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Show THE MOXTi;LGIUX W All. Successful Movemeuts ol lUe Turk. London, 23. The Cettinge correspondent corres-pondent of the Times . telegraphs under date of yeBterday as follows: Suliman Pasha advances very slowly, the road being obstinately contested j by tbe Montenegrins. I have no doubt myself that he will succeed in getting through, but with very grave losses. : According to the latest consular con-sular reporLs, he has 22,000 regulars and from 5,000 to 8,000 irregulars, against whom Prince Nicholas can only oppose 8,000 to 10,000 men. The fighting is reperted to be very sanguinary, san-guinary, but the Turks can only return re-turn now with danger, and will rush forward, regardless of losses. The convent of Ostrok was burned this morning. An attack is announced on the points of the aouthern frontier. The total number of Turkish forces now operating against Montenegro is about 60,000. A telegram from R:igusa dated ytBterday (aye: Fighliog near Oslrok j J "'ui"cucKima occupy an entrenched position which prevents the advance of Suliman Pasha. Prince Nicholas, with another an-other corps id entrenchnd at Cerova, south of Odtrock. All Said iB ex-1 ex-1 pected to attack Davilograd to-morrow, with the object of effecting a junction with Suliman Pasha. Sheuld thoir operations succeed, both armies will march upon Cettiujo, while Lieutenant General Mehmet Ali will march down from VaBsojevich to cover their flanks. All Montenegrins in Herzegovina are ro turning to their country's defense. Constantinople, 23. It is officially that the Turkish divisions operating from Herzegovina and Albania against Montenegro successfully effected ef-fected a junction at 9 o'clock this morning and are marching upon Cettinje. |