The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TIE WAR IN THE EAST.

Accounts from Russia acknowledge that the
ampaign in Asia is considered complete fall
ure and will have to be renewed.
The Russians have abandoned the siege of
Kars. Moukhtar Pasha has effected a junction
with portion of the garrison.
Turkish accounts charge the Russians with
ruthless devastation in Bulgaria. and with muir
ders and outrages against the Mussulmans.
The Russians make similar charges against the
Turks with reference to the Bulgarian Christ
ians.
A Constantinople dispatch says that in the
Ardamudsch district, in Asia, the Russians pill
LACED eleven villages and killed fifty people, on
pretext that they had fought against them.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says that frauds
have been discovered in the commissary de-
partment of the Danube army to the amount of
100000 roubles.
tits stated in Berlin dispatch that " at their
last interview Lord Odo Russell informed Bis
marck that England would under no condition
whatever suffer q Russian occupation of Con-
stantinople. Prince Bismarck replied that he
considered the occupation of Constantinople
the best way to obtain the purposes for which
the war was commenced"
The London Times is of the opinion that
1'the Russians cannot advance in force upon
the Balkans until they have secured their COM
munications by constructing a position on the
Danube as strong as any in possession of the
Turks. This will require month at least"
&c ;yoN c+o
pie at the manner in which Abdul Kerim the
commander of the Turkish army on the Dam
ube, is conducting the campaign. He is &C
cused of incapacity, and even suspected of
treason. It is announced that peremptory or
ders have been sent to him to advance and
meet the Russians. #."t
Nearly 1000 people have been killed and
wounded in Rustchuk by the bombardment.
The Russians made a determined attempt to
capture the place by assault. the other day, but
were repulsed after two hours sharp fight
ing.
tova, Tirnova, and Osman-Bazar have been
summoned to Constantinople for trial by court
martial.
The Turkish report of the abandonment of
the siege Of Kars and retreat of the Russians
turns out to be lie of the first water. The
Russians still invest the place, and keep up a
constant bombardment.
The Russians have succeeded, after the most
desperate fighting, in relieving the besieged
garrison of Bayazid
The Montenegrins are concentrating around
Nicscs with the intention of besieging the
place.
Ten thousand Cossacks have passed the Bal
kan mountains and appeared on the railway
halfway between Jamboli and Adrianople.
The Russians who have just retired from Ar
menia are giving their attention to the very
important task of suppressing the Circassian
rebellion which caused them so much trouble
when they were operating against the Turks.
Turkish accounts report horrible outrages
by the Russians in Bulgaria. It is stated that
Mohammedan children and old men are ruth
lessly slaughtered and women outraged and
carried off by the Cossacks.
On the 18th of July the Russians from
Sistova made an assault in heavy
force upon and captured Nikopols, one
of the Turkish strongholds on the Danube.
This is regarded as vastly important victory
for the invaders as it secures them another
crossing place and base of supplies Another
bridge is being thrown across the river at that
point.
The new Russian army of invasion now being
modified will be brought Immediately to rein
force Gen. Zirnmerman's corps in the Do
brudscha.