Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-08-08
THE RUSSIANS IN TURKEY.
A letter from an English Officer at Constant,nop

"A letter from an Eng lish Officer at Consantnople
May .. 1899
Inmy last toll you NO were on the eve Of great
events We have at present bore eleven RUSSIA
sail of the line, fee, of Transports, and u land
force of between 80 and 40 600 men The first d.
vision occupy, as | Informed you, an ntscnched
camp ut Seutar on the Asa,c side the second are
encamped IN the beautiful valley of Buluxdcre
cannot say much for the NJ lcnruncc ofthc Rue
san men Of wnr they are clumsily built their We
~ masts slovtnly, and from their manner Of haul
ing down their top gallant yurds, ! should pro
ppunce them mere fresh water sailors Still have
no doubt they will give a good account, of the T..
gyp'an feet, should the tide Of events deeroe that
they shall come ahwart them. Nothing can ex
coed the good understanding between the Sui.
tan aud his Russian Niles, who have HIM as
fairly IN t4ar nets lion in the tolls OF hsntcr
The morning Of the 2Sh ult. was fixed for a
| grand review of the Russian troops at BQ,r'kee,
! by the Grand Signior IN person. The day dawn
ed beautifully, and the novelty Of the sigh. rous
ed even the apathcic Indifference Of the Osnsn.
LIS, who repaired IN crowds 10 the sc.ibc OF action
4 he number of troops on the ground amounted
| to about 5000, independently Of Il brigade of lur
kish tacl,eo infantry, and four squadrons OF the
SutEns tIussars. The Russian infantry Mere IN
contiguous columns Of battalions or grand divi-
sions, The artillery on the right kcw use IN COL
| utnn par dfmte bdfferit ! tho cavalry composcd
entirely Of Cossacks. formed in The second line.
The appearance Of the Russian troops under
arms greatly disappointed me. They were under
sized, and their fiat Calmouc swnr,hy faces rcmin.
dcd mo iorcibly Of the Columbian troops whom |
! had seen years before in South America Their
! appointments and uniform were however in the
lbest military tastc and in the highest ordr, and
! The different formations were executed with the
greatest steadiness and precision, though with by
no means the celebrity Of the British or French
troops. This observation does not however APP
ply TO their arllery-lt was beautifully formed :;
| the materiel simple aud solid, and moved with
ar"pldty equal 10 our own or their scieAce and
instruction can Of course say nothing
| A6ou. eight o'clock, the thunder Of artillery from
the castles on the AAintic shore, and from two Tur.
kish ships and the Russian fleet IN the Bosphorus
announced the approach ofihc Grand Signior On
landing from his state barge, he Immediately
mounted a beautiful Arabian, and, accompanied by
oil tile great officers of state AMI numeroNs re-
t'nse rode to the gro and, where he was received
by General Mouravsef at the head Of a brilliant
| staff The Grand Signlor wore richly embro
dcred dark brown green Huzzar uniform, light
pantaloans. and hessian boots, with fixed spurs ,
even the turban was replaced by the red fez with
diamond agret.e. The major part Of his train
wore the new uniform, bu, none of them. remark
Cd approached so closely to the European model as
the Sultan himself Some still preserve the Nam.