"الحرب الروسية-التركية، ١٨٧٧. العمليات في أوروبا." [و‎‎٦] (٦٦/١١)

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appointed to the charge of stations. A list was compiled showing the com
mandants of stations on the following lines of railway :—
Odessa.
Kursk—Kkarkoff—AzofT.
Kursk—Kieff.
Kharkoff—Nicolaieff.
Kieff—Brest.
Rostoff—Vladikavkaz.
Lozovo'—Sebastopol.
Griazo—Tsaritzi 11 .
Orel—Griazio.
Tamboff—Saratoff.
Morshansk—Syzran.
Riajsk—Morshansk.
K czl off—Vor one j—Rostoff.
Kozloff—T amboff.
Moscow—Kursk.
Landvarovo—Romny.
Fastoff.
In the list are given the names of 65 officers appointed commandants, and
assistants at 59 stations. Besides these, orders were given for the appoint
ment at 49 stations of officers from the local or field troops of the respective
circles. These latter officers were at the disposal of the staffs of circles.
The railway line between Korneschi and Ungheni, a part of the Kischenev
—Sculiani line, was reported in extremely had order at the close of 1876.
Since the conclusion of the armistice, public attention has been con
centrated on Constantinople, and there has been little intelligence from Servia
and Roumania up to the end of the year.
It was stated that the Militia would be called out on the 2nd December,
and that 90,000 men could be placed at the disposal of Russia.
The following account of preparations in the latter province appears in the
Russian press:—
“ Galatz has nearly lost its character of a commercial town, and has the
appearance of a vast barrack. In it at the present time are 6,000 soldiers,
while in the neighbourhood of Ibraila is concentrated an army of 10,000 men.
On the 10th November orders were received for preparing quarters for 5,000
additional men. Notification has been officially made to the reservists that
they will be with the colours throughout the winter. It is said that the Minister
of War intends to raise the field army to 85,000 men. This intention is
explained by the dread that the Turkish Army will assume the offensive and
cross the Danube. For this reason the Minister of War has appointed special
commissioners of engineer officers to inspect the banks and determine the
points at which batteries should be constructed. At Kalafat will be erected a
series of batteries. The Prince, Commanding-in-Chief, is expected in Galatz
on the 20th November (2nd December).
All the Roumanian garrisons on the Bessarabian frontier are to be
considerably curtailed. A considerable part of the troops will be sent from the
Pruth into Little Wallachia, presumably to Kraevo, where will be the Prince's
head-quarters.
The Russian “volunteers” had been withdrawn from Servia, and the
Russian stores there sold or given to the Servian Government.
The most trustworthy information available at the beginning of the year
respecting the strength and distribution of the Turkish Army in Europe is
somewhat fragmentary. The Turks were said to have at the close of last year
15,000 men at each of the follow ing places: Widdin, Rustchuk, Silistiia, and
VI.
ROUMANIA, SERVIA, &c.
VII.
THE TURKISH ARMY.