Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-06
EUROPE.
The Turkish Army on the
Danube.
POORLY oFflcEREn, POORLY FED,
AND POORLY DISCIPLINED.
Servia Preparing to Attack
Turkey.
ESPECIAL DisrArcirs TO II Com HUI
DALr NEws.l
The arss war.

70 the Turks. Inc opersuons may no'
have the rapidity Of recent wars, but thu
Turks arc oyermstched and must succumt
80. In
In the emu. ihis eA'a."oPA'
accept. No nation will so TO war a8ain 10
-.rpnoyt that which cannot be supported
....., .,.,..m.. wiIi cling IN a dad Gle.
NJ o.. "a.
ment IN systsm inssssa y, ss -
living iorees; ssho a. n.,,ine
Ior tnA' wn,en 80 IsP,a ~ .ano
power Ahu 70 .m' "0 's"A'' ~
uirect our aston'ou.
sERyiA 10 .clS neSsIA.
LONDON. !nne "a Delsrsoe sPeeiAi
says tho berviahs nave sem ~ saIn,e
through the Sci,v commitCeo 70 uno nus
sian nauoh, caiiihg .no - sIn.tl..
a Seryian paper eLno w. ~
W uoc,us the iAto ~ WY Se'',An oc'
declaring war agn,n.' ne d. S...
sels ser.,A 70 wais un w., ,h.n - sn,sr oiS
eroeseo 'ns sAn .""
Servia anu bosn'a, A.. ,..u,,.
Aspeciai from res'n ns ifh.,
All deniais' u po.,,e,y .e',ion. y"
Servia has maze compieH picPA,A',o"s ~
commence hestilities near Akpo,Anhs snu
Altrisch a. 0 as tho husS'Ans hA's
crossed tho Danube.
THE runIisn.Ah or TUE pAsoss.
.ospoS, sn"e o.T.,b 800 NJ.
spondent win VIZ nu ;, a.. ".nis..
tue io.,owlhs PA,N 49, s.u...
non ; me Army " 'no anu .,"rsia
dencient ~ Arulery .na W. Mu-.ans
cavalry Vie ohiy Iessyh S,'ns ~
money. Iho iut,ish uv,e,nmen. u
still more than aoo orecehrIysu,ns c.n a
lying IDLE ~ ioI "An,o'
horses M harness, snu tncro ~, mui''
tudes OF weli.quAiihed arasoons, pu. NO
money To mount tnem, fne almament On
tho troops "a AL that u Periec1' .no III,
fantry have MARITIME . henry rinss nna
the cavalry winchester rines. AccoIuins
10 the most trustworthy information, ths
present strength OF the army inclusive OF
corps In course OF formation on the othcr
side OF the Balkans, IL $50 battailsns Of
infantry. " rqnAdrons OF horse, 3oo can
non and about 5000 fortress artillerymen
engineers. ! these 10 battaiirns are s'a.
toned at Widin, ~ ~ hustchnk, % ~
Schumla. ~ OF yarna and 10 at siiistria:
The remaining ~ battaliona are aivioed
between Nikap0lis. Sistova, Tnrtukai' the
Dobrndsche and various places OF more or
less Importance In nut bulgaria.
Every battalion on an average may 10 a.
sumed TO contain 100 men. b0mo are IN
deed considerably
below rms STANDARD.
But, on the other hand numerous RELIEF
battalions have loo men, anu even more.
Therefore the total number OF Infantry IL
about l72,5O0. aud the cavalry. reckoning
100 men TO the squadron, ',zoo. accord.
ingly the army Of the Danube, including
fortress artillerymen and engineers. 10
close upon 100000 strong. A. 70 orRanix-
alton, there Ia . want Of everything mat Is
Indispensable In tactical unity and system.
Until within . lew weeks there were u" ui-
visions, brigadss or regiments Wy she
Balkan troops lay scattered spout without
often knowing from whom they hAd 70 IRE
ceiyo orders. IL Is trne That after the doc
l~srstion OF war divisions and brigadss wers
formed. Dut TINS u OF HUE prae.lcAI value
when It Ia considered that ihe troops and
commanders aIo GnAnssn a'V MI .no
p.,,iv J,,octs,i from ConstsniInonls.
where al movements are planned and or.
ders issued by . so-called
soVsciL Sr ~sh, ...,. ~,.
.sa me- [n"nns,. in tbo bsnjs Of 4 fev 10.
norsnt upstars. Abdul Kerim Pasha Is
the mere executor Of the will Of this body.
Undeniably he Possesses military expert.
ence and q sharp, jndicioua eye, but Is
wholly wanting In energy n rapid 70
ton. To tho natural inrapacity OF the
Commander-in.Chie In Til. respect must
10 added the Circumstance thai ho 10 SEQ
onded by nc general stan; AZ regards
fortresses In European turkey croditable
results have been accomplished; and
Widin, Rustehnk. bilestria' AND
Varna-espcci.iiy the lASt were nov
quite formidable. INC ioruncanons y.
most eniireiy consist y .nasps ~
works mostly OF eartn, put cons'ructea w
strict conformity win moiern principles
Of armament. and leave n9.h,ng 10 pe ae-
sired. y y very plooAn, m m n as
SLAMS VII succee, sopn " .oiI,"ss
sage OF tue river. pu' J. y equA,iy es.,I l
IN we TACO OF uhs 1oush anu ena'.
qualities o. tne lu'kisn so,uhlI VIZ!
will only After shedding much Dlood ioIce
the barrier opposed 70 uheir onwAia PLo.
gress IN tho ShAPe " 'he ''r"" v"
panupe' ...,. ,,o,,vs.
80 viann. ,,.,.,o,
LoSp3S. yunc III IL, ,saina .ptc"s,i
slAIes uia' u,e W.. :, 49,, roiico
to-mo,row. nIaiso ILL., ~ ~ H. ~,
pteceueu Tue ohsf VI "I."e D1.HN