New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
STATE OF TIE RUSSIAN WAR.

Our European correspondence and files OF journals
received last evening by the arrival of the Amercas
mail, fully confirm the reported expulsion OF the
Russians from their trenches before Sisrla and their
subsequent withdrawal from Wallachia back to the
line of the Sereth. We learn aso that there is no
doubt OF the immediate entrance OF the Austrians
into the evacuated province of Whschia, under the
treaty concluded at Constantinople on the Iith ult-
an event under the circumstances OF no small value
TO tie Gar brought about too, hs we learn, under
the immediate direction Of Prince Metternich, who,
in fact again controls the foreign policy OF the HspS
burgs.
Besides the curious coincidence Of the Russians
eyscuatipg and of the Ausrians occupying Wallschia
the very manner ia which the siege of Silisria was
undertaken, carried on, and finally abandoned, ind
Gates that agencies were at work alto sether distinct
from mere military considerations. from the official
Russian report which comes down to the night of
NAV 2s. and which differs from the Turkish bulletins
on, with regard to the respective numbers of killed
and wounded IL appears that the operations were OF
strangely preciptate character; that the rutest Ell
forts TO dismount the Ouworks were not made until
the impossibilty Of taking the place by storm was
practically asoortanej and that the attack was more
wild and unscientic than any known even in the an
nails Of Russian sieges. As to the operations between
the 9eth of May and the 18th of June, the reports
which we have received are yet TOO fragmentsry to
allow of a detailed description; the fact however,
that during the repeated desperate assaults, nearly
all the commanding officers were wounded and
disabled -Pashkewitch, Schders, whose leg has
since been amputsted Gorchokoh, L1dcrs
and Orloff who was shot through the eye clearly
proves that the Russians were under orders, not
merely to take the place at any cost, but TO take it
within certain fixed time. Indeedthe whole CON
ducted on their part in Il manner which reminds US
more Of tie barbarian method Of carrying the cities
Of Koordistan by TmOur Tamerlsne, than of the pro-
ce,dings OF regular modern warfare. Oa the other
hand il evident that the heroic aud able defense Of
sstra created equal surprise with the allied
powers and the Ottoman Diysn. Our readers may
remember that sbou: six weeks ago the allied COM
mapde-s met at yarna, that they discovered that the
Balkan line formed the natural defense OF Turkey
and that now many of the British journals not only
confess, but glory in the avowal, that Slstra was
not relieved by single French or English soldier
Lastly it cannot be denied that silstria was point
Of great military importance that the fate of this
fortress decides the fate Of the campaign, and that
with the abandonment of its siege and the sudden
retreat of the Russians upon the Sereth, the whole
Of the Russian conquests of territory made this year
as well as the las. are lost.
Still it must be said that our English cotempora-
res, many of them, greatly e1sggerate the extent Of
the present Muscoyite reyerses II certainly re-
quires high degree Of credulty to believe that the
sortie made by the garrison Of silstria on June l3
and the suecor Of 1000 men they said 10 have re-
ceiyed from Omer Pssha resulted in the total defeat
of the Russians, and forced $4,000 10 100 600 men to
fly before l5,000. The sudden retreat of the Rus
SLAMS is, so far we can Judge quite as mysterious
their sudden attack 1t is only to be explained BY
q previous understanding with Austria involving the
occupation Of Wallachia by Austrian troops Under
these circumstances, the following passage which we
find in letter Of The Morning Chronele's CONSTANT
nope correspondent, revealing this plot on June TO-
as early as four days before the conclusion Of the
Austro Turkish treaty is Of peculiarly interesting
character:
The Turks think that diplomacy Is playing with them
and that is their intention 10 allow Sstra 10 fall into
the hands of Russia These suspicious receive conrma
tion from the news that has been received here OF the
;rcparofor oa protocol al VcHn1 in which the fa Of
SIi.ia =. llearn, spoken Of as i were accomplished;