The Red Cloud chief., 1877-06-07

repulsed. Ths RuaaiAnD maintain thAT
positioo In the neighbosAosd Of Kan
and . battle b expsctsd shortly. A
dispatch ssys . Roumaaian vessel full
Of Russian soldien h0 be0 sunk b
The TurkA A BEGUN dispa1eA aoys:
The Russians in . vicinity Of Tehvenk-
con hsve 0cksd md burned I'll The
Villages and naMocred he Womeoand
children. The oommandee o( SeSak0-
pol has ordered civilians 70 quit that
city. - IN stack u expected. Advtess
from ScutaEi, Announce that the Mil
dites have BEN defested IN Tie ndsh-
borhood Of 0usineA. md two chen
wsee taksu prisonAA n bnow.statsd
that Servia Will not take part in TIE
va. The Sultan hA addreesed . proc
lamAdon TO tho troops 0ent 70 ths Csu-
casus, saying that he entzusts 70 them
tho mission Of delivering thAr CiEcas-
sian oo-religiooists from domination
The Turks have sent rsinforoements
to Nikopols to guard against any Il
tempted passage Of the Danube thsra
The British Consul ct Rustchuk hA
had Q serious dispute with the Turks,
owing TO their preventing The landing
Of IN American missionary. Il b 70
ported that the Consul struck The Turk.
ish ofacer. A Constantnople dispatch
says: Shiak.ulIslAm has proclaimed
. holy war against Russia The impe-
rial trade u published. Several minis
terial changes are considered probable
Members OF the Turkish Chamber Of
Deputies N quaT5eling and govern
ment troubles are feared. The follow.
ing account Of the battle Of Arabian u
telegrsPhed: The outworks Of Arda-
han, its Notifications, the citadel, sixty
guns, immense stores Of provisions and
ammunition, and the camp formerly
occupied by the fourteen battal,ons Of
Turks, lie at the feet Of the Czar. On
the 18th Of May the admirable hre Of
our artillery, between three and six
In the afternoon. made . breach in the
wall At six o'clock the Erwan, THIS
and the sappers advanced to the assault
The enemy could not Withstand our
strength and fed, leaving . great num-
Der of dead. At nine o'clock our troops
traversed the whole town and forti6cs-
tions. The troops are full Of enthusi.
asm. Our loss IL believed 10 b one
officer and fifty soldiers killed; four
officers and ono hundred and eighty SOL
diers wounded" A Constantinople dis
patch says the Russians sie perpetrat-
ing frightful massacres on the Csuoas-
slams. The new Greek ministry u Dis
posed to adopt . warlike policy. The
people will support the ministry
A st. Petersburg dispatch says: Along
tho entire coast from Cape Adler to
Cape Ptcherthyr Turkish men Of war
are bombarding and burning undo
Tended and peaceful settlements and
landing Circassian emigrants ct various
points, who seek to excite the Abeha-
slams to rebellion. Troops have been
dispatched to suppress any rising. At
Arabian tho Russians captured .
Turkish Pasha and 81 cannonA Their
efforts commenced with . heavy artil.
lery nre. which was - hotly returned.
From KArs We have intelligence that
tho Russians attacked the outer line
with . furious determination. having
preceded their attempt by . heavy but
Ill directed cannonade from siego ar.
tillery. Powerful guns In the Turkish
batteries replied with better effect
The duel was vigorously maintained
until the Russians brought up column
Of infantry - close - they dared to
the Notifications, apparently purposing
II possible to take the place by storm.
The Ottoman commander, observing
this, drew together . large body Of
behind the Iamparts and
. tremendous sortie upon the
Russian flank and rear. A bloody en-
followed ct close quarters
and 1t its termination tho Russians
wac obliged to retreat, beaten, leaving
upon the 6eld 500 corpses and . large
number Of wounded. There was .
slight encounter In tho meantime b.
tween the cavalry without any special
result A st. Petersburg dispatch says
the bodies Of 600 Turks have bsen n
ready buried 1t Arabian. The fall Of
Arabian il regarded - . great advan.
tage to the Russians, - 1t viii enable
their forces to attack KarA
Great preparations are being made by
the Russians for IN attempt to crossthe
Danube between Rsh0va and Nikopo-
Lis. They have brought down BY rail
10 the bank of the river pontoon bridges
and small steamers, and sre erecting
large Notifications at Islates and TeEner
The Turks 80 fully pro
pared to resist the attempt The Lon
den Daily NssoS special says: The Rus
slams crossing in boats from Ibrail to
Ghiaco, burned the latter place. The
Russians have dismounted their CIR
baschi forti6caHsnA considering them
II no further use, q from Ibrail 70
Reni the river 10 sufficiently protected
BY strong batteries and torpedoea A
Constantinople dispatch says the Porto