Washington telegraph., 1854-05-17
The War.

ordeieeu nrd that two new ones be organized for
effective, ana that '"o ne" o''o'
eaET TE. Eor in Observation-Disclosures letters of
ctb inst contain no accounts of any further
-oorpss of the Russian force, which was SIN at
TTra;an's Wall The rumor OF an affair at has
Ia,s9 anpears to have originated With turkish
sos" SUI and seems to be devoid of all foundation.
asen,s pacba is said to design attacking the Rus
onl' +roons under Gen. Luders. The Turkish
"os Slan at Traian's Wall were reported at $4,000
strong. D,,,,ho &c 4bo od ;,s+
,'aotbst the Turks succeeded on the 1st of April,
~ Jostroving Russian pontoon train near kala-
III " The hght which has been waged there
So tbe 2sh of the last month is still undecided.
nur former unications-namey, those
nottbe Russians intended crossing the Danube at
Talarasch-are now fully confirmed by later Bu-
Euat letters of the I'd inst which bring the ad-
I;t;onaI intelligence that the passage of the Rus
anS would probably be undertaken ever before
rival of FRINGE Packlewitch. Investing
:ara artillery probably destined for Silistria is
sS'Iocted in great force at Kaarasch. Prince
[[Sorschakof is shortly expected there. Silistria
tas bpen barricaGed since the 18th ult; its garr
1000 strong, and two Egyptian reg giments
are among them
"'I Tenun. April 9-The Wanderer, Ost. Deutsche
post and Presse. of to-day. contain important adj
.;cas from the seat of war, Of which the following
is summary
= Crernavoda was continually bcmbarded by the
Pnssian gun boats, and the little redoubt which is
an the road leading to Hirsova, is SAID to be al
ra,iv in the hands of The Russians. CZernayoda
:; Lnowp to be an untenabe position. and indeed.
tborp is some reason TO fear that Gen. Luders has
Iroadv broken through the Turkish lines of de-
iarce. at the wall of Traan. Until now we have
M nartculars relative to the battle at Rossova
tbe 2d but if it really took place. it must have
bppn the result OF a combined movement. as both
Gen Chruieff and Cen Eengehardt are said to
have shared in it. The former commands in Wal
acba, to the north of kalarasch. and the latter.
has already been related, was the victor at Hir-
sova.
AT Bucharest it is considered very singular that
mn official mention has been made of the five days
hattie at Tultscba. from the 23d TO the 9th. On
4he 25th. Gen. Utschakof1 almost despaired of be-
inO able TO ia ke the place without regular siege,
and this led to the report of his having been OBJ
iged to retire to the opposite bank of the river.
The correspondent of the Wanderer writes that
after the Russians the 23d had succeeded IN
getting possession OF battery, latter loss gilmore
than I.jOOn the Turks. to the number OF ? 600,
retired into the citadel, which they maintained
until the afternoon of The 9th. During the five
davs the Turks made seven sallies and inflicted
on the Russians loss o. 5000 men.
The accounts relative to the fete of the citadel
and its brave garrison vary much. There are
three reports il circulation; 1st, the garrison sur
rendered. ID. tie Turks set the place on fire and
endeavored to escape during the confusion; Sd, the
fort was blown up by the Turks. The Bucharest
writer adds: Something dreadful must havsoc-
cured for the Russians are as silent on the sub
iect as they are about their discomitures on the
rllL Il o4n ~,
lst the Russians opened heavy fire on the Turk
ish strand batteries between Rossova and Slistria
and it is possible enough that the violent cannon
ade led to the prevalent report of battle having
been fought at Rassova, in which the Russians
were defeated
On the 3Ist, according to correspondence from
Bucharest, Gen. Duders stood with the right wing
Ohs corps before TSchernawoda, his left before
karassa, in front of Traian's Wall. At the same
time brigade of Gen. Osten Sacken's CORPS was
about to enter Kustendie and so complete the line
Of occupation from the Danube to the Black Sea.
It was said at Bucharest that the Turks at Kus-
tendie could not reckon on the help of the allied
fleets because the port was too shallow to admit
Of anything larger than boat. The Russian gun
boat fotIlla had passed up the Danube beyond
HIrsova, and was near Tschernawoda on the 29th
ult
direct communication between the Dobrud-
scha, below Hirsova and Walachia has been Sc
cured by means of pontoon bridge across the
Danube Six Turkish transport ships, which were
Stationed in the St. Georges canal, and managed
70 escape from the Russians have reached Rus
tendie, From Kalarasch it is stated that 10000
men and 131 guns are preparing to attack Slistria
Gen. Schider was on the spot directing the oper-
atoms. The heavy siege guns and the rocket bat
teHes had arrived. The garrison of Silistria is
stated to be 10000, including two egyptian regi-
ments
The Turkish corps at the command Of Musta-
na Pasha. who at the last dates stood at Karassa
consisted of $4,000 or $4,000 men.
The garrison of Kalafat, according to intelligence
Which has reached Vienna, made a sally on the
5Oth ult. 10000 foot. 1000 horse and 60 guns
advanced against the Russians, who were posted
IN force at Skripetz. After a sanguinary engage
ment which lasted four hours. the latter were
outed and pursued for considerable distance
The loss of the Turks is estimated at 200. and
mat OF their adversares at GOO men, From the
18th OF March up to tie ID of April. there We're
engagements of greater or less severity.
surgeon who is with the Russian army in
WaIlachia, writes that the preparations for feed
ing and doctoring the soldiers upon a scale un-
Known in previous Russian campaigns. Provis-
ions are accumnlating as if the men were going to
march into desert. The chimneys smoke day
ilNht Will tue pdhltlp OIL DlSCVlIS. lie
Slaughter of cattle at Tbrail and Galatz Is inces-
SAINT This witness mentions the left wing CT the
russian army as consisting of $1,000 men. refer
ing doubtless, to the corps at Kalarasch and in
lie Dobrudscha. He incidentally mentions that
me hospitals are all crowded. large proportion
OIL Their tenants being wounded.
At haarasch, where the Russians are prepar-
ing to cross into Bulgaria. the Turks succeeded,
On the lst inst, in totally destroying whole
vilase equlpage which the Russians had brought
Tp Tp 70 throw across the Danube A letter from
pcnarest of the 4th states that the contest which
mas mas been going on near kalarasch ever since the
<otn was not then decided Omar Pasha has set
ou' from Ollistria to Rassova. whence he would
80 on to Irajan's Wall, in order TO conduct the
gT?eratlons against the Russians in person. The
o iu'Es, n at the date named. had still garrsons in
BIO poorndScha, and were stationed at Kustendje,
-'LdSa' hostelli, Karass and Bogkasko.
"a t1@arla aud PJ1tsSid.-It is stated on reliable
S"Oorty from Berlin, that the secret convention
,-S. concluded by the Austrian and Prussian Co.
to. tGehtS at Berlin, guarantees in effect the in
silly OF Russia more decidedly than the proto-