The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-16
THE WARFARE In THE EAST.
NO GREAT BiTTLEs YET FoUGHT BE-
You'd THE RIVER DANUBE.
The Russians Closing In upon Ru~tchuk Gut
ting the Railway that Feeds the Oundri-
Intcrai-Tho Advance on the Balkans.


hoNDoN' JuIv io'-inere - no TRUSTWORTHY
ncws from the armies in Bulgaria. The recent
special dispatches announcing that grcatbattlcs
were progressing there prove entirely ground
less. That the Russians are closing in upon
hustchuk IL probable. although their concen-
tration must still DO In very backward state.
since Geographic communication between
hustchuk aud Shuma was intact up to Friday.
however. Constantlnoplc despatch dated
saturday announces that the Russians are ap-
proachlng kasgrad. and have probably already
cut tine railway near that point II il coniec-
tured by some that the Turks will maintain II
defensive line extending from Rustchuk via
Shulma to Osman- Bazar. and will give battle in
the open Held The Constantinople tele-
gram above mentioned strongly opposes this
presumption. since the chief object Of such de-
fcnsivc line would be to protect the railway
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MN rv'''S 'i'o puaurl,"''r"'' ms r"''"oy
has now been apparently cut bv the Russians
without opposition A more plnusiblo theory
10 Tint IN. T,rLs .in a,,ai, ,,n 1a,.n,,.,
~, ''', WV '"iN7 WIZ """'' '"c u'N''op"oh. "i
the Russian campaign, in expectation that
Rustchuk and Shulma must b, bcsiercd and
ana or ha,h ~, IT,, ,,s,., 49, ''i"
vance on tho Balkans can be- undertaken
They none thus TO consume the season
NIT. -,
WHEREIN optra'"ns "re prH'''ahle' Ms hust-
chuk and Shumla are believed capable Of n
- mon IA limo la Ia.
, 81 49, ~, W. ,'' VIZ "''
kun pnssos coulu DC strengthened ana rem
forced. Two things appear certain: first that
the Russians cnunot seize the nnsses of tho Pal
49,, -. -, 20 ''', i'1' W Wv ''''
N'ns OF ""pn'a ny "'oup ue num- as WIS W Que
ume expected, since the Turks have already
taken precautions auninst such nove,nnnta.
scronlv Nh" singlo h~id',,, -, Sn'ri,,o rra1
the only means OF communicating with and ~
suurlvinp TN, nrn,v sou,h ~ ,h, D,p,,b, A,
s"'p'' INK 'n' army s"u," %, inc bilun"' ~
lulS lIltkf must DC naftlN adequate Tor Nay-tN-
day requirements and has been several times
u''N'" IVY S''rn9 "uO 'l' current "l inc rlN'r'
there cannot yet have heen any such accumu-
lation Of material and transport AT Sstova M
""u'u Justify general auNah''' IL seems I'M
probable. therefore that the russians can origi-
"'"' "", r',S T'r'",nE movement 'or 'ne pres
en-, an" II inc urAs choose To keep !" thcir
continue OF thu same embarrassing character IA
| heretofore for several weeks AZ least
The position in Asia Minor is tolerahly clear
| Moukhinr P!sha Is nt kars with about 10000
| ten. Melikoif il At Iam with about 30 600 men.
| lcry. The garrison Of Batoum made no i'm.
portant movement. as far as reported. since
| OklolS 'hiO retired. Tho Russ aus still hold
| Ardahan.
| The Turks having withdrawn all tho troops
from the Montenegrin frontiers except tho gar
risOns OF the forts and block houses Prince
| Nicholas is preparing TO bcsirgr Ni,scs again
Onirial declarations Of Au-tria's neutrality
si-tcuty circulated in "a contrary sense IN !
noticeable. however that the eifiisivn references
| to a good understanding with Eu-sin md tha
| integrity OF III" three Empcror-' alliance which
| before the outbreak of hostilitics ,haracteriznd
every couiuuuriqiu from the Austrian chnurrl.
| lnrv are now uniformly absent and In. ,i,.lnrn.
| tion~ ar" confined To- \ bnra assertion Of con
| iinucd neutrality. That such nnutrnlitv il
| lealously watrhful " Russian pro.,rrs. inny lie
| Inferred from III" fact that Rounianin and Scr
via still refrain from active roip"ratiun in the
| war. Both are the merr-t cr,,nttlr.- ~ Enssia
will. Their help would br valuable in Buig,ria
now. especially that 81 Servia. II Russia h,si-
tai"s &C. call them into action the reason IN an
| probability. is tear Of Austrian Intervention,
| which would hr fatal To- Rus AN plans.
| II. 1LrkKsBU re-. July l5.-tirn. L rLsuknsSon
| reports that he found the town Of Bayazid de-
| str'ycd and the atmosphere 50 infected from
| d"hd bodies That II was impossible to remain in
| thr place,
| From IN" scene OF the instruction in the
| caucasus u ~ reported that the Russians have
r'suurithr Offensive. Gen. lkhason marched.
on yuiy ~ from Inkutli To IkNhrtrh" on the
IlGht pank OF the tHllA,si. drove the enemy from
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