The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-06-08
The Euranean War!

The European War!
We clip the following interesting news
brought by the Asia, photographic synops-
is of which we published Friday morning,
from the New York papers of the cd
inst:
The War on the Danube.
The considerable time that has elapsed
since the receipt of any news of import
ance form the Danube, is itself fact of
some significance. 1t will be remembered
tina. the Russian army under General
Luder, effected the passage of the Lower
Danube on the 24th of March, and sue
ceeded in the course of the next few days
in taking the small Turkish fortresses of
Isaktcha, Toultscha, Datshin and Hirsoya,
while the Russian posts were pushed for
ward without encountering any serious re-
sistance, as far as Trajan's Wall. In the
course of the month of April, Prince
Pashiewith having taken the chief COM
mand and reached the scene Of operations,
the right wing of the Russian army made
asudden retrogade movementand eyacuat-
ed Little Wallachia, thereby denoting that
the plan which threatened to turn the
Turkish left by an incursion into Servia,
and an attack on Widden, is abandoned.
This decision may be attributed to three
causes-frstly, the position of the Turks
at Kalafat was too strong to be forced
without tremendous loss, and behind Ka-
lafat and the Danube lies Widden, which
could only be reduced by regular seige;
2ndly, the advance of the Russians on that
point, would probably have led to an i'm
mediate counter moyemen. on the part OF
Austria and 3dly, the Russian army thus
opposed by the Turks, and threatened by
the Austrians, was compelled to contract
its line of operations within narrower
| limits.
The Russians, to the great astonishment
Of all Europe, have remained inactive In
the Dobrudscha for more than FIVE weeks,
thus giving time for the sickly season Of
May to come in, and for the land forces of
the allies take up position of formiba
hostility. Silistria, even, has not been laid
seige to, although the possession Of the
fortress is indispensable to the success Of
any operations against shumla, Varna, or
the Balkan. This important fortress has,
as yet, been only assailed by fire across
the river at distance of LOCO yards, and
the damage done has been little. Thecntire
force with Ludea's on the right bank, is in
sufficient to carry on a regular selge, ex-
exposed as the beseigers would be to be
attacked by the main body of Omar's for
ces, while the Anglo-French troops could
be landed with the utmost expedition and
safety at Varna, only sixty miles Distant
Under these circumstances, it is difficult to
forsee what are Paskiewilch's plans. The
Russian reserves are taking position on the
line of the Sereth, a river which flows
from the Bukoyina parallel to the frontier
of Transylvania, and the relations between
Austria and Russia are, at the present
moment, such that Russians cannot ad-
vance into Turkey without the risk of add
ing the Austrians to the number OF their
enemies A probable supposition is there
fore, that the Russian commander will re-
frain from undertaking any important
offensive Operations, but will confine
himself to retaining his hold on the Pnn-
cipalties.
Distinguished Successes ofthe 1urks'
Although considerable uncertainty still
prevails as to the nature and extent OF the
last success of the Turkish armies, dis
matches have been received at Vienna, from
the head quarters of Omar Pacha, giving
g favorable account of the recent operations
of his forces on more than one point OF his
position. The Russian corps, which was
known to have collected at Turnu, near the
mouth of the Aluta, is stated to have been
repulsed on the % of April, with loss of
/, 800 men, by the Turks quartered at Nj
copoli, under Sail Pacha; and on the End
of MAY, another Russian detachment was
beaten at Radova, not far from Krajova.
There is every reason to believe these re-
ports, to be accurate and authentic.
Itwas further reported that the Russians
had received asevere check at Silistria, but
the news requires confirmation. 1t is not
true that the Russians have invested Sills-
tria on the land side Omar Pacha is still
employed in concentrating his force at
| Shumla.
From Kalafat an engagement IS sreported
between six squadrons of Cossscks and
] FIVE of. Turkish hussars, near Radoan, on
4th May. The Cossacks were defeated
and lost 90 horses, 2 guns, and 1873 men
killed.
1t was reported in Paris that the plan of
the allies is to carry the war into the heart
of Russia--to seize the Crimea, and to
land &c, 900 men to attack it by sea.
The Greek Insurrection.