The New York herald., 1876-07-31
THE EASTERN CONFLICT.
SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION IN THE YIELD
THE sERvIAN PLAN OF oPERATIoNs-PosI
TIONs OF THE VARIOUS CORPS.

bUAMA01 OF Id6 SITUAIkON IN xdh TA1A10
THE sERvIAN PLAN OF orERATIoNs-PosI-
TIoNs OF THE VARIOUS CORPS.
LONDON, July 49, 1876
The seems to be in a quiescent state at present
and the interest the future conduct OF Rou-
mania and Greece. The former is badly dsalfected,
and although unprepared for open rebellion to the
Porte is inclined TO demand concessions which can
never be peaceably granted The assertions that Rus
influence produces these results in Roumana have
the appearance Of probability but nothing has been
proved against Russia yet Some attention is drawn
to Greece by the arrival Vienna deputations from
Thessay and Eprus decaiming loudly against Turkish
prosecutions In the face of this reports from Con-
stantinoplc announce the accession OF several compa
of Greek infantry to the Turkish army
The Standard to-day prints an interview with Colonel
Ivanovich. chief OF Prince Milans stan who the
plan OF campaign is to clear or the Turkish troops
from the Turkish provinces containing oppressed
Christians by three methods First by stimulating
general nsurrecton second, by cutting the Turkish
communications with the OF Turkey then by at
tackng the Turkish forces thus isolated and harasscd
The present position Is momen'arly inactive awaiting
the development of tho and the rcpusc OF
the threatened Turkish offensive movement on the
eastern frontier The renewal is imminent OF tho
Turkish attack on SaitschaE A Turkish column from
widdin is at present holding Isvor inside tho servan
frontier, and also Adlia, outside the frontier
To oppose this Leschjanin holds Sai,schar
with large proportion OF the army about 600 strong
and he has a column thrown forward to the frontier
3trc, occupying positions ut Nastaki Ncrskc Kuka and
Poljana thanking the line of tho Turkish march on
Saschar from lsvor and Adia, and guarding tho road
from Bulgaria toward the bridge across the Timok at
Vratrnca. General TcherDaycf with column from
the southeastern army, has gone northward to CO.
operate in
TAKING THE TURKS on THEIR PLANK
In the event OF an atlack Saitschar The following
the position Of Tchernayefrs main army consisting
OF go 900 lit started from the eastern frontier ut
kladcnatch, bulged out eastward and southward
through the hill villages to the Nicoaja pass thencs
southwark to Cerova the extreme point IN this drec
tion The line then tends westward in front OF Babna
Glana passing three villages north OF Akpalanka
which position the Scrvan troops do hold, and
southwesterly to Topolnitza, the south of Nisci
and the Morava to Prokolje, the
ern point of Tchernayen's army proper IL Is
said TO consist OF 100 battalions each battsl-
ion OF the full strength of 700 men, There in
all twenty nnc brigadcs subdivided into six columns.
Georgeovitz has the southern f0repost and flank. with
two brgadcs. His headquarters at Topolnitza.
HorbatovitZ who is second in command to Tchcrua-
yen, has ten brigadcs from Babina Glana by Cerova
northward occupying the southern ANGLE and Tcher-
nayeH has eight brgades with himself the southern
front Zach is
ISrREScHKD BEFORE
His Lieutenant, ADtich, Is in an intrenched position
about midway between Novi Bazaar and Mrovitz, to
intercept the comm unicaton from the railway tcrm
nus at the latter place. Thirty villages Novi
Bazaar in arms for the Servian On the west
ern frontier Ohmpics still remains ntrenched before
BeIlina
Although this statement OF the situation is from
Servan sources II is undoubtedly the nearest to the
correct one which has reached London this week