Glasgow Courier. — 1855-11-29 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE WAR IN ASIA.  1111: PASSAGE OF THE INGOUR BY THE TI'RhS.  Turkish ("imp, Banks of the Input., Nov. 7. The energy with which Omar Pasha has pushed forward operations has met with a glorious reward, in the utter defeat of the Russians and the successful passage af the river Ingour, yesterday evening, after a short but bloody battle. In the morning the order came for the troops to get under arms immediately, and, at 11 o'clock a.m., we crossed one branch of the river, about two miles lower down, without opposition. We now found ourselves upon an island five or six miles long, and about two miles broad, across which the troops marched. Three battalions of rifles, under Colonel Ballard, were sent forward to line the woods through which we advanced by a narrow path. About one o'clock we reached a large field of Indian corn, and heard the rifles hotly en. gaged with the enemy in a thick wood in our front. The Russians were soon driven from this across the river, and opened a tremendous fire from behind a battery upon the wood, of which the rifles had now taken possession. Meantime, as the leading columns of the Turkish army showed itself upon the plain, a battery, consisting of five guns, opened upon them, which was speedily replied to by our artillery. A path was formed under eoversf a steep bank, under which the infantry advanced to the support of the rifles in the wood, who had been sustaining and replying in the most determined manner to the tremendous tire which the enemy had been concentrating upon them. Sufficient credit cannot be given to the gallantry of Colonel Ballard, whose steadiness and courage were infused into those under his command, and contributed largely to the successful issue of the affair. While this was the position of affairs opposite the battery, Omar Pasha detached Osman Pasha with six battalions to a ford which had been discovered about a mile and a half lower down the river; here they found themselves warmly received by the enemy 'drawn up in force upon the opposite bank. Notwithstanding the velocity of the current and the depth of the water, the Turkish troops, after firing a volley, dashed acro•s the •river in the face of a cruel fire, and in splendid style drove the Russians into the woods behind at the point of the bayonet. At almost the same moment Col. Simmonds, with two battalions of infantry and three companies of Rifles, crossed the river in front:of the fort, and assaulted it under a murderous fire. Here his aide-de-camp, Captain Dymock, was killed while gallantly chargiug at the head of his battalion, while a Russian column which attacked them in flank was •promptly met by the column under Col. Simtuonds at the point of the bayonet, and completely routed. This decided the day. The Russians evacuated the battery in the utmost confusion, leaving five guns and ammunition waggons in our bands, besides about 50 prisoners. The ground was strewn with killed and wounded; their loss must have been very great, though so many escaped into the woods to die that it is difficult to form any just estimate. Upwards of 300 have already been found, among which were the bodiss of eight officers and two colones. I counted 22 horses lying dead in one heap. Our own loss amounts to 400 killed and wounded, of which about 100 were killed. The Rift's alone lost 26 men killed and 75 wounded.  The English officers concerned in this affair all behared most gallantly; of the five attached to the army three had banes shot under them, and one was killed. There can be no doubt that this victory will exercise a most important influence upon the population of Mingrelia. A great portion of the troops opposed to us were Mingrelians, nith no very strong Russian propensities; and when they find that victory has declared for the Turks, and that the power of resistance of the Russians, upon which they calculated so largely, has availed them so little, they will probably disperse to their homes, if they do not actually change their colours.  The Russian army is now in full retreat upon Kutais, whither I trust that we may speedily follow them. This victory has put our troops into excellent spirits, and made them more confident than ever (if that wero possible) in the lucky star of their General. We have just heard from Skende Pasha, who was left in charge of the batteries opposite to the fortress of Rudd, that the Russians have abandoned their position there, and that the troops under his command have crossed.--Times' Correspondent.