The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-12

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had previously selected as one Of the
most favorable.
On reaching this ground the Egyp
tlan army suddenly faced right about
and awaiting itself Of the nature of the
position, formed into compact masses.
the infantry in the centre, the cavalry
and light artillery on each wing, and
made vigorous charges on the Turks,
who We're astounded by this sudden
attack. The ranks Of the latter were
soon thrown into disorder. The Sc
raskler however, rode up to the front
and by his valor, and the bravery of
the corps. around him, remedied for a
time his false step. His heavy artille-
ry, unfortunately for him, could not
come up; and the light guns of the
Egyptians, directed by European
officers, seconded by we'll timed
charges Of cavalry, threw his ranks
INTO disorder. His wings were at the
same time,t extended; and his troops
excited by the ardor Of pursuit, had
not preserved any regular order of
battle; they could make scarcely any
resistance; and at this period, some
corps of Arabs, which Ibrahim in his
retreat left in ambush on the right
and left, fell upon the Turkish rear,
and thus completely put the Ottoman
troops to the rout.
The disorder became so great, that
the Turkish soldiers threw away their
arms, and fled in the utmost confu-
sion. Part of the troops endeavored
to gain the entrenched camp, while
others made for the most fordable
points Of the Euphrates. It appears
that a large portion of the fugitives
succeeded i'm escaping, and that the
massacre was not SO great as might
have been expected. But the camp,
artillery, baggage, and even the mus
kets Of the Turkish army, fell into the
hands Of the Egyptians. The Seras-
kier, carried away in the general rout,
crossed the Euphrates. His horse,
wounded by ball in the shoulder,
fell from loss of blood in the middle of
the river, and would have been car
ried away, with his rider, when a
young Albanian, on small Epirote
horse, seized the Seraskier by the mid
die, and contrived to get him safe to
the other bank. Three hours after
ward Ibrahim was reposing under the
tent Of the Seraskier."
The following is copy Of Ibrahim's
letter to his father, announcing this
important victory:
''The Turks are dispersed; they
have left behind them every thing,
besides 5000 prisoners.
The news of this victory appears to
have produced a great sensation. The
Captain Pacha, commander of the
Turkish fleet, soon after sent mes
senger to Alexandria, with proposals
to place the whole fleet under Me-
hemet Ali's protection, in order to
guard against the troubles likely to
follow the Sultan's death. A know
ledge of this defection-and of an in
surrection prepared at Constantinople,
as well as Albania, is said to have de-
cided Khosrew, (the Grand Vizier,)
and Hail, to make overtures to Me-
hemet Ali, Of surrendering up to him
the empire, and their young sovereign,
and inviting him to Constantinople, to
reorganize the Government. An En-
glish newspaper, the London Chroni-
Gle, thus comments on these reports:
"Serious, however, as this event
must appear it loses much of it's gravi-
ty from the impossibility of any such
result being accomplished as that con-
templated by the defectionists. Eng
land, France, and Austria, are not
rendered the less resolute by these
intrigues, to main tain the indepen-
dence of the Ottoman empire. Nor
can either Mehemet or the Divan act
in despite of them. 1t is not, in
deed probable that Mehemet would
wish to risk the enmlty OF all the
world, for scarcely less would be the
consequence of his entering Constan-
tinople. It may be thought, that if
the intrigues and gold of Mehemet
have prepared the detection Of the
fleet, with troubles in Constantinople
and in Albania, Russian counsels may
have prompted the Divan to fling it
self headlong into the arms of Me.
hemet, in order to afford a pretext fol-
Russian interference. This we dc
not think. Russia is not prepared fol
SO bold a cast Of the die; and, if she
were so, never were the other Eu
ropean powers better prepared OF
more resolved to prevent Russia car
rying off the prize"
It was thought not unlikely that a.
the Viceroy Of Egypt was now mas
ter Of the Turkish feet, he would pro
badly embark for Constantinople
where he might make himself maste
of the capital without the least diff
Guilty. The Turkish fleet, when sail
ing from the DardanelIes. consisted o