The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE WAR IN THE EAST

hardly raise 10000, and their position is re-
arded ascritical.
The Gar is said to be sorely exasperated at
the utter pinefficiency of the Russian commits
sariat.
The besieged Turkish garrison at Nicsics, IN
Montenegro. has at last been relieved and re-
victuaIed for a year. h,)H
A cable dispatch states that the Sheik-ul-
Islam has called for the funds deposited in the
slam treasury, to be applied to the defense OF
Turkey. This treasure is made up by the an
nual offerings Of the pilgrims to the shrine OF
Mecca, and is estimated in amount all the way
from 25O,000, 900 to coo, 600 francs.
Russian accounts report horrible oUtrages by
the Bashi, Bazouks in the district of country
known as the Dobrudscha. Villages and farms
are wantonly sacked and burned, and Christian
men. women and children tortured, murdered
and mutilated. m G..
According to Turkish reports the Russian
soldiery. are committing terrible outrages upon
the Circassian population of Armenia. These
reports Of 4 outrages," .. excesses, ETC., from
both sides are becoming monotonously frequent,
and must be accepted with many grains of al
lowance.
The Montenegrins have again defeated the
Turks in sanguinary battle near Spuz.
1t is stated in Constantinople dispatch that
Mr.. Layard the British Ambassador. has ad-
vised the Sultan to open negotiations for
peace, and that all the Turkish Cabinet, with
the exception of the Minister of War, are IA
vorable to peace.
The Turkish defeat near Toprak-Kaleh was
the most serious disaster the Ottoman army in
Asia Minor has yet encountered. The Turks
were not only repulsed, but were badly routed,
and the flying legions cut to pieces by the
Russian cavalry Mehemet Pasha, the COM
mander of the Turks. was slain.
A correspondent telegraphs from Cettinje
"Relative to the Turkish defeat near Spuz,
later accounts show that there never was a
worse panic or more disastrous rout known in
the annals of war between Turkey and Monte
negro. 1t was only the artillery of the forts
that saved the Turkish army from complete
destruction. The Turkish dead cannot be
counted, because they lie along the plain near
ly up to Spuz, and the artillery of the city pre-,
vents approach" I, "+;e
A dispatch from Vienna says: Russia has
invited Austria to make military preparations
for the purpose of preventing the Montene
grins from being utterly crushed"
The long-expected crossing of the Danube
by the Russians was begun at Ibral on the 22d
of June, and before the close of the day al
entire army corps had marched across thu
stream ON pontoon bridges, without any serious
opposition, and taken up position on Bulga
rian territory.
An Erzeroum dispatch announces that Baya
zid has been reoccupied by the Turks afte
driving out the Russian garrison. f
The Turkish War Department is absolutel.
destitute of funds, and the execution Of man.
contracts is suspended.
Turkish advices from Montenegro report tina
Suleiman Pasha has driven the insurgent
from Ostrok, and taken possession of thu
town. The Turks now occupy all the strategi
positions, and the campaign in Montenegro i
considered over. @
The announcement of the crossing Of tn
Danube at Ibrail and Galatz, on the 22d o
June is fully confirmed. The programme wa
adroitly planned and carried out. 1t had beer
ascertained by Russian spies that the Turkish
forces at Matchin were in no condition to op
pose q crossing, if made in force, and that onl.
struggling bands of Bashi-Bazouks were to b.
met among the low lands along the river. Ac
cordingly, before dawn q few barge-loads O
Cossacks were sent across from Galatz an(
Ibral, which are eighteen miles apart The.
were safely lodged on the Bulgarian side OF thu
river, and in ashort time effected a junction
Thus was formed a Gordon of Cossacks between
the river bank and the enemy. Under cover @
this Gordon the pontoons were rapidly towet
into position, the bridges laid, and the Russian
battalions, amid the greatest enthusiasm
marched across the river, attacked the Turks
and drove them from their position. By moor
Of that day the Russians were before the out
works of Matchin, which they carried by charg
ing the batteries. The next morning Matchir
was occupied, the Turks having evacuated il
and fallen back.
The English Government formally disap
proves Of Russias intentions toward Turkey
and declares that in no event will England per
NIT Russia to occupy Coustantinople, ever
temporarily.
The Russians made an attempt to cross the
Danube at Rustchuk, OF the 25th of June. A
sharp engagement followed, in which the Turk
ish gunboats took an active part. a4~#f Il
The Turks claim to have defeated the Rus
slams with heavy loss in twelve hours engage
ment at Delibaba pass. They also claim vic
tory in a sharp engagement before Batosm.
Constahtnople dispatch announces the capitu
lation Of the Russians at Bayazid. # these re-
ports are true, the tide of success has evident
ly turned in favor of the Turks in Asia Minor
But then these Mussulmans are awfully given te
lying. =.
A Bucharest dispatch says: ''The Russian
corps now entering the Dobrudscha is ordered
to advance as quickly as possible up to the line
of the Czernavoda and Kustendie railway
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