Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-12-02
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u,9E STAT OE WAR

synopsis ut the beeercnt movements on the Dannne:
WnlllchI, the Souternm0st Of the Dlhubau Prlnclpa
ties Is separated from Bulgaria. tho NOrCnmOst prnvin
Of Turkey Proper By the stream Of the DANUBE which oS
between the territories from West TO East. Boh bah
of the Danube studded with strong furrcsscs, usual
built opposite each other that Of Wlddu being at Tic Yves
ern and that OF Braiow Ut the Eastern extremity Of The
vding river. On The right bank lie Wddin, Rahova
copolis Sistovu, Ruslchuk Tuuka, Si:stria and sor
others.
On the left hand stand kuafat, opposite Widiln Kla,
che opposite Rulova; Tourno opposite Nicopolis; aud
urcevo opposite Ruschuk: but The places The form
bank much stronger ind important than thOee
the latter. The headquarters Of the Russian army OF Occ
patton were at Bucharest The capital Of Wa'dchla aoo
equdislant from The points of GurgevO aud TuTtuE
but Prince Gorschako had garrisonet several other plac
| on the left bank, including kaufa and Giurgevo;
what strength they were thus posted seems Impossible
| discover.
Our own information received before the outbreak h
les represented about 80 coo men, with ll0 guns, SD
toned at various points The Danube and some 5o n
in effective condition at head quarters and in tie int.lo
Other reports raised this amount To lOOOO and even
troops of all arms whereas the Turks described
ering but hs!f these numbers Inc strens,n assignee
Omar Pasha5 army about 60 OO0 IOOG0 and his p
pears have been more esnate than that fuI'
Of the other side. .
II was undef these circumstances hal tho Turks ci
menced offensive operations; and The first Intelligence e
resented them preparing cross the Danube al ht &"
uee points of Hiddin and Btalow. Of the movemefs
Brailow have heurd little more, but the passage Wv
river effected in furce OF Widdn and subsequ"
at Rahova, Ruschuk and Turtuka ALSO We have NJ ac
information OF these proceedings but il appears a
Utt0manS
al Widdin while at the other point their numbers "t'
small At kaafat and Giugevo, opposite Wddn an llust
chuk respectively there werc or had bcen Russian ga
sons.
That at Kalaat we presume must have been wlidrawa
before the landing of the Turks for does not seen ina
their odgmcnt 10 this place was attended by any 'sn'ln
but nj Giugevo There was apparently, struggle SON.
severity. This al least is the Interpretation we shCu Pl
upon The runor announced by the telegraph from ienn
that "Gurgevo taken by Storm Ii this shon DC VT
red It will probably that the Turks, on crossing Il
tbis nnnI in fhn
they attacked and defeated Al Iurusni there wa'no i"t
garrison tho opposite bank, and the Oonans'n lanl-
ing d, Oenza threw up entrsnchmen's for lhems'ves'
II thus appears that the Turks must have cr'Seu ne
river fewer than four distinct points, and ave cir-
red into the Danuban Principalilios between Voo anc
GOO men. The division which crossed ut "E1ih sho
which occupies Lessor Waachia, is said to'e l2U0
strong; that at Qoasa in direct road lc N tnsian
head quarters about IS 600. Besides these, 4GO are re-
ported be Kalarache, and 600 n 'front.' OF inreVo
This latter expression signifies that they have iEen 3st
upon Island in The Danube with The intention crossing
that point; but, III, intelligence respecting ua ssom
of Giureevo be correct the operation mus pro:ied mst
have been already performed, though with fore II "oua
SEEM Of only 600 Altogether. the s,re.h o The
Turks tho left bank scarcely exceed 40GU but as
Omer Pa.hu had undoubtedly half mnny more under hls
command il might, Of course DC increased every lay
II we cunsder the movements Of The Russians ns la as
they have been asceaned, shall cerlany hn occasion
70. surprise IL al first reported and lppataty
with Plausbilty that er main body was hdvnnnn9
from Bucharest towards kuJova and kllaal with the view
of enrountrrng what then seemed To he tho man oor
the Turks 1t was further added, also with much iEel1
hood, that decisive combat was Impending.
This however, on the 18th nlt whereas Ne maven
received Intelligence up TO the lh n Inns month "hicl
brings Iinge Of any such encounter but oa lhe cop
rary, appears TO leave The Turks in quiet possession
Lesser Waachia though their strength tnerel et al on'
1900 men. ~ Oiten!:Za, il s true, The Iu;sSh 'ip's
was attacked "as as was seen" General Psr'oi
said TO have fallen upon lhcni and have engaged then
first with artillery and after wards with the bayunel 30 81
vercly that the conflict lasted IS hours.
That il ended 10 Inc advantage OF the Turks who man
tanned their POSITIONS is iacI In some degree explained
the cifl that The Russians had bnt9 UUU again
Is 900. But how such disparity OF force 10 occ'
within short distance CT ihe Russian heal Guarters
lf The battle really lasted q hours, There nmia TN
for renfurcemtns 10 come We read il is lrue, IN
Prince Csorschnsof had recently moved I'm buciaIe
10 S!airs in order meet The Turks advancing from Wi
din but in this how is II that no accoun, Is given
his operations in that quarteIi
f the Oomaus in Lesser Waiachia had been crushed
the main body OF the Russian army, we could undrrst
the OF other divisions lower down the liver,
The emulness Of the force at The command of General
of but it is difficult with the present Information,
yer where The Russian army is The Turks apDebo
have accomplished their objects with IL COO Kat
with 900 knlarache with 1000 at GiuigsvO aud IN
no thun Is 900 Oenza whereas ihe llussnn ny
of l50 000 or by the snucs, eccounls OF GOU0O m
makes no show al all.
With the exception indeed, OF General perlors dGl
men md body Of cavalry numbering 500ear
Kslaiuin all little more than 10 600 mcn-wc have ac.
count all OF uny CT The CZars batalions. Ii must re-
membefcd too, that us far inaccuracy Of reports cn-
ccrlcd the likely ID be avorf5e the ltEs,
and ha, the numbers "th which they 'spcsentcs en-
counlerng the Russians more probably y1gger1 man
otherwise For the eucda0n however, Of these, swel!
other points Of difficulty we must wai cdpleIe
Int lgence.
The same journal thus resumes The subeG on loowng
day;
We observed yesterday that were unshed nj
the strength or The operations OF The Rssan n,n body,
which, The first passage OF The Danube by the ks had
marched encounter them at kalaat. is asserted
that this force which was under the camand General
Danncnberp numbered 30 coo I'D 40 OOnen and
II itioDh bet rniny na
| 10 intercept the route from kaatai 10 Beilarest.
The Turks, hlsu told by u latest Gspalchcs,
occupying Lesser Waachia, 10 ga The
,ry abou, Knlafat-wh l2 QUO men; b. us thi evil
denily The chief pon! at which The Da1be be cross
ed IL is impossible that The force reecd 10 hi received
constant augmenlaons from the othe bank of e stream
Indeed it expressly mentioned lit "laree oodles ot
Turkish troops concentrated rud Widdi-he tort
opposite Kaafn and all these couko course brough,
without much difficulty when IT passage the river
Now whether the Russians advand attack the Turks
the Turks in marching up the ctry encountered the
Russians fully informed sat il is bcwccn these
two armies that the battle repotednus, apparently have
been fought Nor can we have any ub that il proved dls
astrous TO the Russian troops. We It is true merely
told that fourcn superior Russa officers were killed.
and that "the Russians etreag upon Bucharest;
but these inllmations if correct coey volumes OF lntel
gence.
If Ii superior officers were ked,w many inferior OFF,
and how many must have AIRED in all probability
the same fael And how many of ranks must have been
wounded2 Those acquainted with rules Of military cal
culaOnS would construct learitst OF CasuaItles
the unit given in The despatch tlnhe aff Oiteni,za
for instance, though superior oce reported Killed
and only six wounded, the total mbers Of those iced
hors du bat seem have exceed 700 Nevertheless
this battle have been fought won If are 10 &C.
cept The present stricyby sumo 2 COO Turks
against 30 900 10000 Russiansl
No doubt the l2 700 Turks at Ka had been renorc,ed
and perhaps largely, from The lroo concentrated at Wild
din; but hardly probable any supposlon that
they could have been raised to .eng,h cquang that oil
the Russians Omer Pasha had sae 65 900 75 600 men
in Bulgaria OF these e had alrdy carried, according 10
reports "a 600 the river: lS 900 al OltcniiZa,
1000 at KuIaache and 600 rgeyo He also me-
nacing other points Of the and Il 900 Of his best
troops had been established at Kaa,
This accounts for 40 600 bs army that not
than 2 900 lhereabou,s wud remain he brought
over But, supposng that aany 10000 of these
taken reinforce the II 600 Kalaat still the whole
Turkish force thus concentrated I.esser Wallacha would
only 32 900 MEM ndee' no accounts yet received
rate II high strength, whers The Russians plain
between 30U00 and 400O with strong cavalry and
artillery We wait with cubsy for the details oil 80
remarkable battle
by THE sTEAMsHlPATLASTIc
LATE ST IN TEILIG ENCE.
BY the intelligence from the sat of war It Is extremely
difficult TO arrive at anything like connected narrative IN
the confusion OF contradictory undated dispatches ina
follow each other 10 the markets OF Paris and London
From The materials before ua re enabled Ia gather I'M
details of The events that have tnspi,cJ up pesen