The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-16
FIGHTING ON THE DANUBE.
RUSSIANS CROSSING THE RIVER IN
FORCE NE1R POTBiCH.
Forty Thousand Men Invading the Dcbrudscha
An Engagement in Prosress-A Inrge
Force Ready to Gross Above Hustchuk.

Force Ready to Cross Above Hustchuk.
LONDON, May 15.-The Daily Telegraph dos
patch. dated at Matchin. yesterday. says: The
Russians are apparently making an attempt TO
cross the Danube. Heavy artillery firing has
been going on up to the moment Of my sending
this despatch The Turks have boen success
ful in repellng tho attack. Tho Russians are
believed to be In great force"
A despatch from Bucharest says the Russians
have succeeded in forcing n crossing OF the
Danube near Potbach. in the Dobrudscha.
Heavy fghtlng is now In progress
A Conetantlnoplo despatch dated to-day. ~
A, NJ. says: News has been received that a
Russian corps 10000 men), with cavalry and
artillery. crossed the Danube near Potbnch and
entered the Dobrudscha. An engagement is
proceeding"
Vienna despatch says that the Eighth and
Twelfth Russian Corps will probably cross tho
Danube. near Turna- Mnguretl. thereby turning
the Bulgarian qusdrntcral. The Seventh and
Eleventh Corps will invade the Dobrudscha.
The four corps contain abou, 10000 mon.
Tho TGegrdph's Bucharest CORES pondent says
thnt the Russians arc concentrating large
force at Turna- Maeurcti. one of the points at
which thcy will cross IN" river.
A Despatch TO the Times from prre. May 13.
snys: There being rumors in Tut cha that. in
the event of that place having to be- abandoned.
orders have been given TINT it should be de-
stroycd by the rotreatng garrison, the Consuis
Of Austrln. Greece. and other States applied to
the Governor. who acknowledged that such
were his orders. but that before things came to
such cxtremities he would give the Consuls
and all aliens timely warning so as to provide
for the safety Of their persons and as much
property ms thoy could remove. Such orders. tho
Governor added. had been ss.nt tQ all persons
fat1r
muni nirut"d with their respective Euvoys here.
and remons;rnnres wcre made by them 10 tho
Porto. Tho Government gave reassuring an
swrrs ne to the safety II the persons of foreign
SUBJECTS but cNinrcd soma disposition 10 pcrso-
we're ia It's destructive system Of defensive war
The Daily Necs' Vienna correspondent says:
The Ku7>ian army for actual operations now
numbers ninc corps. Only two are destined for
the DObrudr ha, the main body. according 10
military calculations. viii cross near Giurecvo
sian front W il be covered hy ten regiments of
Cossacks. The inundatious have now de-
creosed in The Bnla valley. and 6.0oO troops are
The 7iines 4 spatch from Berlin says; Tho
strength OF Roumnnia''s army fit for acttye
Tho infantry are provided with various kinds
OF r fees. The officers are indiffercnt; The
cavalry are very inetii.lently horssd The ar
The Telegraph Bucharest despatch confirms
the capture of the Turkish gunboat which tried
TO pass kalnfai. The corresp9ndent says he
has ascertancd beyond doubt. that the Servian
authorities have accumulated largo stores Of
forage and provisions AT GladOra. The Turk
ish gunboat was forced 10 surrender near
kalafat because Of heavy iire from n battery
The DAILY NslrS' special from Galaiz says !;
Yesterday II stoam tug from lbrail took over
some lighters and two hundred laborers and
removed several hundred tons of coal unop-
posed. which the Turks had accumulated at
Getkhet for the usc OF the notilla."
A. Bucharest despatch says that the Grand
Duke NichOlas arrived there this morning to
vist Prince Charles. He returned this evening
to Ploiest The object OF the visit was to arrive
nt d.fnitc agreement respecting the opera
tions ~ the Roumanian army
LONDON May i6.-The Siindnrrs specials
say tnat the Turks have despatched 1000 men
from IA" WilLin garrison in MI haste to the
IohruischA Tho Koumaniun official reports
estimate that 100 wore woundel during tho re-
cent Intermittent Turkish bomharlment Of
hnlafat. hut do not mention the number Of
Killed. No Russinns are further west than
Turn-S -Ssverin. The ROumaniun party. which
demands active cooperation with Russia, is still
held In check by the influence Of the foreign
Minister. who fnvors n temporiling policy.
S"rviAn volunteers are constantly pass ng the
frontier to JON the Bosnian insurgents.
. The ItiueS Bur urharcet telegram says that tho
Roumanian losses NJ kaaiat were heavier than
IS generally supposed The exact number is
not yet publicly known. hut II is stated 10 be
about eighty killed and wounded.