New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-28

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Le of Tt Black SEA &c ni' Russian vessels no.
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TIE OPERATIONS IN ASIA.
'o''' - KAfs saturday. Dec. 10. 1853.
Returning on the eth Of November from the bitle-
feId near Gumr which had VISITED in company Of SOM
Of our officer it 10 ny mind that might a. wen
trv whether INV letter. would hs agreeaJe To- YOU hnnS
them only such events a. myself have been present
at O. in commune etng to you what la bee coma mel 20
ne ~ European officers who serving on the stan oil our
cite. commander therefore being always near MS
reison ere the bet position for giving me iru.t"prhy
,qf The description Of the fight near Cant, wae1 you
n find In my letter u translation from part oil
Jour al Of II these gentlemen A. an npIl'Ia
udcn must add tits desc ipiion IN WINCH ti,usa
reIfeo1y correct il lie e-r of fact parts ny ef
Aat tried TO our general too cautions
he had lii to make the bet OF "ar position anu VF
victory, he would have been able to cut III he enemy
retreat 10 tie fortress and 80 ~ annhlate Us army 'he
next morning on the Geld. The enemy SEE n; 10
have been tfraic Of sor-cling Ike II neavre, as
he mained after Sof firing had ceased the whole night
in touae u. The spot ard retired the next morning IN 81 n
aHff 10 the tho hc ei ali las dead men ON the
So As personally am attached to the corps arm {
ac stands under the immediate orders OF our Field
Marshal cannot give YOU details the other pats Of
90! alny exec, from heaTsdy
rcd Marshtl ), lin Pasha the irs; OF Generals
i snier d. after the lie ltrdtOn of INTO
re Russian iIoniiers starting from B"Um He gained
CIei. tedil email Russian fortress, battle, by
which lie eheny il raid To- have los; more than Loo men,
took tie iOrCs, with eighteea guns anu great deal
Of muIon
From Btyazd tie Brigade Selm Pasha passed the
Russian frontier marching against Eivan. bur until nov
nothing Of Importance has cone 10 my knowledge as 10
this expedition.
From Aldahan lieutenant General Ali Pasha mar he'd
agaust AL Lazieh ard op, 10 dav arrived OF
hon llf,r trfr4 ..ln~
give you this news at the end OF my letter
From ksr where commander had hls headquarters,
NCiy lasLa was sent to obsorve with email body the
Arashy, Ia river that form the Russian frontier IN
tits Iur OF the country fortnight after his departure
Liouleuan-General Ahmed rasha followed hin with the
greater part Of amy. IL thl- expedition hdt
an stlc TO give you deIa in making OF my above
mentioned friends permission t. communicate part OF
hi. ,SprnaL il rus a. follows =, .-.--..,.-,.-.
Nov l2Io Gay, ht clock VI our IRE GUAR troops
passed the Kussisn frontier formed b. the smell ver
iftshy between the villages of Bash Sharoel On the Turk
i-h aud PshaBP the Rgss IN sd They we're attacked
By tosGoks cstcd Patandir but pushed them eacA
far Rare kleese village suate quite near the for
uess with loss If 10 men, rom ~ te - horses and
brgetge Our vanguard stands b. fore Nara kleese
went TecoDuoiter the PLAIN extending toward.
he fortress md kara kleee. This village Is occupied by
the enemy lie 10 have at hi disposal division
two brs es beside the that occupy the fortress
lie il continually harassed by our irregular cavalry
"NesO mind the iluudering OF the villages that have
been aba doned by the inhabitants but the people should
and gD hope by and by trust more To cur humani and
not leave Their houses those that have done have been
provided with flag have been put under IT. protection
and irregular troop have eiv street orders TO pay
for e-erytling they take in these villages Inc cutting
of Of heads also, the old barbarous custom Of Mosem
warfare has been severely forbidden to rreg uar
troos there occasion such order with regard
to regular troops, who, By their good nature and
humanity, may be- even compared to the Engli-h army
Some Russian prisoners have been treated by express
order # commanders, with every possible regard
We thus getting more and more near the European
woy of warfare, European tactics this time Will be
displayed upon AsiStc bat.efeds. wei armed aud
wei disciplined army stands here opposite To the Russian
forces and doubt very mach whether Russia this time
' will celebrate suCcesscs like those Of 1879.
Nov. I3.-lowards clock L VI we observed that
sIOrg bodies If the enemy sayiug forth from the
frre,s by tn, dtfle OF Kara kleese Here doubt
the enemy must have been considerably reinforced from
1iis his army now coming up IN order OF battle
a. aust tie NGge Of Pahandir where troops wes
cjmltd. A soon a. We perceived the enemy columns
ann! stood to her arms aud took position by forming
il III CT battle
the oIemys center there were three batteries of
pound guns each wing had one battery Of the same sized
guns | must here call your attention 20 a fact have
obferved constantly since fret met Russian troops in the
fd-yz: that the Russian field bate rics OF lar
sile than those of the Austrian Hungarag armies
duri1g the whole hungarian largest field guns
u FOUNDERS, while the Russians had IN the fight an
describing, only 10 pound rs Onher extreme ri ht wing
besides these siX puks Of COssaChs ing towards
the quarantine station These latter 10 have served
double purpose. The enemy undoubtedly afraid
Of being of from tie forress-a nan9uyre that,
cOrGng e. my opinion easily could have been cutd il
lender from the beginning had put that jnften in
Their troops fully jUshtd by their subsequent conduct.
Lieutenant &c neral BbutOh the chief commander Of the
I fortress, commanded in person.
"Our three and hall batteries had been divided among
the center and the lett wing which last moreover,
covered by irregular cavalry the right wing, which
covered by two cavalry regiments guns al all
In center stood Ahmed Pasha the President OF the
7 Council Of War our right wing was commanded by
hustaIha our left by Nola Pasha Our position ia
by small hills, of which Pahan .ir !. sit
uaied but this advantage made the of be
instead Of forming batteries OF artillery there,
infantry took position them while guns the plain
had aVorable ground ~ all for action. We only
TO the bad Russian artillery that our losses have not been
considerable
towards 81 o clock p NJ the conflict began in the
plain between Gumi and Pahandir The left sde OF the
An ashy. on which our left wing rested Tn enemy
menced his fire by his pundes aud )ccasOned by some
well aimed shots great disorder among our irregular
could they be rallied but at the end Of the fight.
% II the meant me position had been taken our side
and lie elect OF the fire OF our guns had been to put into
disorder the nomy irregular troops that ID been stand
ing on III, right wing they retired towards Gumri, but
were rallied a. ain by their regular troops.
AT o'clock the fight. which b. the by was going
Only between rcspe arleres az lis hight and
very lively. Tie eject OF guns easily 20 be- Oh
served 10y field telescop and the Of cannoniers
and tIeinmen was highly commendable. The perfection
OF this weapon with the great prediction OF for
IT, usfes in heeIning war, expectations OF great results
The right and LETT wing of the enemy were alternately re-
cedng hc center where most likely their best men had
taken their position stood fast. Our line yaacny
continually, and followed batteries which were slowly
moving on. The enemy had evidently the intention Of
bringing by his movement his right side AMI back
ward by and by under the batteries the fortress The
cautious conduct of commander in pushing on oar
mitLN OF cavalry was in the present case, according to
ny opinion Wen judged the regular Turks troops which
b,iic never faced regular enemy and partly the
'ett' al ccuo OF old experienced European soldiers
would not haze been easily rallied iH the the ht
Al cot k, shortly after sunset the enemy, frt be
gan 10 diir b. but srt ~ had also finished it, IN
muniion wien The G. neral commanding, arriving fon
hGrs. aple,red with fresh forces on the battlefield
caviar! regiment with two guns OF flying artillery from