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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Letters from Poland report that Russian forces have recrossed the Danube into winter quarters, failing to take Silistria and Varna but destroying Turkish magazines and ravaging over 20 leagues of land on the right bank to secure their position.
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All the Letters from Poland agree that the Russians have repassed the Danube, and are gone into Winter Quarters. They likewise add, that though they did not succeed in their Attempts upon Silistria and Varna, they have nevertheless, in some Measure, gained their Ends, by destroying the Magazines belonging to the Turks, and laying waste a Tract of Land of upwards of twenty Leagues, upon the right Shore of the Danube, in Order to prevent being molested in their Winter Quarters.
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Danube
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failed attempts on silistria and varna; destroyed turkish magazines and laid waste over 20 leagues of land on the right shore of the danube.
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Russians repassed the Danube into winter quarters; unsuccessful in capturing Silistria and Varna but achieved partial success by destroying Turkish magazines and devastating a tract of land over 20 leagues to avoid molestation in quarters.