New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-01

villa NJ Oeutza = point n passage which ne hrssieis
several times seized and before which they have
this moment numerous en- , az -, ia Al ~
re towns of Turkey. r. military inp ortance consider
ALL Tor The prse nts Oobstaeie to the esa nsu
sLde. ~ bontr and the town occupies the bead Of
80, leads into the interior Of Bulgaria by Rs~gra1
on,r Pscha las carefully fortified furtaka with the aid
Of European engineers who are NV y mucous
In the Turkish army Ssria u one OF the bst ort6,a
,s 81 he Danube Notwithstanding imperfec;ions which
No longer exist the Russians had great ditcuyin obtain
H.; nosseson of IL in ls2s. General Debtsch aitholgn
f Varna dared not undertake the march b. Adrs-
oue before having taken StsTis circamstance which
strongly demonstrates the utility To Turkey Of the toresses
on the line Of the Danube iheT have always hold The ls
slams In check for twelve fourteen months We may
remark en- passGs that fOrrcsses have never hnderoi
army from crossing river. The Rhine has been
cnssed Whenever has been found necessary notsith
standing that defended by orIresses stronger than
those o the Danube In each Of their the lister
river the Russians have been able TO cross easily but
"a III wsr,,l ueorle Ike the Turks all Of whom
customed 70 bear is dangerous 70 penetrate far
into the country having ted town IN the rear II vas
On this account that the Russians IN sB "dre O5g "a 70
Law siege three places before they could carry their Oe
ratiOns further into the country.
But TO return to the Lower Danube its breadth aug
rens and it, rapidly dminhes but preserves speed
of League an hour. Some leagues from Sllstrla the
river makes great bend toward the north far G al
atz where il resumes lis easery direction, until dis
charges Itself into the Black Sea Leaving silstrs, the
frs; town which we the town OF ROsova, where
the passege Of the river impractical account Of the
marshes the left hank which are fed by the waters Of
the Berscha Il Is twelve leagues from Rossova TO tbs
port Of Kustende O fortified town. Further find
The small fortress of Hisova under the guns of which in
time Of eece there is bridge Of boats. From this pOn
10 the mouths of the Danube vast low and marshy plain
extends having in IL lakes. The cOnngnce-
ton between the towns AID villages is KEEP, up by
of some very bad roads but the country is fertile.
The forts of NatchinD Latch and Joalicha near the
mouths Of the Danube are rather posts o. observation
than fortified places They serve TO keep watch over the
opposite bank protect tho Turkish hoias AMI IN case
Of need, to fire on the Russian vessels.
Many persons appear 20 expect every morning no"s oi
the rassaae of the Danube by the Russians The Turks
hut ihe whole Of The Danuban country j. impractcabe
durir the winter and be during the pr seat
rope The aluvia soil is easily broken up by the rains
The roads ard routes not being well kept NJ, in bad
weather nothing but mud All transports of commerce by
land which H. the dry very active setwecn
Varra aud Rutsohuk absolutely cease Then, an army
cen no more maneuvcr in the country through the pos
sibty Of carrying with it ia artillery and necessary bag
care The irregular cavalry Of the IQAs and tho Cos
sacks If the Russians the only troops which can then
keep the field In the preceding campaigns the Russians
have always wihdrewn into tier environments IN wal
acho ever raising the seges which they may have com
nenccd, and leaving behind them only some CossacG
scouts and eaIisons in tie hes5ss pOats The Danube,
before is divided form It's delta has width OF about
1900 wards which il broken mp by little Islands IL -
frozen almost every year. Wallacha and Bulgaria al
though situated under tire latitude Of Provence aud fus
cany are subject to extremely rigorous winters not being
sheltered from the glacial north east wind which blows
directly upon them ON the vast ssppes o Russia ami Tue
rlaeax If Uppor Asia The frost lasts from the month of
December Tue month of March and the country al the
thaw is more mpracticabe than ever.