The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-10
part Id thss sampaign are merely designed

|, part I'D tfiet eafnpaign are merely designed
TO nilay Austria's apprehen pms. . q,
The correspond dent thinks it probable that
1.-THE advance guard Of the Roumaptans may
cross at Sininitza and work Up Che soilth-
ern bankof the Danube urtil they secure
Il ;crossing- place where they can be tome I'M
BIZ the main body. 80 s.
| The Bremen Heiser Zs lung, which Is not
lunfrfefidl to Russia, says 80. On the eve OF
the war IT WAS discovered That only thirty
| per cent OF the Russian navy was sea-
worthy. zReinforeemeftts for the Cauca-
sim army are much delayed because only
i've out OF ten OF the steamers OF the Cas-
plan fotilia are in serviceable condition"
REPLY TO PRINCE MLAN's SPEECH.
~ ,KRAGuJEyATz. July 9.-The reply Of the
| Skuptschfna, to Prince Milan's speech is
guarded aud pacific in tone. tsta
THE TIMES ON RECENT AUSTRIAN MOVE
- fa'tc iMEETs, &c.: j.ittEi = y
q LONDON, July o.. The Times commenting
on the recent reports OF movements of Aus
TRAN troops says - Tie Austrians can
scarcely, delay m UGH longer the inevitable
occupation of Bosnia. THERE'S every rea-
son to believe the Turks would withdraw
from the province ratEer than drive the
Court Of Vienna INTO fhe position q an
opsn Renter Rem Ids dispatch from st. Petersburg
says: According To reports recelyed the
Russian retreat in Asia is not attrlDutaole
to Che Caucasian rising Which is virtually
suppressed, but to the fact that the Rus
slams, were too weak to overcome the Tnrk-
ish forces, whose strength had been under
lrated.s ~til-~./'. = FL "a
:: REPORTED; DEFEAT oFTHE RUSSIANS ETC. E
CoSsTASTrNopIE.S : July. o. Ismail Pasha
telegrapbs under date OF Ezeroum, July 6:
The Alachkut division, after a desperate
engagement, pursued Russian force and
compelled it tc quit the Ottoman territory
near Messongrie Dix, which place was oc-
cupied By the Turks. Ihave summoned
the Russians in the citadel at Bayazid to
capitulate on honorable terms, and am con-
vinced they will comply. -
Dervish Pasha telegraphs from Batoum,
July 7th Two Turkish frigates have been
boarded and burned at Cherketil. They
landed force which defeated the garrison
and compelled: them to abandon the town.
The object OF the expedition thus being at
tanned, the frigates reembarked the troops
and returned to Batoum.
Roouff Pasha, whose abilities are gene
rally spoken of favorably, will start almost
Immediately for Adrionople to take COM
nand OF the Balkan army. :-.r.t!r.t.
~. H.. =. ~ ~, VARIOUS WAR-NoTEs. -
ERzERoUM, July 9.-The Turkish Official
Nes,cs says. .st The Russians have forty bat
talions on the north side OF Kars. The bulk
of their army and heavy artillery has with
drawn in the direction OF AleXandropole.
The line between Mukhtar Pasha's head
quarters and Kars was completely free from
Russians onthe 4th instant! =
"Mustapha Pasha, the new Governor OF
Kars, has LETT Mukhtar with reinforce
ment Of 1000 men for the garrison OF kars.
i .aA Russian column. has been defeated in
an attempt to enter Ardanutsch and driven
back on Abraham; where great concentra-
tion OF Russian troops is proceeding.
'..Three battalions have been dispatched
from Delibaba to reinforce Mukhtar Pasha."