The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-17
THE COSSACKS IN ROUMELIA.
BIT1ALIONs or THE SWIF7 HORsEMEN
CROSSING THE B1LkANS.
The Passage Made Through the Twardit zka
Pass -Nicopoiis Captured 90 The Railway
Cut Between Rnsgrnd nnd Rustchuk.

LONDON, July 1G.-The Times Pcra cOrre-
spondcnt teegraphs the following: Il have
just learned. on the highest authority. that a
Russian advance guard Of Cossacks has reached
Ycni-Saghra railway station half way be-
tween Jamboli and Adrianople." The Daily
7elegroph's correspondent at Adrianople con-
firms this report and adds that the Russians
are attacking the town. which Is occupied by
battalions Of Turks. Rnouf Pasha IL expected
there with large force This Russian advance
guard traversed the Heion Pass through the
Balkan frontiers. The TelegrdphS Pera corrc-
spondcnt also mentions the attack on Yen-
Saghrn. and says the force, Of which tho at
lacking party forms part. has occupied the
Yunda valley. The correspondent estimates
the Russian force at 10000 but says they are
destitute Of artillery.
A Reuter- telegram from Shumla. dated yes
tcrdny. says that Russian column IL march,
ing upon the Balkans via Demir-Kapu. This
can hardly bc identical with the force reported
at Ycni-Saghra Concerning the latter Reuter-
telegram. dated Constantinople to-day. saws:
Eighteen Russian bat,alions. lelby Bulgarian
guides have passed the Shipka dcnle and ar
rived before Yoni Saghra. Turkish troops are
concentrated to oppose their advance"
This account seems obviously erroneous. for
n correspondent Of the Ddily Telegraph reported
| from Kc2nulk near the southern mouth OF
] llf Slllkh Nfl' NN lNN It's Jull II
Il send hv way of Adrianople the latest nteli-
gencc from this important point. Raoui Iashn
| il here. AT the gateway oi IN" hills on the other
! side of the less, Balkans toSSaeks have come
! close up. and some have even yentur"d 10 make
| partial rreOunoiSsanc's OF the pn-s"s. Ihe
| Turks are preparing tp hold every likely dchs
| with the utmost resolution. Ii would not hs ad-
! vIsabls 10 state the number OF troops Kaouf
| lisha can already mnrshal Tor the defence of
/ the mountain passages, but they are numerous
even now. and Will soon be- heavily r"eni forced;
! A large portion of tho Ottoman Imperial Guard
hos. uf .ft.N h.4n
| placed IN all IN" commanding positions or are
beins So planted. while ut Adranoplc and else
with AN energy which W redeem whatever tar
dincss may have hitherto been shown
Now 1t IS hardly cr"S hle that eighteen bat
taiions. coming through the .Shipka defle
eludrd Raouf Pasha. and We hear nothing of
! his defeat or retreat. IL seems. therefore. most
J probable that n force ot Cossa'ks have made
| their way ncros- the mountains in the manner
| Indicated in Bucharest letter ~ June q pub
| lished in The lund "a Times OF July =. rms ltt-
ter stated that the Balkan range ahounds in ee-
vated plateaus. inhabited 10y the Heyducs Bull
garian refugees. WHO have held these fortresses
! people on the face ~ tho "nrth who know the
| Balkans thoroughly and who are competent to
| point ont every deiile and pass through which
| the troops ar" liable e. march, Several Heyduc
chiefs who were in Belgrade last year said
Turks or. to any one else but themselves and
their followers. through which they could iead
| Infantry. cavalry. ami mountain guns lhcse
Heydu = arr ia accord with tho RussiHns.
The first ACCOUNTS sey Russian iorre has
artillery. The DAILY Ne'rs' despatch from its
CORRESPONDENT at Tirnoya dated July ~. has
ns a ~ rag m serafped af Sh yrv r sny ty
troops are in the Balkans. l have Just seen
last summer. who came here yesterday and
goes back TO- morrow. He tells me- there are no
Turks in the vicinity. Yet this place is on the
Yam6oii lon on the railway f IS soon % realized Cen Gen.
Gourko has gone forward in that direction to-
day with cavalry and artillery and tho Bull
| sarian legion
The Times in its leading article says Il would
not be surpris. .ng II the main body OF the army
should not attempt to cross the Balkans until
Rust be brought at le1T to the verge Of
railway 10 Narna in their pS-essl ION, the inya.
dcrs might venture to do nc n which II would
bee worse than rash To- attempt now. OR Is II any
answer to these calculations tnat the Cossa rs
have already pcne,rilted far into the country.
Our tol"graphir intelligence from Perh contains
horsrnrn have crossed the IL knns aud gone
ns far south rs tho railway Station between
! lamholl nnd Adrianope. but such an cNpedi-
li"h 'an Only hutr n"'H lhti' ,i"l Tue puIp ''e
ol nsrrttil the Irari cal III tres oi rruss-
| lng the EdlkunS. ana IN" Cussa rs may wlh-
draw as quickly as ih"y came. IL Will Dee lnppS-
sihle 10 measure the progressive power ot the
hHssans untl tuey liaNe l4id siese to Rust hpk
ANA lought nsrcat battle Tor possession Oi the
4 Inns Therapla despatch. dated to-day.
says: Ofria trrerains direct from thr
srcne of action. -iintIy contradict the pri-
Nair telcsrans announcing that lhe Russians
had crossed The Balkans and that their advance
puurd was between Adranopolr and NamloN.
Onl-a kilograms declare thai only a few outs
have crossed. and they wcr" cusly driven hack." "
This would Indicate that the Turks are play
| ing tlf same game Oi myStlioltlun AMI rNHs-
| g.ration here that they tried in Armenia early
| in june. Then their object WAS 10 as 'erta
| whether il was possible TO force Great Britain
to intervene by repres.nting that the Russians
were masters Of III" Luphrhtes valley route 10
Ind a. Their efforts now are probably directed
10th TO England ami Austria, the menace IN this
lnStiu"" beng that the rund 10 COnStiniinnple
is IN the hands OF the Russians. Il Is certain
that no fore OF Russians adequate ior serious
! operations has closrrd the balkans. II 10 elunl-
lv certain that the Turks would not I t"le-rains
come through # they did not want the impress
son crrnted that they ARE in crltlN, pos luon
Reuter- despatch from tonslhhlnoplr dat'd
to-day. says; All avalhbls troops are beng
drspatrhed to Adrianople. ono Hundred Bu.-
sarlnns have been brought here. Tury Will be
ircd los military tribunal Tor hugh treason
The first detachment of Sul"llnan iasha's army
IL expected at Enos ON Thursday"
IoNDoN. July lG.-A Reuter- telegram from
| tuu-iiifltlu0lI" j" confirms the report That The
Eu-sinn. twhO number fifteen, not eighteen.
| hatiallun-l have crossed III" mountains through
the TNardiNka Pass. TINS pussaEe Is supposed
tobr a font TO w.tharaw the Turks from tho
Al Kiranople telegram while denyinG that
~" Russians have o'.uplrd leni-Snehra or
kusHnllk, says they nrr waiting lOr r. "niOrce-
W"uts before advancing iurther SCine skir-
mish's have occurred.
Reuters ST. Petersburg despai h says large
Contingent OF the AusslAn army 10 marching on
Thr news of the crossing Of the Balkans has
evidently caused great eAciiement in Const'nti-
nople A Reuter- telegram from TINT MY says
IN" turkish newspapers urge the inhabitants
tu organize volunteer corps, Ms the enemy IL
ut their gates. Work on lile ioriil l'atops is
being cnrrird on with great activity IN the furk-
ish quarter, There Is a general impression
TINT tine foreign powers will intervene.
EaOui lasha sends despatch formally con-
nrmng n report that the Kussians had lern
beaten in tho TvardItzka Plss The advance
OF the Russians WAS exaggerated by the s'ak on
master At ieni- Sa.hla who was influenced by
the general pnnc.
LoNDoS. JuY 1.-THE Standards corre-
spOndrnt Mt Vienna telegraphs that, in conse-
qucnre of the crossing of the Balkans, Il : an
nounred that nii"r the return of the Enf"ror
OF Austria 20 that city, the present position of
affairs will be earnestly considered.
ST. PETERSBURG. July l6.-lt is officially an
nOunced that the advance guard of the Russ nn
nrny passed the Balkans ON the evening Of the
l3th INST. without nring n shot Gen, GOufko
! on the afternoon Of the lith inst. SURPRISED 300
| Mans who Ned toward the village ~ kana,i.
Ihr Russians lost one killed and live wounded.
THIS - the expedition refrrrrd 10 by the drs-
patch 10 the DldV NTrs. kHnari II illtnon mil -
northwest Of Y"ni- -Saghra, at the southern de-
hourhmrnt of am ult and uniruQucntcd road
known us tho Iwardii2h pass.
THE iSIIIIC CiMPfIGN
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