The New York herald., 1877-07-26

ceiving this. the Turks took the offensive.
and repulsed the Russians with heavy loss
ACKNOWLEDGING THE pErEAr
"a Russian official despatch from Tirnova.
conceding the defeat at Pievna, gives the
Russian loss at two colonels and fourteen
inferior officers killed, one general and
thirty-six inferior officers wounded and
lists men placed hors du combat. General
Schillder has retired to the Bjela road"
MOVING on wIDDIN.
The Russian army OF Ru,tchuk has advanced to
the line OF the LON River. touching the Danube at
Pyrgos, and Is slowly wheeling that pivot to In
vest the fortress. Noary forty thousand men are
now jammed into the angle between the Danube
and the LON. The Turks have abandoned the line
OF the LON without lighting; one part Is believed 10
have retired on kuschuk and another on Shuna.
The Standards correspondent At Bucharest says
that a Russian column Is marching directly
Sophia.
DEFEATED AT sILIsrRIA.
telegram from shumla states that the Russians
u
THE RUSSIAN COMMANDERS.
The Car, with his suite. is IN Bjela
The headquarters OF the Grand Duke Nicholas re-
main In iIrnova.
The Czarewitchs hcadquarter are ut Oberteni.
HEALTH or THE ARMY.
The health OF the army is good. In the Twelfth
corps not two per cent are sick.
TIE TURKISH GENERALS
Suleiman Pacha is Ut Karabunar, near which
Russian force Is also assembled A great battle IL
expected.
WAR EXCITEMENT IN ENGLAND.
The mlltary aud naval preparations OF Eng
land are pressed forward with unreluxing
Wgor, and the interest OF the people la
the operations oi the military snd naval
authorities loses none OF Its intensity.
am in.ormcd on high authority that 10000
men are under orders for Gallipoi on the European
side oil the Dardanelles. White not voucnng TOR
the absolute truth OF this statement 1t may he
aided that there Is no doubt whatever that the
transport steamers now In commission are fully
equal III capacity " the carrying OF force large
as that named.
STRENGTH OF THE gRIroNs.
"A to the present army resources Of the govern
ment. or the effective strength Of the army for i'm
mediate operations in tie Fast, it Is stated the
authority Of gentleman whose military know-
edge ana experiences conceded throughout
army circles, ana who has made the calcutta
ton on assured data, that an army corps OF
20 900 men can be ready TO embark ut f0rtneht's
notice, reaching Constantinople ten days after
ward. This force OF 2O,o 900 men can be followed
fortnight afterward by second army corps OF
a6,soo men, and within month these two corps can
be joined by !or;c OF 10000 men from India.
SECOND GIBRALTAR.
O m hat
could be placed IN six weeks or two months In
an imprcgnabe position. II Gallipoli Is the OBJ
jective point, open to the sea, by which 1t could
be amply furnished with supplies ana rein
forced without delay or difficulty by power with
such maritime resources AZ Great BIitain. The
officers OF the English engineer corps, who have
examined the position ut Gapoli, that it is
capable OF being made q second Gibraltar In ten
days.
now ENGLAND MAY LAND
The Vienna Political Correspondence. which Is
supposed to be the semi-oifcial organ both OF the
Russian aud Austrian goyernme nts, publishes the
following intelligence from st. Petersburg:-
In leading Russian circles the steps taken by
England relative to rein!orcements are regarded as
demonstration ol not much Significance. II Is
firmly believed that England, being Isolated will
avoid any warllke step. An eventual English occu-
patton OF siapoli could only lead to collision il
The British troops were to unite with the Turkish
army but non-aggrcsslve landing OF British troops
ct Gallipoli would simply be ignored by Russia.
RxPEcT BLOODY BUSINESS SOON.
A telegram from Ragusa states that all the out
lying forts around Nicscs have now been captured
by the Montenegrns. The fortress of Nicsics itself
alone holds out.
GENERAL UNDERSTANDING.
The Rome Liberia says:-"Since Tuesday an ex-
change OF views mas been proceeding between the
Powers, the object Of which is believed to be the
concerted action Of the neets IN order to prevent
the Isolated action Of any Power and to protect for
eigners In Constantinople.r
A CORRECTION
The town meant by the Vienna despatch for
warded yesterday morning, stating that the Turks
were numbering the Christians without mercy, Ii
KavLrna, on the Black Sea, about twenty-five miles
northeast OF Varna, and not Cravoura as sta ted.
THE RUSSIANS STILL R.rREATING IN ASIA
despatch from the Governor of Van, in Asia
Minor, dated July - says the Russians have CON-
pletcly evacuated the district OF BajaZid.