•• The Itos.:e.o.ion of the island situate in front of Twin-
kai 11:1‘ing I n eonsitleretl intlivrensable, 4 bati etfectool
the pa,sat.:te of troitytt. tool in the nitzlit of the Ist mamo4
to raise tolerably strong tOrtitivarions. on the following

.lay, tits Lnd, two battalions of infantry, three pieces of
0111111. M, HIM a 111111111141 01. 1111. 111011114.4 pollee, were eon.
reyefl in large IslitiM 10 the hs•ality, unit atimillllitilsll, pro-
vishins. roil groaf•e‘ 14. .1.110% 11411 Seal'ol.l landed when
front the batteries of Tartiikiii se opened a fire on the
lazaretto situate on the 101 batik. Mier the first discharge
file Iliim,ians quitted this peation• and the hum ial troops
look possessi,on of the latililing„ which is (4,111114 4.011141•110•
ion. with yaniteil 4lmmbots. Withont loss time four
it wiwkllll.ll. 111111.. r 1110 ilirertion of staff fetlicers,
viatinieneisi raising fortifieations. and for which rnepl..4,

two tholes:mil !zillionshaul been already prepared. ..
the
:hit attain other Inrolet *en• item to roil itv the p.ml.
.%s 40011 11111.cl'ild 111.10p6 Ittul landed on tite left hank
of the rilet the 1:11101i;111S 1111104'114 in II 1111,40 V1111441'
14011 all 11010 iliN1011(.0 tnl*lll,l 0011141, amt 11114/111 10
r. 11*.•'11. i'llSllll'y %VII% iirltalelira to llpmmojfro.
anti hay hig elte.llllltrreil at lltenit Zit an outporit of cossaek
eavithy. they killed live, and tritiitied our Imes with a loss
of three men. We found at Tontlii, on the left batik. a
great quantity of boats, whit+ were 'tent to Turtukai. The
ttttt her of boats at one iliapoital having facilitated the con-
stritetion of the bridge. we were enabled without delay to
bdater in the riiriiiieatiiins twelve large guns, which were
brought front Sideman. 4ht the :Ini. at 1 p.m., three loat•
whims of 1:11%siAll infantry. with eight ei ttttt ions, a regitni•nt
emalry, and party of Cossacks, entered the of
Oltenitta. Our trooli•i. Within the works construeted
on the left batik, waited them 14,4 ferne. Thi4 smog,
night I caused to he eonstrueted a bridge at the combs\ of
the Nrgish amt I lamibe. imil flanketl it with redoubts.
Yesterday. Nov. t, at II a.m., we hegim to purely,. the
movement of the ltussian flares. As anon as their march
was well defined. I caused to be embarked /ITIII 1'011%4104
10 the i11Y.110.110 a reinforeement ..f one battalion. The
vuitt;', Infett; 1. had 143%3:1 tna uu t:lvu orvtwd u liatti. of

SATttittiAlr

guns ralettlateel to face en lorrani any attack which nright he
made. The Itnounan forces amounted to twenty trattatiomt,
three regiments of cavalry, one of t'ossacks, sixteen
mounted batteries. and shteen ma foot. They formed in
order of battle, with fourteen pieces of cannon in the rear
of twelve hattntions, and the regiment of l'oessek,z ift
lines beyond the reach of our guns, awl fronting the centre
of our Works. They tulanced. supported by the fire of
thetr artillery, and at the ware time two trattaiihms, with
two commons, came on, thre.ttening our left flank. !having
commenced the asisaret, another stronger division—_er,t,•
misting of six battalions with four comm.:, mid ?wing in
the rear three regiments of cavalry strpporting anilontstrip.
Icing their left think—took its position' and formed in tiro
lines, with artillery, horse and foot, into fehefonx, attacking
our right flank. After an exchange of some earmon shots,
the centre gave the (assault, whereon they charged holls
our wings. The centre attacked three different tilliOll, mot
each with a fresh battalion—twice on the left am! once on
the right. A wetbdirceted fire from ore fortress at Tun.
tiikai 51100 dispersed their right colrtrini—tent the centre
gntthmtly fell back. after having Antlered seTerfsty and half
its numbers h,,r, ,b• combat. The battery of the island,
also rmonnted with powerful gums, tosenzit lop, and eoin•
mantled Ivy Kl nNd l'aeha, did admirable execiwir,n on the
enemy's right ming. The Russians advanced with coolness
mid resolution Ahmed to the brink of the trench; and du
this account their loss was el Milt Midi erg tic a
ilsminnritt men killed and donble the rmmher worirwled. The
etigagemerrt lasted four honrs, from moon till I p.m., and
during this interval the waggons never ceased to carry off
their dead, arid twenty were observed heavy laden etc,'
lifter the conflict. With a view of facilitating this duty, as
long Its it hiStl:ll, we abstained Irian molest ink; the i.ii,.my
and from firing a single shot, but finind neverthekss eight
himrtred dead bodies on the field. A private earrings. more-
over. was remarked, and from the pains taken in the search
we conjecture it must have been destined to receive the hotly
of at general officer. At p.m. a tidal ciatrnsitaa er.stied in
the Itnssiaut ranks ; their lines were completely broken and
their retreat precipitate. An hoar later some few rallied
in the neighbouring villages, but the rentairnh.r fed in
disorder. tome of our men lambed forward in pursnit of
010111 beyond thu lilies, but were M 1111 l wawa hack by
trumpet to their own quartera. One loss amounted to 1116
men. We Found on the field of battle fire hundred mots-
kens, gar', cartridge-boxes, comiproents, te. " owr.n."