Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-12-01
Turkey ana Russia.

sirbe more recent dispatches from the Danube,
tiohpb sfiil siTfficiently Iuconic, when epmbine4
ttith tn seiw6icb preceded lhenI enao4s us
to infer with terrible precision, the great out:l
Iofihe nlan upon which the generailsslno
! is bringing his army i:to action.N Unless appear
onces ale very deceitful indeed, he is hanuhng Tue
-fITgts IisdisPoSu sktll'
ing that 10 his energy aud prompltuue ne AUS
rare gift of skillul aud comprehensive combination
Let usglance over the held where the hostile LOT
ces are now aTrayed. The province Q! WailaChla
approaches in IFS superficial confgurqtlon ~ a par
niIslopram of nearly 800 iniles1n length by about
ia so in breadth. on 1.-THE southwest SOUTH anu
south east il is bounded by the Danube. From
the neghborhood Of 0rso wp1o fIttle beyond Mln
din the couFSs ofthat river ne9rly from y
south; and from the laiteE POM 70 tRe ~
Sillstra its general course is from west 10 east ara
i thence 10 Galatz it flows from south 10 norlh.-
The northern boundary Of the province, Tor dls-
ftance OF some 200 miles from lis western Exle1pltY
! is mountain range; thence TO its eastern extern:
! ity an alueut of the Sereth, which flows eastward
i from where the mountains terminate, and tue Se-
! reth itself to its embouchure in the Dauubs. The
portion of the province which rs enclosed on lree
siues by the Danube, is generally low and hati 70
the nort, 1t gradually rise 10 the paSe OF lhe uou
tains. e. aaA .t.,fs; .. sass.. A. =.
The western part of the province, between the
western frontier and the river Arglsh-comprlsing
i fully two thirds OF the wboeis divided into three
pretty equal parts by the valleys of the Schyl and
Aluta, flowing from the northern mountains al
Hight angles to the Danube. The Schyl and tue
ArgiSh rise the southern decliyity ct the noun
aiSj the Aluta rises to the north OF the cham ana
breaks Though 1t. The part OF W4llaehla ~hIch'
es to the east Of the AEgs, is hisected by the
Ilemorza which flows from west to east. Tie
Turki- OF southern bank Of the Danube from Or
sowa IL. where it again Turns norl~ard, amer now,
ing nearly 800 mile from west TO east IS hlgh auo
| abruDt: Wailaehian low and apt Ia. be oSer-
flowed, a little 10 the north of the point OF which
the course othe river turns from south 10 easts is
Windin, on theiTurEish, aud OppOsitito Il kaiatat
on the Wallachian bankj commanding the mouth
Of the Schyl as RahoWa, on the Turkish bank;
commanding the mouth Of the Aluta os Nikopolis,
on the Turkish bank; midway between the mouths
fthe AIuta aud ArgiSh is Rustchuk,' on the Turk
ish, and opposite Giurgewo on The Wallachlan
bank. Bucharest is Situnted nelly norm oil tLeSe
place at distance ofSome sixty miles, on an at
j fluent of the Argsh, which intervenes between 1t
and them. Turtukin is situated on the turkish
bank, opposite the mouthof the angle formed ny
that River and the Danube 1.-THE ArgiSh; Oltenlt-
"a on theeaSt of the ArglSh, in the Junction. SlS'
tria stands the Turkish bank ot the Danube
near the point where the river turns 10 the north,
and Schumla is some. eighty miles to the south OF
lit, v. lsq4.. ss-a1
The principal Russian force is concentrated be-
II tween Bucharest and the Danube, but parties had
been thrown out in advance as far as 1kniatnt.-
Some of these purteS were pretty strong, Tut Sill
thiS was dispensing the army over Longer lima thar
its numerical amount warranted. We observe at
tempts are being made 10 palate this mistake o
t.tthe hnSSlnn COIuulauueIs ny allcSlH6
Fbeen led 10 expect support from Austria, which Il
now withheld. When the failhleSS; J eSultica
character OF the Austrian government IS taken IN
to account, this stOIy looks plausible; IL NAV now
ever, be mere invention and atteTthought Il
screen the stratgeticaI blunder pfthe Russian ge
neral. The main body OF the l'nrkish army wa
concentrated i'll The region between SlllSlTa AM
Schumla; "a strong body of troops was posted a
Sophia, in the rear OF Wlddln, and the COMMUNE
cation was kept up by chain of posts. The Iur
ksh troops have hitherto been healthy; according
TO Tie latest accounts from Bucharest there nre a
present 1900 Russian soldiers in hospital there
The advanced period OF the season, AMI the wan
of roads, render it difficult ifnoi impossible for The
Russians 10 receive Speedy reinforcemtS; the com
nunicatioh ofthe Turks from SaliSlria with Var
+ na-eiIher direct or by Schumla-iS open ant
easy. rz-F SOFAS RstlH
Keeping in view the Outline sketch we hav'
given of the country aud its principal positions
and the account of the relative position and con
dton of the two armies, we are IN condition Il
appreciate the movements that have been made u
OI1ar Pacha. From Widen corps d, GrEee ha
been thrown into Western or Lesser Wal'achia
amounting, according to the most recent accounts
to Il, 900 men; and the force stationed round So
pbia is stated to be advancing to support them
The. RusSiln Hoops in that part of Wallach!
have fallen back without offering any serious re
sisallce There is u talk of their making stant
behind the Schyl, hut at present they appear TO b
in full retreat towards Bucharest. On the Easter
or Lower Danube a'StroDg bodyof Turkish force
hos been thrown across near the mouth OF the AT
giSh. No less than Is, GOO men crossed from Iur
IIukai to Oltenitza: they were attacked by In
Russians, but made good their footing, altern com
bat of three hours the Muscovites reireated, witt
loss of several officers, and 200 lrivates killed
of six superior and eighteen snbal! officers AM
479 privateS wounded, leaving the Turks [whos
> amount of loss is unknown) 10 entrench them
selves ON the north bank of the Danube. In cd
lition 10 this 1000 Turks are said to have occu
pied KalaTaehe, q small Town or village in WGlla
CHA opposite 10 Slistria and 1000 from Ruts: huI
have taken possession OF an island IN the Danube
between that fortress and GiuTgewo.
Itappears, then, that inevery afTair between
/ the Turks and Russians in Wallachia, the latte
have been wot<ted. The Turkish Eosce advancin,
upon Widdin is forcing the Russian detachment
4 iii The Western part Of the province back upoI
Bucharest, with fair prospect of beating, If
can cat6h them, or at ali events of cutting then
OF from the nam body in front OF that CITY, Again
the advance Of the. main Turkish army has made
II good its footing on the WallachBn side nf.tht
Danube, aud holds both banks of the Argish
which lays the approach TO Bucharest open 10 il
To all human appeaFances tht relole, it will bt
comparatively easy for GUAR Pacha, by pushing
on his main force towards Bucharest, to fom
junction with the Turkish troops advancing from
KaIafat; to break the line (as they do in naval war
faTe) of the enemy; isolate the body OF Russian!
lin front of Bucharest from that which is retIeatinE
upon it from the west, and beat both in 1eHail, i
that have notb en- already done to his hand in the
case of tile latter corIS.o Is rcFe tfafftyF
/ This view of affairs can only be presented will
a the Hesitation which the brief and fTegnenian
character of the reports from the seat of war and
ID the yet imperfect development of the strategy OF
the generals on both sides, render necessary; bui
81 on deliberate view Of what has been written, II
= does not APPEAR that any unwarranted or partial
Inference, or colored fact, has been stated 1t de.
serves to be kept in mind that the commnnioa.
tions of the Turkish army, With the sources whence
they are 10 derive reinloEcements and supplies in
ther reSr,' are much more open. and easy than
those of the Russians; and that the Turkish troops
are in better health than The Russians; and that
the success which has as yet attended the Turkish
ars will inspire the Ottoman SoldierY with niofi
confidence inthemselyes thanthe Muscoyftes, an
Things considered can be expected toteel. y.
A knowledge of the real weakness OF 'Rhssia,
Land of the tTaditouary tactics of that Empire,
when If discovers task it hns undertaken to be