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The Weekly Elko Independent
Elko, Elko County, Nevada
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Updates from the Russo-Turkish War on the Danube: Turkish gunboats' positions and vulnerability to Russian capture; account of Russian Danube crossing at Sistova; Bulgarian recruitment into Russian forces; railway construction contracts linking Reni, Ismail, Bender to Galatz.
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Turkish gunboats and monitors which
were on the Danube at the commence-
ment of the war six are in Sulina Bay
near Sulina; two have been destroyed,
three or four are water-bound near
Matchin, two are at Silistria, one at
Tortukai, two at Rustchuk and one at
Nikopolis. The latter is reported sur-
rounded by torpedoes and helpless. All
on the Danube will fall into the hands
of the Russians unless destroyed.
The Turkish account of the crossing
of the Danube at Sistova says there was
only one Turkish company at the point
where the Russians landed, and the lat-
ter had established their pontoons be-
fore a sufficient number of Turks could
be concentrated to repel them.
All able-bodied Bulgarians have been
summoned to present themselves at the
Russian camps to be organized into a
force for their own protection in future.
Two contractors have undertaken the
construction, within three months, of
railways connecting Reni, Ismail and
Bender with Galatz.
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all turkish vessels on the danube will fall into russian hands unless destroyed; russians successfully crossed at sistova.
Event Details
Of eighteen Turkish gunboats and monitors on the Danube at war's start, six in Sulina Bay near Sulina, two destroyed, three or four water-bound near Matchin, two at Silistria, one at Tortukai, two at Rustchuk, one at Nikopolis surrounded by torpedoes and helpless. Turkish account: only one company at Sistova landing point, Russians established pontoons before Turks could concentrate. Able-bodied Bulgarians summoned to Russian camps for organization into protective force. Two contractors to build railways connecting Reni, Ismail, Bender with Galatz in three months.