Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-29

nave succeeueu IN hiiencinB ono Aufhisn
battery at widdin and one ut Rahova.
Tho Czar to-day went TO Turna. Wig
orous ~cannouAding continues along the
Danube.
The Dulgsrisns In the D~obrudseha are
srming against tho Turks.
ST. PETERSBURG. June 2s.-Grand Duke
Nicholas tslegraphs: Tho difficult and
complicated task Of crossing tho Danube
IL achieved. sistova and Its surrounding
lights are In u hands. General Drago-
miroff' q division, with mountain artillery,
was the first 10 cross. There arc now
leyening Of the 2sth) on ths other sido
tho eighth army corps. fourth rifle brig
ade. and tho t~hirty.fifth division is now
crossing.
Private dispatches that tho
Russian headquarters have been trans
ferred tn Slmnitza.
Flags arc flying all over st. Petersburg.
and q solemn service Of thanksgiving has
been celebrated In the cathedral.
now rug n WAS CROSSED.
SENSIrzA. Juno 27.-Under the willows
aud tamarisks there were collected last
night about ak o'clock boats and men.
At II o'clock they began 10 cross. Both
during the crossing and afterwards they
suffered seriously from tho fire Of two bat
teries and from rifle fire. Ono gun stand
ing alone was fired with steadinsss and
precision and created some damage. but
although the men suffered, boats went and
camo until men enough were connected To
hold their own. Whom morning dawned
Dragomlroff' o division OF the Eighth corps
was first 10 cross. Tho Turks fired their
last round u littlo after I o'clock. On the
Turkish side the bank presents low ellis
and steep declivities, and bthind that more
gradual asccnts, but always forming per-
fectly defensive positions, which were In
fact but fsebly contested. On tho right
Of the Russians opposite Sistovs all to-day
three battalions of field artillery. firing
slowly, have helped 10 crush the opposition
OF tho Turks. TO tho left Of tho landing
place, concealed among tho willows, are
more batteries, and further left still. horse
artillery. From that position . whole iieet
OF Turkish craft il visible. One OF them
Ia n war vessel. Its inactivity Is nnac.
cauntable. Between and /? o'clock to-day
tho first Russian gun was ferried over on
o stage supported by p%ontoons. and by that
time the column oil onnue ceased 70
pass. Tho character Of the Resistance
offered may DO estimated by the fact that
so far as known at present there arc
only ono hundred and forty wounded and
giving q fair proportion for tho killed II
may be said that the Russian loss has bccn
about 2O0. General Scobelaff'r division
az Cos..eks IA ON the roai 10 Simnitza
from somewhere up tho river. 1ts chief
who 10 To lead tho advance cavalry OF The
army. has just arrived here. Though tho
Russians have passed here easily 10 has not
been 80 higher up tho river, near Inrnn
Margcgelli, where their attempt has tailed.
We must now suppose that Simnitza will
become tho chief point Of passage for
other corps than those originally destined
IN cross here, hut a. the matter stands
now one corps only, the Eighth. will have
o,inrd n march ON tho Turkish army.
f.onv before this reaches England other
earns will bc on the other side. i~ntcrposed
lie A wedge between the Turkish armies
Al Widden and Rustchuk. The Russians
uisely drew a thick veil around their
movements at the last moment. placing
scntries ON every road. and suffering no
man 70 pass. Thoy then passed higher up
tie riyor than was expected. The Rus.
sian left Is IN great force near Herzoya,
and is being constantly strengthened. The
right has secured = crossing at Simnitza
with ease. No that tho Dannbian passage
Is secured. The center has tho choice OF
concentrating upon the right or LETT wing:
and crossing unoplosed. Wldden