The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-10
THE WAR IN THE EAST

The London Standard reports that in the
Fighting between the Turks and Herzego-
vinians has been renewed.
A Berlin special definitely confirms the re-
port that Russia, at the instance Of Austria,
has promised to respect the neutrality Of Ser
via. The Turks have consequently abandoned
the plan of occupying Gladova
A Vienna dispatch says an English steamer
entering the harbor of Kertch, without the
necessary precautions, Was totally destroyed by
a torpedo.
ALI male Mohammedans between the ages of
16 and 60, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, have
been summoned to join the Turkish army.
A Berlin dispatch states that Germany insists
that Russians now in Turkey be allowed to re-
main there. Having undertaken their protec-
ton, Germany considers herself entitled to
make this demand.
Cable dispatches state that in the Caucasus
the Russian army crossed the frontier at three
different points. There was some sharp fight
ing, resulting, according to Russian reports, in
the defeat of the Turks. The fortified town of
Bayazid was abandoned by the Turkish troops
and occupied by the Russians. The Russian
advance into Roumania was being conducted by
slow stages, the campaign being seriously
hindered by wet weather, flooded streams and
Doggy roads.
Berlin advices bring the assurance that Bis
marck fully concurs in the opinions expressed
by Won Moltke in his recent speech in the Prus-
sian Parliament.
The cable furnishes the following brief ac-
count of the battle of Kars, in Asiatic Turkey
"The center of the Russian army 40, 600 strong,
ttacked Mukhtar five miles from Kars. The
Turks fought desperately The Russians, sup
ported by powerful artillery, succeeded in dis
lodging them from their positions. Mukhtar
called out all his reserves and attempted
to recover the lost ground with 10000
men, but was defeated and driven back under
the guns of Kars. The Russian losses were
considerable, and those of the Turks enormous"
A Turkish monitor commenced to lombard
the town of Ibrail, in Roumania, but was COM
PEELED to withdraw having been set on fire by
he Russian batteries
The Turks are evacuating the Dobrudscha.
and slowly falling back upon the line of defense.
The Roumanian troops have taken possession
of Kalafat, and will defend it against the Turks.
The Turkish newspapers have been placed
under administrative control.
Turkey has declared the whole Russian coast
of the Black sea in state of blockade.
Dispatches from Bucharest of the 9Th inst.
tate that the Cossack advance guard was not
ar from that city. The Russians were in
trenching themselves very strongly between
Ibrail and REM, and mounting heavy
guns in the intrenchments. The
bulk of the Turkish army was
thought to be massing toward Silistria and
Rustchuk. A dispatch from st. Petersburg
states that the batteries on the Baltic sea are
being put in effective order, and that the tor
pedoes are ready to be placed in the Gulf of
Finland. The cause of all this preparation far
from the scat of war is the great distrust of
England which prevails at the capital of the
Gear.
In the recent encounter near Batoum, on the |
Black sea, the Russians were defeated, with the |
loss of three pieces of artillery.
The people of Greece are clamoring for war. |
The Ministry, however, are in favor of main
tanning strict neutrality in the present compli-
cations.
The blockade of the Russian ports on the
Black sea will be maintained by feet of twenty
Turkish ships.
The Russians began the bombardment of |
Widdin, opposite Kalafat, on the Denube, on |
the 9Th inst.
meeting was held in London, the other
night, at which resolutions were passed declar-
ing that for England to engage in war which