New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-06
PREVIOUS ACCOUNTS FROM sILIsTRIA.


Tie accounts recently forwarded relative to the
losses suffered BY the Russians before Ssra may appear
exaggerated but they are not So As the Russians eck
no,ledge that they had GOO killed between the 2s
and 3IS Of May you may suppose what their real loss
must have been they also confess that among those who
fell were 81 officers In more than one OF ny previous
letters ne nion made OF the sprngug OF mine near
ST stria but il out Of my power TO communicate any
particulars ne Vandertr has received some de
tails tie subject The Russians were fcrmog mine,
but by some means other Mussa iashs learned the
cxrct direction of i's shaft. Without loss OF time the
Turks begin TO construct counter Iine the SHAFT OF
which ran parallel 10 that of the Russians On Saturday,
the cd in the evening the Russians made attack on
some outworks and after short engagement the Turks
retired if in disorder to their inner ntrenehnents
leaving eight ten guns behind them. The Russians i'm
nediaiey formed sormng columns, but as they rushed
forw ard TO the attack tie Turkish mine exploded an i'm
nodiaely afterward that which they themselves had con-
structed The Russian loss is given at 5000 men, The
F nden Ban has learned and evidently from Russian
source that the 18th and leh two Russian mines were
sprung 1.-THE fortress il bombarded from three redoubts
"Tbe Fort Abdul Medjid said TO have been evacuated
THE Russian. constructing aDintrenched camp near
"sria The only part of the foregoing quotation which
appears 20 deserve attention is the last sentence Bth
Russians and Turks evidently preparing FOR regular
battle The former are hurredy advancing from hiso-
va Olteniza. and from Brclow, 10 TJukia whore
prroe Gorchakof will await the attack of Omer Pesha
The Presse somewhat maicousy observes that tho Ru'-
SLAMS fully prepared for retreat a. they nave Two
ponoon and many ratbrdges across the DANUBE De-
sides six flying bridges OF boats. lsmal Pasha, who
commands the Of Omer Pashas army, l. said TO be
but three days march from silistria Intelligence has
been received from Shumla that "a 900 Of the allied
troops bad reached Narna, but neither cavalry nor ar
"lery." The Russian army i'll Bulgaria and D0orodJa
nav consist of l05 600 $1,000 have crossed the
river from kaarash and some $4,000 men are placed u
der Gen. Uscbakof in Dobrodjs. The Osf Det'cM f'H
learns from Bucharest that 10 600 Russians are investing
Rassoya, which has a garrison OF 5000 men As fnl
900 necessary 10 keep shria IN check Prince
Gorchako hardly oppose than 90 200 or oOoOo
men TO Omer Pasha and the allies Great sondcncy is
said TO prev all among the superior Russian ofceri, az
is fet that things are not going on Satisfactorily
letter from Constantinople, dated June I, says:
Our latest accounts from Silstria to the 3eth Of
May. On the previous evening the Russians made dS
commanding the town. which they are Obliged 10 occupy
before ey attack the chief portion Of the place ITSELF
For the present they connc themselves to bombardine
the left bank of the Danube. In this affair the men
iorebt hand to hand in the psrape and even The bate
ries where the Russian soldiers had penetrated through
the embrasures After struggle In which both parties
rvaed each other in ardor and courage the enemy was
reyused leaving upon the esplanaae Of the
considerable number of killed and wounded The follow
ing is summary Of the report OF Mussa Pashs on snt
For the last fortnight the Russians have strongly 10
seged the town of Sisa and the extended forcttcp'
with considerable forces. Atvarous intervals they made
assault night and day upon the redoubts Of tn ss
forhesons, but they compelled to retire IN con
sequence Of the vigorous resistance made by the
troops. ,.o.. :,
May), At O'Clock, Russian division made still mprt
vigorous assault upon the DtrenchmeDs but a the ssnt
Ell the garrison ofthe place, wen as the artillery
the citadel and all the redoubts having commenced me
the Russians for moment drew back The Struggle, low
ever, soon recommended A few kussan soldiers eyef
suoeeded in entering BY the ebrares Of the batteries
bat in the ARRAY and the fight inch lasted during three
hours tie assailants experienced such severe iss ma
their dead filed the bitches Of tie redorbts and covered
the espanade Of the focaiions In th affair Inc Turk
had so killed and The num3es Won lded tho Russian
had lss than 800 killed end without DOUBT mach
greater number wounded. Although In their rerest thsJ
protected by the Rfeuen, the Ottoman troops mndi
rather a valuabls booty and some prisoners"
17e ConstitioaaeI gives the following rssrm< Of the
movements Of the armies at and near the heatsr OF war
eve said few days ago. notwithstanding the coutrsr,
assertions Of The Tn<s that ths Ottoman army was pro
pairing taxa the oezsive viii the ARgi0-french div
iona the esrly dsembarkstio Of which the coasts
Bulgaria announced The movements which our ps
vss information permitted to anticipate have rom
| DeDced. Our correspondent ct Constantinople, q
leor noticed Yesterday confirmed the arrival Of PAT
the division Of Canrober st Bougas Prom whencs, afe
pssing the Balkans h can rally De Turkish Amy .
eAusaa- According 10 The Press Of Vienna, there ar
lc,oeo French et Bazardj which Is between Yarns az
Sisis; 600 EsgIish At Pavady therosd ffoI vsl
No to ShSma, and the advanced guard Of Omer Pecoa
us5sr the orders Of Imsii Pso.s aid s stony tire
day. march from Silistria At Is certain Tat the Genera
nChief OF the Ottoman vmy has recently assembled =
two wing round biz hes u 6hnmla and thS
con nov dispose OF imp osing forces. Not only ~: oe
Pscas summoned 70 aid tbs gasons Of the Iaskne to'
tsses Of the Dsnvoe, from W.ddin and haa.i and n
trssr part OF the corps which occupied Laie wAa'
! Ola esi sUBd1ng . Iettw hsn beaffsds q =
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