, 1877-05-30
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batteries on the bank of the Danube.
Hitherto, however, only a few batteries,
poorly armed with field guns, have
been found to exist. This ls explained
by the state Of the roads, which has
prevented the transit OF heavy guns.
The Turkish monitors seem to have found
no trace Of torpedoes in the river. We are
not, however, exactly informed whether
the monitors have been cruising along
the whole lower Danube to ascertain
whether torpedoes are laid down there, or
whether they have merely been watching
the mos! exposed points where the
Russians might DO expected to attempt
10 crOss. It is therefore probable that The
Russians mny have laid torpedocs between
the various stations where the monitors are
now cruising, thus preventing them from
acting in concert to repcl an attempt to
cross Inc Danube.
A Reuters Bucharest despatch says the
Prince Of Roumania issued Il decree mn
nouncing that he assumes command Of the
Roumanian army, designating Tie cbict If
stBf and the commanders Of the first corps
lat KrOjova) and the second (at Bucharest
ond Giurgevo), and appointing members Of
the staff and commanders Of divisions and
brigades in each corps.
The correspondent Of the Daily Tee
graph with the Turks, en- the Danube,
reports that the Turks are well prepared
against attack, and that the troops arc
enthusiastic.
At s O'Clock on the morning Of the 10th
May, 800 Cossacks crossed the Danube il
boats from Galatz to GhIacet. Immedi-
nteIy on landing they encountered y nu-
merous body OF Bashi-Bszouks. A smart
engagement followed, which was unGnisL-
ed ut noon.
The Russians attempted to cross the
Danube at REM lat the conhuer ce # that
river and the Prutb] but the Turkish
artillery prevented them
The Nhunda1d's Vienna correspondent
reports that he Turkish tombnrdmrnt f
Braila destroyed some large gIanapieS. Tie
shops are closed and the town deserted.
Reuters Galotz telegram says three
email Russian gunboa;s were despatched
from the mouth Of the Pruth to B,oila
to-day.
A dispatch to The Russian Telpg-4p}ic
Agency says =" According 10 Russiau
papers Safyet Pasho has offered to grant
autonomy TO Bulgaria and to cede to Russia
q portion of Armenia. These rumouls
ere regarded here as designed to force
the Powers to abandon their neutrality.
1.-THE Russian T. legrnphio Agency is ur-
derstood to be in confidence Of the Russian
Government.
The Times's Vienna dispatch snvs:-
1.-THE report from Bcrl lin thar Count Zichy
is TO give explanations TO the Porte rcla-
tive to the eventual entry Of Austrian
troops into Bosnia, and perhaps Servin,
may be safely put down as growing ont
Of The rumoured Intention to make Rou-
mania a kingdom, TO which Austria is OPP
posed, The correspondent says "a tie
declarations made in the Austrian Reich.
stTnth and Hungarian Diet distinctly stn.
ted that explanations as TO Ire Austro-
Hungarian policy have been frankly made
IN all dircctlons, this it may be supposed
has also been done in ST. Petersburg. so
that there cannot be the least doubt there
about the views Of this Cabinet with re-
gard TO the independent Kingdom Of
Roumanin, for if there was it might sci.
ously affect the entente cordi0Ic between
Austria and Russia, which The Russian
press takes such pains to represent Us
beyond all question.
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