The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-29 00:00:00

FOREIGN lINTTELLIGENek

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Messager des—ehumbre.v, Aug.. 26.)
PAars, AUG. 25. —Weraitim that the Govern-
ment has not received .azihelegi4aphic despatch, an-
flouncing a battle fought before Shumla, in which the
Russians had experienced a check. The Journal du
Commerce is therefore mistaken.

What has been said of the arrival on Friday and
Saturday, of tWo couriers from the head-quarters, is
a mere fable. The times are past when news could
be concealed, and the Government will always hasten
to satisfy the public by making known the facts which
come to its knowledge.
We give the following letter, which we have re-
ceived from the banks of the Danube, respecting the
operations of the siege of Silistria. We can answer
for the correctness of the details which it contains :
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Corps has beeno
f the
h invested ted
CAMP UEFoRF. SILIsTRIA, JULY 22.----The
fortress
armysin havinggle(la),
without of
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sustained any loss in proportion to that important.
Imperial in a
resulL On the 21st July, before. day-break, the
Corps of General Roth had quitted. the 'positions
which it occupied the day before,. behind a stone
bridge situated about seven leagues from the town.
His position had not been disputed by the
This Corps was preceded by an advanced guard,
under the command of Gen. Gabe, composed of font
battalions of infantry, a .regiment of Lancers, six
pieces of cannon, and the Cos Sacks ofi3egidotr. A
detachment of that regiment, draWn up in single lines,
formed the extreme vanguard, to which the Volun-
teer Officers joined whom the Emperor had sent to
the 6th Corps.-
The approaches of Silistria present a ground in-
tersected by deep ravines, covered with brush-
wood, of which the Turks might have taken advan-
tage. Accordingly, we expected every moment to
see them issue from thence. About a quarter of an
hour passed before we were completely engaged,
and even then only a small number of Turkish horse
were seen firing at a great distance, and retiring at
the approach of the Russians, who advanced within
half a league of the fortress. It was then that Count
Tolstoy, eager to disperse the sharp-shooters, win,
made so little opposition, ordered the charge. The
whole line then opened at full gallop frosn a little
wood which crowns the eminence, and we could see.
the whole city before our eyes. Silistria is situated
in a vast basin, contained between two eminences,
which advance towards the same centre. Its ram-
parts were covered with soldiers and inhabitants.
No post had been placed on the heights, there
was no battery, no trace of outworks, and we per-
ceived some horsemen hastily retiring to the gates of
the fortress. This news was immediately communi-
cated to the General-IR-Chief. General Roth ad-
vanced, and was soon in sight of the fortress. Nume-
rous columns of Turkish infantry and cavalry then
issued from the several gates of the town under the
protection of the heavy artillery on the rampart,.
The cannonade and a brisk fire of musketry com-
menced along the whole line, especially on the right
wing. The combination of the movements ordered,
and the intrepidity of the Russian troops, triumphed
over all obstacles. The positions attacked at ten
o'clock were in their possession at four ; and thank,
to the 'manner in which the attacking columns were
directed, the loss of the Russians was inferior to that
of the Turk's.,
The result of this brilliant day does much honour
to General Roth ; for, according to all probability,
this indispensable occupation of the heights might
have been expected to cost a great many men. The
Russians are now thinking of fortifying the towns
which they occupy. The officers and soldiers chew
equal zeal.
They were, at first, interrupted by the works of
the fortress, but by the measures that have been
taken the soldiers of the corps of engineers can now
work under cover.

The Gazette de France, dated Aug. 27, lonia;
no news.

(From the Journal des Debuts.)

PARIS, AUG. 26.—Taking the Turkish and
sian bulletins as they are, and abstracting from the
one what may be exaggerated, and adding to the
other what it may conceal, the following seems to
us the position of the armies :
It seems that the plan of the Russians is not tfr,
attack. Shumla in force, as it was lately suppe-sed,
but to force the army to retreat which leans On that
post, and then to blockade it, while the real opera-
tion will be the siege of Varna. In► 'fact, when
Varna has fallen, the Russians may march to Adri •
anople without danger, have a safe retreat on Varna
and along the coast, in case they•should meet with
a check. Shumla, turned and watched by a corp,,
would remain isolated, and lose all its importance..
If this ,is the Russian plan, the month of Augit,z
will have been occupied with the siege of Varna, and
it is probable• that the large Turkish unnY at Shumla
which, ,up to the period that we are acquainted with
its proceedings, has always avoided a general action,
will not have risked a decisive battle for the relief of
Varna. This plan will allow the Russian Guards
to rejoin the Emperor, and perhaps, will allow Si-
listria to capitulate, which will render the corps of
Gen. Roth disposable. On this supposition no
news of importance may be expected from the head-
quarters of the Rust,iar► army, till the end of August,
and the question will be decided -in September and
October, under the walls of Constantinople. The
question► has probably, however•, been decided by
the time we write, and events have converted our
reasonings into vague conjectures or important(
realities.