Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-10-03
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DIFFICULTIES AND PROSE- c1s0F THE
30 80 A{gAYlpN.
oND Sept "a The correspon-
q = Of lily ~, xitipg from Cher
hotna MI SatuFday, rys; II do not be-
lieve il possible, at present, to advance
even with the reinforcements which
have arrived. A day Or two ofraip has
made the roads almost impossible. The
ground is sodden and the mud is ankle
deep. The immense number of horses
have eaten almost all the forage, and
hay il worry scarce at any price, -.eonse-
Quently communications are daily more
difficult, The horses are decidedly los
ing flesh. As the season advances the
campaign Increase in igeometrlc "a
to-" aFsi2 qs2 s,s''" 9'9T '''
The Tlmes's correspondent at Bucha-
rest, writing under datee of wednesday,
takes decidedly hopeful view Of the
Russian prospects, but it must be obsery-
ed that this was before the Roumanians
attempted and failed to take the second
Grivica redonbt, if indeed this report,
(Which comes from several directions,
but not yet officially from any,) be not
entirely baseless. The correspondent
says: 81 ~ - -.s7
/ 1.-THE staff officers in front Of Pleyna
express the utmost confidence the place
will fall into their hands. Should Os-
man Pasha's army be finally destroyed
there is nothing to prevent a great flank
movement down the Valley Of Sofa to
Adrianople and the Turkish capital it.
self, Suleiman Pasha has squandered the
lives Of his army on the forts IN the
Shipka Pass, and were he to attempt to
withdraw to oppose this flank move
ment he would have General Radetzky
at his heels, and his army would have
its hands full without attempting to
NEEDLE with the Plevna army Should
Mehemet Ali attempt to move to south
ward the Russians hordes Of cavalry
would entangle him at every step. Per-
haps it is with view to something like
the above that the Russians commanders
keep their hold on the Shipka Pass and
PERSISTS in their attacks upon Pleyna.
"There is no doubt but that the Turk
ish power of resistance are strained to a
high degree oftension, and in such cir
cumstances semi-ciyilized organizations
like those OF Turkey are liable to col
lapse in most unexpected manner, so
thatlin spite Of the gross plumbers of the
Russian staff great change is possible
at any moment in the military situation
in Bulgaria. There is abundance Of
wheat and barley remaining IN Bulgaria.
Every hamlet is crowded with immense
stack Of these grains, while a very large
crop of Indian corn is awaiting the hus-
bandman. Very little of the crops
raised this year in Roumania has been
touched by Russians, consequently they
have provisions in abundance for man
and beast, and if they can surmount the
difficulty Of obtaining fuel they can win
ter in Bulgaria very comfortably. As to
the present morale Of the. Russians forces
there is some difference ofopinion, but
from my own experiece with them Lam
convinced that, although the Russian
soldier Is unreserved in his comment on
what he deems bad management on the
part of his commanders, he forgets all
his past grievances when he sees the ha-
ted Moslem, and goes at him as though
he had always been commanded by a
Napoleon"
But the contingency on which all
these projected operations admittedly
rest, namely, the capture Of Plevna, has
been rendered more distant than ever
by facts which this correspondent did
not know he wrote. Whatever the ex-
PLANTATION may be of the cause that has
| led to the success ofHifZa Pasha, the
fact is now incontested that he has safe
lly carried reinforcetnents, supplies and
munitions into the entrenched lines
held by Osman Pasha, and his being
able to do 80 demonstrates that the tort
ress is not invested, but is being merely
attacked on portion Of its front, and
the two former disastrous failures to
carry it by assault 6rbid the expectation
that it will fall by spade and pick, while
| the Turkish force defending it is not in
lferior to the attacking army in numbers
Of fighting cayacity. t%
The Timess military critic says of the
operations 0, the third Turkish army
1T is dlf6dltto perceive the full OBJ
iect of Speiman Pasha's strategy, but
| he has Certainly proved himself a bold
and intepid leader, and until the result
of his operation is made manifest, anc
Itheirfull purport discovered, it IS but
| fair to suppose he is acting with ade.
quite reason. His characteristic brave.
lrv the self-denial and abstemiousness o.
hs mode of life, his high military repu
j.ation, which was appreciated on al
hands till his check in front of the for
midable Fort st. Nicholas, should now
be remembered. .--r
tet MEHEMET ALPS RETREAT.
The retirement of Nehemet Ali be-
hind the Karo LON seems to indicate
that the Turks will be satisfied to main
tain their present position and depend
on the winter to force the Russians bach
across the Danube. The Times's Shamla
special says the retrograde movemen
was partly because the recent rains rem
dered it difficult to bring up supplies
and party on account Of the Russians
massing considerable forces on the LON
It would appear from this explanation
that the idea of holding the country be-
tween the Lom and the Yantra has
been abandoned by the Turks. Thus il
once more becomes possible for the Rus
slams to isolate and blockade .Rustchuk,
which town has probably been supplied
for the winter during the last month
that communication has been omen
Mehemet ALPS right will again be about
Kezelevo, with Rasgrad as base, while
his left will extend as far as the defiles
south Of Osman Bazaar, being withir
easy support from Shumla, Correspon
dents with the Czarewitch are not san
guine Of his ability to force the line O
the Kara Lom. notwithstanding the ar
rival of several divisions of the imperia
guard. @7sa. ..1t ~ u. = 49,
SNOW STORM IN THE BALKANs-THI
la-fe WOUNDED IN ROUMANIA.
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