Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-17

this point, preparatory TO . forced
passage Of the Danube. The army is
in 6ne condition and good spirits.
Opposite us At Rustchuk the Turks
are in strong force. That they will
resist our sdvsnce is certain, and to-
morraH OF dAy ssssssa=a =
bloody struggle. An infantry force is
present in great numbers, and As |
write are on the-mareh, while great
activity prevails in al departments Of
the amy. Severe musk etry firing is
heard on either side Of the Danube
Already Turkish monitors are hurry
ing toward this spot, and more ad-
vanced ones are taking up positions
in front or near to the point where
the Russians hope to lay their pom
teon bridges. To night the scene on
the Danube is indeed magnificent
one. Shells are bursting in the air,
distant camp fires lend enchantment
to the scene, aud signal rockets ascend
and fall and tell the story Of advancing
forces. The cannonade grows heavier
aud heavier, and At this rate it will
not takeHloug to destroy Rustchuk
The place is the weakest in the quad
rangle of Turkish lortresses. Farther
down the river the sky is redeemed by
the flames of burning Turtudai. The
town has been fred by Russian guns
in Oltcnitza. 1t will be comparative
lly easy for the Russians to cross at
that point. The headquarters Of The sa.te-
left wing are At Ibrail News has
/ just reached US that Matchin, some
FIVE miles distant from that point, has
been set on 6re by the Russian artil-'
lery.
Chicago. May 1.-THE Timss' Lon
don special says: "a correspondent Of
this bureau expelled. Mondsy from the
linesof the Russisa srmY, telegrapbs
from Vienna that nsagre reports
from the Danube are enforced by the
Russian staff. All matter is scruti.
nized, and not . line permitted to
pass, mentioning the numbers, dispo-
sition, or identitypf. forces. Civilians
approaching the army are KEEP, under
rigid surveillance, and all contraband
statements burned.
The writer says the Russians had
projected prodigious lines Of forti6ca.
tions, behind which wers assembled
thirty divisions, aggregating one hun
dred and sc, enty Eve thousand infan-
try, fifteen thousand cavalry, and a
great mass Of artillery thence south
westward to Oltenitza. The Army
forms = continuous front, embracing a
total Of four hundred and fifty thous-
and men. To the westward, at dis
tances of from one 10 three miles from
the Danube thinner limo stretches to
Widdin. Rsiniorcements were pour
ting in mainly on the lef. and centre,
Roumanian ,leyiss are used to mask
Russian movements, and every arti-
6ce is adopted to hull the Turks int
belief that no formidable movemcn,
will be attempted on the Danube. 1t
was open talk in the Pussian camp
that the army Of the Caucasus was &c
penetrate to the eastern shores Of the
Bosphorus, aud leave the army of the
Danube an open road through the
Balkans.
London, May l7.-The Russians
seem to be in great difficulty about
transportation. The small Russian
carts are scarcely suited to military
purposes. All through the winter the
work Of supplying Russian military
teams with carts and wagons has been
-tgoing on. Still, one Of the first thing,
dane by the Russians after entering
Roumania was to apply to the govern.
ment for three thousand carts to NEE,
this demand. Transport BY railway
too, seems to Be giving rather more
trouble than was anticipated. The
j moving material is found very INSULT
cicnt, and what little can be spared
from Russia is not available on &C
count OF the difference of the guage
| Turkish troops purpose movement
against the Herzegovinian insurgents
Thousands Of Christian refugees kre
expected across tho frontier to aug
ment the number already in Delmatia
aud who are actuslly dying Of starva