The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-26
Hungary.

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The London Standard If Freedom, of July 4, after
recounting the reverses reported TO have been un-
dergone by the Hungarians, sees no reason why
their defence should not terminate as goriously as
it began. II must he remembered that the danger
Gus stracgetc course has been adopted of sur
rounding Hungary with Gordon of forces, and that
similar attempt was fatal TO the operations of the
Spanish generals against France, and which was
fatal to Windsgralz in the commencement of the
present campaign, by weakening too much each
separate point of the circumference Of the circle
"To understand how this monstrous coil is con-
tempaIed TO be wound, IL must be explained that
Hungary and Pennsylvania protected on the
north and and part Of the south by the continue
Gus Karpathan range, affording only one passage
TO armies (hy the Eperis road into Hungary, and
three (by Pojanistampi, Kronstadt, and Orsova)
into Pennsylvania. The western frontier is natu-
rally defended by the rivers Waag and Raab, and
the mountains and morasses behind them. The re-
mander of the southern frontier is covered by the
Turkish provinces. The Thess dividing the whole
Of this country into two winds amongs, wide
plains and marshes, which constitute the strong
holds of the Magyars, and where their arsenals and
reserves are situated M
"On the line Of the Waag and Raab or Danube,
This centre resting Comorn,) the young but very
cautious Hungarian general, Georgey, commands
the main army OF ninety thousand men, whose at
tack in advance of that line we last week noticed
He has returned 10 occupy Il, and indeed, would
to be retrograding his left wing from the Raab
to the Danube if the evacuation by him of the for
titled city of that be- there is reason to be-
lieve authentic.
Through the northern pass, sixty thousand Rus
SLAMS under Paskewitch have penetrated and adj
vanced without opposition to Kaschan; Dembn-
CHI De ho..
like the waves Of the Red sea, right and left, to
occupy the valleys and overwhelm him, unless he
pause to clear the mountain districts through which
his line of communication lies.
Al Pojana-stamri twenty-five thousand Rus
slams, and opposite Cronstadt twenty-five thousand
were preparing to invade Pennsylvania but are
positively ascertaned not to have crossed several
days after they were reported at Vienna to have
done so.
&c BEN. with fifty thousand men, defends Tran
sylvania. About Debreczin and Grosswardein the
reserves ofthe Hungarian army-situate midway
are disposed to carry succor, occasion may re-
qulre, TO Dembinski or to Benz.
Perczel, in the Banat, is opposed to Jeachich
with about twenty thousand men but it is reported
that Percze is likely to be superseded, and the inn
portant command of the aged Dembinsk given 10 "a
younger general"
The Standard also states that news of varied
character had been received from CanstantinopIe
1t was reported that revolution had occurred in
Ervatia, by which Jelachich had been deposed,
and Benz substituted in his place as Ban This de-
cidedly good news for the Hungarians was, how
ever, for time counerbalanced by intelligence
that new application had been made to the Sultan
for permission to march troops through the Turk
lsh territories. Hungary on this side is least de-
fensible, and the English and French representa-
tives at the port had advised the denial of the
request, but at the same time had intimated that it
must be done on the exclusive responsibility of the
porte, which it was at first feared thus abandoned,
would yield to the demands of its too powerful
neghbor. The Turkish government, however,
displayed unwonted frmness and explicitly refused