The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-05 00:00:00

STRENGTH OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY

The following statement of the strength and
distribution of the Russian army in the Crimea
towards the end of January, from a highly trust-
worthy source, has just been received, and is likely
to be correct in all- important points. The divisions
are set down at the regulation number of 9,600
men each. It is more than probable that this is
C.oesiderably beyond their effective strength. In
We may be well assured that it is, although
at.effective strength has not been ascertained.
Taking, however, the nominal strength, we get a
total of 67,000 infantry,l9,ooo cavalry and artillery,
and 300 guns, divided as follows:-
3RD CORPS D'ARMEE, COMMANDED BY GENERAL

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teeeventh Division (Reserve)—Stationed on the Upper
lbee 9,060 infantry and 36 guns; regiments of Smolensk,
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hiloff, Vitebsk, and Polock.
~.,B"enth Division (active), at Kora'ea ; same strength, same
-wrnents.
Eighth Division, on Mackenzie's plateau ; same strength ;
regiments of Diebitz, Pultowa, Kosemiencuk, Alexopolsk.
Ninth Division, on the Inkerman Heights ; same strength ;
moments of Yeleck, Stevsk, Branak, and Erivan.
TR CORPS VARMEE, COMMANDED BY GENERAL OSTEN-

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Tenth Division, on the Katcha ; 9,600 infantry and 36
trtins ; regiments of Ekaterinbutg, Tobolak, Tomsk, and
akolavansir.
Eleventh Division, on Mackenzie's Heights ; same
IZngth ; regiments of Selenghinsk, Yakutsk, Okhotsk, and
mschatka.
Twelfth Division, on the Jozoba ; same strength ; regiments
of Azoff, Dnieper, Ukraine, and Odessa.
...,t very regiment has four battalions of 600 men each, and of
one is a militia battalion. This gives 67,000 men and
fives 2 gnus. Each field piece has 15 men and 15 horses, which
addition 3,780 men and 3,780 horses.
"0 cavalry in the Crimea are about 15,000
*fibres and lances, distributed as follows :
Light cavalry, under Prince Radzivil, near Eupatoria :
Horses.
.2,400
108

Pour regiments, each 600 horses
horse Artillery Battery, 8 guns
—lagoons under General Montressor, near
Perekop
Three regiments, each 800 horses. . ..
0 Mile Artillery, 8 guns -
Ist Regiment, near Eupatoria . 800
2d Regiment,
Almakorman
3r4 Regiment Bench
Battery, 8 guns'
Ten Regiments of Don Cossacks
Three Cossack Batteries
Tyro Regiments of Hussars at Simpheropol ...A,200

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betTrwo divisions of Grenadiers are supposed to be
Eupatoria. Also, Black Sea Cossacks (In-
ettrir3) and Militia at Arabat, Kaffa, &c. The
untion of the whole Russian army out of the
22lea has also been stated to me.
,7;te4rPs d'A.rmee
do.
601 do.
do.
an
art.'s and Grenadiers less the
two divisions of the latter sup- Poland and Army
Posed to be at Eupatoria, if of the North.
A they are there
4111 Stavropol there are believed to be 22,000
piel Kutais, 24,000 under Beboutoff; Moura-
sol,,s "lay is estimated at 100,000 men. The
be,ces from which these statistics are derived
1110;,„g within the Crimea. I am disposed to rely
er;'2 upon that part of them which relates to the
wean army than to the Russian army in general,
and
ailth doubt Mouravieff's having 100,000 men,
T,.21101 in that number are included all the
ir-rracaucasian garrisons and troops, regular and
ko Mar. This, however, does not pretend to be
tree an approximate estimate. Some of the
r" Ps stated to be at Nicolaieff are probably at
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Nicolaieff
Ukraine
Nicolaieff