Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-05-10
on rliE DANUBE.
The Russian Army and Ills Base
Of Operations.
New York Herald. ]

New York Herald. &S
This force, which is being constantly
strengthened from Jassy, ki-cheneff
nd Bender, is intended for the active
operations in Bul lsaria. The troops are
tpreseit masst d at Ga'atZ, BoIgrrd
a ni Isn,a,l and southwest OF Barbosrhi
uward Bucharest. 1t is evident that
vhen sufficient furce is assembled st
these prints If will cross the Lower
ID. n Ibe at or near Jultcta into the
| D Urudscha, or region between -
Danube and the Black Sea nOrthward
# Varna and Schmula. This plan Of
IAitack, ms before described in the Her.
q d, will give the Russian |: rmy an un-
.plyused passage of The river ami clear
z rad soufiiward to the railroad line be-
10 eeE Ru-tendji, on the Black ses, and
r che rnaw woG:i, on The Danube. On this
II H. the 1lurk- will probably make n
determined stand, as its possession II
extemely important TO their interests
At Silistria aud along the Danube. As
Schufnla and Varna will be the main
Iuhj- ctive points of the Russian attack
Il this direction the rnads leading 10
them through the DobrUdscha- will,
probably, be stuhbOrnly defended, for
The loss of either position would be
fatal TO the Turks in Bulgaria, and
would result i'm practical evacuation
# the province by the Sultan's field
i army. In order 10 give the reader an
idea of this prospective theater of Wal
? more detailed description is necessary
: of its physical features.
THE DoBRt DSCHA.
This territory IreiIis at is bounded
on the north by the Sulina or middle
one of the three channels through
which the Danube discharges into The
Black Sea. Therefore section of the
!, low marshy delta-namt ly, that be
tween the Suliua and St. George;
' channels-is included within its ares
, and is known as ST. Georges Island
: Numerous snb-chanDels or cree ks in
!. tersect this corner of. the Dt,brudsch'
and its coast in indented by wide bays
!, 4 rejected by narrow neck5 of marsh,
:, land and broken by esIuarits, yer.
much like the delta of the Mississippi
), In The northwestern corner, Opposit
lGalatz, The land is also very low ant
msrsify, heIng broke n by several lake
; and creeks. But southwark of Tulich
;. and between the Danube and The Blacl
n Sea the iaud rises with rolling couil
;, try which discharges its rain ~sht'
about equally TO the east and west d
= far southwark as the Kustendje rail
:. road. Between this line and Warm
< the land is high, with few rivers, an
: IoDly some scattt red villages to indi,ai
i, its character rs Il POOR agriculture
:, Icopuiry. Taken as whole th
, Dobrudscha is unfavOra ble for militar
Operations, as, owing 10 its barre
cha raclef, there are few good road
and in parts an absence of water. ]
a is, however, stalled that horned cattl
= at 0und in this region, sffur,iing yer
= important supply OF food to Il Russia
army, besides enabling ii to establis
m ,gazines, which from the basis &
. Operations for southwark mOl emeni
: t,Ward the Balkans. Four deftnsibl
: : lines present hens.lvt to the Turk is
T. troops in the Dubrud>rha. The first
!, the Danube and the St. Georges Char
mel, sixty miles in lcsgth, and is -coy
cred by small but fsvorably situate
fortified place called Babadagh. Th
second, thirty miles long, is the line {
- the Kustenuja railroad, aided by tn
>, remains OF 1rjan's wall, which, I
II Souie Pidces, caH Oe reuStDeneu an
=, supported by eartbwOrks so as TO fnrr
!, a very formidable intrenched line res
,, , ing on two points of supply. TT
~ third, seventy-Iwo miles long, extent
20 from Silistria southaestward to Biii
70 chik Bay, on the Black Sea coast, an
, is supported near It's center by the teW
:; OF Basarsijik, and has in its front
> wide barren and almost waterless are
: over whirh the enemy would be foict
=. TO camp or fight his way across II
&, lines of the Turks. The fourth mus
y, of course, be the line between VAR
=. .. and Rut,chuk. one hundred and eigl
q uaiI.., in lanufh cnunr..d h,r S1.hufnla