Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22
rAE EASTERN WAR.
THE RUSSIANS AND THE TURKS
MAssINc THEIR FORCES
a oErTYsnuno nArrIr MAY nr LOOKED
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thing IN prime order for the approach
ing contest which cannot he postponed
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patch says that information has beer
received in that city from a reliable
source that Sulclman Pasha has sue
ceoded in ciIecting Junction with
Mehcmct Ali between 'fjersarora and
Bebrova, This places The Russians il
face Of really formidable Turkish
army, and viii render the a.mlst tx
ertions necessary ON their part TO pro
vent the Turks from icopardizing tho
whole position in Bulgaria
The Russians are pushing up then
reinlorcements aud preparing energet-
ically for u general onslaught on the
Turkish position. They believe that
a decisive victory over tho united
forces Of Mehemet Ali and Suleiman
Pasha would practically end the cam.
paign, while defeat would entail ro,
suits scarcely less disastrous for them.
selves
The Turks also arc very active, and
arc strainiqg every nerve TO be able to
cope successfully with tho large aud
well appointed Russian lorcc which Is
opposed TO them. They have hurried
up almost the last man, and have owl
IDENTIFY made up their minds to stake
everything on the Issue of battle. Ii
is not thought probable that q gem
eral battle can be delayed beyond Tues
day or Wednesday at fuIthest.
Suleiman Pasha seems to have
brought his infantry and cavalry
through the Freditza and Halen passes
and his artillery through Dcmir Kupu
pass, that read being better for the
transport Of guns. Shipka pass, which
is still held by tho Russians, was
blockaded at the southern entrance,
and will probably hayeto be evacuated
unless the Russians attack and defeat
one of the three Turkish corps which
now form semicirclo from Rasgrad
Plevna.
The Vienna Political Correspondence
hasa Bucharest telegramsaying "Gon.
Goufkha declares that the Russian
positions, from the Danube to the
Shipka pass, are so strong that the
Turks do not venture an attack.
"Both armies are constantly in
trenebing themselves. Tho Tarks
especially hold wonderfully strong
position at Plevna,
"Osman Pasha is, nevertheless, in q
difficult situation, because the numer-
GUS cavalry attached to the 10000
Russians confronting him completely
cut off his communications with Sofia
and capture his conveys of ammuni.
ton and provisions. The Russians
will not undertake operations until the
whole guard arrives from st. Peters
burg. This signifies a pause OF a fort
night or three weeks
The Turks are working vigorously
on the Notifications Of Gallipoli, and
they are already in forward state Of
preparation. One hundred heavy
krupp guns have been sent there from
Constantinople, and large quantities
of provisions and military stores are
up n}gbt and dav ,gitbopt ,ptermissiopp
and tBo place WILSON beino tboronTb
state ~ deispse p"
Tho Tnrkish ministcr. haze d..lor
ed 10 tbe Goreign di,lomats no, tbo
norie would not mall an ovnan,ion ~
favor of onv foreign no,,c,. m ~ 49, ard 81
10 the Dardanolles This i under
stood TO refer 10 ihe rnmorcd inton.
ton of England 10 send sbirs Of war
10 tho Dardenelles viii r,au, ~ ,,'o
vent massacres Of Christians in case
of popular outbreak.
A disnstch from Rustchul, Aoo,s,
ls saws aThe Russian bombardment
continues Two hundred sbells have
fallen in the town and twentv n,rsons
have hecn kincd A prss;sn ~aoon
noiterinp marty hasbeen rennlsed near
the river I,omp
OGlciol disnatcbos roceivoa IN 6,
Petersburg state thattbe Rnss;am hat
tories AT C,lurgevo silencod Tho Turlisb
batteries M Rnstcbnk on tbc IAN IN
stant There wos slie,ht suocesscnl
fighting on the lf,tb on iho r;rht hanL
of The river near Rnstcbnk
From Bueharest comes tho ;ntelli
genee that eigbt vessels landed Turks
In tho Dobrndsoha on Fridav Tbo
Russians nre marebino IN onoose them
A Bucharest dispatch saws prince
Tcherkasski has removed the scat of
government of Bulgaria from Tirnova
to Sistova.
Some critics appear 10 think that
Russian advantage lies in continued
inaction and further concentration !;
but theincreasng ravages of disease in
the Russian camp arc an Offset against
the arrival of reinlorcomonts and may
compel their Generals to attack plevna
or Rasgrad before strategical consider
ations would authorize such an under.
taking.
1t is reported, also, that public opin.
ion in Russia is powerfully affected by
the failure before Poyna. Echoes of
this dissatisfaction may reach the army
in the field and tend to tempt the mil.
itary advisers of tho Emperor TO urge
some enternrise that MIGHT well he 10.