Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-16
The Eastern War.

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able, although their concentration must be in
very backward state, since telegraph commanl-l
ton between Rustchuk ard Sbumla vas intact
up to Friday. However, coustantlnople dis
patch dated Saturday announces that the Rus
SLAMS are approaching Rasgad, and have proba
big already cut the railway near that point. 1t
is coniocturel by some that the Turks will
maintain a defensive line extending from Rust
give battle in the Open The Constantinopc
telegram, above mentioned, strongly opposes
this presumption, since the chief object of such
line would be TO protect the railway which feeds
the quadrilatsraI. This railway has now appa-
rentIy been cut by the Russians without oppo
siion. A more plausible theory is that the
Turks will await the development OF The Rus
sian campaign 10 Tho expectation that Rust-
chuk and Shumia must be besiegel. and one or
both be reduced before an advance on the Bal
kans can be taken. They hope thus TO ooii,
sumo the season wherein operations are pracIi
cable, AS Rustchuk aud Shumla are believed
capable 81 a heightened resistance, and mean
time the Balkan passes could be strengthened
first! that tho Russians canuot seiz, the passes
Of the Balkans or Sophia by coup dc main,
as was at one time eypccted, since the Turks
have already taken precautions against such
movements; secondly, tho single bridge at Sim
nilzs remains The only means OF communicating
| with and supplying the army south Of the Dan
ubc. AS this bridge must be barely adequate
for day TO day requirements, and has been sew
| eral times broken by storms and the current OF
| the river, there cannot yet have been any such
accumulation Of material and transports at SID
tova as would justify 4 general advance. 1t
! seems improbable, therefore. that the Russians
can originate any very startling movement for
| Tho present, and il the Turks choose 10 keep 10
| their Notifications. Adviccs from Bulgaria bid
| fair 10 continue OF the same unintcresting char
ac!cr as heretofore for several weeks at least.
A dispatch from Constantinople reports that
it is said tho Turks have beaten the Russians
and reoccunicl Tirnoya; also that lsmal Pasha
| has entered Russian territory and advanced six
| miles on the road to TAis.
| a Bucharest special says it is reported that
| there has been serious fighting between Drcuo-
20 and Gabrova. The Turkish monitor which
was ashore at the mouth of the Danube has
been towcd off by two of her consorts.
n correspondent at Adriapoplc says that the
|
railway station between Jamboli and Adrian
opc which is occupied by Two battalions Of
Turks. Raouf Pasha is expected there with q
large force. This Russian advance guard trav-
ersed tho Hcion Pass through The Balkan
Mountains.
Hobart Pasha had long interview with the
Sultan yesterday, who gave him permission to
command 40 expedition to the Black Sea, with
| comDete liberty of action
| a Bucharest dispatch reports that prepare
| lioGs continue for q battle near Ruschuk,
whittier portion Of the garrison Of Sistria
has already gone.
Moukhtar Pasha is at kars with about 49,
| 600 men, all told, including the kars garrison.
Gen. MelikoE is at Aaim with about 1000
men, but superior to the Turks in cavalry and
artillery The garrison at Batoum have made
no important movement, as far as reported,
since Oklobschi5 retired. The Russians still
hold Arabian.
| Gen. TergukassolT reports that he found the
town of Bniazid destroyed and the atmosphere
SO infected from dead bodies that it was impos.
sibc to remain in the place. From the soeDo
Of the instruction 10 the Caucasus it is report
ed that the Russians have resumed the often
sive. Gen. Alkasolf marched on July -, from
lokucli, to Tkvartchcli, on the right bank Of
| INC NailSsl, ulufc Lilo chCluS nun tucl[ Gu
trencllcd positions, drove linn behind Nlokva
and occupied Goum.
| Tho Russians have fallen back from batoum,
and il is rumored that the column will DIN Gen
Gral hlclikofi aud again invade Armenia from
| kuruk Dara.
| Official declarations Of Austria's neutrality
continue to be issued in answer TO reports per
| 5isentiy circulated in contrary sense.
| The Turks have withdrawn all their troops
| from the NlOntcnegrn frontiers except the gar
risons of the ports and blockhouses Prince
Nicholas is preparing to besiege Nlcsic5 again.
tis expected that Montenegro without even
| waiting for the departure Of Suleman Pashs's
| army, will resume operations in The direction of
herzegovina aud Old Servia. According to ad-
vices from ltagusa, they have already done 50
in the latter direction. These advces state that
General Pezoyics has defeated the Turks near
kolashin with great loss.
LONDON, July lG.-~l'he Times correspond.
ent with tho Turks, telegraphs under date OF
Kars, July T.. as follows - 'Nlukhtar Pasha
with the main army IS 10 a strong entrenohea
position on ridge miles south. The Rus
slams have completely withdrawn from the
siege | have visited their batteries which are
constructed with much skill, but show traces OF
the accuracy Of the Turkish fire. The Turks
nave very nue. lOTCt here HOW, tHC ucl dTC III
excellent spirits and very confident doubt
the possibility of Russia gaining any moro suc
ccsscs on this side this year, unless she has very
strong reinlorccmcnts at Akaltsk and Tiflis
Turkish supporters are steadily flowing in. The
Russians despite their strength have sustained
4 heavy reverse. y
The London Times correspondent with The
Russian army teIcgraphs from 4 lin. July H.
'uo-morrow VIC shall fall back some distance to-
wards AIexandropoI from sanitary oonsdcra-
tionS.
The London Thcrapid dispatch says OFF
cial kilograms report that the Russians have es-
abishcd military tribunals at SelVi TO try Mus
sulmans accused Of completely in the Bulgarian
massacres and arc executing men convicted 90
Bulgarian testimony
BERLIN, July lG.-A special correspondent
Of tho National Zaitung writing from TiAis
July i, says:-"rhc Abchassns, Circasans
and LcschiaDs AFRO in full rebellion and have
killed many thousand Russians. Only the mid
die part of the mountains with an important
road from Viadi Kaakar to Tiilis is still faith