The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-02-04
BULLETIN FROM THE RUSSIA ARMY.

BULLETIN FROM THE RUssIAI ARMY.
The St Pctersburgh Gazette contains the
following news from the army il the field,
from October Is to Nov 10:
According to the general Ian of the
military operations, the third ror1s of lnfan-
try hegan On the 18th its msrch from
ChouInla Up to the 18th it wa! not in the
least disturbed i'y the enemy nconsidera-
hle marauding parties. which stDwed them
selves from time to time in tfe rear, did
not venture to attempt to impeb the move.
ment of the troops Query. lid they not
rather hasten the Russian movement Il But
on the 18th, when the corps WIS to pass
woody defile, near the village d Acdohela,
the rear-guard ,cas attacked By The eneme,
loho had come from Chounlln Nth 5000
chosen caudtry, and detachmen; of infantry
and drtiuery
Notwithstanding all his attempts, he
was defeated, with great loss on his side !;
and the march of the third corps 10 the
place of its destination was continued with
cut further interruption from the enemy
though the badness of the roads, in conse-
qnence of the cold and RAINY weather, which
set in remarkably early for that country.
ff frfs' 1ieseaiher also checked very much the
progress of the siege Of Silistria, vet they
were proceeding as quickly as possible ;
but when from the incessant torrents Of
rain, the ground in which the trenches were
made was entirely under ,o1ter and the ar
rival of materials rendered not merely diff
cult, bnt impossible, the Commander in
Chief, General Wittgenstein, resolved on
the ID Nov to change the siege into bomb
ardment, which was kept up with success
two days and nights. Meantime the cold
increased to l8 degrees Fahrenheit below
freezing, hedUy Sno,c covered all our bat
terieS, and the clay nuts of the soldiers, and
large flakes of ice appeared in the Danube.
In THIS manner nature ITSELF by the com
menceinent of winter OF extraordinary
severity, even in the northern counties IN !.
terrupted the progress of our operations he
fore Slllstrla, and threatened TO cut off the
communication between the left and riDht
banks of the Danube, and 10 stop The sun.
pteS OF provisions and ammunition from the
beSleging corps. The blockade of Silistria.
was. therefore, discontinued, and on the 10th
Nov. the troops Of the second and third
corps began their march 10 the ui,,ier ouar-
terS assigned them i'll Moldavia and Walla-
cha, IN two columns, one of tuhtch passed
the Danube IN vessels belonging to the flo
iilla on that river, near the village of Kalla-
rasch; and the others at Hirshova, except
the sixth division of infantry, which, with
the cavalry and the troops of the Don, COW
cred this movement.
To observe the garrison of Silistria. n
strong division of the fleet remains opposite
that fortress. The village of Kallarsch. on
the left bank, is being fortified, and re-
doubts erecting at suitable places opposite
the tortresses still in the hands of the enc
my. According to reports from Varna and
It's neighhorhoed, nothing particular had
occurred there. and the enemy had no where
shown himself
In Little Wallachia. the fort of Kalafat
has fallen into our hands. Baron Cessna r
took advantage of the terror caused Inv the
fall OF Wanna, and 10y the defeat of the
Parha of Widen at Bajalischt, and resolved
to attempt an attack upon Kaafat. After
march of "a miles in one night, he an
peared before the fortr ess, and the terrified
garrison abandoned it with the greatest
precipitation, flying in heaps to Widen.
IN which retreat many were drowned in the
Danube. As soon as our troops had oo,
possession OF the fort, they Immediately
began to erect additional works on the side
next the Turks, by which Kalafa; was mn,
IN state Of complete defence against INV
hostile attack. The possession of this fo..
tress is so far important TO us, as T.;,,io
Wallacba is thereby protected against ~
cursons from the right bank of the Dnnula
Accounts from Tefis, of the 18th of Nov
relate vd'7ous successes obtained over the
hurds IN their attempts 10 intercept some
hundred wagons with provisions, &c."
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