New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-29

sts The ryeF was 10 b. crSsed in ono po,n-ine ony
err ON The Lower Danube where, at thd tune ,s 80
,ioalt ,.sib,s 10 lay bTidgoa: Ssfunovo, sDoso
~; iro,,er ma sage was 10 be stiemped ee,~een ve
risrr ana Tarsuksi BY the corps which vas TO nse OILY
mia but this was not eee.ed and this eerps did nes o.
the Danube ti the Dobrcsa Was "a the hano' "' 'Ae
slams when il passed the river sf Hirseva
The principal srtressss requiring ssese we,s & 80
sihssra the right bank short way a'yss s h,ss ss
where the Danube turned uorhwssd ey tae ooer"~,
and begHs to run along its edge; asd lower aoss, ~
the le bank Irsi where the river turns "esswsfu -:
and tosdcrs the Debreda on the ncrih o y. ~. =.
places Ibral was the first invested May 1881 its t 80
cured the of the ay ss force and the Posss>Aoe %
the Dobrodja. Sisra next besieged put sss 10.
raised rom suiy n 70 NcysnSsr o1 The siege Of Ibr
occupied the 9Th corps The beet part Of month and e'
the c0rIe some 4 coo men.
While the siege OF Ibral was proceeling, the third
corps crossed the Danube without opposition al sstunovc
on June end Immediately mechcd scross the DchccjA
TO Tgsans Wal which the neck cf land be-
tween the Danube and the and divides the Dobrods
from Bulgnria. This msrsh cf siyty-ssyen mles took
fourteen aays At 1re sns We'll kartsa they halted, i
,be f az lhfei hal secured thers in the psbro}s.
IRE ,hira corrs then again ADV aucSa tue direction OF
Shrmr retnioscod IS il lfccee1ed a, Bsarssj1 BY The
seventh corps which was set .s oy nc il OF israi,
June II. Arrived az TIE iooi V 'hs hsAahs rs ePcfa-
tions become twoiold
/. one portioa Of il took up position in frent Of
Sluba and remsiaed there iii tie eaa e ne osapssa
occupying the Grand Niziers Grny out unsoc 70 iorvs
his lines end without any action OF consequence
p The other, assisted By the Black Sea teet bcseged
varrs the surrender OF which place closed 's N
ID
had resisted ~ days since the investment ana twenty
seven since the rst practicable bveaeh, and cost them
from 5CCo TO 1000 men. -. -.
the places az The mouth OF the Balkan passes between
Sch,aIs and the ser tprsrady k,~ladscis, bssarpsl
and of the road from the balkan to the baHaDe, tfoasn
The Dobrcdia But slistria, ssnkng tbs rod, wa sti
in the bands Of the Turks. Len
lhe sg equpisd u 'i'ese opc,s,ons was as 'on'"s'
June l., II A~rassagocs the Danube.
June s.--Ebral surrendered. a
june eS.--rl,e llird cyreps ni A. Tons Wan; 49,,
July 5-Ibo Dobrodja IN the he4is 81 the hnssi1as-
Juiy 10 2O-March irom Trqjans Wall to position be-
ShunIa
July I4-yarna observed
From July 20 20 Sept. llin position before shn ll.
From Aug. 10 Oct. 15.--Siege of Narna.
lsa9-Tor the campaign Of ie29 the Russians had Var.
ma 70 start from bu; Si;ra was too important place 10
leave behind them and lis siege had To oe oega" over
May s-Debtsch who took the command of the iavad-'
ing force crossed tho Danube az lsehenayode the sx,
trenity Of Trsans WALL He first appeared with the I'd
and 81 corps before Sisra and formed the siege oas
after while he left 10 be prosecuted by the 81 corps
and marched himself with the ID TO form Junction WIN
the 9Th and 7h corps, which hau WnereoW W warn" anu
His junction was followed by the battle Of Kulewtseha,
which drove the Grand Nizer from the open country 70
the shelter OF Shunila. - 1,
Till the fall OF slistria Diebitsch observed shuma.
When he surrender Of Ssta set the Sd corps az liberty
Diobitsch leaving them TO watch the Grand izer at
Shumln with the other three corps, crossed the baikan
the 9Th marched by the coast from Vana to Bugas ihe
7th further inland, from Playady 70 Ados In twelve
davs the junction of the three corps was effected, with
very little hghting on the souh Of the Balkan,
The Grand Nizier remained stationary at Shumla, and
piobitsch having dispersed Whatever Turkish force came
in MS wny and reckoning tho dscoursgemenof Of his cp-
ponen,s resolved to march at once ON Adranopie The
march from the Balkan occupied SIX days ana uie day
him without blow. Aud here he military events OF tbs
NAV f5.Nsllisiria invested by Diebitsch.
June 5.-Diebilsch with part OF his force left slsra
TO Join the force from Narna.
June H. Battle OF kulewtscha.
June 29-Surendor OF Sistra.
July I3.-March over the Balkan begun.
July G4-Eussan troops united on the south oil the bai-
KAN ..,.,
Angst l9.--Ariyal before Adrianople.
August 20-Adrianople capliulated.
November 2o.Adrianople evacuated by the hssslans'
In s2s the Russian forces hardly adequate In nun
ber to what they undertook The Sd corps, which crossed
the Danube at SatunovO, consisted OF about soy0o men
B 600 cayefyl with l2s guns OF whom about IL fVJowero
employed on detached service The 81 corps
was increased by the junction Of the 5h corps after tho ia
of bra about 90 600 men with 1875 guns OF lhs num-
her about were opposed 10 the Turkish force at
Shuma reckoned about 40 900, and 600 ~ 10 600 m
vested Vagna place defended by from 1000 10 1000
men and 62 pieces of artillery. The garrison oi tbra
was reckonod al coo TO 5000 besides "a 900 inhabitants
many OF whom assisted in the dciense aud the beseging
force at 900 men, with asegorain of 100 guns
Sstria defended by from 1000 TO 900 men, Including
the remains of the brave garrison Of fbral, invested
by force Of 200, win batiering guns aterwnrd
increased at the cessation Of operations before shsna 70
30 0O0 but still with defective supphes of amuntion anu
no siege train and the investing force had at last TO retire.
which they did, not without difficulty aud loss.
In 1899 the four corps which composed the RUSSIAN
force when Debiscb took the oomnaDi reckonea at
% 600 men, of whom TO- 800 regular eayniry ana
$500 Cossacks together with 900 guns.
The second siege OF SIstra garrsontd by 1900 SOL
diers and 5000 armed inhabitants with 23s guns was
form ed by the 2d and Sd corps consisting cf ooO men,
with field pieces and OF $500 with ~ guns
together with Of the batierng ran Sistria occu-
pied the for weeks, aud cost them nearly
900 The three seges of these campaigns, iDra,
'yarna and Sistra engaged $4,000 Russans Tor from
"twO 10 three months. u,
In the beginning Of June, Diebitsch took with nm tne
2d corps some $4,000 from before sistria, aud joined
with the troops who had wnieFed round Varna the eth
and 7ih cOrls fought the battle Of kuewtschh win
o. coo men, Tie Turkish force reck0ned ifom foVU
10 20 COO probably than 900 were engazod
After the Sd corps set at liberty by the fa oi Sis-
tria To observe the Turkish camp at Shumla Dicbtsch
crossed the Balkan He mustered at Aidos, ON It's SOUTH
ern side not more than 25 900 men, with 30 guns.
The force which appeared before Aranope was parey
90 600 men The Turks believed that the army of De
biisoh amounted 20 100000.
Adranople contained 900 inhabitants most Of them
Moslems; great numbers Of the ugtyes from the Grand
Vziers army in the city besides force OF RON
~ IL reg uar soldiers Various detaeimenis OF
the Grand Eziors and whole corps were Sun NJ
the foot Of the Balkan without having suffered any serious
loss and Musapha Pasha of Soodya was advancing from
Souha with 10000 troops and those all Arnauls. Yet
Adranope surrendered to these 900 Russians al the cnd
OF their forced march without shot.
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AxrrNrBRAsKA MEErISo AT OcDEssBuRGa.-A meet
ing Of the citizens of Ogdcnsburgh held May H. to
protest against the provisions Of the Douglas syindle,
Elijah White presiding, at which Il was
That Republican principles eud institutions can be pro-