The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-07-12
WHOLE NUMBER 532.
THE EUROPEAN WAR.

THE hostile attitude of Austria continues
developing. Advices from Vienna state that
the entire army is being mobilized for active
service.
IT is officially announced that the Russian
losses in crossing the Danube at Sistova were
three hundred killed and four hundred
wounded.
| A SPECIAL from Shumla, July 2, says that
| it is estimated that upward of two hundred
women and children have been already
killed by the bombardment of Rustchuk.
FROM the 10th of June TO the 30th the
Russians were defeated five times, and it is
believed they lost ten thousand men June
80, and the wounded filed eight hundred
wagons.
A BATTLE was fought Thursday, July 5,
| in the vicinity of Biela, lasting twelve hours.
The Russians were repulsed, with considera-
BILE loss, and fell back on Sistova. No details
of the fight have been received.
THE advance of the Russians across the
Danube seems to have aroused the official
world in Constantinople. All available
troops, including the Imperial Guard, have
been ordered to the seat of war.
DKRvIsH PAsHA telegraphs from Batoum
that regiment of Russian cavalry, suppor
ted by infantry, attacked Ziban on Wednes
day, and was defeated, with a loss of fifty
killed and one hundred wounded.
1T is understood that the wise counsels of
the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl Carnarvon,
Mr.. Cross, and others have at last triumphed
over the party of action. The Sultan has
now little chance of martial aid from Eng
| land.
A SIMNITz correspondent understands
that the Gar has resolved finally to cross
the Danube and see as much as possible of
the war. The Czarowitch will be appointed
to the chief command of the army assigned
for the siege of Rustchuk.
THE difficulty between Greece and Turkey
about the seizure of arms at Corfu has been
settled. The tone then adopted by the
Porte appears to have given deep otfense at
Athens, so that any new difference however
trtfing may lead to collision. -=-
THE Turks made desperate sortie from
| Kars Sunday morning, July l, attempting to
surprise the Russians and storm the hill on
which are two guns used in the lombard
| ment of Kars. The Turks were compelled
| to withdraw after several hours lighting
Losses heavy on both sides.
FROM Erzeroum, July 5, we learn: The
Russians fell back in an orderly manner
from Utsch Kilissa to Ipek, followed by the
| Turkish right. There were frequent cavalry
skirmishes. A regular engagement COM
menced at daybreak on the 4th and lasted
until two o'clock in the afternoon. The
only fact known concerning it is that the
Russians maintained their position at Ipek.
A BUCHAREST dispatch says the objects to
be attained by Roumania in an offensive
war against Turkey are acknowledgment of
the absolute independence of Roumania and
the disarming of the Turkish forts along the
Danube, thereby placing both banks on the
same footing and insuring free navigation
and the perpetual naturalization of that
river. Roumania also claims full indemnity
for war expenses and depredations of the
| Turkish armies.
THE Russians have occupied Tirnova, the
ancient capital of Bulgaria, and Prince
Tchkerkoshi has been proclaimed Provis-
| ional Governor of the province. Official
| dispatches received here state that the cleo
| tions are now going on there for the pur-
pose of forming Chamber or Provisional
Council. Russian troops, at last accounts,
were pressing on beyond Tirnova toward
the Balkans. The communications to Rust
chuk were also threatened.
A BUCHAREST dispatch says: Of the
eighteen gunboats and monitors which were
on the Danube at the commencement of the
war, six are in the small bay near Sulina,
two have been destroyed, three or four are
water-bound near Matchin, two at Silistria,
one at Turtukoi, two at Rustchuk, and one
at Nikopolis. The latter is reported sur
rounded by torpedoes and helpless. All on
the Danube will fall into the hands of the
Russians unless destroyed.
ST. PETERSBURG dispatches deny that the
siege of Kars has been raised. The Gov
ernment publishes dispatch from the Rus
sian camp before Kars, bearing date of July
4, describing a successful attack on q
Turkish battery. Mukhtar Pasha, however
has sent a long series of dispatches to Con.
stantinople, describing the victorious ad
vance of his own and the right column. In
his last dispatch, dated Alizoupie, July 8
he says: awe passed the day in making
reconnaissance. This afternoon the Rus
slams abandoned Banliam, fyingt to thesoutf
of Kars and across the Ardor Heights. They
were pursued by our cavalry. The Russian
left wing is almost annihilated, and fleeing
before the Turkish right with such pre-
cipitancy that they buried or concealed
their armory and destroyed or abandoned
immense quantities of baggage and pro
visions. The road from Hilitz to Kaeli i.
covered with the dead. Intercepted Rus
sian letters show that the garrison of Bay
aid is regarded as lost"