The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-05
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IWn0f0 TIC xs1ssians crossed on 3 71ss0
number OF RATS and small boats, until .
| position wusB0curod on the south bank.
This accounts for the comparatively ANAL
thepssS s~ss sSScSsiI . s.Hsi 3stSch-
ments, which were scattered on the river.
and advanced towards the opposite bank
after the manner Of skirmishers, 30 ~ to
fendSrthe enshAy's are less effective.
i .yod . V ANegHSRscaQFINo. =,
lsTheH nsliens hsve,alan opposed at Tur-
M Magznrsan, And hsve- joiAed the Grand
Duke Nicholss = eiseoys.ail 80. y,
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|rsTn1 FsussiAn eonfmissariat telearaphed
to hurry mn supplies f0r the army, repre-
senting tfse the country on thepther side
81 the river - entirely degtltute, and say
ing there ars fears Of p famine In Bulgar-
t1sia sHliloi Il, en,iflian I,rg
/ ApnI7xoNAL DETAILS oFiTHE CROSSING.
- LONDON, June 20.-The following ac-
count 0fthe crossing. Of the Danube 10
fs0m = correspondent who was an eye
with tho darkness Gen. Dragomiroff
began bis disposition. His first work
was TO plant, In made efnplacements, .
row Of held guns all along the edge Of the
wss while .th6; infARoy was marching
over the dIats 10 . cover Of willows. The
udarkness and obstrustions were 90 great
that ALI was not ready until the first
glimmer Of dawn. There was no bridge,
.but Q number Of river ,boata. capable OF
holding fom fifteen TO forty mon each.
These were drsgged on carriage: through
The boats put OF singiy, rowing racross
for Hftie cove, and lssssr a little ssssm'
ting wis brought into reputation The
Turks in1u1ediately opened q smart fire.,
both on the boats and the troops, who
were waiting to oross. The leading boat
contained Maj. Gen. Yolchine. The
Turkish rifemen were In position about
his handful OF men and babe them lie
down In the. mud then opened q skir-
mishihk IRE Cd cover the landing OF the
boats hatfollowed one by one. These,
landing their freight, followed the ex-
ample Of the hrst boat load, At length
enough had accumulated. Among them
were Gen. Skobeleff and his son., Gen.
Yolchine bade his mem Ak bayonets ind
stand up and follow their officers. There
an ineffective volley, but did not wait I
Gen. Yolchine's skirmishers followed
them some distance up the slope, but for
q time could not pass far from thelr, base.
Meanwhile the Russian gums from across
the river and the Turkish artillery were
firing briskly. Turkish shells kept fall
ing In the water, whistling through the
on the fat. One shell from mountain
gun fell into q boat containing two gums,
with gunners and bcommandant of bat
terry. The boat was sWanopo<1, and all on
board perished. This was the only seri-
GUS casualty In the crossing; but many
Russian soldiers fell on both sides Of the |
river. The Turkish gunners chung to
their gums with wonderful staunchness,
amid clouds OF dust thrown up by shells
which burst around them. A Turkish
monitor had been hemmed In by acordon
of torpedoes, within q channel south of
the island opposite Vardin, and Russian
battery on the Roumanian side sheiled
her. After their FIRST repulse from the
landing place, the Turks rallied and con-
~ tAs YHRsF s|SRs o ins ss ss Of
picKets Of Gen. YoiChine's I brirsds' and
made some headvSyF bst only for : mo-
msnk Soon 60 Sseh sthe ttussisn In
iantry had Gre hs heJ4hts. A Turk
is g., q a.,y Sc ~ ~ tS work
AWARDED, llS.sQ tins sEirmishing
1Orco0. fSriuy Wx3rfIt r-->tr ittE
n, Tss 3Sss sso &C. 5, ~ g.; ! !, +
Simnitza, which will be the main thor
Qughfare Of the Russian army, One hum
@rsa thdbss9d meg. will psfG i'm the col |
dfhn when know crossingsf - tninl
kilograms from various points op the |
Danube give particulars Of frightful bom- |
bardments along that river. At Rust |
chux the German Consulate was Destroy |
cd by "A shells, the French by 8, and .the |
Austrian Consulate was riddled. The
esirsd f9shSiis. They ball everywhere, |
and no spot can be considered safe. Up |
10 Wednesday the Turks had thrown I
from 1000 to 5000 shells into Giurgevo.
though the streets here and /
there are ploughed up and houses bored
not more than one house In 20
qP0 ihTseriously injured At Oltenitza
06h. Ehrenworth, OF the Eleventh In
by Turkish shapshooter from
he other sideof the Danube.
A telegram from Trebizond says the
Turks on Friday assaulted and carried
he Russian positions at Batoum,
amer q severe battle and great
oss Of men. /"
J. A, Russian official dispatch says after
most position near Zewin, on the 18th,
hey. retreated at night to their PREVIOUS 4
ines TO escape the Turkish fire. The
Russian troops fought with great heroism L
nd suffered r considerable loss, because
hot enemy xefe hpmerically superior.
3fxtofffcefs were killed and "A wounded,
md $50 privates were placed hors du COM