New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
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y LONDON, Friday. June 20. 1854.


...s i most remarkable Ii was in the last days OF
N.rch th,t Gen. LADDERS CROSSED the Danube and
oc.,,sd the little forts Of Isaktsha, Ms;chin and
Tutsch. and advanced TO the wall Of TrAan, without
meeting with great resissnce. Still he had TO remhs
IN The DObrcd,, for full six weeks, not being strong
enough to encounter Oruer Pssha's army, eneamPed
at that time the nights OF BassarcJk Inc ior' "
Hirsova was likewise taken BY the Russians Ia Apf'l
but Rassovs though nearly destroyed BY Russian
shells held out. silistra was bombarded from aeross
the Danube for about three weeks. and the Danube
islands also occupied BY the Russians. The rising OF
the river delayed the operations but at last, in the
beginning of May, LADDERS could advance aud invest
The fortress by land. The siege commenced on the
18th. when the communication with Shumla was
interrupted The first attack of the Russians having
heen repulsed Gen. Schilders began his mining
opera:iops On the 18th the first great assault was
attempted BY the beseging array, when Gen. Selvsn
WAS killed. Count OrlolT mortay and Gen, PopoG
SLIGHTLY. wounded On the 29th new attack. Was
made without success On the 2nd Of June 1t was
sasin renewed and Mussa Pssha killed by an ex-
pludnc grenade but the Russians were repulsed On
| the 9th Prince Psshkewtch was wounded 10 'Ac
trenches bv spent ball: on the 18th furious attack
was again made. under the orders of Gen. Schilders
and Prince Gorchalof, but it unsuccessful; Gen
Bsumparten was wounded aud Schilders had his leg
carried of by Turkish cannon ball On the 10th tho
Russian Generals maddened by their want Of success
once more stormed the fortress, but the Turks, re-
enforced on the 18th by the arrival OF fresh t'oops
from Slumla. made sally, destroyed the Russian
works and took even one of the Danube sless. from
whence battering train of the Russians had annoyed
the besieged garrison. The Generals, Gcrehakon
ChrulefT and Ldders, are said to be among the
wounded The Russisn loss was enormous. On the
10th the siege was raised.
This heroic resistance Of the Turks, unassisted as
they were by the allied troops, is severe blow to the
prestige of the Russian arms From the first begin
ningoi the campaign the lcgons of Car Nicholas have
been continually defeated The days Of Oltentza Of
Tshetate Redovan and Karakal proved sufficiently the
efficiency Of the Turkish army and the victory Of Siis
tria must give them all that consciousness Of their
force which alone was wanted to make the army Of
the Sultan equal to the best of Europe. Tho
Car had in the first days of June sent word to Prince
Pashkiewitch that he did not wish to hear OF any
more details about the siege, but only of the capture
Of Sstrs, and the generals therefore led the Rus
sian troops themselves into the Gre-but in vain.
They had all to pay for their boldness. Prince Pash
wound, and Schders is in a dangerous state. IL 10
scarcely imaginable what the Car will do on hearing oil
such discontinue; he had already sent his Minister
OF War; Prince Dogoruki, 70 the Danube IN order 10
Get authentic information about the causes Of the want
Of success, wLchwas inexplicabe to him e''n oeforo
the 81, &c Of Sstria was raised what VIII he DO MOVE
not only seeing all his plans upon Turkey frustrated
but bis army which he had aylshed the treasures
of bis Empire, ANONYMOUSLY driven away IRON the
Danube by the despsed Turks!
The insurrection in Thessaly has not yet been en-
tirely suppressed IIad Petros refused to submit 70
the summons of King Otho well aware that the poor
booby was under personal restraint and has yet oVo
coo drschmas in the treasury Out Of the money sent
by the Gar for the nsurrecon.
In Asia Seim Pasha is at last taking the offensive
and is advancing from Fort Ussurgheti in the direc
ton of Kutas in order to turn the forts of Akhazk
and Gumr which still keep ia check the progress OF
the army Of Kars, re-organizcd by Generals Guyon
and Kmetty. But Shamyl is said to have occupied
the famous Caucasian Gates, the deiiles OF Darrell,
leading from Mosdok to Tilis, and to have by
this move cut of the Russian army from Its
line of retreat and interrupted all its communca-
tons lie is now advancing upon Tfis, and unless tho
Russians are able to disperse his Ccasslan forces In
desperate pitched battle, they must lay down their
arms prisoners to the mountaneers. TrapscaucasiS
is already lost for Gar Nicolas unexpected VIC
tory can only the retreat Of the Russian army
IL indeed is true that the Gates Of the Couessss are
IN the kands of Shamyi. The accounts are that the
earrsons Of the evacuated Russian fortrcsses on the
Black Sea advanced by the Darrell pass In the direc-
ton of Tinis and Gumr 49, 900 strong; that in the
defe the, were attacked and destroyed by Emn Bey.
the second in command to Shamyl. Still this news
cannot be correct since tho garrsons OF some Of the
Black Sea forts were carried by sea to Anapa and
Sevastopol and those of Redut Kaleb Ussurgheh and
Po do not have to the Caucasus on their way 70
Ihis All the Russian forts on the Black Sea arc
beyond the Caucasus on the southeastern slope ana
therefore the Pass of Darrell the Caucasis Gates, Is
in their rear they have to use that pass in marching
back by Mosdok to Russia, and not In going to
Tifs You see there is considerable reason for not
believing the statement.
The convention which gives the Protectorate Of
MoIdo. wallachia and the right Of occupying tho
Princpalties to the Austrians, was signed at Coz
stan.inople on the I4th inst. Kossuth's speeches
have sufficiently characterized this new treachefy OF
the Anglo-French allies of Turkey. Austria, In or
der to restore her finances, is resorng TO iorced
loan Of 200 900 horns. Its still uncertain whctner
Gar Nicholas is to 90 in person to the Prussan from
tiers to Sc, his the King Of Prussia
but confd ,ntial communications are exchanged con-
tipually tetween item aboas the terms OF possible
treaty tstween the begsrents. The Car insists
upon ths withdrawal of the allied troops and nee"'
and ursn the status quo. OF course such conditions