IsmaU, a stronghold on the Eilia, an arm of the Danube

near its mouni, in the Moldo-YaUachian provinces (Moldavia) ; formerly more important than now. Taken from the Turks by Souvaroff in 1789 ; ceded to Russia in 1812, when it rose again from its ruins ; and restored to the United Provinces by the treaty of Paris, 1856. Now one of the most important towns in those parts.

Otchakoff, a seaport, N.E. of Odessa, on the Black Sea, on the right bank of the Dnieper. Prince Potemkin took it from the Turks in 1788, and razed its citadeL It was bombarded in 1855 by the allied fleets of France and England.

/. corps, companions in arms.

on ispiore ; note the active coiM.\ivjLÇ.\Àsm., ^\ûîâù. Xssjki yû^ ^ passive one : (he cause . . . is uot kucyum.

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