The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-19 00:00:00

LAT E FOR EIGN NE IN S.

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THE WAR.
IMPORTANT FROM SILISTRIA.

BUCHAREST, June 15.—At 4 o'clock on the 13th
the garrison of Silistria made a tremendous sortie.
The battle was still raging when the accounts
left.
The Turkish reinforcements from Shumla are
said to have been engaged. •
General Schilders was dangerously wounded and
transported to Kalarasch.
SHUMLA, June 5.-1 corps of 30,000 men have
advanced to relieve Silistria.

Advices from Silistria of the 12th state that, on
the 12th the Russians stormed forts 5 and 9, and
were repulsed with a loss of 2000. The Turks lost
800.
Mussa Pacha was still alive.
The son of Count Orloff, who was stated to be in
a dangerous state, is out of danger.

The ilioniteur of to-day publishes the following
official news from Silistria, via Bucharest, under
date of the 15th inst. :

On the 13th the Turks attacked the besiegers
with fury. The action had already lasted four
hours when the messenger left Kalarasch.
General Schilders, severely wounded, had just
been brought in.

It was thought that the troops already arrived
to succour the fortress were taking part in the
action.

We find the following in a ,Shumla letter of
May 31 :

The Russians suffered very severe losses on the
25th, but on the 29th they were beaten off in a
manner which reflects the highest credit upon the
defenders of the place. Three bodies of men, each
10,000 strong, advanced successively, preceded by
the sappers, with scaling ladders, to mount the
entrenchments. The ladders were placed, and
some Russians even succeeded in mounting the
parapet. The Turks, however, beat them off with
the butt-ends of the muskets and the rammers of
the guns, and the attack was repulsed. 1,500 dead
were left in the trenches and about the walls, and
a great number of wounded.

The Turks picked up 160 muskets, numerous
decorations, the flag of a battalion, twenty officers'
swords, drums, and musical instruments, which
were left on the field of battle. Six prisoners
were made. It is said that before the attack was
made, Prince Paskiewitsch assembled all the offi-
cers, and exhorted them to take the entrenchment
by Storm, or by any means ; adding that if they
did not they were not worth their rations. It
proved, however, all in vain.
The greatest discouragement prevails in the
army of the besiegers. The men in the forts
state that the Russian officers literally had to drive
the soldiers forward to the attack. The garrison,
on the contrary, is daily gaining more confidence,
and the artillery has not occasioned much mate-
rial damage to the town. On the Turkish side
they have 50 killed and 80 badly wounded ; in
all about 250 men disabled.

A large body of troops has left Schumla, and
proceeded to Caialdere, on the road to Silistria,
three hours distant from the outer entrenchments
of Schumla.

Massa Paella, the governor of Silistria, speaks in
the highest terms of the services rendered by, and
the bravery of, the two English officers Nasmyth
and Butler, who are in the place. In the most
critical moments they are always to be seen on the
parapets. M. Grack, a Prussian officer, has also
much distinguished himself. Hussein Bey, who
commands the forts, has behaved most valorously.