Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-04-15
Foreign News.

occureu yeI, everything shows the most
active preparation for long and bloody
war. Near Kalefa,. skrmishes almost
constantly occur. 1t will be remembered
that this city is beseigcd on one side by
Gortschokoll's army. No attempt has
yet been made upon the town; and. as
indicative of change in the policy of the
Russ ian, it may be mentioned that thew
are now ordered on the defensive. They
are just becoming aware of the power
and resources of the enemy they hoped
TO easily conquer, and begin TO fear for
their own strength. Omar Pasha, it is
reported. is very uneasy at The commands
of his superiors, all Of which are SUD.
roSed TO be given at the insliga,ion of
Lord Radcliffe. the English Minister at
Constantinople. If he were unfettered,
it is supposed there would be an immedi.
ate sortie made from Kalefat upon the
forces Of Gortschakof.
As the details OF news are interesting.
we give such as will post up our readers
in the present state of the armies and
their proposed movements
1t is generally known that the Turkish
troops now in the Bulgarian pcrts and for
tresses nn the Black Sea will march TO
Shnm'a in the month of April, in order to
make room for the Anglo French auxil-
iaries, who, on their arrival, will assem>
Bile somewhere near to Constantinople,
and repose for time from the fa,igues of
their voyage. None of the auxiliary
troops will be sent 10 the Danube. but the
reserve division of the French under
Gen. Forez will, perhaps, be posted in
Ronmeia to the south of the Balkan.
strongly entrenched camp is being
formed at Fokshany. Marshal St. Ar.
naud's quartermastar and eight other
French and English officers are at Shum-
la. Omar Pasla removed his headouar-
ters from Shumla to Rutschuk on the 9th
of March.
There are several Americans in camp.
An English letter-writer says:
"7he Turkish camp is perfect Babel
of tongues. To almost all the dif1eren.
races of Europe, Asia and Africa must
now be added Americans. Like all the
auxiliaries of the Porte, the men from
the Far West say that they have come
with rife, revolver and bowie>knife, to
defend the cause of civilization and hu.
maniIy against Russia
Lord Raglan was expected to arrive at
Constantinople about the first of April so
as to coincide as nearly as possible with
the arrival of Marshal St. Arnaud,
4 council extraordinary whose duty it
is to provide for the wants of the Turk
ish army and their auxiIiaries, has been
appointed. 1t is composed of the Pashas
Redschid, Mehemed Ali, ,Mehemed Roush.
di, Rifaat, Ria and Achmet Feth.
In Constaninople new corps of 90
600 men is to be formed under the name
of the new Imperial Guard. The latest
news from Egypt is, that in short time
another corps of 10000 infantry and
5000 horse will be placed at the disposal
Of the Sultan. Omer Pasla, in order to
teach more humanity to his irregular
troops, has offered a reward for every
Russian prisoner brought in alive.
Letters from Bucharest, Galatz and
Odessa. state that from the Crimea and
Little Wallachia the Russians appear to
be preparing to defsnd and for'fy their
positions rather than to make any for
ward moveme mt. Fresh troops have been
sent to the Crimea, the defence of which
is intrusted to Gen. Ermentoff. Kafa |
has been fortified, and the mountain pass
es on Taurida have been rendered more
difficult and also occupied. AT Oddessa.
the maritime entrance of which is closed |
with chains like that of Sebastopol,
camp has been formed, and batteries have
been established on the islhmus. BattaI-
ions Of infantry have also been stationed
at intervals along the coast bet ween the
Bug and the Dniester.
AT Galatz, Gen. Scholars, chief the
corps of engineers, was on the 9Th inst,
experimenting in person the forifcations
in course of construction there. The
works are carried on with great activity,
md efforts are making to have them ccm
pleled by the arrival of Prince Paskie.
witch and the Hereditary Grand Duke,
who are expected in April. AT Kalar.
asch fortified camp has been formed, and
barracks are also building there Egh>
teen guns have been planted on the left
bank of the ford, and the Regiments of
The Prince of Warsaw and Prince Wos.
nosensky have reinforced the troops pre-
viousIy concentrated there. On the 3rd
of March, General CuleG, who commands
at Kalarasch, received instructions from
Bucharest on no account to abandon his
defensive position, except momenlarily,
in order to hinder the occupation of the
neighboring island by The Turks. The
lsrge relnlorcements just sent by the
Turks to Kalefal have caused considerable
excitement at Bucharest; it is inferred
from that movement that the English and
French troops are about to occupy the
right bank, and that the Turks are about
10 advance in force from Kalefa, and drive
he Russians eastward out of Wallachia.
It was even rumored at Bucharest on the