The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-26 00:00:00

NEWS FROM THE RUSSIAN ARMY.

BERLIN, SEPT. 19.—The Journal of Odessa of
September 3d contains the following news in an Ex-
traordinary Supplement :
opFaATioNs BEFORE SHILMLA, THE 27TH, 28TH, AND

29TH or AUGUST.

From the 22d to the 25th no remarlable event
took place before Shumla.
In the night of the 25th the enemy made at the
same time an attack on both our wings, and on the
position occupied by General Rautiger, near Eski-
Stamboul. .
On our right wing, the enemy,
_favoured by an
impetuous hurricane, succeeded in coneealing his
approach towards one of our redoubts,, and-Wok it
almost without' drawing a sword.' Immediately after
this, the Turkish cavalry, covered by eight 'pieces of
cannon, and several columns of regular infantry,
attacked the next redoubt, while another corps of
cavalry attempted to turn our right wing.
This attack, however, was repulsed by our Cos-
sacks, supported by the division of Chasseurs on
horseback. The repeated attacks of the enemy on
our second redoubt met with the same fate. He
was driven back by the fire directed against him as
well by the neighbouring redoubts as by the 15th
and 16th regiments of Chasseurs on- fimt, and a
battalion of the regiment of Tambow.
A battery of horse-artillery, which came up, de-
cided the retreat, and soon after the defeat of the
Turks, who took flight, abandoned the redoubt of
which they had made themselves masters, and sought
protection behind the walls of Shumla. They had,
however, succeeded in carrying into the town the
six pieces of cannon which they found in the re-
doubt. Our loss at this point amounted to 163
killed and 424 wounded ; among the former is Ma-
jor-General Baron Von Wrede, commander of the
3d brigade of the Bth division. He fell in the re-
doubt taken by the Turks, a victim to the negli-
gence with which he had defended the post in-
trusted to his care. We have also to lament the
loss of the brave Colonel Efemiew, who led the
15th regiment of Chasseurs en foot, and fell at the
moment when he was putting himself at the head of
his soldiers to recover the redoubt already occupied
by the enemy.
On our left. wing the Turks attacked with the
same violence the extreme left of the 7th corps.
Their object appeared to be to make themselves
masters of the village of Marasch, and of the bag-
gage-waggons, as well as the hospital which is at
that place; but all their attempts were baffled by
the bravery of two battalions -of the regiment of
iJpha. The first battalion, which was repeatedly
attacked by, the very superior force of the enemy,
lost 300 men in killed and wounded. Here, too,
one cannon having been dismounted, fell into the
hands of the Turks. Lastly, at Eski Stamboul,
Lieutenant-General Rudiger repulsed the enemy,
who attacked him with a corps of infantry and ca-
valry,
the latter of which sustained great loss. In
consequence of these engagements, Field-Marshal
Count Wittgenstein judged it necessary to concen-
trate the troops; and accordingly Lieutenant-General
Rudiger left the position of Eski-Stamboul, and ap-
proached the two corps blockading Shumla. The
enemy did not delay to take advantage of the retreat
of General Rudiger, and on the 28th threw some re-
inforcements and some provisions into the fortress by
the road of Tschalikavak. On the 29th of August
nothing at all occurred.

OPFRATIONS BEFORE. VARNA.

After the engagement on. the 21st, in which
Prince Menzikoff was unfortunately wounded, the
works were carried on with the greatest activity,
under the direction of Major-Gen. Pirowski, Chief
of the Staff of his Majesty's suite.
On the 23d, 24th, 25th, and 26th of August, the
sappers, in spite of the uninterrupted fire of the be-
sieged, continued their works to. within 80 toises of
the fortress itself (corps de la place), and a new
battery of five mortars was erected and mounted.
This work produced such an effect, and surprised the
garrison to such a degree, that in the evening of
the 26th, when the new battery opened its fire,
the 13th and 14th Regiments of Chasseurs took,
at the point of the bayonet, the counter approach
of the enemy. Above 100 Turks were killed in
their trenches.

On the 276 and 28th nothing particular happened.
The sappers proceeded in their works, and we for.
tified all the points of our line which needed it.
On the 29th Count Woronzow arrived, who was
appointed by the Emperor to take the command of
the siege instead of Prince Menzikoff.

In the night of the 31st of August the enemy
made a sally against the redoubt that covers the
right wing of our line, but was repulSed with loss by
two companies of the Duke of Wellington's regi-
ment. However, when Count Woronzow, in view-
ing the works, came to this redoubt, the enemy
made another sally in greater force, but with as. little
success. The Turks lost many men, and were ob-
liged to take flight even before our reserve came up.
One of the enemy's detachments, however, took ad-
vantage of the nature of the ground, and occupied a
strong position before our right. The enemy plant-
ed five standards on this place. Count Woronzow
having invited volunteers to take this position, a
company of the regiment of Mohilew, commanded
by the brave Captain Paulon, offered to perform
this service. At nightfall they advanced in pro-
found silence, attacked the enemy unawares, took
the five standards, and bayonetted the greatest part
of the enemy who defended it. The Emperor has
conferred on Captain Paulon the well-merited corps
of St. George..
On the 30th of August Admiral Greig, who had
learned that. the Turks had formed an arsenal at
Neada, on the other side of Bourgas, and had col-
lected there a considerable quantity of stores of all
kinds, sent two frigates,a sloop, andcutter,under
the command of Captain Kria a
y, to
take and
nd de-
stroy the magazine. The efforts of the officers were
crowned with success. In spite of a vigorous oppo-
sition, he took all the Turkish batteries, and razed
them, took away 12 guns of the largest calibre
spiked the remainder, or broke their carriages, and
blew up the magazine and all the ammunition and
other stores. This exploit, which gives newglory
to the fleet of the :lack Sea, was performed in the
short time of ten hours, and cost us only one man
killed and eight wounded.
The Emperor left Odessa for Varna on the 2d
instant, where the corps of the Guards will have ar-
rived, under the command of his Imperial Highness
the Grand Duke Michael.

(Extramtlinary Supplement to the St. Petersburgh

_
• -Journal.)
NEWS FROM THE ARMY IN TURKEY.

OPERATIONS BFFORE SHUDILA I,IIOM THE 7TH TO THE

21 ST OF A ITC UST.

ST. PETERSBURCII, SEPT. 6.—On the 7th of
August Lieut.-General Rudiger, continuing the ope-
rations intrusted.to him, the object of which was to
reconnoitre the enemy's rear, advanced. from Eski-
Stamboul towards the village of Kosteje, from which
he dove a Turkish detachment that occupied it, and
where he took a piece of cannon and same prisoners. ;
_Nfeantime the•enemy, who had received consider-
able reinforcements, and had rallied to the number
of 5,000 or 6,000 men, fell upon our Square on the
left, which consisted of two companies of Chasseurs,
but they were repulsed with loss, and ; obliged to
take flight.
After his return to the camp, Lieut.-General Ru-
diger was sent to occupy the roads which tend to
the Balkan by Eski-Stamboul. Having again ad-
yawed towards Kosteje,
he ranted the enemy, who
occupied the village and the surrounding defiles, a
little before day-break, on the 15th of August, took
one cannon, two standards, and 16.5 prisoners. Ll
falling back on Eski-Stamboul, our detachment was
attacked by a corps of Turkish cavalry and infantry,'
consisting of 5,000 or 10,000 men, which had came
out of Shumla. Though the enemy had the advan-
tage of numbers, our detachment succeeded in regain-
ing its first position, retaining the glorious trophies
which it had just-acquired, but 'after having been
obliged to abandon Qne piece of cannon, which tell

into a ravine, and all the horses belonging to which
were killed. Lieut.-General Ivanoff, commander of
the 19th division, was wounded by a musket-shot in
the shoulder in this affair.
The works before Shumla are continned with suc-
cess. Notwithstanding all the efforts of the enemy
and the fire of his batteries, the construction of three
new redoubts has been finished._ According to the
accounts given by prisoners, the enemy's cavalry has
sustained considerable loss in the various engage-
ments which it has had with us, and it is in great
want of forage.

On the Bth of August, a detachment of about
1,000 Turkish horsemen hastened from the moun-
tains near Yenibazar, and attacked our convoys in
all directions; but they were repulsed and put to
flight, after having succeeded, however, in carrying
off some horses and oxen. After this attack, a de-
tachment was sent to erect redoubts and block-
houses,• and fell the woods between Yenihazar and
Kozloutlji ;but it did not any where find the enemy,
though his traces were every where visible.

OPERATIONS BEFORE VARNA FROM THE 15TH TO THE

21ST OF AUGUST.

The works of the besiegers are continued on the
north side of the fortress. The battery of mortars
and that of heavy cannon, erected on the sea-coast,
keep up an effective fire against the place, and will
soon he brought nearer and placed on the parallel
which was opened on the 18th of August. In order
to invest Varna as closely as possible on the south
side, Prince Menzikoff had sent some cavalry, with
two pieces of cannon, beyond the Liman; but hav-
ing met with the enemy in very superior force, this
detachment could not get near the place, and must
maintain itself on the other side of the Liman. Since
the sally on the 9th of August, the Turks no longer
appear in force without the town, but continue to
throw up intrenchments to defend their outposts.
In order to harass the enemy on the south bank of
the Liman, and to protect the fort which is at the
place, an armed sloop and boat have been placed
there, which were conveyed over the mountains.

On the 19th of August our fleet, taking advan-
tage of a good wind, sailed twice before the fortress
at the distance of 400 fathoms from its walls, keep-
ing up an uninterrupted fire as it passed. This
manoeuvre succeeded perfectly, and the fortifications
of the town suffered very much from the continued
fire to which they were exposed for nearly three
hours. Our ships, OR the contrary, suffered but little
injury, and.did not lose a man. Admiral Greig re-
ports besides, that the Popeschui frigate, which had
been sent on a cruise, has captured two Turkish
ships, one a merchantman, the other a ship of war,
and sunk a third near Midia.

On the 21st, the Turks made a vigorous sally
against our left wing, but they were received at the
point of the bayonet, and repulsed at all points by
the brigade of Chassenrs which was stationed there.
They lost in this affair two standards, and -above 500
men. On our side the number of killed and Wounded
is very inconsiderable, but unhappily the brave and
able chief of the naval staff, General Prince Menzi-
koff, who, by his presence at all points where the
danger was the greatest, had animated the courage
of our soldiers, was struck by a spent ball, which
wounded him in both his legs, but did not carry
them off.

OPERATIONS BErORT. SILISTRIA, FROM JI'LY 23 TO
AUGUST 10.

During all this time nothing important passed at
the blockade of Silistria. The works which had
commenced all along our line are completed. A
great number of works, which we found there, have
been converted into redoubts, and connected together
by intrenchments. Flying detachments have been
sent on the roads of Shumla,Bazardjik, and Hirsova,
and have cleared them as far as possible from the
Turks, who infested the vicinity of the blockading
corps.

Rear Admiral Zavadovsky, in a report of the Bth
of August, states that he has arrived before Silistria
with the second and third squadrons of the flotilla of
the Don under command.