New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-07
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II would seem now a. much 40 ever that nothing bat
exceedingly bad generalship prevent the rurkarom
driving Gorchakof out Of Wallachia. IL IL certain,
however that there have been some singular specimens
of penerashp on both sides On the ID Of November
the Turks crossed at Oltenitza-eydenty their main
point of passage On the 3d. 4th and 9Th they success
fully repulsed the attacks Of the Russians, thereby
establishing their superiority upon the left bank OF the
Danube During these three days their reinforce
monts ought to have arrived and they ought TO have
been at once in position to march upon Bucharest.
This was the way Napoleon acted, and every general
since bis time has known that rapidity of movement
can in itself make up for deficiency of strength, IN
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has time to concentrate his forces Thus, as men say
in trade Time is money; we may say in war, Time
is troops. But here in Wallacha this maxim is neg
lected. The Turks quietly keep possession OF Olte-
nitza during FIVE days from the 9th to the 18th aud
excepting petty skrmshes nothing at all is done, 50
that the Russians have time to concentrate their orcss
TO dispose them as maturely possible, and If their
line of retreat is menaced TO restore and secure It,
Orare we TO suppose that Omer Pasha intended merely
10 keep the Russians Oltenitza till his main army
had crossed lower down aud entirely intercepted their
retreat Possibly, though this is an operation which,
with 240OO men at Kalefa and 900 at Oltenza pre-
supposes some $4,000 more lower down toward Kirso-
va Now if be had such force there as very possibly
he may they might have passed the time much better
than in all these artificial and subtle maneuvers. 10
that case why not throw 10000 or $4,000 men in one
mass across the Danube at Ibraila and cut the Rus
slams IN Wallacha OF at once from their cOmmunica-
tons As we have said, it is probable that this
movement is now to be made bat why this long delay
and why these complicated preliminares does not ap
pear With so great prepOnderance OF force all
ready on the line of operations there was no parilcu
lar advantage to be gained by deceiving Prince Cor
chskoG He should rather have been cut oil and
crushed at once
As TO the Tui kish soldiers themselves in the few en-
fragments where they have acted, they have 50 lar
cone out 10 capital style. The artillery has every
where proved that the Emperor Nicholas did not esag
eerate when he pronounced it among the best IN Eu-
rome battalion Of rilemen organized only ten weeks
before the beginning of hostilites and armed with
Mimic rifles then just arrived from France has, during
this short time gained high proficiency in the skir-
misbipc service and furnished frst,rate marksmen,
who well know how TO use that formidable weapon;
at Ol,entza they had an opportunity of showing this
BY picking off almost all the superior officers of the
Russians The infantry in general must be quite capa-
Bile of the ordinary line and column movements, AMI
besides must have attacked at Otenzs with great cour
age and seadness at least two days out of three
the charge of the Turkish infantry decided the battle
and that at close quarters and with the bayonct the
Russian infantry il is we'll known no contemplate
opponents.
The news from Asia is even more decisiyely in favor
Of tic Turks than that from Europe 1t appears GER
tain that there has been general and combined rising
of the Crcassan tribes against the Russans that they
hold the Gates Of the Caucasus and that Prince Wor
onzof has his communications cut of in the rear,
while he is pressed by the Turkish forces in front
Thus the war everywhere opens with disasters for the
Car Let us hope that such may be its history to the
end and that the Russian Government and people may
be taughtby il to restrain their ambition and arrogance
and mind their own business hereafter.