New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-22


and POLO, il WAS repulsed with loss. and did not
dare to attack Eck4Dass. The following are the
details Of the afair LieutenantGeHersl RsnfZai
having received in the even ng Of the 5th Of
May. by the .telegraph and through pilots, in
formation that three of the enemys vessels
were ascending the Cuff Of Polo, immediatcly
tuck rneasures to have watch apon them.
With this view. amnBg others half q platoon
Of rifamen belonging 70 the battaEian.of Rife
Grenadiers, was posted as the most confined
point of tn Gulf, ahova the alton of Lapwiek.
i'm the To between three and four 10 the after
noon, two If the enemy % sfeamers one fitted up
as schooner, approached close TO this point,
preceded ny a45aixteen cared host which was en-
gagged in sounding tie dapth of the water The
yonng otficrr " the rife hattalion, sub Lien
tenant D. Ghilin-, to whorn this post Of ohser-
vstian hai heen entrusted, skilfully profting by
teesheltt'red POSITION Of the shore, kept in am
nnscsde in Zach a manner that bs rihemen
directed fire upon the boat at distance Of
about three hundred PAGES, and It was clearly
seen mat the boat was returning rowed only by
two men. 5F as
Encouraged by this first success, orr rife
men continued at a distance Of at least one hun
dred PAGES TO fire upon the enany's vessels on
board Of which about dozen men If those who
were in prom nent positfon we're struck by our
balls The enemy replied to- this firing by
sending balls of an enorInoas, ,calibrs. Shrapnell
shells and grapeshot and slowly moved towards
the west battery raised opposite the narrowest
part Of the Strait of Witsaud. near Hull-ae,
where he remained towards evening. within
range II guns Of long reach During this
time LIentenant-Gepera Ragzai concentrated
the first battalion Of the regiment of grenadiers
of Prince Frederick Of the Netherlands near
Lapwicke, and strengthened be Strait Of Wit
sand with four pieces Of the battery of position
No Of the first brigade of artillery of rrena-
n Ill f..
few hours. The fourth company Of the second
battalion of the same regiment was ordered to
support the battery, and the second company Of
grenadlers, as well company Of the rife
grenadiers, were divided on each side of the
battery the last two companies Of the second
battalion Of the same regiment remained with
the commander in order to defend Fckenass
On the Sth. between and IN tie morning,
the enemy recommended his advance movement,
but he was stopped for an hour by the we'll
directed fire of the coast battery, which did
much injury TO his vessels, after which the lat
ter opening a murderous and most energetic
fire from every part, literally covered the shore
with grapeshot Our battery was then trans
ported to more advantageous position, near
the village of LexswaN, and recommended the
cannonade between and o'clock The enc
my vessels, after having advanced a few hum
dred yards, came to a stand still, and though
they were not more than werst and half from
Ekanass, as they had received much injury,
they did not dare to attack the town. but re.
tired IN the direction of the entrance of the Gulf
of POLO
g According to the testimony of Lieutenant
General Ramsai, the rifemen and artillery
particularly distinguished themselves in the
affair by the accuracy Of their fire. and the
chiefs, by choosing advantageous positions,
powerfully contributed to its success The Cos
sacks attached to the detachment transmitted
orders and information with extreme rapidify.
sit is impossible to ascertain exactly the loss
Of the enemy, but, as he was exposed to our con-
eentrated and eross-iring, his less must have
been considerable. 4H @ +&
ssThanks to the judicious arrangements of the
chiefs, and to the skill with which they took
advantage of the localities, the loss on our side
was very inconsiderahle. Among the officers,
we have unfortunately to regret Mai,r DArgat-
chef commanding the second battalion of the
regiment of Grenaders of Prince Frederick of
the Netherlands. This regiment also had one
killed and one wounded. n the artillery two
men were killed; in the rife battalion one man
was severely wounded, and three received con-
tusions- Three artillery horses were killed
ss After having rePul.ei the enemy from Ec-
teuass on the 9th of Nay, Lieutenant. General
Ramzai the same day gave orders for a
part Of his detachment to march upon Han
| goud,a elEt
| -'hs4ta 1-AbiOat Ht hhnssus
| Two British ships, the Arrogant and Hecla,
while employed in reconuoitrlng the Russian
POSTS and shores about Hango Bay, entered o
small river and had severe battle with the
Russian forces stationed at the t wn of Eckeuass
After losing three uen, they sailed away, hear-
ing, as trophy of the exploit, of the enemy 8
guns.
y Berlin dispatch saws thai the first step to-
wards mobtlizlng the Prussian army are already
taken
Austria and Rns-in
VIFsNA, May 81 It is reported, on good au-
thority, that Austria, the day before yesterday,
summoned Russia tosevacnate the Turkish pro-
vtnees. When this is done, Congress may meet
to settle the condition of peace
Italy. .ez+.
Letters from Rome, Of The Goth of May, men
tion the uneasiness produced by the presence of
Garibaldi at Genoa. The eonsulta Tribunal
confirmed the sentence of death. on the 18th.
against the supposed murders of Rossi The
fortifeatinns and garrisons Of Ancona have just
been strengthened.
stiistrin-The Chanees-specuIations of the French
Press
If we may judge of the present by the past,
the fall OF Silistria ought not to be regarded as
imminent In 1928, after o siege of more than
SIXTY days. the Russians were obliged TO retire,
and in 1929 they did not get possession of it
until torty-tour days after the trenches were
opened. According to the last accounts, the
regular works OF approach had only lust begun.
In the last war Silstria was only defended BY a
fortified wall, whereas, since that PERIOD four
targe detached forts have been added to the de-
fences of the place. In 1928 and 1929 the gar
rison of Silistria was only composed of from 5000
~ 10000 irregular sold, RS, while nfw It has
100000 regular troops All these reasons must
tend to inspire the belief that the place can not