Washington sentinel., 1854-02-28
coming home from the West Indies, with Sir

i All correspondence on business must be prepaid
coming home from the West Indies, with Sir
Charles Napier for his second. The gallant
and noble Earl Dundonald (as young in habits
| as any fag-ofhcer on the hst) is also looked
upon as likely to be employed Sir George
Seymour is younger, we believe. than Sir
Charles Napier, although senior to him in rank.
He is one Of the most active and experienced
officers in the list, and is as gallant and dash
ing as he is "discreet" Sir Charles, we fear, is
too old for second, and is surely not the man
for first. All his own arguments in the house
of commons, against employing officers at his
time of life, tell with peculiar force against HIM.
SELF The Earl of Dundonald is wonderfully
young for his years but Sir Charles Napier
feels the weight of every hour that he has lived
We must confess that we would rather see one
admiral and two commodores, than worn-out
chief and two aged juniors.
London Morning Herald, 7h.
The misunderstanding to advices from
Giurgevo Of the 23d ultimo, the waters of the
Danube were rising considerably. The country
adjacent to the banks is mostly overtowed.
The islands near Giurgevo, Oltenitza, and Sir
tow which hitherto formed basis of opera
tions for the Ottoman troops crossing the river,
are quite inundated at present
Advices from Krajova of the 25th, state that
General Dannenberg is dangerously i'll.
Letters from Bucharest, of the oath, relate
that the billeting Of more troops from Bessa-
rabia has been announced. 1t thaws constant
ly, and the movements of troops proceed slowly;
with pieces of artillery of heavy calibre three
times the usual number of horses is needed to
drag them through the mire. The latest ad-
vices from the scene of action contradict the
report of the Turks having occupied Oltenitza.
We borrow from the Ost Deiasche Post the
following from Kraiova, of the 25th instant:
"Since the arrival Of General Schilder re-
trograde movement of the Russian forces In
Wallachia has been observed. Preparations
are being made to transfer the headquarters
from Radovan to Statina, and engineers have
appeared at the latter place to mark out new
camp Prince Gortschakoff came from Rado-
van to Krajova for the express purpose OF
holding conference with General Shilder, the
commissioners extraordinary of the czag. Since
the battle Of Citate the Turks seem inclined to
| take up the offensive upon all fortified points
of the Danube, whilst the Russians, probably
awaiting fresh reinforcements, have taken up
rather defensive position. 1t is reported that
1900 Turks crossed the Danube near Radova;
but, Russian reinforcements having arrived,
they returned to their former position"
The Soldaten Freund has the following in
teresting report:
"Pripce Gortschakoff, on the 23d of january,
inspected the basis Of operation on which the
outposts of the Russian corps now investing
the position Of Kalafat rest. The general who
commands this corps, Count Anrep, is very
well acquainted with the Notifications OF tins
strong position, as he is also with the Turkish
means of maintaining it. Those points only
have now to be fixed on which the batteries OF
heavy ordnance are to be raised. The order
| to close up in narrower semicircle had not as
| vet been issued to the Russian troops, as the
condition of the soil at the present season of
the year is such as to offer almost insuperable
obstacles to active operations. The Russian
| corps Of investment consists of the six infantry
| regiments, Tobolsk, Ekatherinenberg, Jakutsh,
4 Ochotsk, Aschoff, and Aleschky; and OF the
six chasseur regiments, Ukraine, Odessa, Selen-
| ginsk, Kamtschatka, Komsk, and kolywan.
! To each regiment Of chasseurs the correspond
| ing batteries and some troops OF Cossacks are
attached, on the road from Radovan to Bale
schti, where tie park of artillery is now placed,
waiting the storm. At present two hussar and
two dragoon regiments are stationed there, be-
sides some detachments OF sappers and pio-
neers. The reserves are stationed in those
localities in which the hospitals have been
opened, but which are now filed to repletion
with the sick and invalids. Omer Pasha has
proved of late that, with the army fthe Danube
spread over an extent OF country Fifty miles
(German) in length, and broken up into small
columns, he cannot undertake any operations
on q grand scale; so that it appears, on the
whole, rather more calculated to afford relief to
the communicating chief than to be absolutely
essential that the army should be divided into
three independent corps of operation
"The corps on the right flank, whose head
quarters are at Karassu, on the line of Trajans
wall, will be commanded by Abdul Hall Pasha;
and that of the centre by Mustapha Pasha,
whose headquarters will be at Sistowa; whilst
Sami Pahsa is at the head of the third corps,
whose headquarters are at Florentin, on the
frontiers of Servia. 1t may be interesting to
mention that the Servian troops are also as
sembling on the Danube, under the command
of General Knicanin, at Semendria, and also
at Pozarevac. The Servian Prince Alexander
promises, in proclamation to the people, to
enter into some further explanations as to the
object Of this assemblage of active forces. 1t
is worth while also to mention the formation of
a corps Of Wallachian and Moldavian volun-
teers, under Russian military supervision and
the more so, as Prince Milosch Obrenowitch,
that mortal enemy of the Turks, has pledged
himself to raise similar volunteer corps of
South Slavonians. 1t is for this reason that
Osmer Pasha is now concentrating his entire
attention upon Sofa and Novipazar whittier
considerable reinforcements are at this moment
being brought up from Schumla and Adriano-
pie; and the people are now beginning clearly
to apprehend that the struggle will take place,
and the battle be fought within that circle, and
in the very heart of European Turkey"
Chronicle, III.
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