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Alexandria Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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Vienna, June 3: Court Gazette reports on Turkish affairs amid Russo-Turkish conflict—Russian fleet blockades Constantinople, holds Tenedos despite failed Turkish attempts; Servian insurgents seize Nissa and Timok river, cutting Turkish communications; General Michelson's reinforced Russian army surprises Turks near Krajewa, killing 70; failed Russian assault on Kars; Sultan gifts estate to French ambassador Sebastiani.
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The Court Gazette of this day contains the following article, under the head of Turkey:
"The fleet of the Russian vice-admiral Siniavin continues to hold the canal of Constantinople strongly blockaded. Several attempts to retake Tenedos have failed; that island still continues in the hands of Russians. The Grand Vizier is still at Adrianople.
"The Servian insurgents have taken the fortress of Nissa, and made themselves masters of the Timok, in the Danube, by which they are in possession of the shortest line of communication with Little Wallachia, in which there are 11,000 Russians. The communication between Widdin and Oltenitza is on the other hand, cut off to the Turks.
The position of the army of general Michelson, which is from time to time receiving reinforcements, as well in Moldavia. The camp near Bucharest has been reinforced with some regiments and a division of Russian cavalry, have surprised the Turks who were in the vicinity of Krajewa; about seventy were cut to pieces. The attack of the Russians on Kars, a frontier fortress of Great Armenia, has failed.
"According to the latest letters from Turkey, the grand signior, as a proof of his esteem and friendship for the French ambassador, general Sebastiani, has presented him with the estate Yasinkia, belonging to prince Ypsilanti."
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Turkey
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June 3
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several attempts to retake tenedos failed, island held by russians; servians took nissa and timok, cutting turkish communications to widdin-oltenitza; 70 turks killed near krajewa; russian attack on kars failed; estate yasinkia gifted to sebastiani.
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Russian fleet under Vice-Admiral Siniavin blockades Constantinople canal; failed Turkish efforts to retake Tenedos, which remains Russian-held; Grand Vizier at Adrianople. Servian insurgents capture Nissa fortress and Timok in Danube, securing shortest route to Little Wallachia with 11,000 Russians, while blocking Turkish link between Widdin and Oltenitza. General Michelson's army, reinforced in Moldavia and near Bucharest with regiments and cavalry, surprises Turks near Krajewa, killing about 70. Russian assault on Kars in Great Armenia fails. Grand signior gifts Yasinkia estate to French ambassador General Sebastiani as token of esteem.