The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-12-09
The nn,ti. Of oltenitxal

We have now detailed accounts OF this
)f;t encountcr between tlre>Moslem and Rus.
Hans. 1t proves to have been an affair Of
huch more Importance than at first stated
hftsr a continued fire from midnight Of Nov.
10 daybreak of the 3d., the Turkish am
1nltion became exhausted; and with the
eries Of Moslem warfare, the entire
tish force charged the enemy with bay
~ and sabre, and scattered them at all
bittsl The Russians left twelve hundred
NE field in killed and wounded, and were
Briven back upon Buchorent, where heavy
~ eIfrom the artillery Of the place, broueh,
BIZ the pursuing Turks, who then returned tn
senitza and cncamped upon the field, their
Il y care being to fortify the position.
k(rhe battle was fought within triangle ol
ha formed by the waters Of the Argis and
abube. Only nine thousand Turks were
hesged, but they had. occupied a strong
barantine building, and an old redoubt situat-
in plain near the Danube, as well as the
illage. From this position they threw shot
md shell with great effect, up 20 the very en-
Fance of village whence Gen. Dannenberg
|as directing the attack. A teiegraphic dis
atch sent to the French Government and
Immediately (on the 18th inst.,) commuhi-
Ated to the Turkish Minister in Paris, says
aat the Russians twice drove the Turks from
lis position, but on the third day, (by this
spatch called Nov. ~ the Turks dispersed
Ae Russians with the loss above stated. TIL,
ussian loss in officers was particularly severe
e-enemy's marksmen having APPARENTLY en-
pvored to pick off as many as they could
fis particularly noticed that the disabled Of
Ssrs are almost without exception wound
Wv conica balls of the Chasseur regiments
ranised on the model of the celebrated
bench Chasseurs Of Vincennes. The
rkish artillery was beautifully served. The
ssians, too, stood manfully to their arms,
q the affair had all the features of a pitch
battle. Omar Pacha did not command in
|son. The position of Oltenitza is very
png; the left wing Of the Turks being
tected by the river Args, (Ardrisch) the
nt by swamp impossible to horse, and
rear by the fortress Of Silistria and the
Of Turtukair. The gunners in Turtukai
with such precision during the battle,
the shots passing over the heads Of the
ks, did great execution among the Rus
Is. A report says the Russians lost eight
Is.
eferrng to this engagement, Vienna
er Of the 10th says. at is not likely that
following startling news will find its way
p our papers, but you may rely implicitly
its truth. The victory of the Turks
|hich was owing to treachery,) was more
nplete than is generally supposed. The
posts nearest the river were Poles, and
ey not only permitted the Turks to cross
thout giving notice Of their approach, but
Etually assisted them in the work Of death.
he cannonade lasted, with slight intermis-
ion, twenty-eight hours. The date was q
mistake; the affair began in the night be-
tween the lst and I'd, and lasted to the 3D."
On learning the defeat of Dannenburg, at
|Oltenitza, Prince Gortschakoff without delay
took measures to attack the Turks ere they
had time to recover from the casualties Of the
Iprmer action. With this view he left
bucharest on the sth, at the head Of $4,000
esh troops, and, accompanied by his entire
af, advanced upon Olten:tza. The Turks
that position were only 5000 strong, les,
|1srs du combat of the previous battle--pro.
badly 1000 in dead and wounded. This lef,
but 5000 to oppose the Russian Generali
but the Turks being in force higher on the
river, r,would,no doubt, come up in time to take
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