Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-26
onara,inns ON the Danube

The following article from the London Times
gives clearer account than any yet presented IN
the London papers Of the operations ON the Dan
ube and the present position Of the hostile par
ties. II is founded upon the reported repuise Of
| Gen. Luders by 0mer Pacha at Czernavodn.
We cannot estimate the force OF Gen. LADDERS
at more than 1900 men at the moment OF the
passage of the Danube opposite Gaaiz lsaktcha'
/ and Tutseha. and that number has probably oeeh
reduced By the resistance Of the Turks on certain
points. and still more by the difficulty OF suos,s
| tenee and the unhealthiness ofthe climate lbe
Russians have three brigades at the place where
they eros sed but which - miles in their rear
on their left they have the Black Sea, occupied
by the fleets of the allied powers:on the right they
have the Danube, which IL would not be easy Tor
them to cross between llirsova aud ellistfla aud
in front they have the main body of the Turkish
army in Bulgaria, opposed TO what Is, IN TACT on
w the left wing of the Russian forces Under
these circninstancos If Omer Pacha has been a
BILE to collect body Of troops at all equal to the
number mentioned in the Geographic despatch as
10000 men. he may have attacked the Russian
division with considerable advantage. The Dan
ube Is too wide in that part ot its course Tor the
Russians to have received any support from their
comrades on the opposite bank, who are eoneen-
tratod opposite sstria. General lsnders wing
of the army was in fact, cut off by the river, and
the intention Of the movement he had been IN
struoted 10 make by the Dobrudscha was evident
" 10 menace silistria from the east, while the
centre Of the Russian army effected It's passage
aud attacked the fortress IN front. The course
OF the Danube from Silistria TO the confluence of
the sercth lies between banks so extremely low
and marshy that the bed ofthe river i nordinaie-
" wideand no military movements can take place
on the shore.
Another account received by the German pa
pors state that three Russian columns were de-
.feated by the Turks, with great loss near Ger
navoda but that on the arrival Of reintoreements,
the Turks themselves were compelled To retreat.
However this may be. the English and French
troops which had reached Constantinople on or
before the 10th April, are at distance OF little
more than u hours from the scene of these oper-
atoms. for Narna is only li5 miles from the Dos
phorous and the fleets will enable our forces 10
act upon the coast may seem most expedient.
While however. the Russians have withdrawn
their right wing from Little Wallachia, out of af
fecte1 compnisnnce 10 Austria,and have engaged
their extreme left perhaps imprudently, IN the
Dohrndseha, il Is evident that preparations arc
being made on n grand scale for the passage 81
the main body or centre of the army between
Nicopolis md Sstria, Tho principal attention
of Prince Paskiewit-ch and Prince Gortschakotf
Is directed on that portion of the line, and they
have indioiously contracted the extreme length Of
their operations parallel 10 the Danube, as 10
bring the front ofther army 10 face the strongest
part Of the Turkish position