The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-15

An Erzeroum Special says the Turks,
after occupying Alti, marched In the
direction OF Arabian. A Russian DIES
tachment has been sent from Ardahan
to reinforce Att. Twelve battallions
of troops, a field battery and four
mountain guns haye left Dilibaba to
to attack a column of the Russians on
the left wing, before Toprak Kaled.
Three attacks were made on Friday
by the Russians against Fort Tomey,
which was erected III 1866, to strength.
en- the defense of Fort Velepachie,
which ia the key to Kars. The Turks
returned the attack on Saturday, but
the result is not known.
A dispatch from observation-disclosures
Mehemed Ali, dated the 18th ultimo,
announces the defeat Of the Montene'
grins at Otichina.
A Reuter- dispatch from Rutschuk,
dated the 18th, says last night party
OF Russians, opposite Maratine, at
tempted an attack in boats upon a
Turkish monitor there, but the latter,
with the help of land batteries, beat
them of. To-day another attempt was
made to construct battery on the
islands, but the Turks compelled the
enemy to retreat. Both affairs are
considered feints to find the position
OF Turkish batteries.
The second edition of the Standard
publishes dispatch from its special
correspondent with Mauhktar pasha,
dated Zervin, June IL, which says re-
ports have arrived from Kars, that the
Russians have massed round Kars all
troops which they brought from Arda-
han, Kagishunan and Sauricamiche.
For several days they have attempted
TO storm forts Tahomans and Kara
damp, but on every occasion repulsed.
On Saturday they made desperate eff
fort to take possession of some OF the
heights, when the garrison OF kars
made a sortie in force with field artil-
lery, and repulsed the Russians with
great loss. There are no Russian sol
diers between Alti and Erzeroum.
Mauhktar psshas' pickets extend
from his camp OF Zervia to Att on one
side and to Erzeroum on the other.
A special from st. Petersburg says
an official telegram from Masera,
about eight miles north Of Kers, dated
the 10Th instant, announces that the
Turks are attempting counter APP
proaches and are certainly making
sortles. The Russian batteries have
been very successful in frustrating all
these attempts. A sortie was yester-
day repulsed with heavy loss to the
Turks, with only seven Russians
slightly wounded.
A dispatch from Constsntinople 10
the Times says the porte IL expected
TO reply to the British notification re-
gardlng the Suez canal; that 1t consid'
ers that canal Turkish property, and as
Turkey has the right to fight her enc
m,ea ON the high seas, she has obvi-
ously the right to oppose them on her
own territory. At the same time she
recognizes the great Importance OF the
canal to the whole world, and will try
to prevent 1, from becoming the scene
Of hostilltles by occupying each end
with troops so as to prevent the en-
trance Of any Russian ships.
The Times correspondent at Bucha-
rest, telegrsphs that the Russians and
Turks have concentrated, strong bat
teries on the opposite shores of the
Danube, at saturnow-Isakstehi, where
the Russiar.s crossed in 1898. The Inn
mense mas Of material which th'
Russians are moving towards th'
Danube, can scarcely be lodged IL
depots ON the river before the ilnt o
July. It's therefore scarcely proba