Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-01
ADDITIONAL NEWS By THE ASIA.
. The Turkish War.

ADDITIONAL NEWS By THE ASIA.
- The Turkish War.
tits astonishingly difficult to arrive at
anything like the truth, rom the contra
dictory statements that perpetually fol-
low each other from the East. Disrt.
garding the positive announcement that,
the morning of the 18th December, orders
reached the fleets to weigh anchor In
stantly for the Black Sea, and that, ere
sunset, only one vessel Of each feet was
left in the Bosphorus-we turn to other
accounts which appear more reliable. On
December 90 or 80. the fleets did receive
orders to enter the Euxine, but up to the
LIST instant, 1.-THE date oflast direct letters
they were still at anchor in Beicos Bay,
owing to contrary winds and stress of
weather. The telegraph further informs
us, from Constantinople, Sd instant, that
tie combined squadrons entered the
Black Sea on that day, together with the
Turco-E Egyptian feet, leaving six vessels
at Beicos to guard the entrance of the
Bosphorus. The second division of the
Ottoman fleet is anchored at Therapia.-
1t was known at Constantinople, on the
Goth ult., that Russian squadron of
three sail-of-the-lin and several frigates
had been cruising for several days near
the entrance of the Black Sea. On the
22d. they were seen at distance Of three
or four miles from the entrance to the
Bosphorus. The Russian Commander
in-Chief has already recalled all Russian
ships of war in the Black Sea, to rendez-
vous at Sebastopol. 1t was considered
probable that Baltshik, north Of Varna,
is the first place at which the allied fleets
will touch. 'o4 r7.s
| We have once more to report brilliant
successes achieved by Omar Pacha on the
Danube. For some days there has been
] flying rumors that the Turks had storm
ed and captured Karakal, and had put to
flight with greatloss, the Russian division
sent to its relief. AS the communication
from the seat Of war to the commence
ment of the line of telegraph to Vienna is
in the hands of the Russians, it was, OF
course unlikely that any confirmation Of
the intelligence could reach us by that
route. Direct advices have since come to
hand, giving details of another victory as
brilliant as that of Oltenitza. The news
had again elated the spirits of the Turks,
and the disaster of Sinope is forgotten.
Full information is yet wanting, but,
sitting as carefully as we can, the &C
counts that arc published, it would ap
pear that on Jan. 6, 4 Turkish division
$4,000 strong, with fifteen pieces of ar
tillery, attacked the entrenched position
of Citale, not far from Kalafat, and tool
it by storm. The Russians lost 2.50(
men. The Turks learning that a rein
3 forcement of $4,000 Russians were OF
the march from Karaul, threw themselvc
in their way, and after brief but shar]
J., attack forced them to retract their steps
: leaving $50 dead on the field,
: The above affairs took place on the 6tl
!, of January, but other and previous sue
:. cesses had been gained by the Turks un
der command of Omar. On January l
e the Minister of War officially intimate'
, to the different Ambassadors at Constan
tinople, that important advantages ha'
e been gained by the Ottoman troops a
Kalafat. For several days previous Oma
had attacked in succession the differen
Russian corps with apparently varying
. success. At length the Turks intention
e ally fell back on their centre, and thu
+ lured on the Russians as far as Kalafat
: position now formidably entrenched
but which at q distance seemed to b
i abandoned.
+ The Turkish batteries suddenly I'm
n masked, causing great carnage among tn
Russians, while, at the same time, tn
Ottoman reserve which had crossed tn
Danube by night and was masked benin
f awood, took them in flank, and compelle
c them to retreat with great loss. The in
e habitants of Little Wallachia, who ar
= day by day manifesting themselves NOR
t openly in favor of the Turks, contribute
e not little to the success of these man
n RuvreS.
!. The Russian version Of the state of al
. fairs gives later date than the above, an
d says. rid Vienna :-"On the It'll or st
instant battle was fought near Letati
$ when the Turks fell back upon Kalafat
~, with a loss of six guns" 1t is suspi
4 cious that the date of battle, in whicl
a the enemy lost six guns, should not b
n known to the victors more definitely thai
q the 9TH or 9Th instant.
In view of the recent victories, it i
/. rather inappropriate to speculate wha
= the Turks would do in case of defeat
Il The Russian organs, however, assert tina
if Gen. Luder forces the passage Of th
' Danube at Matshin, the Turks will fal
back on Trajan's wall, extending fror
: Czernavoda to Kostendji, that line bein
very strongly fortified. They admit that
y in the meantime, the Turkish command
n ers in Europe and Asia are ordered t
prosecute the war with vigor.
: GA private letter from st. Etiennt
d France, to the editors of the Journal {
o Commerce, states that the Emperor ha
suppressed the establishment Of tn
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