The Russians in Bulgaria and Rumelia in 1828 and 1829: During the Campaigns of the Danube, the Sieges of Brailow, Varna, Silistria, Shumla, and the Passage of the Balkan by Marshall DiebitchJ. Murray, 1854 - 476 Seiten |
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The Russians in Bulgaria and Rumelia in 1828 and 1829: During the Campaigns ... Helmuth Moltke Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 1 - I dread war in a good cause, (and in no other may it be the lot of this country ever to engage!) from a distrust of the strength of the country to commence it, or of her resources to maintain it I dread it, indeed — but upon far other grounds: I dread it from an apprehension of the tremendous consequences which might arise from any hostilities in which we might now be engaged. Some years ago, in the discussion of the...
Seite 272 - According to the testimony of an eye-witness the men's faces wore an expression of sadness and pain. After all that they had suffered in the former campaign they looked upon themselves as martyrs to their religion and their emperor. Nowhere in the Russian quarters were to be seen or heard the jokes that never fail among German soldiers when in tolerable plight.
Seite 454 - Mahmoud's military reforms might in that time have gained some strength ; and, supported by an army upon which he could depend, the Sultan might have carried out the needful reforms in the administration of his country, have infused new life into the dead branches of the Ottoman Empire, and made himself formidable to his neighbours. All this was prevented by Russia, which nipped the Sultan's military reforms in the bud.
Seite 474 - Accordingly, in 1829, more numerous and better appointed forces crossed the Danube, and they were led by Marshal Diebitsch, a general who thoroughly entered into the spirit in which his imperial master wished the war to be conducted and concluded. " He besieged one fortress, and fought one battle ; but this brought him into the very heart of the hostile empire.
Seite 2 - I then said that I feared that the next war which should be kindled in Europe would be a war not so much of armies as of opinions.
Seite 2 - I much fear that this country (however earnestly she may endeavour to avoid it) could not, in such case, avoid seeing ranked under her banners all the restless and dissatisfied of any nation with which she might come in conflict. It is the contemplation of this new power in any future war which excites my most anxious apprehension. It is one thing to have a giant's strength, but it would be another to use it like a giant.
Seite 423 - Solyman never dreamed that their descendants could ever he besieged; but things are greatly changed since their times, and it would now be highly advisable to restore the cisterns to their original purpose, which might easily be done. In the eventof acomplete investment of Constantinople, the numerous population could only subsist for a very short time on the bad water of the wells ; but so long as the city is only attacked by land, good water can be got in abundance from the magnificent springs...
Seite 256 - Pacha, the second in command, who went over to the enemy with nearly 5000 men. Silistria repulsed the Russian corps that besieged it ; and altogether, at the close of the European campaign, the position of the combatants was such, that in the words of the ablest military critic of the...
Seite 424 - Gulhane are admirably adapted for placing artillery, and in the course of a few days the Turks, animated by the energy and activity of one man, General Sebastiani, mounted upon them several hundred pieces, sufficient effectually to prevent any hostile fleet from anchoring between the two towns, or even from interrupting the communication between them for a moment. In order, therefore, to invest Constantinople completely, it would be necessary to have two armies in Europe, a third in Asia, and a fleet...
Seite 273 - ... former campaign, they looked upon themselves as martyrs to their religion and their Emperor. Nowhere in the Russian cantonments could be seen or heard the jokes that never fail amongst German soldiers when in tolerable plight. Singing was the only expression of joy that was heard, but the songs liad the melancholy character peculiar to the Sclavonian race.