New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-30
TILE BATTLE OF oLrKSlrzA.

TIE BATTLE OF OLTFEfrZA
va have dcthed Of this ar.t sncont,r bo
tween tho Moslon and Russians II pr have b,sn
nnnr Of much more iuposncothan n first ssted Ahers
continued cannonsdo from midnight Of November Is,
aybreak Of the 3D. tho Turkish ammunition BEGAN, Oh
bs.cdnnd with the Wild cries Of Mosom warfare the co
tire Turkish force charged the enemy with bsyonci ard
sabre and scattered them at all points The Ra.Hlns ZEN
twelve hundred On the field in killed AMI wounded and
were driven back upon Bucharest where heavy lire from
the artillery the place brought up the pursuing Turks
who then returned to Olsenitza and ensamped up'n
the feld their first care being to fortfy the po'l
ton The battle was fought within triangle OF llli
formed by the OF the Argish and Danube Oniy
nine thousand Turks engaged but they had occupied
strong quarantine building and an old redonot stnasel
in the plain the Danube as well as the village FROM
this position they threw shot and she'll with great e1eci up
the very of village whence Gen Daanel0erg
directing the attack. teegraphc dispatch sent 70
the French Government and Immediately, l3th instl
communicated q the Turkish Minister at Paris says ,hN
the Russians twice drove the Turks from their position
but that the third day 10y this dispatch called Noyem
Der a the Turks dispersed the Russians with the loss
above stated. The Russian loss in officers was par
ticularly severe, the enemys marksmen having az
parently ondeavored TO pick of many as they coah
Il il particularly noticed that the disabled ohcees
almost without exception wounded by the c0nca balls
of the eiments organized the model OF the
celebrated French chasseurs Of Vincennes The Turkish
artillery beautifully served The Russians too stood
mspy To their arms and the affair had all the features,
person The position Of Oenza is very strong the iet
wing of the Turks being protected by the river Ars,h
the right by a swamp impossible TO horse anu ths
rear BY the fortress of Sisa and the fort Of Taruka
The gurners in TurukGi fred with such precision during
the battle that the shots passing the heals 81 tue
Turks did great execution among the Russians report
says the Russians lost eight guns.
Referring this engagement, Vienna letter Of the lOth
saws 1t is not likely that the following startling news
will find it. into papers, hut you may rely implicitly
on its truth The victory of the Turks (which was owing
TO treachery more complete than Is generally sup
posed The outposts nearest the river were lele ana
they only permitted the Turks TO cross without giving
notice Of her approach but actually assisted them IN inc
work Of death The cannonade lasted with slight ioter
mission twenty eight hours. The date mstake--
the affair began in the night between the LIST and 3D. ana
On ieerrne the defeat of Dannenberg at Oltenitza,
Prince Gorchakof, without delay took measures to at
tack the Turks they had time to recover from the cas-
uas Of The former action With this view he LETT Bucha
rest On the h the head Of $4,000 fresh troops aad ac
comrauod by his entire staff advanced upon Oitenza
The Turks ut that position only 1900 less tho
AOrs 'e ocmbat Of the previous baeprooaoy loV1 IN
dead and wounded This ef but 5000 20 oppose the Rus
sian General but the Turks being in force higher up the
river would doubt up time to take part IN the
kthe date our correspondent at Liverpool prepared
his dispatch Tuesday evening" 18th rumors we're already
yne thick thathe battle had been fought. One account
stated ccumstanay that the Turks had been disastrous
~ defeated and driven across the river Anothe account
serted less positively, that the Russians had met WIN
terrible repulso The locality OF this battle Is vaguely
called the neghbOrhOOd OF Bucharest Anoiher report
SAYS between Wddn and Bucharest And third ls
Patch promulgated BY certain spectators, said under
'the walls Of Bucharest and that the russians atr.o
ute 20 themselves the victory And yet another account
states that the ght took place at hrajlSa-wncn . inc
most likely be correct we learn that ON me sd ins.
the Turkish force at haleat was awaiting ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TO march upon kreiova. Ill,
That battle has been fought appears highly probable
From Vienna we learn that fighting certainly gong on
near Bucharest the morning OF The llh
THE POSITION OF THE HOSTILE ARMIES.
Out Of the confused and contradictory statements that
circulated, correspondent endeayorS 10 encd'e
the u Il Give position Of the various forces
The Aurians have 10000 men spread along their ron
tier = NJ,
Tie Russians have fleet of about 80 heavy ships in the
Black Sea. ~,
The Turks have a feet Of about equal strength and
under the commend of Englishman Admiral sladel'
part before Constantinople and part in the Black Sea
Tie TURKS have 200 gunboais on the Danube. Inc
Russians about half that number.
The turks in alliance with the Circassians and having
a. auxa.es many tried soldiers Of Hungary have iorce
in gives the Russians enough to do TO hoi1 their
The Russians have in the Principalites $1,000 ser
yiceele men, and 900 in hospital Iheir headquarters
are at bucharest defended by some hundred heavy guns
The army operates in divisions commanded respect
lively by Gen. Dannenberg laready hoggedl ana GOT
chnkof The latter can hold his various positions WIN
susb HE cartoons and spare 900 for the neld,
either IN Junction with Dannenburg or on his own HOOK
Thew have communication open with Russia are wen
eourred and passably well provisioned. Strong reen
fore, euis of infantry the way, but cannot reacn
for five weeks Cavalry renforcements are not intended
TO be sent until spring Old Pashkewiieh IS to take me
commend ard the Emperor, il Is expected, VIII come
near the OF War being now formally Declared
the Russian generals may act on the offensive they can
The Turks having crossed me Danaoe are
AZ ten points namely Kalarasch. opposite Sustna az
Oheniira at an island opposite Giurgevo, but not al O.
urccvo itself which still held by the Russians although
semi occasionally bombarded by the Turks across the RIVER
al Smuilsa n Iurna. at kaeta where they have t;0V
men they also have iorces The rh bank ~ Ea'teasN
snd az Sistia. There are besides mnVsnea,s a'as We
Turkh side OF the Danube that Indicate an si,enp On he
parf Of he Turks O. crss lower down tae stream a. A14
is.rhaps with yiow turn the Russian max pn'1
eustttf~ end base IT the Turkish operation are a. sauna
tie has already taking the medium Il eonteun< ~sie
,ns 81 eco men across the siser aud An eiat n1moer
between ths Danube and the Haksa His srrops are wen
suni everreA ssd amt ia the meantime, paid And ne
has iu hs sitay ofieess ii all.
Ampv,n,ni ~ wsy loeA i,r a. an early dare Is Al ~
eevnief txtaesn zee taaie ee>iN % tAe .wo Aoalss
Er them te.geclise Positions see 'asg>