The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-10-09
:D0retg1l 11rteIIfgemre.
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

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| A rumor was started that the Russians had
! been defeated by the Turks before ChOumla
! after nine days fighting with the loss of forty
| thousand men, but like the rumor concern
( ing the FIRST great battle as it was called, it
does not appear to have received much credit
though sufficient to cause a deep excitement
for short time. The latest news from the
continent made no mention of any battle of
! this kind,bu the Messenger des Chan,bres gives
an account of the investment of SilistrIa by
! the division under Gen. Roth, on the Gath of
July. The Turks had neglected to take the
! usual advantage Of the envirOns, which enab-
! led the Russians to invest the fortress in one
day, an operation which was accomplished in
a style SD mastery, as even to astOnish the
Russians themselves, who lost but few men in
attaining an object that might have cost them
a thousand men at least. This it must be re-
membered is not official, and was therefore
suspected in London. The stock obbers have
invented SD many false reports that the truth
is received with good share of reluctance.
What will be the termination of the present
campaign it is almost impossible to determine
Russia has certainly experienced considera
loss by sickness and the innumerable Skin
mishes that have fallen out.
IL 10 COHputcu LudL dL present 1lCIuOlDS
Moldavia and Wallachia, the Russians have
100000 men in arms beyond the Danube, the
base of which force is the sea coast and the
lower Danube to its confluence with the Pruth
But other divisions are pressing forward to
the scene of action amounting according 10
late accounts, to 10000 MEMBERSHIPS 10000
of the Imperial guard. With this enormous
force, continually receiving fresh additions.
Nicholas is pushing his way to Constantine
pie. Varna and ChOumla are to be carried b..
fore he advances any further. There is gooo
reason to- believe that the Turkish forces
have hitherto been moderated, or in fact that
no authentic estimate had ever been given.-
The Augsburgh Gazette publishes letter
from Jassy, which explains the causes why
Nicholas has received check in his career
The letter says: 6 II seems that false esti-
mate was formed ofthe amount of the force
which the bclligerent powers were able to
carry into the field, and that the Sultan has
really more troops than the letters from Con-
stantlnople assigned him. Thus it is explain
ed how the operations of the Russian army,
which were calculated for faint resistance,
are now paraiyzed. The Turkish infantry,
which preceding accounts rated at go, 900 men
! at the utmost, is now said to exceed 600, 600;
the cavalry estimated at 10000 men, is now
stated at $4,000. Their artillery, toe, appears
to be much more numerous than was suppO-
sed,and the partisans of the Turks affirm that
there are above 500 pi 'ces of canno peri civ
well served, in the camp at Choumla alone.
We cannot be surprised, if the Russian army,
meeting at length with real obstacles, must
wait for reinfOrcements befOrenit undertakes
any thing more serious. The spirit of the o.
toman too. is now roused and though he has
been represented as inactive and desperate,
we are inclined to think he has all along been
awake and bringing his forces to bear with all
possible efficiency upon the defence of the
kingdom. Even if Nicholas has taken Cho-
u'nla as report says, he has not yet arrived at
the foot ofthe Balkan, and according to the
most favorable calculation he will not arrive
there before the lst of Sept. During this in
terval he must remain in low swampy coun-
| try. where the climate will prove worse en-
| envy than the sword so that " hen he does ar
rive he will find the hardest service before him
when be- has least strength to perform It, Upon
! the whole it is safe to suppose if not to assert
| that he will not see the southern declivity of
that mountain the present year.
TURKISH BULLETIN.
COnstantinople, July &c.
The hope which the Porte had conceived
that its position ON the northern side of the
Balkan would form a bulwark against the
Russian armies, has nearly been justified by a
series of successful engagements fought since
the beginning of July. 1t appeared that the
Russian commanders had not collected impo-
sing forces upon any particular point, but lost
much time in partial attacks, which having
been frequently repealed by the Turks, inspi-
red the latter with great additional courage, 81
confirmed the Porte in the system Of opera
tons which it had adopted.
The first Bulletin from the Turkish Head
Quarters arrived here on the 18th. 1t an.
nounced an attack made by the Turks on the
position of Hadschi Oslu- Bazardjik, between
ChOumla and Varna, and their defeat, after
having experienced a loss of 1900 men. The
day after, says the bulletin, the attack was
renewed, aud repuIsed as before. chiefly thro
the courageous defence of the regular troops.
The Russians lost IN this second action, many
men and six pieces OF cannon.
The same day sharp encounter took place
between Russian Corps Of $4,000 men, with
90 pieces OfcannOn, and the Turks stationed
at Modavia opposite Widdin, ON the left bank
ofthe Danube. The Russians after an action
of five hours, We're repulsed and lost on that
occasion 5000 men in killed and wounded, land
great number ofprisOners. They were even
| pursued to a considerable distance upon the
| h.