The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-09
The Turks Restore Communication
with Kars.
BieIa Occupied by the Russians.
The Military Situation in Bulgaria,
Russians Advancing into OH Valley.
Turks Moving Troops to Resist
Them.
Position of the Turkish Army in
Asia.
Bombardment of Kars Recon-
menCed.
Review Of the situation.

REVIEW al tne SituhiOh.
LONDON, Juiv S.-Concernlng the
situation oL the Danube We hsyo no new
information from ANY quarter except
drnials of the first hssty reports OF the
rapid advance OF the Russians Tirnoya
l. not IN their hands nor Is II likely to
be immediately. ~ the Turks probably
mean tJ hold the line OF the Lantrs II
,hey can and Tirnoys /, very tsvorsb.y
situated .or strong deienses
The lighting thus tar reported cannot
have amounted 10 more than outpost
affairs, tor the Russians are not yet pre-.
pared Tor serious work The Turkish
Guadrilatcral remains intact and not less
threatening 10 tho 10000 Russians SAID
To he across the Danube NJ Nlstoya, than
II General Zimmerman had not urosscd
nj Ibrail, and swept the Dobrudscha.
III, 10000 men must count with the gar
rIsors OF the three fortified positions OF
kuutendIia SuestrIa and Yarns, before
they can render e'lcCtuaI help 10 the
army now at TIsiova. II some WAY
provision must be mNde against tho Turk
ISM forces about NIkopons snd NIddln,
before any serlou, advance upon the Bai-
L4ns can bo undertaken. Nothing
rs vet known of the Turkish dis.
po-ltl, MS except that th" hoadquariers
remain at Snum.A where Rodi
Ps.ba. Minister OF War, has joined
AhJu kerlm and the council has been
established, under whose direction
the campaign will be- prosecuted possibly
with more vigOr than heretofore, n tue
only quality general y conceded ~ RedlI
P.gh. is energy Ia" Turkish
Danube hotIls remains 'uPine,
while y single Pontoon bridge NJ
SI-,ora If permitted 10 supply large
.ssian force with provisions and war
m,lrrraI. Tne brldg Is reported as 80
weak that it has broken Of It's own weight
several times IN the present week One
irnnclsd m determined hands might
nIsca the Russian army o. dePerat" po
sllon. tor the country along the Turkish
side Of the river would not keep them
many days, # deprived OF their commi'-
sary, II WAS reported recently that
Hobart Pasha cpntompIRtes an op-
Grafton OF tnls nature on the
Danube under hls personal
direction. but has thu, isr been restrained
by jealousy Oh the part Of the furnish
Pa.has. Nearly siI accounts from the
ses, of wsr IN Asia Minor agree that the
Russians have met with serious rcvers"s,
but their position does not appear 70 b"
~ thoroughly compromised rs would be
inferred from the earlier dispatches via
Erzeroum. The most sinister feature OF
the Russian situation is almost the utter
absence of official bulletins from the
Grand Duke MIChse,, which helped u
keep us informed OF the progross OF
the Russian5. The iolpwing are the
positions OF the 'c-pect'ye forces
A. near as can De- s,ccrtslncd:
The Russian lett, after advancing 10
DelIbabA. has now turned brck on II, line
of advance, and II now marching on
Bav,zId. which i. s..il invested by the
irregulsrs from Van. 1t will probably
be able u defeat these -aye BsyozId and
re-e,taDn-h communication with Erivsn.
4 detached column Of the centre, un-
der Gen. Heymsun, alter the defeat nj
l. win with heavy los, has fallen back
To the neighbOrhood %. Mar, has not
bynp raised. and the latest Turkish bull
le,IEs 10 not give the Impression that
MuKhtar Pasha iec.s hlrn'e.i strong
enough 70 undertake il. relief. The
latest sdyices represent that be ha- ad-
vsnced 20 within hItecn miles OF the
Russian investing Iins-. There hss been
nothing definite from Batoum since the
capture by the Turks Of the Russian
oo.rtion on ssmebsu and Rhste- ubari
heights. Both the Russian md Turkish
reiptorcsuerts are said 70 be Fastening
forward. TIE question Of provisionIng
tle srmie. is SAID 70 bs growing serious
for both ,Idcs
The Dispatches oil tHe fee. Of Bs-Iks
Bsy continues % be the chiet topic ID
British politics The movement Il ges
er,l.y censurcf by tBe opposition h tend
Iny % revive 10 Con. .au.noP.e u" hops
d, Brtisn intervention, and - impair
Eng ard's influence b. neutral pOEer
wLen the eastern question comes -
alal settlement.
4 .peclal from ~hImis .ays that iGs
report OF the battle a, Bills and the ~
pulse Of the Russian. remains IGiOuhded.
A special from -. Petersburg denies
that the Russians were repu.sed =. BiIla,
ard s.ser,s that B...A j. noa N Poeses-
sion Of the R.s.iAns.
Turkish Official AdyIres.
CGS.TASTfSOPLE, July 7.-Rsdit
Pasna .e.egrsphs IRON Shumi4, under
date .. FRIDAY, a. ioi ows TIE Rgs-
sis,s attempted, near the Bsba re1Oubt,
i've hour irom Silistra, % tlenoa'k
troops wils artillery, cro-sihg :hs Dan
g1e On twenty ra',s, towet by three
steamer. The Turks BON bardsd the
RATS, roich pre- pits:ely tunnel back.
one ls--a rs:., With t'VoPs and -upPles,
Wa -4'E.
N-s-,ar PA'hs teiegrsphs, under date
oftle sixth, that Ms army tat arrived 81
fl7Apouar, five hour march from hsrr.
Contamination with kars hss been re-
.tsrsd. The Russians, WHO occupied
losItions near ustjl Han, have retired
5.4lud their fortress. The Grand Duke
Hichsel hss gone 70 TiAIs.
The Governor O. R'zsroum telegraph
under date Of IhIrsdsy, ths; the Ku.
SLAMS, dl.lod ,ed .. Urcn-KIiisss, re-
treated 20 Ipek sn1 Guedek, where q
battle is proceeding. TIE khediye o!
Egypt ha1 placed E fee. :: the di.PossI
OF the foris.
Prom Russian OnciaI sources.
ST. PETEEsBUEG, July 1t is OF.
c.slly announced that the Iriysn column