The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-17
FOREIGN NEWS.

LONDON, May, IL, The Russians seem
to be in great difficulty about transporta-
ton; the small Russian country
carts are scarcely suited to military pur-
poses. All through 1.-THE winter the work
of supplying the Russian military trains
with carts and wagons has been going on,
still one of the first things done by the
Russians after entering Roumania was to
apply to the government of that country
Tor 5000 carts to meet this demand,
Transportation by railway, too, seems to
be giving rather more trouble than was
anticipated. The moving of material is
found very insufficient aud what little can
be spared from Russia is not available on
account of difference of gauge.
Turkish troops purpose movement
against the Herzegovinion insurgents
Thousands OF ChFistiap refugees are ex
pected across the frontier to Augment the
number already in Dalmatia and who al
ready are actually dying of starvation.
New YORK. May IA special to the
Times from Giurgevo, Says great battle
is impending and already heavy cannon
aiding is in progress. For several days the
Russians have been concentrating large
force at this point preparatory to a forced
passage of the Dauube. The army is in
fine condition and good spirits. Opposite
us, in Rustchuk. the Turks are in strong
force That they will resist our advance
is certain and tomorrow or day after may
witness bloody struggle. The infantry
force is present in great numbers and as
| write are on the march, while great
activity prevails iu all departments of the
army. Severe musketry firing is heard
c,I IF hn hn A Ix,
Turkish monitors are hurrying toward this
spot and the more advanced ones are TAX
ing up positions iu front of or near to the
point where the Russians hope to lay their
pontoon bridges, Tonight the scene on
the Danube is indeed magnificent one.
Shells are bursting in air, distant camp
| fires lend enchantment to the scene and
signal rockets ascend and fall and tell the
story of advancing forces, The cannonade
grows heavier and heavier and at this
rate it will not take long to destroy
Rustchuk. The place is weakest in the
quadrangle of the Turkish fortresses
Further down the river the sky is reddened
by the flames of burning Turtukai towr
whit h has been fired ty Russian guns il
Oitenitza. 1t will be comparatively easy
for the Russians to crcss at that point
Headquarters of the left wing are still a
Ibrail
News has Just reached US that Matchin
some FIVE miles distant from that point
has heeo set on fire by the Russian artii-
Iery,
| CHICAGO. May 1.-THE Times LOndor
special says:-A correspondent of thi
bureau, expelled Monday FROM the lines o
the Russian army, telegraphs from Vienna
meagre reports from the Danube enforced
by Russian staff. All matter is scrutlniEeC
and not line permitted to pass mentioning
, the number, disposition, or identity .
forces. Civilians approaching the arm!
are kept under rigid surveillance. Al
contraband statements are burned and th
writer's are warned once. Near Galatz tn
. writer says the Russians had pr0lecte'
E prodigious lines OF Notifications behln
which were assembled thirty division
aggregating one hundred and seventy tiV
Thousand infantry, fifteen thousand cavalr
Z and great mass of artillery, hence south
= westward to Otenitza the army forms
: continuous front embracing a tota! OF fou
y hundred and fifty thousand men, L
q westward at distance of from one to thre
4 miles from the Danube a thinner lin
e stretches to Widin. Reinforcements wer
:. pouring in mainly on the left and centre
IS the RoumaDian levies being used to mas
b the Russian movements and every artihC
!. adopted to lull into the belief that no fo
'r midable movement will be attempted @
'f the Danube. 1t was asserted by the Ru
q sian camp that the army OF Caucasr
was to penetrate to the eastern shores
= the Bosphorous and leave the army OF tt
RS Danube an open road through the Balkan
ID The Russians speak of forces on the Dal
t. ube as the army OF England employing i
- use against the latter country, It's comma
der is cnioined to make irretrievable steI
N ~ forward until England and Austria ha'
Sc been automatically neutralZed. Exactll
t. conditions are subscribed by correspon
ents upon the back of which Is printed b
photograph and duplicate left at hea
quarters.
n BUCHAREST, May 1.-THE Constant
e nopie kilograms which reported that tigf
at ing had been going on in Dobrudsha We
q, ." unfouuded. No engagements have {
" CURED hetween the Russians and t
~ ~ Turks 10 Europe except on the line
batteries between Ibfail and Ismail. 1t
= probable the Roumanians will cross t
Danube.
LONDON, May 1.-THE Teegraphs s 81
cial from Erzeroum, Monday, says: RI
slams have advanced to Kara Kalisa
ed great force. Turks will confront them
an Topenak Kala Both armies are prepari
ON for pitched battle
ro- The Grant Family And So Forth.