The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-19
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FOREIGN NEWS.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, May l9.-There is
great enthusiasm because of the sultrim
Kateh victory. Ten thousand troops left
here yesterday. Their precise destination
is not known.
ST. PETERSBURG, May l9.-It is official
ly announced that the Turks have bonn
barded Sukumkalch again end burned the
town, which has consequently been evacu-
ated.
LONDON, May l9.-The Standard Pesth
correspondent says: Some extreme Hun
garIan papers demand that Count Andras-
sy should treat the approach of the Rus
slams to the neighborhood of the Austrian
frontiers as casus belli Military men con
slider that the time has arrived for concen-
trating corps of observation in Transylva
MIA. L hear, from Semlin, that the mill
tary preparations of the Servians are now
quite evident. Prince Milan to day nom-
mated Col. Dragazehevitch chief of staff,
and ordered Gen. Olympies to resume
command on Drina, toward which artillery
are marching. A Weddin dispatch of yes
terday reports that 6,000 Circassians are
| joining the Turkish army as volunteers. A
telegram from Erzemun, May Is, says:
| The Russians attacked Ardahan in force.
and were again repulsed Communication
is becoming difficult The wires to Kars
are broken. The Russians maintain their
positions in the neighborhood of Kars. A
battle is expected shortly. A Bucharest
dispatch, commenting on the removal of
the Russian headquarters Cotroceni,
says the establishment of Russian head
quarters there indicates purpose of ex
panding Russian operations over an ex-
tended front. This leads to the natural
conclusion that the passage of the Danube
will not be made tor some time, as 1t will be
necessary to bring all Russian re.
serve stores near the river in order to pre-
vent any delay after it is crossed. With
the Russian corps stretched along at
extended front it will not be difficult t
throw a force across the river at some
undefended point, where Tele du Pont may
be seized and fortified to protect the cross
ing of the other corps IN the vicinity. A;
there are no heavy masses of Russian in
tantry on the bank of the Danube west o
lbrail, it is scarcely probable that an!
passage will be att -mpted until the corps
are iu position. The above sketch repre-
sents the strategic situation. The tactica
situation is as follows: The Russians ap
, pear to have crossed between REM ant
Ibrail,in spite of the Turkish monitors, aut
) are now awaiting the deployment of the cen
tire and right wing on the line Of the river
while the Roumanians and Turks ar
exchanging comparatively harmless com
piimentS across the river between the JaI
amnitza and kaIaiat positions. Thes
Turko- Roumanian operations seem to b
confined to attempts to ascertain the nun
4 ber, calibre and position of each other:
batteries on the respective sides of th
, Danube. -Four monitors appeared befor
!. Ismail yesterday; one returned to tn
: mouth of the Danube, another went t
Tultcha, and the other two remain watch
. ing the Russians at Ismail The Russian
!. have been trying experiments with Krup
: shells fired into the river, They succeede
!; : in exploding them under water, fragment
:, flying great distances. The RoumaDiar
are 80 much in need of officers that the
intend prematurely to give grades to tn
first class of the military academy.