The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-19
THE EUROPEAN WAR.

A DISPATCH from Varna announces that
that town was declared in state of siege on
Sunday, July s.
THE military and civil commandants Of
Sistova and Ostanbazar have been summoned
to Constantinople for trial by court martial
THE St. Petersburg Golos announces that
frauds have been discovered in the Com
missary Department of the Danube army to
the amount of two hundred thousand
roubles.
THE bombardment of Rustchuk recon-
menced Tuesday, July 10, during which the
Russians attempted to take the town by
assault, but were repulsed after two hours
fighting.
THE Russians are now moving cautiously
in Bulgaria. They are unable to determine
whether the Turks are utterly helpless, or
are acting in accordance with some deep
laid plan.
IT is officially acknowledged by the Rus
slams that the siege of Kars has been raised.
The danger to Constantinople from the
direction of Armenia does not appear to be
imminent.
MANY Mussulmans with their wives and
children, fleeing before the Russians, have
been killed by the Bulgarians in the
Khanbogaz defiles between Tirnova and
keZanlik.
A SECOND Russian army is in the course
of formation. 1t will be commanded by the
Grand Duke Vladimir, with Gen. Zamoiski
as Chief of Staff, and will advance to the
West against Sofia.
GERMAN settlers in Dobrudscha are seri-
ously suffering from the war. The German
Government has complained to Russia and
Turkey of their ill-treatment by the soldiers
of both countries.
A RUSSIAN column has been defeated in
an attempt to enter Ardanantsch, and has
been driven back on Ardahan, where great
concentration of Russian troops is progress
ing. Three batalions have been dispatched
from Delibaba to reinforce Mukhtar Pasha.
SEVERAL Bulgarians have been arrested
at Rustchuk charged with assisting the Rus
slams and fomenting insurrection, and also
distributing petroleum to fire the town. Up
to June % there were seven hundred per-
sons killed and wounded by the lombard
ment.
THE Porte arraigns the Russians before
the world for horrible atrocities in the
Danubian campaign, and the Russians
promptly file a similar one against the
Turks. Granting both sides to be correct, it
must be a trying time for the Bulgarian
Christians.
A CORRESPONDENT with Mukhtar Pasha's
headquarters telegraphs, under the date of
Friday, July 6, from the camp at Kirkbunar
There are no Russians between us and Kars.
The communication is so open that the Eng
lish attaches, Capts. McCalmont and Trot.
ter have to-day ridden into the fortress.
| THE following is a dispatch from the
Czarowich, dated July s: A body of cav
airy, with one battery, surprised Tirnovo
Saturday and captured the Turkish camp,
with ammunition and baggage. The Turks
retreated to Osman Bazaar. Our infantry
and artillery are approaching Tirnova.
A TELEGRAM received at st. Petersburg
from Tifis, dated at Bayazid, says: The
citadel has been relieved by Gen. Terga
kassoff, who completely defeated the Tur
kish investing force, numbering thirty
thousand, capturing four guns and eighty
prisoners. The town of Bayazid is destroyed
THE little principality of Servia is agair
in turmoil. A secession of Deputies from
the Skuptschina has left that body withou
a quorum, and there is nobody to decide
whether the Prince shall go to war or heet
the advice of his neighbors and protector
and keep quiet. Austria is watching thu
proceedings with some interest.
ACCORDING to reports, the Russian re
treat in Asia is not attributable to the eau
casian uprising which is virtually sup
pressed, but to the fact that the Russian
were too weak to overcome the Turkisl
forces, whose strength had been underrated
Generals Tergukassoff and Oklobschio hav
from eight to ten battalions each, and Ger
Milk koff about twelve.
FROM Pera, July, 10, we learn: TIL
Russian advance guard of Cossacks ha
reached Jeni Sadargh, a railway station hal
way between Jamboli and Adrianople. TIL
Russians are attacking the town, which
occupied by two battalions of Turks. Roau
Pasha is expected there with a large fore,
This Russian advance guard traversed Hello
Pass through.
THE London Times, in a leading articl
IL
vance in force upou the Balkans until the
have secured their communications by col
structing position on the Danube as stron
as any in the possession of the Turks. Th
: will require month at least. Excursion
of Cossacks to Tirnova, Plona, Selvi, an
Lowatz have little or no military significanc
| IsMAIL PAsHA telegraphs under the dat
} of Erzeroum, July 6: The Alashkert divi
ion after desperate engagement pursue
, the Russian force and compelled it to gu
. the Ottoman territory near Messonguedil
4 which place was occupied by the Turks
e have summoned the Russians in the citad
= at Bayazid to capitulate on honorable term
|. /. and am convinced they will comply.
e A PERA dispatch, dated Friday evenin
n July 6, says: 1 have heard on good a
I thority, that the Russians have been 8
n tackled simultaneously by Osman Pasha,
S Plona, and by Aimed Eyoub Pasha, at Mo
t, aster. The fighting lasted all Thursday al
e Friday. The Turks are getting the adva
u u tage. A Bucharest correspondent says, und
4 same date, rumors are afoat that serio
|, but as yet undecisive fighting is going on
the neighborhood of Biela and Corest.
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