, 1877-08-22

In. never bccn in danger for moment Tiny
lRvc merely suffered disastrous cheek In NJ,
unnecessary, ofIen>ivs mnvemsn!, that !: tha
tnents have altcadr reached Gcn. kruiencr.
THE RcsstAA s1rrArIos WEEK AFTER 1u1ER
DEFEAT.
BUCHAREST, Ang. W S.-~We haye @ nothing Of
special interest from the frunL to-day. The
Koumantnns anticipate being called upon To TO-
operate upon the Tnrktsh left Hank in heavy
arrival OF Russian re!ntorcements, A. the Kou-
manfans are not likely to he used II their places
can be filled BY Mnsrovitc soldiers. The reasons
for declaring the nrst assault upon Plcvna u
great mistakc Still hold good Against rcpct'-
tion Of II. llnd Gen. Krudcncr remained on tho
defensive and held fsman P,ast.a at bay, the
whole Of the Russian tnsces between the Danube
and e!trnora would have leen available to
crlsls Mellcmct All f'asha In the direction oE The
hatRrad-shuin1a line, whereas now heavy rc!n-
foreements have necessarily been sent to thc
army before Plevna, either to renew the attack
Or to restore confidence On the left wing Thcr:
!s no adequate cause for the general change of
opinon Al to the Turkish chances IN The cam
before Plevna do not materially change the stt-
uatlon nor reverse the aspcct OF the campaign,
and "a for the morale, II Is 50 evittent TINT any
force of *, ,oD men which attacks t., ~ stronEly
feat, that It cannot elevate one side OF
depfcsa tho other permanently. to such at
extent ns to change tho features ot the whole
military situation. As The. number Of the
underestlmatcd, on account Of tho easy Russian
succes.es previously, It is nov ovcr.rsted. In
consequence Of the disaster inflicted by Ostnau
Pasl,a. This Turkish General has probably
1000 mcn on the plcvna line, md Mehcmyt
Ali has q force. estimated at Go000 men. xd-
vancinQ from the direction of Usman Hazar.
Surely, therefore, the Russian armies In HuIga-
ria must have cyaporatcd u','tcr the heat of
the sun II they arc not numerous enough
10 deal successfully with any offensive
movements Of these two Ottoman losts.
Had the Plerna defeat been sustained
by the Russians witb eqral numbers Ia the opc.l
Held, there would hare bccn sotnc ground for
believing that the prospects ri the caupaixu
Ind materially changed in favor Of tue Mos
lens but al present there Is no cause for con.
s!dcring the military situation in Bulgaria Al
even approaching tic critical 80 IA. as the Rus
officers 10 the camp before Plcvna thut they wcrg
oycr-confi1cnt. having tmhlbcsl tile notion that
they had only to show themselves, ami the
Turks would run away. and that the recent
severe repulsc might teach their commander.
some wholesome cantto,I, especially tn making
ttons.
From gentleman who arrived hero to-1a,
from tile Russian frontier learu tlat he passed.
on the way 5LN Russian railway wagons loadet
with Infantry, cavalry. aud artillery. TiIcst
troops wero already IN lsontnsnIA, en- route fol
there were mo wagons, similarly loaded, follow
Ing those which he raw md counted. VcrJ
heavy rtqufsftfutls for tile TRANSPORT OF troopl
have also bcen .nafc In the last few DAYS upon
the Roumantan raflrays an! ruling stock. Tht
whole Roumantzn railway resources arr non
that oniy one passenger train per day ID sen
| over tht lines.