Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-17

artillery aud a brigade of cavalry. with =,
norso artillery. advanced into the fire. Thus rem
Iorceineht, anu especially the hnldncss Of the ninc
teenth company of horse artillery. which. ,ndar ,ho
personal command of the brave Major General Ar
noldl, dd the enemy great damage: and also several
attacks undertaken and executed with the creates, ro-
solution ny the P%arlogrGd and lrkustk regiments of
iiussars, obtained us a considerable superiority; not.
wlthStanding which the battle continued with rrcnt
ooStinocy on both sides. till at length the enemy was
Conipciled To retreat into an advantageous position.
covered by wood, leaving the field Of battle covered
IN the action.
After a mGrdcrous combat OF four hours, the fire,
wheat the exhausted troops could not continue, entire
~ ceased on both sides. 1 made use OF this interval
OF rcpoSe to take such further measures as anpcarcd
TO me necessary for The entire defeat of the Grand Vi.
Hler' Accordingly the 9th division of infantry wns rc-
heved, and the 5th took its place. reinforced tho
I'd division OF hussars with the I'd, and the whole Inc
WIN n reserve formed of the 10th aud 10th dcyisions
Of infantry; and TO Lieut.. General Baron X rent WHO
wasstatinncd towards Choumla. | sent as n rcscryethc
81 brigade Of tho nth division and the hulnns oftLo
Bug. with their artillery.
These new measures, and an cxtrardinarv loss
which the enemvs army had already sus,, iucd IN th,
engagement, produced an entire discouraucmen, in thn
brand NizIcr. He called q council of war fns we
learned from Bimhaschi who was taken prisoncr
aiid resolved upon It to treat by way of Koparaeva To-
Narasch. The deliberations of the eneInv's Gene.
rails were not yet concluded when our columns advan.
ccd from different sides and began the attack. our
horse artillery, under the protection OF the 9Th diyi.
Si'H u llidiI'TN. ana the IOtn brigade of artiliorv
pew up several OF the enmy'S ammunition wagons
by the first shot. This circumstance produced AN
eVluc"t terror IN the eneiny's n ranks, and a particular
waVering III ms whole line seemed TO Indicate that he
would speedily give way. Meantime our ironns adj.
vanced IN quick time. The Grand ViZier's army. how.
ever, did not wsit for their attack, buthavinn discbnrr.
cd all their artillery, commenced Il general flirht.
abandoning 10 pieces of cannon. with al the nu,n,u.
milton wagons. the camp, and their whole baggage.
Besides the above, 1000 Of the enemy wcro killed
aud 900 taken prisoners.
This happened at four o'clock in the afternoon.
y BinbaSchi, whom we have tn ken prisoner. and
several others ofthe most distinr uished officers Of Tho
encinv's army unanimously agree that he army of the
Grand Nizleri is 70 he considered as not only totally
defeated. but entirely dissolved. the Vizi.r himself
having made his escape, accompanied only by u small
number of horse.
The way that he took was admirably calculated for
this purpose, for il led 8 wersts through tho forest
and was 50 completely blockaded by the cncmv's war
ons, that 1t was necessary To- e,nploya division of in
iantry to remove them, in order TO open u way for
their artillery.
Immediately after sending off The dispacb. 7 shall
set out with all my troops ~ Marasch, IN tho hopcs of
finding there the Grand Nizier with the remains Of
his army. May the God OF War grant us his blcs.
sing for their entire destruction.
The loss on our side III this sanTuinarv battle is I'm
happily not small, especially in tho Murow regimen,
OF infantry, the llth regiment of yagers. and the hus-
sars OF lrkutsk. With that bravery which becomes
the troops OF your lmperial Majesty. they rushed
into the heaviest fire OF the enemy, ana many men in
their ranks have %Joyfuily died a glorious death for
their religion, their Emperor, and their country.
Among the wounded are, Major Generals Ghost
chrwke and Glascnah. Among the killed. Lieut..
Colonel Renting, Who commanded, ai interim. 18th
regiment of Y0gcrs. ] shall not fail shortly 20 send
to your Imperial Majesty a detailed statement Of cur
loss, and Z list ofthe individuals who particularly dis
tlnguIshed thcmsclvesin this remarkable action.
lay at your Mijesty's feet two standards, which
have Just been sent me by General Count Pahlens.
who H. in pursuit of the enemy.
T.. 81 have just received newsi that sixteen more
cannon nave been found IN the iprpst fhrDprh url,,l,
the enemy directed It's fiuht.
The following is the letter fiom Warsaw, 1.-The pre-
sent Head Quarters ofthe ~ESnpcror) mentioned above
as being contained i'm the Prussian State Gazette, of
the 25th of June. IL brings additional particulars Of
the disastrous route of the Turkish arniy:-
'UGrSdro. June Give have again received ia
vorable intelligence from the seat of war. Letters
dated the lith instant say, that during the pursuit.
the Turks have again been beaten. and have lost II
more pieces of artillery. \ small corps arriving
from Chouinla. was obliged TO Join in the flight, aud
The commanding officer, Il Pacha, Is SAID To have
been killed. The Russian troops continue 10 pursue
the enemy with the greatest eagcrncss. the cavalry
under Count Pallcn distinguished itself most partic-
ularIy' Gen. hupryanoHhas taken two doubts near
Choulnl7, which were erected last year by the Rus
sans. The enemy no where attempts to make n
stand, bui fees IN the utmost confusion into the
mountains, losing many prisoners. There was Di-
vine Service and a grand review i'm the can,n this
morning, in celebration Of the victory Of the Iith.
His Msjcsiyth the Emperor, made the troops dcGie i'm
front o ftheir Royal Ilighnesses the Granl-Dnke and
Grand. Duchess of Wcimar.
According to the accounts from SiZepoli, of the
goth Of May, the Turks before that place had become
much more numerous, and a serious attack was ex-
prcted.-The Sultan is said to have commanded the
recovery Of the fortress in the true oriental style.
Great preparations, however, and much time. are re-
CURED Tor a regular siege, gnd the place u too strong
for 4 coup de uaia. II is said that the Captain Pa
cha's fleet has appeared again in the Black Sea. and
has been seen from the Bay on Bourgas; and that
Admiral Grcig has sent a division Of his feet to meet
IL.
The last accounts from Constantinoplc do not
mention hat the Captain Pscha had put TO see again.
The Emperor arrived at Warsaw, from his visit to
Berlin, on the 10th Of June.
Accounts from Bucharest, June >, says-"IVithin
these two days there have been fresh victims to the
plague. II may be imagined how trade must suffer
from this scoufge. Mott Of the BoyaTds aud other
considerable mmiics have retired to the country.
The Government has, however, ordered the strictcst
precautions. and IL is hoped they will suffice to pre-
vent further disas'crs. IL IL nddcd-"We hear moth