New-York tribune., 1877-05-16
opPpATroVs IN THE DOBRUDJA.

OPERATIONS IN THE DOBRUDJA.
vuy DANUBE CROSSED AT POTBACH ny THE RUS
sI,Ns-AN ENGAGEMENT IN PRoGREss-THE
TrRKs ABOUT TO BURN TULTCHA.
LONDON, Tuesday, May Is, 1877
Peufer's Constantinople dispatch, dated to-day,
roo 2. M. saws: News has been received that a
Russian corps, with cavalry and artillery, crossed
tbe Danube near Potbach and entered the DoDruOJa'
An engagement is proceeding"
4 Galatz telegram to the The Daily Neus says:
"yesterlav steamtug from Braila took over some
LIGHTERS and 200 laborers and removed several hun
dred tons of coal unoppOsed, which the Turks had
accumulated at Getshet for the of the flotllla
The Russian front VIII be covered by 10 regiments
of Cossacks The inundatiOnS have now decreased
IN the Braila Valley, and 5000 troops are marching
down."
The Daily Teleqrdphs dispatch, dated Matchin,
Monday. saws: "The Russians apparently
making an attempt TO cross the Danube. Heavy
artillery firing has been going up TO the moment
of my sending this Dispatch The Turks have been
successful in repclling the attack. The Russians
are believed to be in great force"
TIE DESIGN TO BURN TULrcHA.
Adispatch to The Times from Pera, May 13, says
"Tberc being rumors in Tiltcha that in the event
of that place having TO be abandoned orders have
been given that ii should be destroyed by the re-
and other states applied to the Governor, who
Acknowledged that such were his orders, but that
before things came to such extremities he would
give the Consuls aud all aliens timely warning. so
as to provide FOR the safety of their persons and as
mucb proprrtv as they could remove. Such orders,
tbe Governor added, had been sent to all persons
commanding in Bulgaria. The COnsuls communl-
Gated with their respective Envoys here and remoh-
strances were made by them to the Porte. The
Government gave reasSurng answers as to the safety
of the persons OF foreign subjects, but evinced some
disposition to pcrsevere in its destructive system Of
defensive warfare"
The Seventh and Eleventh corps are to invade the
Dobrudja. ,,...,c ,e77
The Turks have dispatched 10000 men from the
Widdn garrison in all haste to the Dobrudja.
Cannonading is proceeding at various points on
the Danube.
THE IMPENDING INVASION OF BULGARIA.
uiE RUSSIANS PREPARING TO CROSS THE DANUBE
ABOVE GIURGEvo-A TURKISH GUNBJAT CAP
TUEED-THE DANUBE TO DE FREE
LONDON. Tuesday, May 10, 1877.
A Vienna telegram to The Daily NelCs says: " The
Russian army for actual operations numbers
nine corps. Only two are destined for the Dobruda;
the main body, according to military calculations,
will cross near Giurgevo and move southeast to-
ward Nana"
Another Vienna telegram says that the Eighth and
Twelfth Russian Corps will probably cross the Dan
ube near Turna thereby turning the Bulgarian quad
rilatcral. A bucharest telegram confirms this IN
formation II saws that great concentration of Rus
sian troops Is taking place at Turna, one Of the
points at which they will cross the river Iurna Is
60 miles above Giurgeyo
The IclegrGphs Bucharest dispatch confirms the
capture OF the Turkish gunboat which tried to pass
Kalafat. The correspondent says he has asccrtaned
beyond doubt that the Servan authorities have ac-
cumulated large stores of forage and provisions at
Gladoya. The Turkish gunboat was forced to sur
render near Kaafat because of heavy ire from
battery.
The 1jHN'8 Vienna correspondent says:
According 10 adyices from S. Petersburg the Russian
Government is quite ready 70 give the assurances ie
qured by Austria, that The interruption 10 navigation OF
the Danube shan be only temporary, and that shall IN
no way prejudice tie principle OF freedom OF inc river
as settled hy the Treaty Of Paris. Russia, moreover is
willing give these assurances m snch public form as 10
dssatc any apuIelCusols any intention OF RUSSIA
10 limit the freedom of the river except as demanded by
the DXgenccs Of war more serious question Is the
neutrality guaranteed 10 tine works executed by thc
Danube Commission and on which navCatlcn at the
mouths Of t- Danube entirely depends. There seems 90
b. no difference Of opinion between the neutral Cabinets
that the interests of the navigation OF the Danube must
be protected. aud that anything tending permanently 10
Grt tGcse works by ctlCr bell gcrcut would De deemed
violation OF neutrality. Consideration 0I lhc quts
Ous which might eventually arise IN regard 10 the ucu-
tdlty of tIc Dduubau Commission and s work has led
90 an ucIchau-c OF ideas between the neutral Powers,
which is 9il The more advisable, financial difficulty
viii soon arise tne revenue OF the commission beng en-
urcy stoupcd by the st0ppagc Of navigation There as
every probability Of the guaranteeing Powers being
called upon TO provide tOr the deficiency.
Tie illness dispatch from Berlin says; 1.-The por-
ton of the RoumanIan army fit for active opera
tous cannot Doe estimated at over 10000 The in
fautry are provided with various kinds Of rifles.
The officers inefficient The cavalry are very III
flt- Ift- lary u
krupp guns"
LONDON, Wednesday, May 1G, 1877.
Tie Tjme,'s Bucharest telegram says The
ROumauian losses at kalafat were heavier than Is
generally supposed. The exact number IS not yet
publicly known. but is stated to be about so killed
and wounded"
OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA.
TURKISH FRIGATE ATTACKED by 4 RUSSIAN WAR
sIEAMER-THE RESULT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
KALEH EONBAEDrD
LONDON Wednesday. MAY 16 1877.