The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-11
THE MILITARY MOVEMENTS ON THE
DANUBE,
from the London TIN es, Nc

ltrOm the London Tn les, November 81
The cek graph dispatches which baya reCcaed this
cou try curing the last wesh from seat OF war In
Nalacha will have been sufficient themselves t, show
the absolute impossib y of venturipy beyond conjec
lures with regard to tho results of
the pen uag campaign. succession oi uifsrm contra
dioons ha constituted the staple of our inte ee nee
and at the present morlaEt it il difct Hnd any
sumpticas Which rct destroyed by ting
apparently equal authority T. reduce sach into
an accurate sit:on f facts is aoss
task asto perform Arithmeical ooeration with fg
ures constantly changing under the h.ad,
appears that the 4Nrks crossed tho n .nubs In fo,c
at Wido.n npo Tartukrl thst they threw etscnmsns
TO the LEFT bank at two three poins and
perhaps dio the Fam. ct Hrrova Br i lower
the stream At CiurgasS their atem Jailed. One eay
o htir positions on the LETT bank attacked by the
KussiaIs-that namely ,at Oltehitza Here, as Is
wei hsaer ained they repulsed asso ftor assault in
series OF severe between the 4 and 1th OF
this nenth but at this point Information
obscure The last attack, 1t said shcr have been
made eI The 1lth BY Prince Gortscheko in person. but
whether there was cctually at,aek, whsthsr it
ssfuy resisted. Shelter IL wss by
voluntary evacuatos nf the position on tks par. Of the
Turks We cannot eva row posiivsiy state
a. net me Turkish hvtion st this ront had re ro'sed
in6as informed 1t the for such retreat have
been vsrously assed. II probable that Prioco
GCrtsoha kCh was ty some enabled TO tho
TURKS with forces Ar considerable than had beel
attributed to hio, and that tho Ottoman Commauder
ipa assault Reports further aad, that all the other
Tarhsh posi,or3on the left ban ceyS THAI OF Rasf
saye been alao but 1t Is confesssd that te
rstreat has hesn Effected In t3eTy case without molss
tStion.
Assuming tis to be the trro state Of asars the
Of operations appears be that the Turks
fully sctomp-Bhsd the passage of the Danubp at all
poins but ors ard that they deie7ded far upwards OF
the eny po on whes ths latter shossht at s to .scs
/ II - also VI questionable hat, IN measuring their
sire 9Th a6apss that of tie enemy hey erbied 70 sag
Of ohich re here received accou7 Is plain that Turkish
soldiers sh9cd dtemselr mach for Russian soldiers
different Issns, or .Ssthei anything has occurred be-
tween s at and Krsjo7a to qualify this conclusion, we
have ystto learn.
Thus far, however, the Ottoman army, il 1t has not
achev AL the Victories ascribed to it in telegraph,
despatshea has certainly conducted itself with great
Cit Nevertheless, nothing but the concsntrs
ton and Seveopr Of the Russian army in the Prn
cipa lies has caused this retrogrsde movement Affairs
viii Ss cunning their original aspect for the conclusion
must 90 that Prince Gorschekos forces thou yh
matahsd for time, have in reality proved superior to
the toT ss Of omsr Paaba The latter commander, we
hs os even stated very recently tha somsthing like
taoae numbers were already in Waachia an assertion
no Improbable, considering that the pasage Of the Da
| asbe had been secured
Bat II tfis were tho case why sholM the Turks re
aros the liver at all pon simply because Prince Gort
fcfskoff showed front of 40 900 men, bet Bucha
rest and oentsa9 The appearance Of this force after
e previous deficiencies Of the week is planned by tt.
600 men om the reserves w6cS he had left at
and B-ailow entering the PriLsipalities and tia
these cuccours added to his "a 000 raised his
to tho strength which vas thought formidable Blu
the Tnrksh reserves were 1t least and ssa
able rs the Russian, not to alton the general sape
LosiV 1tupu1su 70 Olcr fasnc, eV0n ON Cn0 eft Dam
| of she Danube.
If, in short tie Ottoman asny in the Prnoipalitie
nnmbered s2 900 or 10000 nsn--which is tho snass
strength assribed to why shoad IL recross the river be
fore the 900 30 0oo troops of Prince GorSschako
after asce tanning its qualities sue aes fully q
| ofIit2ag Perhaps, ho ss,er Omer Pacha intends t
concentrate his force for Ssrnons ia Lessee Walacha
though il gular tbas have heard little of tn
Turkish division in thesa parts. II was represented
first to be the main boGy of the Ottoans was the
70 crcss the river and esabh itself tina kf bank
has not been watched, far aware, by any bu
fCrao onf Ruu and a., huua
manned in n state Of nscti
! We have addressed these remarks less to the imras
datc prospects of the Wallaohsn campaign than to thu
far more important question CONCERNING the relative
merits OF the TaIkish and Russian arms Tho grea
point which Europe is now interested In ascertainipg
whether the pever Of the Russian empire has sesn
tsriay overrated, that Of the Ottoman emp.ve under
rated vhetha In short, any su n misconcertoIs hav
psan cabirs Of politics in the EAST OF course II woul
yet be premature to form any dsciaiys concluion
For some days appeared as Il the Russian army in In
Princpaues utterly Incompetent &c. sustao the ar
rogant position Of its imperial aser but Prince Sort
schskoh before the arrival f any second army ard ope
Turks frt the left ban ard prev satsi ths passage
the river at The only poat where II opposed 1t, vz
Giuygevo he may make rome reasonable excuses for
failures 10 TIE 6rst week OF the atruggs II yet how
ver remains TO be what viii be done in Lesser Va
lach'a, and whethe7 the Tusy, who if they have r
crossed the pannh have Tecossed OF their
may rot renew batween kshfat and Krajeva, canpaip
which they commenced 80 vstoriouslI. Indeed, as
must once mora rsIeat, It Is rext TO impracticabc to
rive any deSse opfliops from the evidence yet beo
AU learn in thst the operations Of the OF
nOn army aavs been projected with considerable sk
aae exeeated with iscon eetible bravery on the part
the troops Employed but whether in the end the 100
mon uaSer Omer Pasha will make such head aganst I.
lco 0oS soon to bs under Gortschskof to atost u
lativa regulations of the Ottoman and Russian 20
what we must wait TO gethsr from the course ans,
IMPORTANT ENGLISH CABINEr. COI1NCI
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