Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-04
The Eastern War.

q .puDica the ChiCi positions, and thcIr lines x
la r., colo., ~ Kolo(at I'm, Tho Cnrmid.
nd until ,I,o .,roo,,
ao'e !lFel p'is tno'' ""'' "NN
rcturls to its normal summer icVtl 1t viii pe
ncrilous. if not physically impossible, 10 take
40 .,n,v ocrocs. # is nov hardly rossiblc
WV "0'>~'' ;r
that tue hussiapS can eAe'u.' 'n'' s,'"' n''
tary operation fer the Ic1t three weeks. lhey
NAV comr IA close quarters with the Turkish
H., ho.;,,;,o of Jnly en- thai
d "'oS "'o0' ''',
thecampa'gh VIII prooap|y W pio,.eu'eu u1Ue,
the greatest EcatS Q! summer. 1he region @!
the lover Danube is terribly unhealthy for
s.rorr,rs G, it may ho presumed the Russians
,-o ,u;,I, IN o.Ior;,, a.,
Will CHuc''o' " 'la'e''O WIN 81" '''NA''' wv
more unhealthy districts. lhosc troops Will
fare worst which have TO sit down before fort
race 49, cuora s,ro,g Mace in the chain Of COM
or,,u :, ,,ovomont mill ,on.
inuu'eA''onS' 80 90 81
orally keep hcaI'h oetlcr 'h"n S"'i'So' VI III
ycsiug forces
m, ohar,c,er and duration Of the struggle
~ 0'','.'''., ~. ,nI;ant nr mno, sro.nI,
IN bulgaria arc '"' '',1''' VI ''u',' ,'', ':
ton, particularly IN "srmany ana Austria
| where every officer seems TO have made u, ms
| own particular study OF the campaign. Inc
general tenor OF these criticisms Is adverse to
| the Turks, not from any douot that tney VIII
make 2 good fight and even lDlllct serious ic'
pulses On their enemy, but from the PROPOSES
SION that the superiority IN numbers, eihclehcy
OF organization, aud s!rate&icai ap'ii'y are on
the side OF tho krSHlanH. mere are 2ioo
Russians III position on The Dahuoc without
| counting the hnuhi"nlailS " '"c reserves ..',''
are beng brought lurwaru VINO amount 10 w.,
600 men. There are $4,000 men cast ol lDtai
and 10000 with considerable reserves az Dol
grad, which ID tho point OF support lof THIS
part Of the line. The strength and position OF
the works at Renl and lbrall indicate that they
are defensive and rot offensive the precautions
taken being directed against M attack ny inc
Turkish tcet and TO prevent Tie passage OF the
river by the lu!ks.
At lbral there are three batteries; one west
Of the town sweeping the Danube, with Jour
twelve Founders and Two guns OF larger caIlbrc
up to the point formed by the Nlalchu chan
mel, aud two east Of the town raklng the Mat
chin, one OF which Is armed with lour guns OF
position aud Jour hoWitZers, and the other
with eight pieces Ol still larger callbrc anu two
mo rlarS, from which prolCclleS arc said to
have reached Matchin. There Ii q fourth bat
tcrv of lighter guns on The island opposite Mat
chin. From lhrail UP TO the lines of Bucharest
and N,tcritZa and bucharest and Guirgevo
there arc no troops except number requisite
TO guard against . possible surprise. But be-.
tween bucharest and GuirgeYo the conccnlra-
ton il on a larger scale. The iorccs arc in
three camps, each containing thirty thousand
men, to which must be added another ten
thousand at Guirgcvo. Thus there are one hun
ircd Thousand men now concentrated on the
Bucharest and Guirgcvn line along the railway,
who may b., directed either against the line Of
Rnstchrk and Turtukai or Rustchuk ard Sis
toya. On the spot it is believed the latter will
be chosen, AID that the demonstration al Otto
nilza is merely fcint. The second couccntra
ton j. On both sides Of the river Aluta.
East OF Tie liver are 70 600 men in two
camps, both on the high road to Turnu Ma
eurc West Of the Aluta are four camps,
| representing about 50, 900 men. This may be
regarded as the centre Of the linz. Further
west, on the line Of kalafat and TuroseVcro
last accounts stated the number Of Russla1s TO
be oyer 10000. The Turkish army on the
| Asiasic side appears TO have been dcplorabIy
neglected The troops arc worse disciplined,
worse equipped ard provided than those on
the Danube, but the nature of the warfare in
| Asia to some degree makes deficiencies OF The
armies less vital. The campaign will be one IN
which strategy will be OF less aud hard lighting
Of more importance. Even regular troops may
! be able 10 do service 10 some positions which
it Is in the powc: 81 Nluhktar Pasha to defend.
| The Russian right wing has advanced from Ar.
daElan, via R"xrct. to Pennck fifteen mics
north Of EardcZ. OF the centre We have no re-
liable Information, but it has been reported
that they have taken both Dclmusa and Gets
clc2an, According TO another account these
places arc being attacked by attachments,
whi!a the n:a:n fierce IS following the northern
road oSrr tho Soshanlu racgc.
At ell events, The right and cauire are we'll
s}raWa toward positions irom winch attack
could Be made Oh Nuhktar Pasha, but The lei:
wing has not yet advanced lar enough 10 partl-
cipato ID q combined movement. This delay
is, &c great extent, in consequence OF difficult
ties oI INC country through which the lett wing
is marching. All supplies have to be drawn
from E77an, Iron wheb place the only easy
road lead. through l'ersIan territory, the ether
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