CouDt Yon Moltke is quoted as the authority for the statement that the Balkan Mountains may be passed without eerious difficulty by an invading force. The whole cavalry already hold Tirnova, from which lead three of six roads available to an army. The only serious obstacle is the entrenchment of Shumla lying in front of the Balkans, which it is thought must either be taken or masked before any force can aafely pase Lbe mountains.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1342, 18 August 1877, Page 16
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