Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-10
The Eastern War.

The Russian loss between November Ioi
AID November 18th vas 3. lj3 men. The .,,.r
loss SIEGE the commencement Of the war !,
H. S59 men.
The operations between Elena and T..
nova are suspended btc,usc Of bad Eealbs.
Great preparations are being made to dcfanii
Elena 10 case the Russians attempt to rrcs,
ture the place.
Operations against Erzar0um may be MS,
poned for rtDipht. No attempt will proh,
bly, be made to establish stric! blockade q.
| account OF the inclemcrcy OF the weather, Tn.
1t is supposed communication with Treb.z]ri
will shortly be cut, as L Russian division !.
marching in that direction.
The Inhabitants CT ScutaM and the Albania.
chiefs have autographed TO Constantinopo I,
aid against the Montenegrlns declaring itl.
request is disregardad they will solicit III: ,n
| tCcion Of Italy.
News Of the Servans crossing the Ir.n.i.,
inio Turkey turns cut to be uotOuId.d IT,,
Porte received adv!cas Saturday stating H..
| all was 11ot On the frontier. 4 porto, r.,
the ScEvlan troops concentrated near T..
roG.ltr have oeen withdrawn and tha a,!,r
; .,....3: dismissed 10 their homes.
| HE Porte has received no ulimatum trn
| S.lvia.
The London Times, 10 It's war sulmar;
slys that Snleimtn Pasha's success d"pculrI
upon raDldity aud emery in br!aSiDG through
the Russian llna cnvcIOplng p!cyna, blt he h.>
hcsltnlcd ami the opportunity Is apparently
list. An uneasy icclln! prevails in Eng abd On
acconnt Ut tn" probability Of q settlement G.,
the Eastern question up0U terms u.tTtr o..
TO Il & ssh poIlcy bv the a!auc; OF the dir.
| Emperors. The E,1nomist says England,
miitary Communication with India is imp rIIe !,
by the pc icy of L,.d Boacoa-tia!d, ana thal II
is nc ,ssary that England should have = ya;r.
| IN the satrl"mant.
| CONSTANTGNOPLE, DEC. lH-lt Is rrp0-irI
| that the Council Of STATE has determined ,h4,
| Christians shall hereafter be eligible to the GOV.
erno1ships and other administrative tuacriouS
Of the Turkish provinces. 1t is believed that
| the speech from the throne opening Parliament
will announce this resolution. Sulciman Pasha
has returned 10 Ahmcd;i on the Tirpnga roai
The report that Scrvian troops had crossed th'
frontier into Turkey originated from the cn0
fusion OF boundaries, cars ii by the drsrGnio.
OF landmarks alter the Turko Scrvlan WAY in
| 1876. III: Egyptian contingent 10 the Iurki>l
army will be Increased ty - 600 Infantry, I,0n
cavalry and fur batteries.
VIENNA, Dec. l0-Thc Hungarian arl : II
iran delegations arc sitting here 10 reg nla,
the Common affairs or the dual monarc Inv ,
1878. VIC t3r,ign affairs committee Of +.
Hungarian delegation held a s. cret s. uing ~
terday, at which Count AndrasSy was ~.
crt. Accorlug to The Prstbcr cpr ,.n,
dcrz Count Au1rasSy protested sgnj =, +,
explanations e his foreign policy ,;y.o
so called s.uli official oryao9> Il s,il..
"Anoher factor besides lrearle INNS,
considered in connection with tho rrl,,i,
between The Eurcqcra covers, n,mn,y: =
force which alone c,a!i make tr,.tip, vail
As to the allegations t.,:c1ra.T ~ the tripta al
auce, he said Ausri: was tn, a1h;tcr OF her ay
drs,nies. M liuropeao State coud mo-
securely couat upon III lag rscogri,5a 81 i
reasonable and jnss de- n, ads He declare! ri!
self sroogIy opposed Il, INC iira that IA c,r
pllanco with oX'"rr al prcjudc.s Tie Chri,,,.
population OF iur Grv Inu,t be continued nl..
Turkish mis:uir II ! ,:cuied taat Austin "a
AGING under u &C 1nuanc; Of Germany, aud 4.
c'ared that % row,r in Europe cou!,! usi.'
take set" emrnt OF che + stern question VII
out the C. operation Of Ausro-lluugaly.