, 1877-08-24


tnadia Corps respectively.
"ucn. FalIef, who catnc here on a mission
from tho Moscow Panslarist Committee, las
not yel been successful. Before taking up arms,
seFvta wants ample funds and, atore all, special
at,'l Official convention With Russia. As The Rus
sian committees will no longer need rcprescu-
tattvcs here, Gen. FalieT has Offered hs scrr
ices to the servian government"
TIE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.
THE MONTY ARMY GATHERED IN RoEMAHfA-
cROsslN6 or ruE DANunE-DI.TnfBrTtuNo or
TIE coRrs IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ATPLEyNA
THE BfuNDERs IN AbfA.
twrtxrondenee 41D FORK 7ftGnnt.
WASHINGTON, d. C., Aug IA private let
ter received In this city from gentleman at-
tachcd to the Russian army TN the Danube,
gives the very Interesting summary given below
of the movements OF the llueslaus fsnu the time
they crossed the rsutb, IN April e, up tu and
Including tho crossing Of the Danube from
s!stoya to simnitza on the morning u Juno
81, the distribution Vi troopa In Bulgaria, and
the unsuccessful campaign In Asia. The review
wss written, however, before tic second battle
Of Flcvna. The letter bcAEs date Ju;y 81, and
Is as follows:
-Four corps Eighth. NInth. Eleventh. and
eaeS orcs!rf sn iwo dssi,o, u c.vsIfy ~ .out
crossed lie ifoni1c! April =; The Eleventh Cotp.
10 tjaatx. On tie Lower I,anuIe, auu arrived there
On the 2ad Of April. Thu Eighth and Twelfth
Curus, viii, the sfeate. past of tue casalry snd te
rest. and concentrated there abnut May 10. their
advance guards having takrn positions on tho Dan.
91s NH c sna was ssni ~ 1. Z
slatsna, on The A,uta IlEvcr. revensy.ase miles
Marthwctt q Nikopolr Th5ee more sefrs were SOON
Fonttcentll. Thu fourteenth arrived 1t Ualatz
June i, relieving the Eleyenth, which then march.
q to urssso tns ss g 70
nnd The Fuurtl. Cospa was held In reserve on ihc
railroad, to lie used according - circumstance
sy a y = aaoe1 "a
ber,ns from zoo. 600 10 2!h, 600 men Of al arms
nnd II, addition. TWO divisions Of cavalry tahout
taboat i, 0U0 men). Preparations were At once
begun for crota1nR the danube. at two
s ne1s ..p p,ss vail to III Fl IT, IT. .rsa SaapS %
torpedocs on toti, sides Of each point selected
for hridvc, md thus nentsaizr the 1urkirh Fun.
consirucsed without hindrance from the Turks, hui
thr Country was submerged BY subsequent ri,c
in the river thas the bridge wss not prateable and
uni tho lIctrhts Of Matchin gained the next da5,-
III With . loss Of less than LII, u1en. For the
sss IF ss s !" ae sas g.
10 sluttna where ihey wcrc launched Into ihe
Ajuta pr Alta River; RATS anu other mntcFlAl were
dwt, The Ota which cnleEs i.ttn the Danube oppo-
site Nkopol,s forwhtch reason this point had been
I1e SosS
ebsGss %hsS ssa Ssen ra 70 sa
xnsin' ws t. ~ sbess s ea
On, however, the Turks strengthened theIr works
q, ,NIkopolis ~ eon.tsueting eatthwork. On the
dctcrn,tncd to mike the crpsslng at sn.n!tza.
TFoeps were. however concentrated opposite Nix
opos rnd e. flint s Eishan Y: GsS,ps
O'Clock the next n,ofuing, the advanced guards
egs ,avlus ~ atout @ tour % niIcs beow sttani,za The
oi this fayine and held ihem while wholo disI:
sSn Ind atsas soos % sSa
Of issova, during tho afternoon u June IT.. with
s. rno1n and NEope. Meanwhe
yigurou. bombardmcnt Of both I:natenuk and
Ntkop9. aa essn ksPt 1p son sano y TO- J1nS
In number. tca,deA si1ty.fo raftsl In the Olta
Nlycs, were noated down the Daunbe past Nikopo-
aans ts n9t S{ ,ns L. ~ an
lie shores; thu, agsteaate length being, bel!sre,
a%ily. % suc. i the ont!lne Of the movements up 10
ths ,!ata Of the GRIND puko N!cholns report of
june IL, when there we're on tue housh bunk the
trx nUa ~ sa,n |"sssr TSc r.nsininrr rers IN
ts Iyc;ahisrHn Ia fSs"th rtaTen,n Twrifth "n
Th,tes1;ns wera troax't osss The bridse. and n
. ~ ts EI,ht f.nr1,a wrrr nt,shes ~, n,nns
pt txstyc y, mi mi,c. 10 thc ma,n snsu 10 iustcSut
,sh.ro INV s.no,ntei nn" notinn S,Jns IN ~,
Iust0 s,,t =" ihc ma IN ricyns hciird Nfkonoiis
sDi rhc nthrr ro,no In thn' III Ia n,ris III.
snu n..tnN NV o' ~ tt" innt-r r,,xrr uhich wos n
% taI.n by an aslyaece a' xua,d '' oi cavity Juao
.ii,h, sciImsi. ,yns ~ cnr.t imnHtt"nsr ~ II II
r"sa ia 1a's",sns ths enn,narI nf tIn .V.ntrn
ss ' hobi,I Mnirn ters nra nTcci1snt 4. f.n.is,
nosions, E iy ho!pu 'ii Which III so Russian LII .ns
shn FL @ 1,xer ~ @ fnttos ~ ~ Ist IT,
All. dnes MI nf1ors aoo defcn.iyc nostions III
S Sa"r nctr, insv ThMs coyrtcI IN thrIr III .c
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nny "a III en 'nb hasteasd FORWARD Il, Tnoya
thc thc,. Tina III "s9s4'@''e'' 's''s s's1''a''
'"Tiv IT. Etuth f.orn. houcv-, NJ. dsrctcd IN
<,arif t.,n * IA .,.,f.d t;at ,Isr. ~
assaut m, .asvfe ios, a..S MT % yet oea'y ryen
,. r",s,s','n $50 t,s.h. t,. "snnnn Il Gni
nnI = and two wunboat.. Jui1 and i ,ue .lsi.on
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