The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

THE WAR.

A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated Friday,
says :—" It is positive that from 15,000 to 18,000 men of
the Anglo-French army joined at Rustchuk the Turkish
forces commanded in person by Omar Paella, and that
The 7th and Bth instant they gained a con-
advantage over the Russians at Giurgevo. It
is believed that at the same time the Turks- crossed the
Danube at Oltenitza."
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reverses experienced by thri Turks in Asia have
been very severe. A letter from Trebizond of the 23rd of
June contains the following particulars :--,
" Seim Pacha, who was quartered with his army at
Urzughet (near Batoum), considering that position not
safe, had abandoned it, and retired to Cuiruk-Sujn. His
forces consisted of five battalions, composed of regular
troops (Arabs of the Guard), with a strong body of redifs
and irregulars. He occupied Ladova, a village half-waY
between Urzughet and Cuiruk-Suju. On Thursday, the
15th, a body of Russian and Georgian troops, numbering
10,000 men, surrounded and fell upon the irregulars in the
rear, and defeated them, killing a very great number ; the
rest disbanded, fled, and sought refuge in the mountains.
The dead and wounded are stated to amount to 2,000.
This defeat made the way to the village open, and the
Russians immediately attacked it. A most obstinate
engagement ensued, in which these five battalions were
reduced to two. Selim Pacha gave orders during the
engagement for two batteries of artillery (fourteen guns)
to advance to his aid, and to go round to the other side of
the village. The cannon went, but by a most unaccount-
able mistake no ammunition was sent with:them, and they
therefore immediately fell into the hands of the Russians.
The Turks lost a great number of men. Selim Pacha was
himself wounded, though not dangerously. Hagi Achmet
Pacha, the commander of the Rcdifs, received a severe
wound. Selim Pacha retired to Cuiruk-Suju with the
remnants of his defeated forces, where he is endeavouring
to gather together his disbanded troops. Selim Pacha's
army is said to be reduced to only 7,000 men. Her
Britannic Majesty's frigate Highfiyer is at Redout-Kale.
The Sanspareil screw line-of-battle ship was at Sinope a
few days since."

The success of the Turkish troops on the Danube has
more than compensated the reverses in Asia. The Otto-
man army, by a brilliant and determined movement, has
taken Giurgevo. A despatch from Bucharest, of the Bth
instant, states that 30,000 Ottomans and 12,000 auxiliaries,
under Omar Pacha, encircled General Saimonoff, near
Giurgevo. The Russians fought with great steadiness and
determination. -They had to cut their way through. in
which operation they lost 900 killed and wounded. The
contest lasted. nearly twelve hours, and General Chruleff

The next day the Russians beat a retreat along the road
to Bucharest. Prince Gortschakoff seemed as if he wished
to take up a position at Kalugereni. On evacuating
Giurgevo, the Russians set fire to several vessels of their
flotilla. It is stated that large Russian reinforcements
are arriving from the south.

Preparations for resisting attacks upon Moldavia are
being carried on with the utmost activity. It is said that
General Osten-Sacken has been called from Odessa to take
the command of the troops, which are so echeloned as to
watch and hold the roads leading from Transylvania
through the mountain passes. All bridges not within
the immediate circle of defence are said to be destroyed,
the roads broken up or mined, and batteries thrown up
wherever resistance is intended to be made. It is evident
from all this that Russia does not intend to give up an
inch of Moldavia which can be held with any degree of
safety, and that in lieu of retiring behind the Lower Sereth,
she proposes to maintain herself, for the time being at
least, upon the Lower and Middle Aluta

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