The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-15
3anlorratir, 8rifrfpffs. &
rHEM11ITARY POWER OF RUSSIA.

We may safely leave John Bull and
Jacques Bonhomme, for while, to.
their rejoicings at the glorious victory .
of the Alma and their anticipatiopsr of
tie fall of Sebastopol. The war on tho
Danube aud In the fCrimea,, whatever
Importance it may have In the eyes of
the allies and of the united middle class
liberalism .of Europe, has very little
weight, as far as Russia u.s. concerned.
The center of gravity of that country is
In no wise affected by its possible results
while a defeat in the Crimea and forced
fretreat Of the allies would cripple their
land operations forsa considerable time,
i and give them a moral check to recover
from which would require their utmost
4 exertions.
~ Some authentic reports of tie idistri-
4 button and late movements Of the Rus
sian forces have lately come to. hand,
4 and it may be well to sum them up in
/ order to show how little, comparatively
speaking, of the Russian force is as vet
engaged, and what the Remainder is ex-
pected to-perform Asyis well known,
the Russian army Consists, as nearly as
can be stated, of theft following bodies
l., :TsEs sGAAHp 5AeTIyE a ARaIY----fIs si75 aasef
~ containing Is bdtailioas. o. sqaadrSns,
si ;s9ls 2as, gyms. az aa,; ri g.
- d, soPJ :. sne a1s 1s1e S.soO oattallons' isz
Cavalry corps, So. l7s souadrons.
eiisa "a guns, 90 % 'psassi '7E'f1.7'
Total. s76 batalions' 4so squadrons, sss
bls II. SPECIAL ieoRps-sjie{ ..,iiz e-a
75fg,r Finland corps, II battalions. ,.ss-s5ls
Seos5s sser;aas eoTPs CORPS. lSPst,aln0ns; S.,,n, ~
Caucasian corps, 55 battaIions. In .ouad-
saTs,s rons, $50 guns. 81
a ais Nsse{se . Gagceslan corps 90 battaiiOns,
.aslocaueasian- line. AZ baftaIions: II SQUAD
rons, ,--gunss-
os, DIAL 40 ea'a4lonss x saoaafons, iSo
III. cossAcxs .rn-oTrru I.aro,,.,.
About 700 squadrons, 50 battaIions, and
EsEIGzz5 ~ iial4 : gnns.9sisiz q giti'te lal.t
. h6.si. About 50 attsliots Of interior caard..
zaoi2 besides inyaIds, pehai companies, ~.
L Meserye S & 81 Inc gSaaa army. Or 4th;
sre1adiers stb and s,S % bs,sai;o, gusaGs a1G of
.-...o4 the line, Viz three battalions for q
'6 F55ssg.msn.., re- and. two bastslioas each for
u = ~ : = oh-.
a. sns ssselxss ss, aIs catleo n ana
% lar sl..s s.es lolAssSeet5'
'.ee '1I 's',es. .oe.e oe'e'e1eeo,1s oi eaeil
,ogglnie,,' mas nseu eoelnlenceu a a OUT vi tne
ls'eiy e eeersea tsvya ois'eoe,eVo men, the
an9ts IVY =! 10y pe com prlseo
IN tne grano tosal, Whlcn would give 10
ao pattallons, AZ squaarons OF regular,
1oo ,6P ol PITTS cayaLry' ana
Tn Gunsiuelapiy aDoXee thousand guns
caEslrv and srtllerv s4 not bs;n o, lor
known out of Russia, they are not includ-
eo IN IA tne ilao ABOVE ;,,.,,.,s, -...,s.s
nus array, nortunateiy, LOOKS more
l.99 Lorlni1sSie snan !. reaiiy y: FROM 1--WE
70 11rrfsS a. 'Ae nullioer 81
troopsi iacs9aiiy "a available tor european
war, sia1., y tne Sboerlan e. corps the internal
guaru, ana az least one.nali OF the Cos.
SACKS ae, tnus es teaving aVaiiaDae aoous ooo
oa1saaons 4oI luao1ons aoo on irlegSlar "a.
troops NAV be estimated. at a yery, low
figure, at $50, 900 Infantry, 81, 900 cav
- eoS'ooa oaIAe, fIes%,.i1,, - 80.
iIor Si'h@a a'ooo'ooo.sogetne., sPreau on
Since the begyiinniin1lge ing Of the war with
Turkey, the following troops have been
snceessYety engaged against the allies
y Tb@srd 4tb ,di and stb.oerns 81 oe IF tbo
IT, III so,,,a &c tLa;,. .aso.rds L;el,
are, however, mostly still on the march.
~ 9 9. The whole Of the three Caucasian
seorps.Ed iesd sdt s5a ysd4 bna aasai2
b 3.eFhe two divisions51 two -thirds) of
the first corps of the line, without re-
serves.
~ A. & portion Of the third cavalry corps
fdragoons1 m the Crfnean % 1eqssD iilsa
5ib This makes aatotat Of about 240, 600
before aentering, ,en,4the campaign,
but .nowareduced to. ls4 900 men at the.
outside Of whom 81, 900 may be taken
as the strength Of the army IN Bessara-
'bia, 54,goo in the Grimea; 'or gaarehing
toward IT. and 46, 600 I'M the Caucasus,
On the Baltic there were, ,Yup to the end
of August -
PIG s''''' 80 ss''' s'''1 go. Men.
In fEa nd the reserve ecorP'. ,S00 S0O
Tbe Guards % and Pi their reserves. it..ss, 500
&C the. Grenadier corps.at Reyei. .-.-. n, 300
n E.-.....,, L., 80 -
THa-o -o-o - poi.n5 ..-oI;o .oS;ovo
& x I. '"e'e - -4"'' " = S'1'''e
-0- = j oil goL ob ao4 Men,
The remainder ofJcthe Grensciers 7andD 81
Their reseESesi u 90 600
easalry of itfe1eps 600
Various reserves. 20 900
9-i' -. : pa. "a = 10000 90 40
iAs III -. 20 ono