The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-18 00:00:00

t show the total ignorane(

the severe weather sets in. The expedition of
Turks to the Lesser Wallachia is here consi-
less hazardous than it is thought to be fin--
West. The capital Krajova, which is inhabited
Powerful and warlike race, is extremely anti-
sian, and in 1818, when the Lesser -Wallachia
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Atants of that city rE

within forty miles
*he neighbour-

hoo.-71-11. Although the conflict in
i; of Oltenitza had been going on
to"ti,s' and had already' resulted in serious disaster
kilo" Russians, no pews to that effect had been.
tht,W,ed by Prince Gortschakoff to transpire up to
that „uth inst. Advices received in the city are to
104.divate from a.firm who announce that they were
t0tb1,1,7 wheat at Oltenitza for London, as
taL'ulg out of the ordinary course of afro,
"ell place.
flail: Paris correspondent sayS"
re,4, day, that an action had been fought at
ita and won by the Turks ; and that the town
ho4l‘, after having suffered a great deal from
i%ll4lbardment, was entered by the victorious Turk-
arnly. lam unable to say Whether the report
tqeorrect, but it is said to be founded on a private
ke,Fraphic despatch, the date of which is
n• I mention it, therefore,
hL
Ing of its accuracy; It corresponds, however,
14 a, great measure, with the despatch published
Patrie,' as taken from- the Times; and is
iCured 'rable from mor recent accounts of
from the seat of Ware , that the Turks had
IgandY passed the Danube to the number of near
i',4o men, and that the passage still
totl'ie Vienna correspondent of The _
on the subject of the position held b,
Nt,:4B Previous to the date of his letter (the 13th)
tl.ture and art have made the position now oc
I41):ed by the Turks at Oltenitza an excellent one.
t6'"eir rear is the fortified town of Turtukai, on
4bi't left the river Argish, on their right impass
th,,,e, Morasses, and in front the walls of earth
:11711up by the Russians in 1828 and 1829.
041.'":1_8e has learned that the attack of the Russians
intrenchments totally failed, as th:
fro° Pally was exposed to a murderous enfilade fire
wh.lll, the Turkish gun-boats. A medical man
pc,''es from Bucharest, that both regular and tem-
fo;aTY hospitals are over filled with native and
111,en.„.11,44 patients. 'We have wounded men from
fat' Fairs at Oltenitza, Kalarasch, Giurgevo, Kala-
ta,',attd before Krajova.' It is remarked that a
N'' number of the wounds were inflicted with the
tl:l'd and bayonet.' It is not permitted to indulge
ttat in conjectures, but we physicians .while ex-
hti;'Lng bullets, amputating, and bandaging, ma-
le to learn what has happened.' The cholera,
au~• fell
has visited all the detachments, has as--
ft\„ed a milder form at Bucharest, but the typhus
14 Commits sad ravages. The troops are so
stifllY protected from the weather, and have an in-
thillelent supply of fuel, the
en gs cannot long continue
tie:ll-lic and epidemic disease,
of; yell preserve us, in whose memories the horrors
fpe,";ar and plague in the Balkan in 1394 are still
N,"L According to private intelligenct,
,uuring
tva':_icommisSariat is even more deploy tble
the Hungarian war.
-Lieut.-General Lazareff-Stanischeff the Com-
qe;llder of the Mobile Artillery, has
11,„•;.,to forward such trains of heap

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Is may be necessary for bombarding
fortresses. The Russians are of opi
y shall be able to cross th

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itative country of the dreaded Pandours)
to re-
4kli7ed
Ikkv, attempt to shake eif the protection of
'la, the little province had 40,000 men under
that , Some of the recent ordinances plain,ly show
\
great" eßnssian commander does not repose any
ll'hkeanfidence in the Moldo-Wallachian. militia,
Pite}-' is 45,000 strong. Should the Turks.winone
the -V battle the people would begin to move, and
liN-qUssians would require a powerful reserve
Of to keep the Principalities (which have an area
biettile 23,000 or 24,000 square English miles)
Ile
Of ci, gardin g the encounters on' the Asiatic frontier
letter'rkey, we gather the following details from
8 from Constantinople of the 3rd instant.
ttesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, Edhem
Ottelldi arrived frem Trebizonde ou board the
helnan steamer Percloud. He is major and
ofl;rtant of Mehemet Ali Pacha, the Minister
el;',"ar, and was the bearer of a despatch from
torn 4 Pacha, commander-in-chief of the Turkish
be,'esi stationed at Batoum. Edhem Effendi has
de ,1' sent to Batoum, a short time since, with the
Iva'aration of war. The despatch that he brought
k 3 dated Chevkedy, 24th Mouharrem, • and gave
g Minister of War an account of the follow-
tev'eugagement :—On the 14th Major Massa
k4''' having been sent forward with a corn-
Y to reconnoitre the fortifications that the
thiltias were making at the other side of
ot;,, Tchourouk-sou, was received by a fire
Ott -.4sketry, which he immediately returned ; and
:eliding for a reinforcement, Selim, Pacha de-
ha\.t.ehed several battalions to his aid. The Russians
44 ihg in the meantime also increased in number,
Self 'igagement ensued, which soon became general
lici„N, Pacha crossed the Tclourouk•sou at s:
te'i.L4's, and drove the Russians back, after encoun-
Wergi'e a very serious resistance. The Russians
thee,,obliged to retreat, pursued as far as Orelli by
the Turkish general, Hassan Pacha. The bulk of
40-'-'llssian forces receded to Chevkedy. In this
fro'' action the Turks took two pieces of artillery
Ilt-m the Russians, and made 144 prisoners—the
N. scans losing 600 men, between dead and woun&
%re At Chevkedy a most determined fight has, how-
fotl', taken place. The Russians had received rein-
i'eell-leilt s there, and then made a stout resistance.
to 141 Pacha took the town by storm, being obliged
Iva attack the place twice. The Russians gave
tali', at last, leaving a great number dead, three
,11,-`,(41, and upwards of 100 prisoners, amongst
N't, Was Colonel Klatt, a chief of the Cossacks.
deal Turks captured 3,000 sacks of flour, a great
the IV' ammunition, and 1,600 muskets. Five of
'toilritssian prisoners were brought to Constanti-
c:l ne 190YEdhem Effendi ; the rest are shortly expect-
ts ie-.„ siteamer having been sent to Batoum expressly
14y4„"en• them. Selim Pacha concludes his despatch
RAal,l°uncing that he is about to march on Sohoum
'`qq-' vo regiments of cavalry and three batteries of
eke artillery having been sent in pursuit of the
ftt. ti ,Y. Before surrending Chevkedy, the Russians
h,.. D.„1-'n to different quarters of the town, burning
litt'a.t. portion of it. The principal object of
I' Pacha in pushing en, is to keep open the
~',koCullications between Selim Pacha and Abdi
,:i T:i• The Turks state their loss at the passage
Zoll ,Plirouk-sou to have been 60 dead and 150
"141' ed , and at •Chevkedy 150 dead and 300
vb,tet,ed•
betel state
have been received from Trebizonde,
state the inhabitants of that place to be in
% fe
evhe,,,rinentation in consequence of the taking of
I) k'lot(lY.
°at thher account is given :—" The
ttqli,, a t reached this port on the Ist, has brought
kti_ ben"
tt q, ~ ,to Batoum to the 27th ult, On the
It,,ktsay -/-,' Selim •Pacha, with 3,000 regulars, And as
(k),4,-"„ashibozeuks, crossed the Churuk Sou rivu-
Zte4cl. 'attacked the Russian fort named Chuketil
Olt (:" on: our maps), and after a determined as-
-4:ll,Zried the place, which was commanded by
14446 Oagaroff, who had under his orders three
I,R tisvos of regulars and 300 Cossacks.. Accord-
aktliti.' inY information, which comes from official
ss •sb
tii,lto n_quarters, the Russians suffered great losses,
41gli!i Nytarter was given or taken. About 600 Rus-
h'llvia:re left dead, and the remainder, on with-
N'e ,t,l', from the fort, set fire to their barracks.
erlotle,',sls have brought to Trebizonde about 250
d tl,i,\l'll„lll,,ulostly wounded, and five Cossacks, one
o. of ,9', t,il):
,eit, is a lieutenant ; they were sent down to
~- of ~ ,le Itn'Y' Our friends here say they are sent as
la eN, aty en%
be fr )1 NI MI ' and if they suit the fancy of his Ma-
t I NI eY will
1,, o
,I 1 e send any number that may be de-
lito
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3day morning we enjoyed the gratifying
sight of the English and French naval divisions in
the offing of Constantinople. At about nine a.m.
Admiral Dundas, in, the Retribution, passed the
Seraglio Point, and shortly after Admiral Hamelin,
in the Gomer, entered the port

t. The Vengeance
he Albion, and the

entered at about mid-day, 1
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