, 1877-05-20

The Situation in France Still
Thought to Be Critical.
An Order Prepared for the Removal Of
Republican Projects.

TEE WAR.
MOVEMENTS IN THE FAR EAST.


SDecfa. dv Gable to tie Tribune
LONDON, May 19.-Apparent1y the first great
battle Of the Russo-Turklsh campaign will be-
fought at Toprak-Kuleh, where the Russians,
marching from B2yazid must force the
mountain passes guarding the approach to the
Erzeroum PLANES. At last accounts there the
main body was still four days march distant
from the pass Therefore the cannonading IT.
ported from Batoum probably indicates only
secondly operations In the investment Of Kars.
If the Russians pass the mountains there will
be slight obstacles to union Of their main
forces operating 10 Asiatic Turkey for the over
throw Of Moukhtar Pasha, whose defensive
position will be exposed too verWhelmtng num-
bers approaching from opposite directions A
decisive engagement in that quarter may be ex-
pected within week.
TO the H<sfern Associated Rtes1
WAR YERL1NG IN HUNGARY.
LONDON, May 19.-The Standards Pesth cor
respondent says: "So1ne extreme Hungarian
papers demand that Count Andrassy should
treat the approach Of the Russians to the neigh
borhood Of the Austrian frontiers as casus
belli. Military men consider that the time has
arrived for concentrating corps Of observation
in Pennsylvania
rations Of tho Servians are now quite evident
Prince Milan to-day nominated Col. Dragasche-
witch as Chief Of staff, and ordered Gen. Olim-
pies To resume command on the Drina, towards
which the artillery are marching.
C1RcAss1AN VOLUNTEERS
"a Wtdin dispatch OF yesterday reports that
5000 Circassians are Joining the Turkish army
as volunteers"
srRArEGtcAr
Bucharest dispatch, commenting on the re-
moyal OF the Russian headquarters to Catroceni,
says the establishment OF the Russian head
quarters there indicates purpose OF expand
Ing the Russian operations over an extended
front. This leads to the natural conclusion TINT
the passage OF the Danube will not be made
for some time, as it will be necessary
to bring all the Russian reserve stores
near the river. In order to prevent any delay
after 1t Is crossed. With the Russian corps
stretched along an extended front, it will not
be difficult to throw force across the river ut
some undefended point, where the tete-du-pont
may be seized aud fortified to protect the
crossing OF other CORPS in the vicinity. As
here are no heavy masses of Russian infantry
IN the Danube west OF Ibrail, it Is scarcely
probable that any passage will be attempted
Until all the troops are in position. The above
sketch represents the strategic situations, and
he
TACTICAL SITUATION
S as follows: The Russians appear 70 have,
:1ossed between Reni and Ibrail in spite Of tho
Turkish monitors, and are now awaiting tho,
leploymenr OF the centre Of the right wing on.
he line Of the river, while the Rouman1ans and:
Turks arc exchanging comparatively harmless
across the river between rha
)ltenltza aud Kalafat positions. These Turko-
2oumanian operations seem to be confined to
tternpts to ascertain the number, calfbre, and
>osition Of each one Of the others batteries On
be respective sides Of the Danube i
FOUR MONITORS
ppeared before 1smal yesterday. One return
d to the mouth of the Danube, another went
o Tultscha7 and the other two remain watching =.
he Russians at IsmaiI.
EXPERIMENTS.
The Russians have been trying e1perimentse
nth Krupp shells fired into the river. They
in exploding them under water, the:
fragments flying great distances
NEED 0RFICEHs-
The Roumanfans are so much in need of off,
era that eyintend prcmaturely to give grades
0 the first class Of the Military Academy:
REFUSED.
A Reuter telegram from Erzeroum, May 18,
ays: "The Russians attacked An1ahan in+-
DICE, and were again repulsed !:
WIRES BROKEN.
Accommodation is becoming difficult The{
Tres to Kaxs are broken. +
RATnE EXPECTED.
'sThe Russians maintain their positions IN tho
eighberhood OF Ka1s- 4 battle is expected;
,ortly." =
BoMnARDED, BURNED, AND EVACUATED
sr. PETERSBURG, May 19--1t is otRGally an.
ounced that the Turks have bonharded 8ook-
again and burned the town, which
sscopsequentlY been evacuated.
ENTuu5IAsA. T.
CozsrAs11HoRLK, May l9-There is ereatA
athusiaam because OF the Sookgoom~Kale zto- =
Ery. =
pEPAKrunE OF TROOPS. i: !.
Ten thousand troops left here yestezasy-.t:
}eiF p1edeo destination Is not known. J.
RuBs1AN RE1NTo1cEMsxrs. 4
4.oakno1> NAY 1o--Eha e1pezieaca cha Rus- =