New-York daily tribune., 1854-04-28
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, APRIL % 1854
,,d b, which their line of re+re,t form-rl,

ward their left BY which their line OF retre, formerly
IN the direction of the prolongatoo o tina, front, IS
now plsoed perpeDdieularly behind II. ISo "on'n'
eco Omer Pasha could nave Gus oh their re'rei' .!
mer.ly passing the Danube at anJ point between ous
tris ana H,r.ova; bat now shat cannot he done ex'
cept perhaps, By l.rdiog troops near she mouth oil
H., Du.-er md it is in sai- that the great AVIAN
,see Of the movements les-sn sdyau'a-e Dos even
balanced by the r.x encountered b! placing the corps
in The Dobrodis in al obiosg r.ctangle one side oi
which closed by The strong position Of the ens n.y.
another by the .ea and the orher two BY the two
bends Of the Da6ute wi 10 more tnan three bridges
FOR comn uIicsion, recDiorcemen's or re'reN
But tere eIds he ad7sOtige gained by the ka's'sns
They have obtsihed position from which they cin re-
treat, but nos one from which they can advance Be
fore them from Oifeaiizs to Cternsvods is the Dia-
ube pss.sble ut a few points only aud those points
defeI6ed either by stroeg batteries on Commanding
shore or as a. sil,tra. b! regular fortress Fur
tier op from CherDaVoda t the sra are tie lakes s6d
uora,ses Of Ksrssu the Wall OF I.sjrD, ,rehted i'r
deferse On the points OF passage the fortress OF ha-
teuoie AID hs allied fleets on their firk IN the s;k
Sea BeyoId the Dapute, As well as beyond rrJ,ns
Wall stretches comparatively barren country, GEN
eray of bigb ground iniersected 10 every direction
by PREDICTIONS ravnes formed by numerous rivers
none of which are brdged over rns coun,r! is cer-
.ply rot ion passabe for al army but oD, De ira
versed by force which nay safely expect TO fin good
position. weak enemy and plenty of posisions and
forage on the other side. Bat here just the reverse u
the case If the Russians advance from Trs ans Vail
snd from Olienitza or Turtuks toward Bazard'hik
and Rai grad they leave troops behind the TO
blockade s.Iia and to Observe Rns'shuk Thus
weakened they pass the difficult country 10 Rssgrad
ard Bazsrdsbik ana where do they arrive Why. 'e-
fore the first advanced range Of the Balkan which runs
right across their line of operations. and which must
be passed in detached corps on different and diverg
ipg roads Supporting this 70 be attempted, their d.
yided corps rsk being beaten iD detail by cOncea
traed force emerging from SbuInla the retreat OF
which they cannot in any case cut oil Bat sdpposlns
even that they sOOnld overcome all these dih;utes
and should appear, say 100 OOJ men strong, in the
peighborbood OF Shumls AID Narba-what then
Shamla is a position wh:h not only can be held by
10000 men against 100000 but 10 which the smaller
force car not be ke p IN check by the la ger At tho
same time, it covers Varns, which on the other hank
i, covered by the allied fleets. And Varna
ard Stun,a form combined, lire far stronger
on the Adige for Field Marshal R4detzky, when
he was pressed on all sides by the Piedmont
ese and insurgent Italian troops. Moreover Shu MA
ard Vsrba have as their compliments Rastshuk and
Sileira both of which are situated in tne direction
of the epemy's hark, and which, weak as they may
appear in themselves, cannot successfully be attacked
as long the force Of the Turkish ARM ia cap
able of sally from Shumla in either direction. Both
furtresses are situated on the Danube Sllisrla 10
front OF the right center OF the present Russsn posi-
ton Rusishuk on its right flank They must be
bocLadeo oD the right bank OF the river that is TO
say the bOckadng force must take its station drec!
between the fnrtresses AID Shumla where according 10
all appearances Omer Pashs is concentrating the
bulk OF bis troops Any force blockadiog Russshak
and Ssira, must, therefore, De OF sufficient strength
to rtsis least twothrds Of the Turkish army con-
celtrated at Shuma with the garr,Ons of these tort
resses besides. Or the other ham, if the Russian
force advances by way of Bazardshk it mast also be
stIorg enough to resi.t twOrhlros OF the army OF
Shumla in open battle. Besides, troops must be de-
tached to blockade YarDa at least on the north SIDE
sud if possible on the south side also for unles;
Vhrna is bockaded it cannot be taken and unless it is
taken, the Russians csnpOt pass the Baken II, be-
side eli these requirements we take intO con dera
ton the detacbments necessary to keep up the CON-
muDication between the different corps on the long
line from Rustsbuk to Nsrns, and to secure the arr
vol of supplies thereis no DOUBT thatin order to make
successful advance upon Shumla and Varna, the two
decisive points of the defense of the eastern Bak
the Russians must have more than double the force
which the Turks can concentrate at Shumla
,ba Got ~ tha Turta hay act ad
very wisely The abandonment of the Dobroda is the
fret positive al undeuaole proof of good general'hp
on tie part of OGer Pasha The country and It's for
tresses are not worth holding. Instead of iucurrng
defeats ard losses of and material, the Turkish
General al once ordered lis troops to abandon all
points as soOn il could be done with safety for the
retreat of sl and to fall back on Trsans Wall. Thus
the Russians obtained easy apparent triumph, while
the Turks did them serious damage in the process and
gained their true position of defense before the enemy
could retaaie. The Turks have no gsrrisons except
in important places and where the msn army or the
fleets in the Black Sea can support them. Thus they
will be sbe to bring together at least $4,000 $4,000
men in case Of need, between Shuua and Varna. a
force which might be Increased by the speedy recall OF
some OF the troops that a political pane without any
real reason, sent 10 Kalafat And that the Russisns
should bring twice mary even mo-e men, across
the Danube ismpOs.ibe, at least during this caupsign
IN saying this We are supposng that they actually in
tend to carry forward a vigorous offensive and we
leave out of the sccount the arrival of the Anglo
French auxiliary troops whose presence would make
any passage of the Bslksn an act OF folly. We nave
considered the subject in this light because it is quite
as well TO know the real state of the present con