The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-21 00:00:00

THE WAR ON THE DANUBE

A letter from Bucharest, 6th inst., in the Wan-
derer of Vienna, says :—" It is said that the Princes
Gltika and Stirbey have resolved to form a Moldo-
Wallachian carps, which will be placed at the dis-
posal of the Sultan. It will be composed princi-
pally of cavalry, and will provisionally be 20,000
strong. The princes have themselves furnished
the greater part of the funds necessary for the
organisation of this corps, so that the public trea-
sury of the provinces will only have to bear the
remainder. The expense of keeping up this corps
will be during the war taken from the funds which
form the tribute due to the Porte."
Tito Press of Vienna, of the 16th, says :—" A
telegraphic despatch from Galatz,throughßuohareAt,
states that the Russians are fortifying the posi-
tions of Reni, and the other positions of the Pruth.
Prince Gortschakoff was on the 9th at Ismail, and
on the 10th continued his journey t• Odessa. The
works of fortification of the Turks, near Toltcha
and Jaktchi, are not as yet terminated. Omer
Pacha arrived on the 12th at Schumla, where he
remained some hours, and then took his departure
for Varna."

R.USST A .
On the 11th inst. an extraordinary supplement
, of the Invalide Busse was published at St. Peters-
! burg, for the purpose of giving currency to the fol-
lowing intelligence transmitted from the Crimea
by Prince Menschikoff :
" According to a report received this day from
Prince Menschikoff nothing fresh occurred before
Sebastopol between the Ist and sth of December.
The fire of the enemy's batteries is in general very
weak, and the losses on our side are nil. Our works
of defence are being successfully carried on, notwith-
standing the heavy rains that fall every day.
During the nights detachments of volunteers have
been sent out to annoy the enemy. These partial
sorties were made with considerable success. Thus,
for example, on the 2d of December, before day-
break, the Sub-Lieutenant Polevoi, of the in-
fantry regiment of Volhynia, with five non-com-
missioned officers, and 66 privates scaled the
heights
the
hsouthern
bayonet,
bay,
killed in it a number
charged the ene-
my's
of English, took three prisoners, and possessed
trench
with th
themselves of 14 rifles. In the following (be-
tween the 2d and 3d) Lieutenant Vassilieff, of the
same regiment, with volunteers taken from dif-
ferent regiments, fell upon one of the French bat-
teries, where he slew as many as 30 of the enemy.
During the same night 60 volunteers of the Tomsk
Regiment of Chasseurs, together with four sailors,
under the command of Lieut. Jarinoff, wound their
way as far as a trench occupied by some English
riflemen, who took to flight on the sudden appear-
ance of our chasseurs, leaving 11 dead upon the
spot, and one prisoner with four rifles in our hands.
All these bold sorties have been made nearly With-
out loss on our side. According to information
received. from Eupatoria the enemy has not suc-
ceeded in getting afloat again a single vessel
stranded near that town during the tempest of
Nov. 14."
A letter from Odessa, of the 4th inst., states
that, from the 12th to the 30th of November last,
the army of Prince Menschikoff had been rein-
forced by two divisions, consisting of from 28,000
to 30,000 men.