The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-25

it strikes me that the heaviest fighting will
take place at the Danube end of the line,
where the ruins are less available than on
the high ground near the coast.
WEAK POINTS
"The railroad in curving through the
valley crosses it about midway between the
river and the Black Sea, and the western
half is, therefore, on the north side of the
lake and uncovered to the Russians.
Again, there is neck of land at Tcherna-
voda between the western end Of the lake
and the Danube, which is fully two miles
wide, and intersected by the Kara Sou
River, flowing from the lakes. BY forcing
this neck under cover of their gunboats the
Russians can completely turn the line and
seize the important town of Medjidie. stu
ated in the valley, at the head OF
tho larger lake. But against this must be
weighed the consideration that the Russians
should divide their forces and attack the
town with their backs to the river, and
would be exposed to the fire Of the Turkish
monitors above Tchernavoda. This danger
I only surmise, from the fact that the Rus
sian force now in the Dobrudscha is very
great in anticipation Of stubborn resist
ance at the very point / refer to-
II THE RUSSIANS SUCCEED.
SHOULD success attend the attack of the
Russians on the line of Trujan's wall at
their hands, and the road will be
open southwark to sever the COM
munications between the Black Sea coast
north of varna and the Danube. Silistria
and Kustendje will be menaced, the Danube
will be cleared of Turkish monitors for
considerable distance up stream, if not
altogether, and the ground will be prepared
for the operations of the centre and right
wing, now preparing to move across the
river
TURKS IN GREAT yoRCE.
81 am now fully convinced that the
Turkish force in and about Matchin was
vastly larger than reported, or even sup
posed by the Russians. The size of the
camp would indicate that at least $4,000
or Is, 900 men were at Matchin alone"
THE TURKS ADMIT DEFEAT.
The HERALD's special correspondent at
Constantinople. telegraphs under date OF
yesterday Sunday that a Turkish paper
announces the passage of the Danube near
Matchin, and declares that the Turks gal
lantly resisted, but that the Russians beat
them back because of vastly superior num-
bers, and crossed the river in successive
groups.
THE suLrAN's BROTHER 10 THE 'FRONT.'
| The HERALD correspondent ut Constan-
tinople reports that it has been decided to
send the Sultan's younger brother to the
frontier of Asia Minor with a view to en-
courage the troops there. The young man
has no military experience, but it is hoped
that the presence Of one Of the imperial
family will act as o stimulant on the Mos
lem population.
sERvLA BENT ON WAR.
The Turkish agent in Belgrade has re-
ported that Servia is seriously preparing
for war, and that open hostilities may
sian army crosses the Danube. Notwith-
standing the fact that Russia has dis
couraged Servia from joining in the
struggle the people OF the Princi-
pality know that the present is the
best opportunity they will ever have
to strike for freedom, and IRE naturally
anxious to obliterate the bad effect of their
rather inglorious defeat last yeare
GREEK CONSPIRACY DISCOVERED.
Advices received in Constantinople from
Salonica report the discovery of conspiracy
among the Greeks in that city. Several
arrests have been made, among the prison.
ers being some professors and many stu
dents, and on the persons Of some Of them
documents of a very compromising nature
were found. For some time past it has been
known that an active revolutionary propa-
ganda was being carried on among the
Greek. subjects Of the Sultan, and an insur-
rectionary outbreak in Epirus and Thessaly
may be looked for as soon as the Russians
gain decisive victory in Bulgaria.