The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-14

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in Montenegro, has started for Epirus.
LONDON. July 6.-The Standards Con
stantinOple dispatch reports that thirty
Fbattali0nS Of the Turkish army of Mon
tenegrO have reached AntiVarl, whence
they will embark for an unknown des-
tinatiOn.
The Times has the following fI0m
Bucharest: 1t is stated here that over
10000 Russians have crossed the Dan
ube at Simnitza, where there are i'm
mense trains of artillery, comprising
some pieces of very heavy caIibre. The
enthusiasm Of the Russian troops Is
very great.
The cavalry marches 90 kilometres in
| advance of the infantry As the Turks
have no prOportionate amount Of cay
| airy, the Russians are securing the
country up to the foot Of the Balkans.
! The Turkish OutpOsts are at JantIa,
which is their present advanced line:
The centre of their army is near Ras-
! gold, the right covering Rustchuk, the
! left strengthing toward Shumla. It is
reported that only $4,000 men are left
! in Silistra. The first great BATTLE in
! Bulgaria will probably be fought on
| the above line, if the TURKS give battle
| in open field north of the Balkans;
probably there will be little of interest
| from the front till Il new disposition OF
| troops by both lelIigerents is made.
The Russian cavalry have penetrated
| to Ploina and LOftcha on the west, and
! to Tirnova and kAbrOna towards the
Balkans. They appear to be masters
of the country between the Ba!kaus and
the Danube, and from Jantra to PlOlna.
THE CAMPAIGN IN ASIA WILL PROBABLY
CLOSE VERY sOON-A REPORTED TURK
IsH VICTORY AT SISTOVA.
LONDON, July 6.-The Daily Tele-
graphs Erzer0um dispatch says: 1t is
| unlikely, even if the Russians are strong
ly reinforced, that they can successfully
renew the Asiatic campaign this year.
! Ten weeks hence the climate Will pre-
| clude effective warfare.
The latest from Asia is Daily News
| special, dated ErzcrOunl, Thursday even
| ing, which states that both armies re-
main inactive. The Russians are evi-
IDENTITY awaiting reinfOrcements:
A dispatch to the Dairy Telegraph,
! dated Pera, Thursday, says: It Is re-
ported here that the TurkS have gained
a great victory at Sistova.
WHOLESALE STARVATION.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 6.-Fifteen
hundred persouS, who were fleeing from
the Adler to the Turkish lines, from
fear of the Russians, perished from
hunger.
THE RUSSIANS DEFEATED AT BIELA.
SHUMLA, July 60 a. ma battle
was fought yesterday In the vicinity 0t
Biela, which lasted twelve hours. The
Russians were repulsed with consider
able loss and fell back on SistOVa. No
details.
DETAILED REPORT OF RECENT EVENTS
IN THE EAST.
LONDON, July Ga special dispatch
from Berlin to the Times says: Russian
official intelligence thus explains occur
rences in the Asiatic theatre of war:
General Loris Melik0f having reached
the Araxes Valley by way of Kars, and
| kogisman was marching west in tile
direction Of ErzerOum, when the Iurks
occupying the fOrtifiCatlOn position OF
ZeWin, menaced his right flank. TO
| prevent an attack in front and Tsar,
Gen. Melik0ff before proceeding further
| west had to turn north and attack Lewin.
The attempt failed, and Gen. MelikOf
fell back to Araxes valley, where he
heard that the southern column under
Lieutenant General Tergukassoh, which
WAS to have met him there previous to
a Joint march on ErZerOum, was like
wise defeated near DeIibaba, and had
retreated. Lieutenant General Ter
gukassotf is seemingly determined to
retrace his steps to the frontier and res
cue BayaZid which Gen. Mllek0H, ac-
cording to the latest intelligence, in
tended to take up a position in the Ar
axes valley and hold the road to kars
against the victorious force from LeWln.
ON TO PODGORITZA.
LONDON, july 6.-The Times Paris
correspondent, who is especially III
formed says: Suleiman Pasha received
to-day orders to march from POdgOritza
toward the Danube with 45 battahOns.
| About as many are ordered to EpiruS.
The latter is probably the force men
toned by the Standards COnstan-
tinople dispatch as about to embark at
Antivari.
The Standard has the followingr
Vienna, July 6.-NeXt Week about 3000
Turkish troops will embarE for Ire
, biZond to reinforce the army i'll Armenia.
In consequence of the demonstration
of England the Porte has sent impera-
, tive orders to the commander OF the
: Black Sea feet to render the blockade
more etfectual.
:, CONsTANTINOPLE, July 6.-The arri-
. val of the British fleet in Besika bay
is regarded with great dissatisfaction
by influential TURKS, who consider 1T
p | simply as q sign that England is pre-
pairing to seize her share OF the pluDdor.
2 THE MOVEMENTS OF RUssIA's 10000.
LONDON, July Ga Reuters from
Bucharest says: The hundred and
, twenty thousand Russians who have
: crossed the Danube at Sistova, com
d prise twenty thousand cavalry and two
y hundred apd fifty cannon. About eighty
n thousand more Russians are cOncentra-
o ted between Sin1nitza and TurnQ- Mag
I nereli. The army which crossed at
y SiStoya has been divided into three
/ bodies. the principal of which is march
4 ING on Rustchub, and the other two to-
q wards the Balkans and Nlkopolls res
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LONDON, July 7.-The Beuharest cor
RESPONDENT Of the Times telegraphs
i According to information received from
' Dobrndscha, | have no faith in any
! effectual resistance being made by tht
Il / TURKS on the line of the Trajan wall.
It The correspondent then summarizes
q the military situation, showing that the
Il TURKS are threatened in front by the
Russian army at Sistova, and in The
n rear by a corps advancing through thu
e DObrudscha.
- Russian officers of rank, at the front
Il believe the campaisd will soon be de
n cided.
e The Turks are concentrating aboU
shumla. is order to take the Russian
: advance to The Balkans on the FAM.
nj The Russians will probably go Tor
; ward until the 1TuFks come out o
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