The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-06-30

kslsrck nearly ten thousand man LaG
msssed o. an Island il tn ,iser
The Roumanians ara preparing 20 cr&s
uea- Widen aai have established bat
terles OF the island Al Jis.ora the
the Turks had only three cat alions and
two old fortress guns, lying upon
! waters cxpaBse as 'uiiciert defence
! BCcHAREsr, Jun. 2s-L1.s~. ia the
txo affair at pe.roceEi and I.e,nnitza
are estimated by The bes; authorities
a. less { han 1000.
( SlMSITzA. June - -Cnd,r willow.
an,! tsmari.ks there were collected lat
night. about o'c,cck. to,,. snl men.
A. il O'Clock ID y beg 70 c. o.'. Both
+ during the crossing and afterwards
they suffered seriously from the fire Of
tso batteries and from . rife fire One
gun, standing alone. fired with steadi-
mes and precision. and created some
damage. but although the men suffer, 4
the beats went aud came until men
enough were collected 20 hold their
own When morning dawned, Drags-
nivofs division Of the right corps WAS
the first to cross The Turk- r..el their
last round I. .ittle after O'Clock to-day
On the Turkish side the bank presents
low cliffs and steep declivitics. and be-
hind that more gradual accents, but
always forming perfect defensive posi-
/ tions, which were. in tact, but ieebly
constructed On the right of the Rus
slams. opposite Sistovs, all to-day three
/ ba,talions of field artillery. firing slow
ly. have helped TO crush the opposition
/ of the Turks. To the left of the land
/ ing place, couce lied among willows.
are more batteries. Further left still
are the horse artillery FROM that po-
sition whole fleet of Turkish crafts
are visible. One of them is a war yes
sci. Its inactivity is unacconnt.ble
Between 10 and , o'clock to-day the
first Russian gun was ferricd over on a
stage supported by pontoon.. aud by
that time the column OF wounded ceased
to pass.
The character Of the resistance may
be estimatcd by the fact that SO far as
known at present, there are only l40
wounded and being q fair proportion
for the killed. it may be said that the
Russian loss is about 900.
Gen Sclobelioffs division of Cossacks
/ is on the road to Simntza from some
where up the river. It's Chief who is
tn lead the advance Of the cavalry Of
this army has just arrived here.
Though the Russians have passed here
easily, it has not been SO higher up the
river, near Turnur Magelli, where their
attempt has failed We must, therefore,
suppose that Simnitza will become the
chief point ct passage for other corr =
AhpsT NIiS III
cross. But as matters stand, one CORPS,
the eighth, will lave gained march
on the Turkish army. Long before this
reaches Eng land. other corps will b,
on the southern sule interposed like .
wedge between tho Turkish armies ut
Widden and Rustchuk.
The Rus siaus wisely threw thick veil
around their move menis and at the last
moment placing sen.ries on every road
and suffering no man t. pass there.
Then they passed higher up the river
than was expected.
The Russian LETT is in great free near
Hcrzovs and Is being considerably
strength. ned. The fight has secured q
crossing at SAMANTHA with case, SO that
the Danubian passage is secured The
centre has the choice Of concentrating
upon the right or left wing and cross
ing unoppos.d
W,dden and Metropolis are isolat. d
J from the Turkish quAdriateral at
present Indications lead to the con-
clusion that this much Wanted square
OF fortresses will be itself cut in hslye..
and the Turkish forces separated into
three divisions, without the means Of
communication. and with tho whole
Russian army occupying central po-
s,ion between them, AMI free 10 move
with crushing force upon any one Of
them.
The Russians crossed At Pctroceui
yesterday upon RATS. The sor of the
Grand Dnke Nicholas going over on
the first ore. Grand Duke Nj holas
crossed at three o'clock in the morn
ing At Pstroceni. aud it is officially
stated that there were 30 600 Russians
on the southern side of the Danube
this morning opposite simn,tza aud Pc.
;roceni lines
SisrovA. June 20. On Wednesday
the Turks were driven back from the
landing place. A. the point of the bay
onet. The Turkish Infantry force.
5000 in number made an attack on the
troops which were landed, but were
repulsed 10y the musketry of the brig
adc. which soon afterwards cupied
the heights Sistoya will lie occupied
tomorrow