The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-11-19
movements ofihe Hostile Armsrs 4,
Tuikcv

Turkey.
We 'ofdrnse hom tLs New York yrt.,. ,f
tuesday, the following sccouf, ui the ,por.,n,,.,;
"LI'h lave recently taken i!aee .p III, ..,,,
var 0" iCi'ey. tai which clearly define n an.
s'''on' and riars Of tie respective pst,i., .h:
"">'"I' eon'lnue TO extend .heir line Of op,r.
''n4 towards tie Ws,t Brigade afier L,;sst.
has bee: sent ~ The direction Of Widd:n IN Il,
upper O'H1ve and now the irou, the Rrss!ap
A'm{ n'ay he said to extend from Kai.rat. oap,.
r't "'i'n, 10 Orn'h. orpo,i!e Knsova ir a IL.
f'e'"n "h'h equally mcnEccs the road Ia ca,
siat'irop'e, aud that To Sewn ard M,r.b,,,,
The 'st mo'rmut towards kalrf.t was :, fisi,,,
'" e''hOl,i the ccrtaIuty of q R.ssa, ,iyetion
''"",ds 'tt r,hteIs ol The Slavonic and Q,.,k
PF"'a'oh U! iuSty' II made 1t probable. at
be ssi.9 time, that The plaH a The caun,iyp
( would Ue Offensive acliuG nnl lu,-. s,o,nts,s,
Uoh' 'n tue direct rad 70 COnstariihon'r. n,,h
Z t0'igeuc "sis'e action On the road tt, Sofs |,
! SrfNa nhd Macedonia. However. sLen ,h.s.
movement. verc made tie Tutks had moi 1,e,o,
. ei var. This event h,, since taken ,laoa a.,
/ nrr,ars i"hnye ir'ta!pt he Cz tic such 4 decree
li"t re llcly 10 iGrart L Ear more n,fe,ic
iwINl'e 10 h lTcuTs t!rn waa rrryiously TO be
"Apcc'si. Not OILY is lIinc, pa.kiesi,h called
/ 70 tie c"rnund Oi tte EgssiIn forces Lr, he !,
uso said to lrirg with lim 10000 .oldicr, fou,
tie n.ny IN PolnId Nlo rf.i to The cuhrds onb
| grind cr', re oIs!,r d le let tr, o,s iu tho
| l,assan tnY. Sch leruiorccments would estal.
/ lrh superiority Gr the Russian aims which
/ might Justify offensive act,n, bath on the Unnn,
aui Lower Dtnuje. vile at Il e same time ,hov
| might lie considered ~ counterpoisc nraipst
any trrnch and British forces. that according To
iHhoT' are .Se'y to De Sent to thesupport Of Tu,.
Key. At all events these Russian rsenforcenen,s
3 n, ya III N .tp liar. tbe .
tlis selson From Warsaw to Buchsrei. hy way
of Duno, Ghat!n, ard Jassy, the distance is eight
| hundred miles acro's country in which IN army
cannot move more than egb, or ten miles dsy
!, viii then be three months or ill tie beg,nnin,
oiJanuaTy before the fresh ,roops can take up
their position, and considering tie season Of tho
year It ia probable that it viii take them Longer
ihese troops, men. must remain entirely on tho
| paigI
The Russian forces, now in the rrincinait;s.
have been estimated AT from $50 oOc to i5o 600
men. SuppOsing they have lost by sickpess and
deser,lon from 10000 TO 80 0o0 they rtill maio.
tain Numerical sureriority over the Turks. AT.
ter the GT!Iva! Of The Egyptian reinforcement tho
itrkIsh army OF effective men under Oner Pasha:
did rot number more than ll9 0o0 com batants of
whom only 10000 were regulars. Behind them.
ut hdranople an army of reserve was being form
soldiers called in agsin) but Of the state ofthjs
reserve, we have no positive information This
fact, then, is tis, that on the day the when The
frs. shut will be fired Omnr Pasha will command
an army numerically inferior to that of hi, opro.
nent-, and nothing bu, blunders on the part Of his
enemy, or capital genera!ship or his own part.
will save hin from defeat.
We have equally good information a, 10 tho
position .hd the defensive preparations OF the
"a hHA Linz Hoo. .tl.I n
Danube 10 prevent its being passing by the enc
my second, that from FarnI 20 Shumia; third,
that few leagues IN the rear ef the aecond, on
the river kamosk, where is the fort Which yuards
the pGsses Of the Ralkao.
Let cs look at those three iices O! defense
The first is that Of the Danube Nov, to fortify
the line Of the Danube can only mean to erect
euch works rs will prevent the Russians from
crcssng that river The corr9e Of the Danube.
from Orscya 10 the see ia nearly eco miles long:
and fortify such q line etfrciually and to garrison
tie Notifications, won|l require ,ix times rs
nGuy n,on "a the Tctlish General can command,
and # he had them he would commit the grratest
bunier should he pa; them 20 such use. We
eon lude then that this frat line Of forlifycsioio
must DC confined 10 works between Rua.chuk and
Krsovs, by which the passage of the ,Yer is mo.
Tented, but no, etfectually prevented.
The second position from Shrmla to Yarna is
IN 1929, and in which they are again sure 70 10
aunihilatei if they there accept decisive battle.
'be position, appears to po-sess striking advan.
tagc, for the defense ana 10 10 susceptible Of
great additional strength by ar. and the posi-
lion on the Ramesi.; T. the rear of Yarna and
Shumla, appears 10 be still stronger and has tho
advantage o! forcing the enemy to leave troops
beLind 10 blockade those fntress:s: But both
have this disadvsutage, that they haze \ narrow
pass IN their 'es- rs the ouy means Of retreat,
which ou,veighs, Cor an inferior army, all other
advantages and which %ou!! make II an eyre.
gous m'-tsse 10 accep; battle unl.ss .he rfell-
or army were fure as the Brtish were a: Water.
loo that at the decisive III, lnCnt sn slled s!uiy
voulJ Ia! uaen the tanEs ii tie attacking e-s.
my.
In The meantime, the 1u.ks La-e sent A,if
/ fee, to Nurua Aunlir al Slade IN EnylisLntn,
who commands 1t, appears 10 be in high spirits.
! But that movement .too is full G! risk. The
Russian feet indeed, nppears inferior 70 the Ic,.
klsh is everything but nuu!bers; but as oug as
the Russians have tao guns and two ships of tho
line to Of the Turks. the latter eauiHt venture
action Ou. Of the reach Of their .tsnd batteiis.
And in that case, tue fleets would 10 saf.r and
better placed III the Doaphotus, where it 10 NOT
likely the Russians viii blockade il. Opcc ut
VaIUn, the Turkish fleet is exposed TO be depry.
, ed Of all possibility Of movement: while 10 tlo
Bosphorus, it retains its freedom Of action, and
might b. used for expeditions to TrebzoDd, to
the Caucaei.n coast or agaiast detached posi-
tiors Of the Russian fleet.
In every respect, then. we are unwiliingly COM
PEELED TO believe the Russians to be superior ~
the Turks. " Nhether One; Pasha who i, i,really
an abs soldier, viii succeed by his personal
Qualite. in changing the balance, remains TO be
seen. Old PAskiewlch, however, although aslow,
i. an experienced general, and will not be easily
caught.
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