The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-06-01
RUssIA'ss ,wAR WITH TURKEY.

RUssIA'ss WAR WITH TURKE1. !
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The following is the official account OF
the battle of Arabian, telegraphed by General
-na1lkoH TO Grand Duke Michael: aThe out
works OF Abraham, it's fertilization, citadel.
sixty guns immense stores of provisions and
BY fourteen battalions of Turks, lie at the feet
OF the Car. On May 18th the admirable fire Of
our artillery between three and O'Clock in
the afternoon made breach of the walls. At
o'clock the Erwan, Tiais anq Baker regiments
enemy could not withstand, the onslaught, md
fec, leaving great numbero of dead At nine
O'Clock our troops traversed the whole town
and Notifications. The troops are full of en-
thqsiasm:l Ourloss is believed to be one officer
and 50 soldiers killed, 4ofticers and osoldiers
WOUNDED. ! cannot lind sufficient words of
Praise for the courage and GOODNESS gof our
young soldiers, or for the good disposition Of
troops made by officers" The fall Of Arabian
is great advantage to the Russians for be-
sides opening line of communication with
Okhaltzlk, it will enable the Russians to turn
ne force hitherto operating against Ardahan
towards Kars, or to take part in the combined
operations against Erzeroum.
z The London Daily IAegrapz's Rust
chuk dispatch, dated Monday, has the follow
ing: Great preparations are being made by
the Russians for an attempt to pass the river
between Rahova and Nikopolis. They have
bridges and small steamer, and are erecting
large tprtidcations at Islatz and Turnu Ma
gulre1la. q continual concentration of troops
IN the direction of Simnitza is observable The
turks are fully prepared to resist the attempt.
Inc council OF ministers at Constantinople
sunday, determinedSto send all reinforcements
still arriving in Constantinople to Batoum and 7
.Erzeroum The authorities at Constantinople .,
seem to overlook the fact that these troops. in
making their way to :Kars or Efzeroum, would
have to break the Russian division barring the
way at the Ischurukson; indeed the advance
ofithe Russians against Batoum seems to have
been undertaken with the aim of locking up
thirty-four battalions of Turks and preventing
them or any other achievements from get,
ting the TschuTksOn 1ine to ErzerOum or other
threatened points. "
The London Times Bucharest CORES
Pondent telegraphs as follows: "Grand Duke
NICHOLAS 70 has been stopping here for some days,
remarked that he intended to enter CONSTANT
nople, to make the Turks feel that they are
crushed, althoughhe does not intend to retain
the city," A Berlin dispatch says it is pretty
universally believed at St. Petersburg that the
Russian government would notobject to Con-
'stasntinopie and the suez canal being placed
under theprotection Of En- gland, provided Rus
STA is allowed to protect Roumania, Bulgaria
Seryla and Montenegro and annex the Vilayet
OF Erzeroum: A Vienna dispatch reports
that the Turkish troops which fed from Arda-
han have beeen defeated in a mountain pass
near Kars. = -. - -
According to adspatch from gans Eng
fish military, commission er Wit tue Turks ia
Asia, Mukhtar Pasha has been utterly unable
to hOld~the mountain. passes between Kars
and q .ErzerQnm. The. commissioner adds that
the Turks-are obliged to retreat without civ
ing battle, and attributes the rapid advance of
the Russians to the total want of efficient pre-
cautions on the part of the Turks He fears
-Erzeroum will not be able to hold out for any
time Russia win probably put OFF attempts -
to cross the Danube in force till the middle of
June.s:A Vienna special saysit is stated that
Abdul kerim Pasha, after garrisoning fortress
es, could only place at the utmost IS 600 men
The London Times Bucharest CORES
pondent says: Present indications Strength
en- the conclusion that no important events
will occur on the Danube until the whole front
line is in position on the bank of the river A
strong corpssswil be formed on the extreme
right composed of the Roum anian army and a
division or two of Russians. This force will
move up the Turkish side of the Timok and
turn the flank of the Balkan line by q move
ment on Sofia and Phillippopolis, Such flank
attack would not violate the promise not to
enter Servian territory, and would unquestion-
Hh1y bring corps of 1900 servians to assist
It A Russian corps crossing below Widin;
garrison and leave the Timex valley unop-
posed, with friendly country on its right from
whlchrto draw supplies. The, Russian main
army ins Asia, which took Ardahan. us. 20 OOO
strOng. A portion of the force having since
been detached, Batoum is now evidently i'm
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