The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-29

twl sahss snovs grserts: ore from the
lire ST Arisia .asi Ar1anuseh. lie ether
from Bsyazid The Turks Are fortify-
ing Erzering ia Anticipation Of being
f3rcsd - leave ErzeEoum.
! reyoI. in tie Caucasus can he pro-
dartive only q petty annoysnces in
view Of the precautions adopted ard
the alvsace 81 the Russian array.
which Is closely followed by ano'her
army Of civil fnnc;iosafles. - that by
the tiIne the Rassiau commanders ret
- Eszsroam al 81 tia. Ptssalik cas-, OF
ihe rIvsr will la a Russian province,
Th. Districts Of S,grasel. Bsyazii and
Dyaiinc are nusIer Russian a,imlnIstra-
ton. Tia. grzegum will be permanent
~ occupied IL conviction openly ex-
pressed im authoritative circles in Titiis
Oa toe Darube new element must
be taken into account in defining tue
present situation. oT discussing the
Probabilities for the fnture. namely.
the Serviars, who. II - confidently as
sertpd have occupied the chief posi-
tons on and near Timok With 10000
men aEd 81 guns. under General Hor-
yatoyi'clG, az their headquarters. and
10000. men are said To be at Negotin.
d 600 81 Saitsciar, :. 900 al Kaladovs,
1000 al Roggeya and Blinvanootz. aud
second corps of 5000 TO 10000 strong
- said 10 be concentrating at Banjoi
under Rauko Aleinpich. from Gruia. on
the R0umauian bank Of the Danube,
and Rsdujeva'z. On the Servisn shore
il a chain Of sentinels OF Turnzyerin
and Kneiava. within call Of each other,
to watch and give notice of movements
of the Turks Russian or Roumanian
attachments also occupy the Kerb and
Ostrov islands, Oh the Danube. opposite
Turnzyerin and Cicgauischa. A sys-
tenn of the Russian advances set ms 10
be the points first occupied by one
corps are ceded to another. as il march
cs up, when ths frs; continues its march
IN their real destination. Thus men
are spared the fatigue of continuous
march. whilst the lines remains an
broken.
The Turks have i" Widdin about CO.
900 men aud - batteries; in Adlie. s.
400 men aud ( batteries; III Bregova.
1000 men, batteries and IL battalions
at Sofia. with six batteries and 1000
B.sti Razouks further down the Dan
ube
The Russians will probably cross in
force between Orsoya and Nikopolis,
and again between Slstova and Rust
chuck. To oppose this the Turks have
mt Orsover fire bat;alions and seven
batteries; at Metropolis eight battaliols
and two batteries and about 1900 cav.
airy. Besides garrison Of 1000 mcn
at Sistova are tive battalions and one
battery. At Rustcliuck u field army Of
10000, with 81 guns; At Silistria. 3D.
900 men, aud at Shumla, - battalions
and ten batteries, and at Vcrns about
20 ba,talions. The left wing Of the
feel army is $4,000 to 10000 strong.
and rests on Widdin, 10000 garr,soning
tho fortress. The centre rest on Rust
chuck. where the gatrison Is also co.
600 strong. The right wing i'll Dobru-
ascha will consist of $4,000 men. u be
made up of forces from ,Si!istri and
Varna, each Of which will retain tho
garrison of $4,000. A reserve of ia
bsttaliops will bc formed at Shumla,
which would bring tbs Turkish field
army up to 22o, 900, bu, this 6i.00o re-
serves are rs yet III the future.