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The War Correspondence of the Daily News, 1877
The War Correspondence of the Daily News 1877 Author:Archibald Forbes Subtitle: With a Connecting Narrative Forming a Continuous History of the War Between Russia and Turkey to the Fall of Kars, Including the Letters of Mr. Archibald Forbes, Mr. J. A. Macgahan and Many Other Special Correspondents in Europe and Asia General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1878 Original Publisher: Macmill... more »an Subjects: Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE SITUATION AT SOFIA. 73 CHAPTER III. THE " ARMY OF RELIEF." The Turkish Fugitives in Roumelia. -- The Filthy Town of Sofia. -- Mehemet Ali recalled from Bosnia to assume the Command of " the Relieving Army." -- Effects of the Russian Strategy. -- Circassian Outrages in Orkanieh. -- General Features of the Balkan Campaign. -- Shaklonik Height. -- Operations of Oeneral Rauch and General Dondeville. -- The Turkish Positions. -- Mountain Bivouacs. -- The Cossack Stations. -- Traces of a Struggle. -- Mountain Scenery. -- Transport and Ambulance Difficulties in the Mountains. -- Lamentable Condition of the Wounded. -- Bulgarian Girls. -- Life in Ktropol. -- Difference between the Bulgarians North and South of the Balkans. -- Summary of General Gourko's Progress. -- Configuration of the Country. -- Engagement between the Turks and Forces under Count Schou- valoff. -- With Mehemet Ali. -- The Fight in the Orkanieh Pass. -- Kamarli Pass. -- The Bosnians. -- Excellence of the Russian Artillery Practice. -- Mehemet Ali deprived of his Command. -- Alarm at Sofia. -- The Stafford House Fund and the Red Crescent Society. -- Self-Mutilation among the Turkish Soldiers. -- The Turkish Compassionate Fund and Lady Burdett- Coutta's Agent. -- Rumours at Kamarli of the Fall of Plevna. Before proceeding wi...« less