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Operations On the Danube

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Operations On the Danubcs ~--sl
GENERAL PLAN OF THE PROJECTED CAMPAIGN.
We give our readers the following addi-
,ional news brought BY the Europa, relative
to the European war. We have already
published brief dispatches of the Europa's
news: n
The news from the seat Of war is very
scanty. English and French officers are now
employed by Omer Pacha in arraigning the
details Of tho various projected operations.-I
1t is generally known that the Turkish troops
now in the Bulgarian forts and fortresses on
the Black Sea, will march TO Shumla in the
month Of pril, in order to make room for the
Angle-Fre auxiliaries, who on, their ar
rival, will assemble somewhere near Con-
stantinople, and repose for time from the
fatigues of the voyage. ,-.s..
None of the auxiliary troops will be sent
to the Danube, but the reserve division Of
the French, under the command Of General
Forez, will, perhaps, be posted in Roumelia,
to the South of the Balkan. A strongly en-
trenched camp is being formed at Foxshay.
Marshal St. Arnaud's quartermaster, with
eight other English and French officers. are
at Shunda.
Omer Pacha removed his headquarters
from Shumla to Rustchuck, on the 10Th OF
March. rsT.H
There are several Americans in camp
An English letter writer says: The Turkish
camp is q perfect Babel of tongues. To al
mos! all the different races Of Europe, Asia,
and Africa, must now be added Americans
Like all the auxiliares Of the Porte, the men
from the far West say that they have come
with rifle, revolver and and bowickn ife to de-
fend uthcr-cause of civilization and humanity
against Russia. alI. -rta
| Recent Russian bulletncs announced that
the Russian batteries had destroyed the Turk
ish fo,illa before Nicopoles and Rnschtuck.
Letters from the spot declare that the ships
had received little or no damage from the Rus
sian FIRE. .tr
Lord Raglan was expected to arrive at
Consta ntinople ssbout the lst Of pril, so as
to coincide as nearly as possible with the or.
rival of Marshal st. Arnaud. ia.s ,iip,,s !, p
| A council extraordinary, whose duty IL is
to provide for the wants OF the Turkish army
and its auxiliaries has been appointed. II is
composed of the following Pachas: Redschid,
Mehemed, Ali, Mehemed Roushdi, Rifaat,
Ria, and Achmet Fethi. '' S''
In Cvnstantinope q new corps of 10000
men is to be formed under the name Of the
"New Imperial Guard" -..., f-..-.,,...s
Omer Pachn, i'm order to teach more hu-
maniiy TO his irregular troops, has offered
reward for every Russian prisoner brought
in alive. rs.r,rr nv
Dispatches from Constantinople state that
the object of Gen. Burgoyne recent visit to
Gsllipoli was to plan its fortifcation as an
English naval station. For the present,
however, Gallipol is chiefly mentioned as
the rendezvous Of the French troops. ,"
The Paris Patrie was informed that the
Sultan will place 200 forses and 1900
mulea at the service Of the expedtionary
force.
Letters from Constantinople, March 18th,
state that the English steam frigate Retribn-
ton and the French ste am frigate Cation had
been sent to force The stockads which the
Russians have established at the mouth of he
Danube, and which completely prevented the
merchant ships from descending the river,
which, for commercial purposes only, they
had assembled. If the Russians oppose the
destruction oil the stockade the frigates have
orders to open fire and pass it by force
This will probably be the frst act OF hostili.
ties. -.
The information that the Russians were
obstrueting the river mouth was commu,,i-
Gated in circular from the British Consul at
GalaIz, who, on the l lth of March, announ-
ced to ehipowners that the Russians were
throwing rocks, sundays, anchors and rub.
blsh into the st. Georges Channel, and had
stretched chain across the Salna mouth.
. The Chumla correspondence fthe London
RI Times Of March 9Th says
In the night between the LIST and Cd inst. ,
the Russians attacked in considerable force
the battery placed by Omer Pacha at Pot
oaschi, in order 10 check the passage ofthe
Russian vessels on the Danube. Four COM
panies of the Turks were Immediately order
ed to attack them by Ibrahim Pacha, serving
under the orders of Mustapha Pscha, who
commands the right wing of the Turkish ar
: my In the Dobrutscha. rTts ~
The object of the Russians was TO spike
the cannon and destroy the works; but in
this they were hindered by the vivacity Of
!. the Turkish attack, So that after half an hours
engagement they were all obliged to take to
: their ships in order to avid being d iven in
i, TO the Danube. In this affair the Turkish
loss was 10 killed and 10 wounded. Eighty
Russian dead bodies were found in the morn
ing, aud as many were drowned. The Rus
: sian loss must have exceeded 100. 80.
Al Sistow an insignificant affair has taken
place. The Russians have attempted to
make themselves masters of an island, were
rePulsed, the Turks having lost one mau; the
9 Russian loss WIS also snail. .a..ss.s
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