New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-30
DAILY CRESCENT,
From the London Times, May4.
The Reported Turkish Victory In the
Dobrudsclaa,


in Bucharest But several collateral circum
stances tend to strengthen our belief in thi
statement. and we hope that it will soon b.
more fully confirmed, The French Government
pu olished three days ago, in the .Moniteur, al
otflclal statement that battle had been foupbt
vt Czernavoda, in which the Russians were de
teated, ana we presume that this intelligence
winch mas not been subsequently contradicted
va transmitted 70 Parls by the consular agents
OF France nearest to the scene Of action. me
report is now stated to come from Bucharest
winch IS the headquarters Of a large portion d
the russian army, and it is obvious that state
ments unfayorabae to the arms of Russia are
\ very slowly and reluctantly communicated ia
Europe through the Russian posts But, lastly,
we had already observed on more than one
occasion that the division of the Russian army
uhaer GENERAL Lnders, which had crossed the
Danube into the Dobrudscha on the 24tb az
March, must be considered to be in n critical II
not precautions, position. We cannot estimate
the force Of this corps at more than IA 900 men
at the moment Of the passage of the Danube
opposite Galatz, Isaktcha and Tultscba. and
that number has probably been reduced by tina
resistance OF the Turks on certain points. and
still more by the difficulty Of subsistence and
the unhealthiness Of the climate. L.
me russians have three bridges at the place
where they crossed, but which are tifty miies in
their rear; ON their left they have the Black
sea. occupied by the fleets of the allied powers !:
on their right they have the Danube, which ii
3 would not pc easy for them to cross between
/ hlrsoya and SiIistria; and in front thew have
the main body of the Turkish army in Bulgaria.
opposed to what is. fact, only the left wing Of
the Russian forces. Under these circumstances.
II Omar Pasha has been able to collect a body
OF troops at all equal to the number mentioned
by the Geographic despatch as 10000 men. he
may have attacked the Russian division with
considerable advantage. The Danube is too
wide IN that part of its course for the Russians
TO have received any support from their COM
fades on the opposite bank, who are concen.
trated opposite Silistria. Gen. Luders' wing of
The army was, IN fact, cut off by the river, and
the intention Of the movement he had been in
struoted to make by the Dobruscha was eyi-
IDENTIFY to menace Silistria from the east, while
Z the centre OF the Russian army effected it's pas
y NSge and attacked the fortress in front The
E Mrse of the Danube from Silstria to the con-
.dence of the Sereth lies between banks so ex-
trelaely low and marshy that the bed of the
river Is inordinately wide, and no military
movements can take place on the shore.
But the same causes which would inherent
the communications of the Russian army in this
Il part OF the country might prove most disastrous
IN the event Of reverse; and, if it be true that
h Omar Pasha succeeded in turning the Russian
Il position on the east, so as to threaten its only
line OF operations or connection with its base it
~ may readily be conceived that the consequences
Il Of any retreat would be calamitous. Indeed, a
division placed in the position which General
Luder seems to have occupied, and opposed by
an army OF really superior strength, ought either
fo be annihilated, or compelled to lay down its
$Ssarms This danger will be enormously increased
lf, as the telegraph informs US, the combined
Fleets have bombarded the forts which protect
the mouth of the Danube, and are, we trust,
prepared to force passage and maintain q COM
Fss1nand over the lower portion Of The river We
sSnust remember, however, that we are here
relying much upon the Turkish forces, and that
Ne are very imperfectly informed, both as to
1fhelr numbers and their efficiency. The last
accounts n hieh have reachde us on these points
ere rather unfavorable, and we are quite unable
TO determine, from the facts previously before
ns, whether Omar Pasha really had the means
90 conducting with success the very important
h operation he is now said to have undertaken
And accomplished.
Another account received by the German
papers states that three Russian columns were
SAeieated by the Turks with great loss near
H&zernayoda; but, that on the arrival of rein
agreements, the Turks themselves were compelled
10 retreat. However this may be, the English
&nd French troops, which had reached Constan-
&lnople on or before the 10th Of April, are at a
INSTANCE of little more than twenty tours from
Inc scene OF these operations; for Varna is only
no marine miles from the Bosphorus, and the
Aeets will enable our forces to act upon the
coast, as may be deemed most convenient.
bile, however, the Russians have Withdrawn
her right wing from Little Wallachia, out of
Injected complaisance to Austria, and have en-
aged their extreme left, perhaps imprudently,
~ the Dobrudseha, it is evident that prepara-
&tlons are being made on grand scale for the
passage of the main body, or centre of the army
between Nicopolis and Silistria. The principal
&ttention of Prince Paskiewitsch and Prince
Eortsehakof is directed on that portion of the
#&ne and they have judiciously contracted the
$s4 treme length Of their operations parallel to
nc Danube, SO as to bring the front Of their
Fiay to face the strongest part of the Turkish
5ppsition
The great difficulty the Turks have to encoun-
ter is IN the number and extent of the places to
Re garrlsoned and defended along so vast a line.
4ore or less open to attack; but we learn that
considerable detachments are now falling down
ne stream of the Danube, from Kalafat and
iddin, to Rustchuk, the storm having passed
yer without breaking on the extreme west of
ne ottoman dominions. Whether the accounts
~ have received of this reputed victory in the
fpnfudscha be confirmed or not, the next few
says will probably throw considerable light on
@e plan OF the Russian campaign, and the ex-
Nnt to which Prince Paskiewitsch ia instructed
carry his operations If, as we suppose, he
about to take decisive steps to open the cam
Rlgn to the south eff the Danube, and to invest
VINE, at least, of the great fortified places before
ca, no doubt can any longer be entertained,
Een BY the German Courts, of the intentions
the Russian Government Those intentions,
announced to the world by the last imperial
*silfesto, amount to a crusade against the inf
and the Gar appears to include France
England under that denomination. But
IN documents as this give an effectual answer
.he delusion that Russia is still seeking an
n@orable compromise; and, at Vienna, if not
nerhn, the real policy of the Cabinet of ST.
srsburg is fully understood.
learn with pleasure that nothing could be
@sfe straightforward and satisfactory than the
unications made to the Duke of Cambridge
Nn eS the Emperor Of Austria in person and BY
most eminent and experienced servants Of
IA s&plre; and that, as the moment approaches
yHM WIS decided action, stronger proofs are
Mca ny Austria Of her resolution to support
Independence of Turkey from invasion, and
Ss10an IN the policy Of the Western Powers,