Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-11-28
The War.
SITUATION IN BULGARIA.

The War.
SITUATION IN BULGARIA.
London dispatches of the 23rd say
that considerable pressure is being
brought by the Turks against the Rus
sian army Of the east, but it is thought
with the purpose only Of preventing the
czardWltz from sending troops to Plevna.
lie says that the Russians are strongly
1ntrenched and will remain strictly on
the defensive till after the termination
OF operations at Plevna It is not be-
l1eved that either the Turks Or the Rus
slams in eastern Bulgaria are strong
enough to take a vigorous offensive,
troops having been freely taken from
both to aid IN the Plevna contest. Very
large preparations are being made at
Bucharest for the wounded, indicting
the probability of an assault on Plevna.
A PROBABLE BATTLE.
A Constantinople dispatch. dated
Nov. 23d, states that Suleiman Pasha
has been ordered to strike the caro-
witch at once, because it is thought his
forces have been greatly reduced to
strengthen the forces around Plevna.
COLUMN FOR ADRIANOPLE,
RumOrs Of the organization Of col
umn of sixty thousand men to pass the
Balkans for Adrianople continue to
prevail. 1t is claimed there are 14O,-
600 Russians around Plevna and $4,000
in the army Of the czarowitch, with
total in Bulgaria, including thinner
mans corps, of nearly 100000 If the
Russians have this number they can
easily spare column for Adrianople.
MUKHTAR's RETREAT.
There is report that Mukhtar
Pasha, fearing to be surrounded, has
fallen back to a position twenty miles
west of Erzeroum.
AMERICAN ARMS.
| The steamer ]. B. Walker, from New
Haven, with arms and ammunition for
the Turkish government, has arrived.
AT PLEvNA.
Bucharest dispatches of Nov. 21st
say reinforcements are going forward
at rate of two thousand per day, and
are sent at once to the front The Rus
slams are concentrated west of Plevna
between the Isker and the Vid, cover
ing the roads leading from Plevna to
Widdiu, Veratga, and Orchanie. A
large portion of the troops sent to Gen.
Redetzky at Schipka Pass have been re-
called and are now stationed on
Gourko's left east of Telio to threaten
the bank Of the army moving from Or
chanie Here is
A VERY ADVANTAGEOUS POINT,
and the Russians are concentrating a
very large force to operate on the flank
and rear of any relieving force moving
from the south. The Russians have
sixty thousand men occupying excellent
and commanding positions and within
supporting distance.
are equally active in organizing an army
of relief. Troops are being drawn from
every part of the European field Part
Of the Turkish Schipka Pass force has
been withdrawn, and all the reserves
which were accumulated at Adrianople,
even one half of corps on the Servian
| frontier, have been added. There have
also been new levies from the depots at
Constantinople and Philipolis. 1t is GER
tain that Mehemef Ali Pasha has an
army of nearly ffty-fve thousand men,
many of whom are veterans Both
sides are denuding all other parts Of the
field for
THE FIGHTING BEGUN.
The latest from Bulgaria reports in
cessant fighting between the posts near
Orchanie. There was a heavy canon
ade on yesterday at Plevna, which is
thought by many to mean an attempt
to carry the place by assault.
THE BATTLE OF KARs
London dispatches Of the Goth inst
state that the fortress and Kars City with
three hundred cannon, stores, ammu-
The Turks lost five thousand killed and
wounded, ten thousand prisoners and
many flags The Russian loss is about
two thousand seven hundred The Rus
sian soldiers made but trihing booty,
and spared the peaceful citizens, women
and children. Gen. Lorriz Melikoff di
rected the battle during the day. The
Grand Duke Michael was present also.
The former entered the city at l 10 Sun
day morning.
THEY CLIMBED THE ROCKS.
A Veran Kalch special says Kars was
captured by about $4,000 who climbed
the steep rocks, ramparts and walls and
stormed an equal number of desperately
fighting Turks in headlong fight over
their bitches and parapets compelling
them to die or surrender The escalade
had been originally fixed for the 18th
but it was postponed owing to the bad
weather