New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-12
THE TURKISH WAR.

chances of His retreat the Danube was in
oor,eouerce of the concentration Of the Russians q
ront lot dfensbe and the step is approved by military
men. That movement not anticipated by the Russians
arrears to have baled Prince GOrchakof and to have
forced him TO adopt combinations The Russians do
rot believe the retreat Of the Turks ultmse Complete
ignorance prevails as their movements and they
expected TO make their appearance any moment and at
any POINT on the eft bank Of the Danube The Russians
appear not to Lave adopted any definite plan They
main encamped ct 0lenfza, Budesti, and NigOiestL
Rain and snow had been heavy in parts Of Wallcha
that operations to great extent impraeticable.
Prince PashkeNitch time since reported to have
taken the command in chief in the Danuban Provinces
Gen Baron Budbrg is named in connection with that
Office Gen b. gained what experience he possesses in the
wars In the Csucesus
The combined squadrons lie AZ anchor Of Beycos Con
s,uniinoI e is trenquil
The fghtipg since the last adyice had been unimpoan
On o. aloui the 20th the Russians attacked the Fort Of
Tutscha bot were beaten or TGtscha the last Turkish
fortress on the Danube.
In Paris It was generally expected that battle would be
fought on or soon after ed November in the locality be-
tween Kieoya and Kseat We do not see how this could
be known beforehand and therefore attach but slight value
to these surmises Of battles to come
From Vienna goth, come OF Turkish detachment
having been attacked by the Servans at ushza on the
Servo Bosnian frontier and repused with loss on both
sides Of 800 men To show how contradictory the sources
of information another dispatch, dated GATH says The
~dficules between the Porte and Servis are settled The
aTuk, are TO garrison the towns on the border and the
Seryan contingent Of 1900 VIII be permitted to join he
army lie Danube
Latest accounts confirm that the Turks captured and yet
hold the impoan. fortress of San Nicholas near batun
Five times have the Russians by and land attempted
to retnke it and five times have been repused
The second division Of the Turkish feet had entered the
Black Sea for the purpose of joining Muchaver PaShas
Admiral SladeD squadron Captain OF megchan''hsn
arrived at Constannope ihe loth reported having met
Russian feet about three days before not very lar sm
IN the Dosphorps AID sailing to the eastward
the ,~'.~-'. - Turkish feet sailing in the
Soon after, the Captain met Az '-.t
same direction and he of opinion they coui not con
time their course long without coming in contact From
Odessa l3ih II stated that portion of the Russians
consisting Of three shipsofthene five rgaes and several
steamers had sailed from SevasOpol Malta letters state
that the contracts just concluded with Maltese houses tor
the supply Of provisions the English ships specify that
they shall be deliverable where required as far as Odessa
or Trebzond TIE Turkish Admiralty has provided
specal department for the re OF the French and English
steamers On I5h four hundred vessels loading corn
ct Odessa.
Narcotics paper has the following from Constantine
DE Admiral Slade, with the ship ofthe line Modjidk
FIVE frigates and has gone to cruise in the
Black Sea Ills object to drive the Russian cruisers
from before Anapa which the ypor Of the Caucasus
in coast Of so miles H. is accompanied by sefir Bey
the Crcassian Chief who was long detained at Adriano
"pe and he Is 10 supply ammunition and arms to tho Les
ghians the Laghos and the Toherkesses tribes This ex
pedton Of the highest importance Ii the Turks sue
coed in taking the foreses that defend the entrance into
the Caucuses they viii put end to all communication
II .f,aT rapao sian rav
inces acquired by the treaty of Gunn Numerous Polish
ard Russian deserters have reached the Turkish adj
vanced poets in Asia Two thousand Russian deseres
are sad to have reached the campa large number yet
perhaps correctly stated the Russian army in the eau
"cssus was tie receptacle Of all punished and degraded
soldiers and officer aud consequently contained great
many macon.enis Hungarian officers, who served with
BEN and Dembinsh have undertaken 3, organize these
deserters into servicsble corps
II is confirmed that Russian ship ofwar ashore and
went to pieces OF crew and troops it had l00o men on
board, Of whom 400 persisted and the remaining 200
were rescued by the Turks and prisoners Con
stsntnople
Some Polish officers OF distinction have already taken
service with the Turks and Others have sgn6ed their in
tention to do Franee-and probably England also-as
length considers that the Porte is justified in using all the
means at its DISPOSAL and for this the Poles wei
coined 10 the Ottoman ranks.
From Bucharest, November 81, these two words are
telegraphed. "Noih.ng new" from Belgrade November
-, IAN quiet
Gen Prim Span,ardJ Lord Wor-ey, Captains Bathurst
Herbert Wilson and Lieut. Buckley. English were with
Oner Pnsha at the battle OF Oientza The Sultan has
written Oner letter If approval, and has sent him
superb charger
pesides TIE steamer that ran ashore at Baum another
Russian ship tie Yenkee had been wrecked near sevas
tpol
The EDglsh Admiral Sir L. Lyons, arrived at Matalsth
ard continued his Con sntnope to take command
Of the feet-he being acqus ned with the navigation OF
tie Black Sea
Letters from Kreoya of the l7h oorrobOrae the report
that the Turks had retired from Kalefat to Wddn the
former pls,s being now held by only 6oOo men
The fist regiment Of Os;enSackens Russian DIVISION
passed tlrsugh Jsssy on the 18TH to norce lsehakc
Paron de Bruck, the Austrian negotator, and Maj VII
denbruck tie Prussan have been recalled from CONSTANT
nople BIuck will resume his posi- il the Ministry at Ven
na Gen Paraguay Killers arrived at CoDstantnOPeon
The 18Th and on the 18th made hi, official calls The Angs
Iurg GG-ee has intelligence of TIE approaching recall oil
tie Russian Mnhier a, Paris and LondOnMessrs hsselen
and Brunow.
There i 10 truth in the rmcr list tie Russians have
orosssd the Danube
Ten thousand more Egyptians were embarked from Alex
ondIia 18Th for ConsiantnoPle.
The NGhcnesrs Of Hind0stan are said to be much ex
cited with the news hat the Sultan e ct war and mat TIE
Ii esh are assisting hin Recently was announced hat
lie Car lad formed an alliance with t1e celebrated Dost
snhouncd bit Ircsent Hdvicss tel different story 1t
remains to D. feen which This latest account comes
from Consannople 10th ard says that Dcst Mahommed
Lad notified the stah Of Persia tha; tn Afghans are Of
war with Ire Russians that be DOst means 70 attack
tt n IN tie direction OF Khirva and thu, he VII march