, 1877-05-28
ASIA MINOR.

rA6T CAMPAIGNS OF RUSSIA IN THAT REGION
london FIHfs My W.
It's highly Instructive u glance as tho past cam.
pAtgns Ut Itussla in AAla Minor. such retrospect
IL the moro ,lecfnl tceaaso the position Of the
Turkish asrcnghu1ds alm0ht conipels tho INVADERS
to rereat The movements Of fAsk!ewitsch and A0u-
faytcn. Tne same roads will be followed, the
same fortrcstc. bcslcscd. tho same passes de-
Tended or stor1ned, "a In tho campaigns Of 1890
and 1a54-'s. A backward glance II useful for an
other rcaxon. 1t viii tend to calm many appso.
hcnsons which spring from vague ideas Of
distance or physlcal feature: From the way
in which Asia Minor Ia often discussed. u
ciinel pIain, stletehing from shs Caucasus to The
i}osphosus and The Lesent, 20 that tho nusslsps
in order and themselves earrIe, BY tho laws of
sts y IL 60 A.; - 'YCRs.sa + :ys
and military hlsto!y., Psw countries In tho wosil
Unpeupled waslea, rl.sn: great rIdgst VI noaa.
taInA the want 81 roads, toitEesses made 70 strong
y n to .h M aa s' S
stand between tho Ras.iall base and thc sca. II
saeh country We, ws,o peoples, BY any
Were the inhabitants to nKht With such energy and
tn'el'ycnec o. ihe spantasds " tbs Pscneh, otths
aM:is sey sa'sst s aEs ao dsas q hss. mountains ths
grave Of ltu4s,a, anbtten; They 1.ay s.,al es. -
taey fec is .Paf q fsastiei.ia ia Eer. atialIy
brase md aaa6'e e e9nsnH wL ts army Of thoss
ct Europeau ttscipli6u; out 80 strong In tho
country that oven tho tcapass:y of shs 1usss c9.a
nut tctray any large part Ut .nto tae haaa1 Of tae
Russians within any ttlus on which the invaders
ruu securely count. No better prouf Of IL natural
ad. sntAso Gould .1 Rtvsn turn shs can'lag'. Of
lt:s:O. .whca Gus. ru.kie~i1eh sscoissa the
| cGurts Of hla counsrynru in Eulnpe, Thu &C.
casion ~ 1seasy ~ ioasible ~ hhtlctat1un 1f
IA. which W. sesa' about to witness: Willis ths
| HrAan II
tStoush l,sisa.ts tiii ihcy fssehsa Alfisaop!s
ther army ia tas Caucasus had Ia..ed the :rentitr
soust. D. s Compared Win tSa. Which j. opers,Ins e
thr same d.trct, for lts effective force wes uny
uss ill., ;oss nsa. at It's ~ t1oop.
we're far 'nfostor In numbers. discipline. and
eauipmsns 70 w. p,etept as%y Of .ee PofS ana
sanitation = military students. seldom has q
hnaton es Foresight, .tsatsssal kill, roao!ae*s,
ssn aas., a. 4'sasfa' asa sssSs Sssss srs %sss
:@. s.sSs , Isi!Is; y M ,F:,s Etssssdiss
iou. Kar. he condueted the a.sault on that st:ony
plscs with such akt and courage - u compsl u 70
:as z suS S9sssy Gasss
u peculiar strength, sad L. va defended
wls Aken ,,oy, tssau!t Tho.s two
prizes helped ltusssa tV round Cd her Caucasian
frontier. aud thsy wsts not returned to ths
urtxlna' oxaera They help her to-day. In th.
u senss ot Operations which may hs found
tn anticipation Of what biz eountFynsa ate a..
| tempting At present. Between Has aud Etzs.
tounl III the Soxaniush Mountains. which lu soma
places ass U, COO feet high. Gu ths way frum thu
Que toxu 70 tas other thers arr but two paases,
aud ,he captufo u both by pa.kewitseh saLk1
anoug The oAt brilliant fcats Of modern warfare.
by wonderfully sstft march ha OCCUPIED ono ol
them before tho loltsrur Tufks had arrisel. and
aites defeating tks advancing f'fcs hs dung him.
their apparently in,ptcgnable pestsion failed q
save them ffom comr!ete d!Astet. The way td
EszcrouM then lay open. Ns hAd but y eaptuF!
thu strong po4ttou Ut iiassau k1lo aud the C4pisl
| Of Asia AlauE w1a Ut his E.escy.
| The pre.1nt iluat{un ID like sud unlike that o
1870. uosh tho cou,batauts have q yeTy lauet
larger army than they Lad then; but thta saS tbs
supcttosity Of numbers 4erns to ba on the s!de oi
thu Kusalans. kass II still in ths haods Of tha
Turks, wt!'a during ta.kiswtlsch's march e
| alpsa1s 10 bs surrounded. snd ~ shs Russlan,