The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-24 00:00:00

KALAFAT.

The following is from Kalafat, under date 2d
inst

' " I write to announce to you my departure from
Kalafat. The movement of the Russians has been
' more serious and more positive than we supposed ; but
what their object is, or what their plan of campaign, we
cannot say ; we can only form conjectures about it. All
that we know for certain is, that within a circuit of 20
leagues from Kalafat there is not a single Russian to be
seen. The orders of Omer Pasha have arrived, and are
positive—we must leave ; we march straight onwards,
at first to Krajova, and then to the Aluta ; and if we do
not encounter the Russians on the line of march we go
on to Bucharest. If we fall in with the enemy we are
to fight, and to sweep them before us, and continue
advancing. A portion of the army of Kal tfat has
aiready begun to move. About 10,000 men left
this two .days ago, 'and have no doubt arrived at
Krajova by this. They are principaliy composed of
the irregulars, horse and foot, and a few regular troops.
For my part, I expect to start from one moment to
another. lam quite ready to recommence the wander-
ing and adventurous life which I take so much plaasnre
in, and the only drawback' on which is that I shall pro-
bably be deprived of the satisfaction of receiving letters
from and —. This is the reverse of the medal
that I don't like to look upon. Indeed, changing so
often from one place to another, not knowing to what
point I am destined,
.our movements must necessarily
be subordinate to circumstances and to the chances of
war. For the last 10 days, that is, since the de-
parture of the Russians, I have been constantly on
horsetack, 10 and 12, and sometimes 14 and 16
hours a . day. We have traversed and examined
(when I say we, I mean the cavalry) the whole of
the country ; for twelve leagues round, and in place
of remaining in position in order to advance further
the next day, we invariably return at nightfall to Kala-
fat. In all the Russian cantonments we have found
numbers of stragglers and maimed soldiers of the re-
treating Russian army, but learned from the inhabitants
that nearly all the Russians who were wounded in the
affair of the 19th had died. These poor peasants re-
ceive us everywhere as liberators. They crowd round
our horses and actually seize our hands to kiss, and
then place them on their heads. It is said very cur-
rently here, I do not know how truly, that the Rus-
sians will positively evacuate the whole of Wallachia,
that the troops who have crossed the Danube at
Matschin will recross it, that the Czar will order his
army to- fall back behind the Pruth, and re-enter
Bessarabia, and all with the object of bringing the
war on his own territory. I doubt whether that
can be the case, but yet this retrogade movement,
so unexpected and so sudden, is susceptible of
every sort of interpretation. I am then about to
traverse Wallachia as I have done Bulgaria. lam most
anxious to reach Krajova, which they say is a very good
town, and particularly Bucharest, but we are as yet 80
leagues distant, and I rather think we shall not reach
there without a good deal of fighting, unless indeed all
the roads are left open to us." Tj this letter is added
a postscript, written evidently in the greatest haste, as
it is scarcely legible. It is as follows :—" I open my
letter to say that a courier has this moment arrived here;
he announces that a desperate battle has just taken place
close to Krajova, between the portion of our army that
had advanced and the Russians whom they overtook;
and that the Turks are the victors. Bravo ! Reinforce-
ments are demanded. We are all getting on horseback
to push on and get information of what has occurred.
You may expect another letter from me in two or three
days. Adieu. I close this in the saddle."

SERVIA.
The Lloyd of Vienna of the 18th says :—" The
intelligence which reaches us from Servia is ex-
ceedingly grave. It is known that the nephew of
Prince Alexander, who is an officer in the Imperial
Guard of St. Petersburg, has arrived at Bagdad,
under pretext of offering his services to his country.
But necessarily the arrival of this Russian officer
is connected with the very considerable armaments
which are being made in the country. There is
every reason to believe that he is the bearer of de-
spatches, in which Russia invites Servia to make
common cause with her ; and it appears that the
Servian Government is decided to do so. Russia
must have made very seductive promises to Servia
to induce her to respect So little the sincere coup.