The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-21
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victory. Ten thousand troops left here
yesterday. Their precise destination il
not known:
THE RUSSIANS INVITED TO LEAVE.
New YORK, May l9.-The World says
Some days since The statement was made
that the Russian fleet had left this porl
in response to request from Washington
10 that effect. There is Trustworthy au
thority for adding that this reQust wa
in the form OF IN Invitation from Secre
tary Evarts to the Grand Duke Alexis
Minister Schischkin and Admiral Bouta
kof that it was the desire OF the Presi
dent that the Russian vessels should mo-
longer remain in American waters and
that the State Department preferred Ia
make this intimation privately hoping
that it might thus be spared the necessit !
OF making the request officially and for
mally from the State Department. The
Russian commander at once made prep
arations to leave and it is mentioned as a
significant fact in the same connection
that although the Grand Dukes Alexis
and Constantine and Admiral Boutakofl
attended reception at ex-governor
Norgans house, they remained but q
short time and rather conspicuously took
ther departure before the arrival Of the
President and his party.
CLAIMING A cAsus BELLI.
LONDON, May l9.-The Standard
Pesth correspondent says: The extreme
Hungarian papers demand that Count
Andrassy should treat the approach oI
the Russians to the. Austrian frontier as q
Cagus belli. The military men consider
that the time has come for concentrating
corps observation in Transylyania.
hear from Semlin that the military pre-.
paralions Of the Servians are now quite
evident.
A Widdin dispatch Of yesterday reports
that 5000 CircassianS are joining the
Turkish army as volunteers.
AGAIN REFUSED.
A Reuters telegram from Erzeroum,
May 18th, says: The Russians attacked
Ardahan in force and were again repuIs.
ed. Communication is becoming difficult
The wires to Kars are broken. The
Russians maintain their positions in the
neinhborhood Of Kars, and a battle j.
expected shortly.
A Bucharest dispatch, commenting on
the removal Of the Russian headQnar-
ters to Cotroven, says: Tho establish.
ment OF the Russian headquarters there
indicates the expanding OF the Russian
operations over an extended front. This
leads to the natural conclusion that tht
passage OF the Danube will not be made
for some time, as it will be necessary L
bring all the Russian reserves and store
near the river in order to prevent any
delay after it is crossed.
sTATEGIc OPERATIONS.
With the Russian corps stretched alon.
theextended frontier it will not be diff
cult to throw the forces across the river a
some undetended point, when Tele Dt
Pont may be seized and fortified to pro tee
the crossing Of the other corps in the vi,
cinity. As there are no heavy masses o
Russians on the bank Of the Danube il il
scarcely probable that any passage will
be attempted until all the corps are in
position to move. This sketch represents
a strategic situation.
THE TACTICAL SITUATION
is US follows The Russians appear I,
have crossed between Reni and ibrail Il
spite Of the Turkish monitors, and ar,
now awaiting the deployment Of the cen
ire and right wing on the line Of th,
river, while the Rouman:ans and Turk
are exchanging comparatively harmless
compliments across the river between III,
Jalomintza and Kalafat positions. Fou
monitors appeared before Ibrail yester
day. One returned 10 the mouth Of
Danube, another went 10 TuItcha and th
other two remain, watching the Russians
At lbrail the Russians have been try
ing experiments with shells. They free
them into the river, and succeeded in ex
ploding them under water, fragment
flying great distances.
The Roumanians are so much in nee,
OF officers that they intend to prematurel,
give grades to the iirst-class Of the Mill
tary Academy.
FORCES AUGMENTED IN RoUMANIA.
The experience the Russians had o
the Turkish needle gun the first few day
Of the campaign caused reinforcement
10 be sent to Roumania and Caucasus
The Russian combatants in Roumania ar
thus raised to 100000 men, which will re
quire the Turks to make correspondent
efforts. Between Bahona and Sistoya tn
Danube is almost unprotected.
sAcKtNG AND BURNING VILLAGES.
The Russians in the vicinity o
Tchurukson sacked and burnt all III
villages and maSsacred the women, oil
men and children. A report is receive,
Of Roumanian vessel full Of Russia
soldiers having been sunk by the Turks
sEDAsroroL PREPARING FOR A FIGHT.
The Commander OF Sebastopal has or
dered the civilians to quit the city as a
attack is being expected.
RUSSIAN STRENGTH on THE DANUBE,
A Vienna correspondent says: If tn
Russians really carry out the desig
attributed 10 them, OF operating in Littl
Wallackia, 1t would indirectly confirm
the report that considerable reinforce
ments are coming up, and that the Rus
SLAMS on the Danube will be increased /
eight army corps, that is to doubl
what tits now. Ifcomplete, each Of thes
corps ought to number $1,000, thus Civ
Ing the army the effective strength q
$4,000.
Strong bodies Of Russian troops. ar
moving in the direction ofAltonitsa, bu
the Russian line along the Danube Il
mains stationary for several miles fror
the river.
ERzERouM, May l9.-on the 18Th tw
attacks on the Turkish position at Arda
han were repulsed along the whole lin,
Ibut inthe evening the Russians resume
the attack. The Russians have since I'd