RUSSIAN, TURKISH, AND ENGLISH TROOPS.
(Erora the World.") Captain Eaton, Ist Battalion Grena« dier Guards, has just returned from a visit to Constantinople and its neighbor- _ : hood. He , witnessed the Russian guards march into San Stefano, and their appearance on that occasion reminded him not a little of that of our own men at the termination of the autumn manoeuvres, that is to say they looked thoroughly workmanlike, yet wonderfully clean and smart. But these troopa represented the elite of the Russian army, and he holds that the rank and file of their army is much inferior to our Militia. On the other hand, he was very favorably impressed what he saw of the Turkish soldiers, and describes their feeling as wholly with the English, so much so that he doubts if they could be got to fight on the side of Russia. At Gallipoli the .Turks are working like Trojans on the Buliar lines of defence. At the present juncture he opines we should have a great advantage in the case of war, owing to the great superiority of our : breech-loaders over that of the Russians, for although it is true the latter have captured large numbers of the PeabodyMartini from the Turks, so far have not succeeded in obtaining'ammunition for them.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 150, 22 June 1878, Page 4
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