The Litchfield County post., 1828-12-18

Captain schor lief, Portsmouth on the Sd ut.
 FALL OF VARNA!
 By the official Bulletins from the Rus sian army, which will be found in extcmso below, it will be seen that Varna has fal- len. This is an event we were taught to anticipate by the complexion of our last advices from the theatre of war.
 RUSSIAN BULLETINS.
 Berlin, Oct 23.
 To day, the 22d, the following accounts have been received of the capture of Var nat
 OPERATIONS BEFORE vARNA, FROM THE
 1sT OF OCTOBER TO THE 9TH.
 The two mines laid under the walls of the fortress were finished to our wish and sprung on the Sd and 4th of October. The first was laid with difficulty, and not with out danger to the workmen, uIder the ex- treme point of the baston towards the sea. Part of the works of this bastion was dam aged by springing the mine, and fell into the ditches. The seooad mine was laid on the right front ,u6dSr the second north- ern bastion. Colonel Schelder made an entrance, and charged it with the great- est courage, in st ite of the fire of the ene- my, who observing what was doing, made four attacks during the night, but was each time repulsed with great loss. The mine was sprung atthree o'clock in the after noon, and the result fully answered our ex- pectations as two breaches ale already made in the bastion.
 The corps of Omer Vrione, notwith- standing the endorsements It received ,has made no further mo ement to the 18th, 2Olh of September. On our side, the corps of Gen. Bis,roon has also been streng h. ened, and redoubts erected 10 cover hp position. In this manner the neceSSar, measures have been taken to prevent any relief be ng received by the inr1reSs.
 Prince Eugene of Wiriemhrr4 has left q strong advanced guard to HaSsan Laar, & has advanced 10 Osmanzyk. To strength. en the right wing of Ge! eral Bistrom's po- sition, the corps of General Dulinghausen has drawn nearer to hIm and has occupied the village of Reynardzi.
 OPERATIONS BEFORE vARNA rRuM THE
 9TH TO THE 9TH OF OCTOBER.
 Our works having opened way to the fortress, it was resolved to deta,ch some troops to fake possession if possible, by means of d breach of the northern bastion nearest the sea, and lo e,ect q battery in il --Gne hundred sharpshoote,s and sailors were appointed for this purpose who were to be supported by one company of the 18th regiment of Sharpshoo,ers, TWO com. pan es of the lzmailow Regiment of tht Guards, and 15Ofldbourers provided witt gabions.
 On the Eth of October an hour befor. day break, the sharpshooters, Jed by Lieut. Qaitefiski of the navy, penetrated into ,h' bastlon without firing slot, and killed lh, Turks who defended i. Meeling with n, resistance. these brave men suffered them selves to be led away into the centre of tn, town, by their courage, and without think ing of taking possession of the bastion which was the main object, they penetrate ed into the middle of the town. Meantim, false attacks were made at three difIeren points by our redoubts upon the town, ant the Turkish iralleurs, who had concealc, themselves in the di,ehes of the fortress were driven out of them,
 @sosWhtiSthHulilS tIlIS unexpected sue cess, and the support that continued to bt sent to the sharpshooters, ii ~aS 10 be fore cen that they would not Be able to resis ne whole ot the enemy's garrison, or tt etain possession of the bastion. To pre-. vent bloodshed retreat was ordered. - The men retired in the greatest order, an, brought with them number of Christian women who had joined them in the town Two pair ofcolours found in the bastio, were taken. As it was impossible to con vey fourteen cannon from the ground .,be, were partly spiked by our people, ant partly thrown into the sea. We had eish ty killed and three hundred wounded. The loss of the enemy may be estimated a six hundred men. Though this enterpris mad not the result that was intended, i served to prove to the Turks that the, were no longer safe in the walls of Warns and that by means of breaches they Ina, made,the fortress might be taken by storm