New-York tribune., 1877-05-17
THE CAMPAIGN MADE PLAIN.

IINrs or pFFENsE-wHERE THE TURKISH TRoCPs
AgE-TuE RoUMANIAN ARMY-TfIE RUSSIAN
LINES OF MARCi-NHERE EACH CORPS AND
DIVISION Is NOW sTATIONED-wHEBE THE CAM
PAIGN WILL OPEN.
The cut accompanying this article brings OeIore
the eve the whole thcatcr of war in European lur-
KEY. from the mouths Of the Danube to the noun
ton masses of Montenegro from the borders OF Ser
via aud Austria 10 Constantinople itself. 1t shows
the two natural lines OF defense-ll) the Danube
from Widdin TO Tultcha, and ~ the balkan hahSe
the Bulgarian Quadrlatera with the l"Tti'sacS VI
Rustchuk, Silistria, Nana, and Shulnla at INC
aneles the Turkish camp at Nlddln' ana Inc hou-
maujan garrison across the river at kalafat; the
points at winch the Russian forces are concentrating
Tuna. Giuraevo, Bucharest and Galatz; the
Turkish river defcnses at Nilopos, Sitova, ana
Tultcha: and Adriauoplc-the first objective poht
after the Turkish fortrcses shall have been storned
or Aankcd and the mountains sealed.
AttLe outbreak of the wal. the Turks had about
100000 men available for the defense OF the Dan
ulc and the Balkans. 81 Widdin there were 2o'ooo
mon; at Eu,tchuk II coo; at Siiistria 2ooOO; ~
Shulnla. 1900: at other points 5000. On 'he
Greek frontier sc, 600 Turks were stationed, anu az
least 10000 troops were scattered along the 'oh-
fines of Scryia Montenegro and AUSTRIA INC
Turkish forces in Asia Minor did NOT number more
than 10000 men; so that the effective Strength "l
the armies of the Porte WIS about 100000. 1t IS
net urolaIla that th, divisions on tLc frontiers o
Greece and Montenegro have been withdrawn, ana
the army i'm Asia las had an aggressive enemy
directly i'm font. and has been unable TO spare a
man. The r,inforccmcis for t,Ic army OF the Dan
ube must have been drawn from the Seryian ana
Austrian frontiers The force at Niddin has been
increased to % 600 men, and the latest dispatches
sunouuce that 25OO0 men are marching from
Sauhia TO the same point whiio $1,000 men have
b,cp DISPATCHED ia tlc direction of tine D'bfuIJa-
fine section between the northern bend OF the
Danube and the Black Sea. The car1Sons @. ShlT'li
and yarna have undoubtedly been reduced, and ihc
main body OF the Turkish army has been maSsed at
NiI,onoIi4 and Rustchuk where TIE Russians are
threatening TO cross the Danube. The Turkish
riolt wing opposite Galatz will probably abandon
Tultcbg and seek 90 draw the Russians after them
into the syainps Of the Dobrudia. The garrison Of
SIistria will be increased if the Russians make a
demonstration in the direction of halaiasu. Ihe
let wing at Widdn is 80 strong that it may take
the offensive and attempt to capture kalaIat Which
is directly opposite.
The Koumanan army consists of 10000 men,
roorly equipped and ill-disciplned. 1t J, concen-
tratcd at kraova and occupies kaiaiat, where lis
artillery force has a large number Of krupp guns
When hosttics opened the russians had six corps
modified on the European thcater of war. There
were the Eiqhfh, Ninth, Eleventh, and Twelfth
Corps, constituting the army of Bcssarabia and the
Seventh and Tenth Corps to whom was in'ruStcd
the defense Of the Crnea aud the northern shore oi
the Black Sea. The strength Of this army was about
100 600 men. and it was scattered along the R0u-