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va dnu III establishing there second
passage across the river. Screened by
these detachments, the main Russian
army, under General Rumanzoff, crossed
the Danube at Gosobal, about twenty
miles below Silistria, and advanced to
the attack of this latter fortress. Every
effort TO take it was, however, in vain
and, disheartened by his want of success,
the Russian general fell back again
across the river.
In the autumn, however, at the earnest
instance of the empress, he recrossed to
the right bank and penetrated into Bull
garia as far as the Balkans. In the fol-
lowing year, 1774, the Danube was again
crossed by Russian forces, this time
early in April, by Kamienski, at Ismaila.
During the same month General
Suvarof effected passage at Tierna-
voda, and General Glaboff crossed over
in the vicinity of Silistria. The next at
tempt to carry Russian forces across the
Danube was made by Miloradovitch,
who sought to capture Giurgevo by
storm, in March, 1909. The attack
failed, as did also like enterprise I'M
dertaken by Prosorovski against Ibraila.
Still the emperor Alexander insisted that
the river should be crossed, and, ac-
cordingly, General Isaieff passed over
to the right back at Kladova to as sist
the Servians. This latter place was
stormed. Again the assault was unsuc-
cessful, and again the Russians were
fam to fall back to their own side of the
stream. In the meanwhile Prosorovski
had been superseded in his command on
the lower Danube by Prince Bagration;
and this latter succeeded, in August,
1909, IN crossing the river near Galatz,
and the Turks offering no resistance,
possessed himself of Isaktcha, Tultscha,
Matchin, Hirsova, and finally also of Is
malta. Silistria, on the other hand,
wlthstood every attempt to capture it
until, owing to the difficulty of providing
subsistence for the besieging forces, it
became necessary, late in the year, once
more to withdraw the Russian army
across the Danube. At the opening of
the campaign in the following year, 1910,
the new commander-in- chief of the Rus
sian forces, Count Kamienski H., con-
veyed his army of $4,000 men and
seyenty-two guns across the river at
Hlrsova between the tenth and four
teenth of May. On the twenty-ffth of
the same month General Sass crossed in
boats at Turtukai, and seized that town;
and on the thirtieth Count Zukatto also
passed over the river to the north of
Widdin. In the two following years,
1911 and 1872, the Russian armies con-
stantly crossed and recrossed the river.
Hirsova, strongly fortified and garrison
ed by the Russians, served them as q
tete-de-pont on the Turkish side of the
river, and bridge was also established
and maintained at Turtukal.
At the outset of the campaign of 1928
70 the Russians, crossing the Pruth in
three columns on the seventh of May,
reached the Danube on the eighth If
June. The Third corps was to cross the
river at Satunovo to the eastward of
lsaktcha; the Seventh corps was tG pass
over at Ibraila; while the Sixth, travers-
ing Wallachia, was to cross the Danube
in the neighborhood of Turtukai. The
Sixth corps arrived at the river without
having encountered any serious opposi-
ton in its passage through Wallachia;
but every effort made by it to effect a
passage across the Danube at Turtukai
was in vain. The Third corps was more
successful at Satunovo, and on the
eighth of June bridge was established
there; while the Seventh corps, having
been delayed by the necessity of besieg-
ing and capturing Ibraila, did not sue
coed in crossing the river until after the
capitalization of that place on the seven
teenth of June. The history of the
passage of the Danube during the Russo
Turkish war of 1855 is well known.
On the twentieth of March, 1854, $4,000
Russian troops were assembled at Ibraila
under the command of Gortschakaff him.
self; q, 900 more were at Galatz, under
Luders; and Il, 900 were at Ismaila, I'M
der Utschahoff--all in readiness to cross
the river. On the twenty-frst of March
the last named general succeeded de.
spite unfavorable weather, in crossing
the Kilia arm of the Danube in boats
from Ismaila. On the twenty-thirc
General Luders' troops were transported
TO the right bank from Galatz, while
Gortschaloff, having established bridge
of boats, moved his force across on the
twenty-sixth of March.