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‘The Russo-Turkish War. 1877. Operations in Europe.’ [21v] (42/66)
The record is made up of 1 item (33 folios). It was created in 1877. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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42
VII.
THE TURKISH ARMY.
May 1877. There is no fresh detailed information this week of the strength, distri
bution or movements of the Turkish forces between the Danube and the
Balkans.
VIII.
TURKISH FORTRESSES, STORES, &c.
Early May intelligence, alluding to the end of April, announced the pre
sence of seven Turkish ironclads in the Sulina mouth of the Danube, preparing
to ascend the river.
Intelligence from Bucharest of the 3rd of May describes the Turks as very
busy in the construction of two large earthworks at Rustchuk.
The Turkish ironclad flotilla for service on the Danube is said to include
five gunboats carrying in a turret either a smooth-bore 68-pr. or a rifled
Armstrong 40-pr.; three low-decked monitors with two turrets; two smaller
monitors with one turret and two Armstrong guns; and two other monitors
with one gun each.
IX.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The earliest May intelligence reported the roads as in bad order in
Roumania.
The water in the Pruth and Danube was very high.
The marsh lands continued flooded.
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Confidential report detailing operations in Europe that took place during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877/78, written by Major R J Maxwell, of Section D, Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department. The report, which covers the period November 1876 to May 1877, is organised under the following chapter headings:
- Narrative
- Mobilisation of the Russian Army
- Details of the Russian Army
- The movements of troops, stores, war materials
- Railways, roads, bridges, etc.
- Events in Roumania [Romania], Servia [Serbia], etc.
- The Turkish Army
- Turkish fortresses, stores, guns, etc.
- Miscellaneous
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- 1 item (33 folios)
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The report is arranged chronologically into a number of sections: preliminary; January to March 1877 inclusive; April 1877; 1 May to 5 May 1877; 7 May to 12 May 1877; 13 May to 19 May 1877; 20 May to 26 May 1877. Each section contains an identical series of chapter headings.
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