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Show FOREIGN. TIIE WAR. Petersburg, 29, A Russian dispatch dis-patch claims slight advantages and the capture of some outworks before Zewin on the 2otu. The dispatch says nothing about the killed and wounded. P-iris, 29. Telegrams to Paris papers pa-pers asssrt that the Russian losses in crossing the Danube were enormous. Constantinople, 29. Deputies of the Cretan assembly seat a telegram to the sultan praying him to send a mixed commission to'oxamioe ques lions at issue between the MusEulmen and Christians. The deputies reluse the porte's summons to send delegates to Constantinople to explain their grievances. Bucharest, 29. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicho-las received the grand crosH ol Stint George ot the second class lor the passage pas-sage ot the Danube; his son tha mill-1 tary cross and General Nepokoit-schilzcky, Nepokoit-schilzcky, chief of the stufl, the grand cross of Saint Georgo of the third ! class. The emperor has taken up his residence resi-dence at Drajo, near Turn Magur- ell:. ! The Russian forces at Hirsouva, reported re-ported to bo marching un Silestria, are said to be within forty kilometres ol that fortress. The Turks are apparently appar-ently concentrating their troops in the principal foits, where they nill soon be attacked. Everything is reported re-ported quiet to-day on.the Danube. It is ascertained now that the principal crossing west of Giurgova was at Petrocera and Parapan, just below Simnilza, where tho Russians crossed on a large number of rafts and small boats, until the position was secured on the south bank. This accounts for the comparatively small loss sutlered by the Russian troops as the passage was effected in small detachments, which were scattered on the river and advanced toward the opposite bank after tho manner ol skirmishers so as to render the enemy's ene-my's fire less effective. The Russians havo als3 caossed at Turnu Margur-elii, Margur-elii, aud have joiued Grand Dute Nicholas at Sistova. The Russian commisariat telegraphed to hurry up supplies for the army, representing that the country on the other aide ol the river was eutirtlJcles'.ilute, and say in? there are fears of tamiue in Bulgaria. Vienna, 29. Admiral Susiun Pasha is cruising in Morean and. . Lilian train,. f.mr Irnnl.Hj watching lor ft chance of attacking two Russian frigates. Berlin, 29. Ii is reported from Constantinople that 6ince tue Rus sians crossed the Danube the sultan's intimate advisers have more than ever urged him to enter into negotiations negotia-tions with the czar as saon ua the Turks have suffered serious deleat. London, 29. The folloning account of the crossing of the Danube is Irom a correspondent who was an eyewitness: eye-witness: With the darkness General Dragomirotl began. His first wcrk was to plant a row of field guns all along the edge of the flits to sweep the opposite banks. This was while the infantry was being marched over the tints to cover on Wiliowa. The darkness and obstructions were s great that all was not ready unlit the, tirst glimmering of dawn. There was no bridge, but a number of river boats capable of holding from fifteen to twenty men each were dragged on carriages through the mud ond launched in the darkness. The boats put off singly, rowing across for j Little's Cove, and later a little steam tug was brought into requisition. The! Turks immediately opened a smart tire both on the boats and the troot s who were waiting to cross. The leading l.oat contained Major General : Yolchiue. Turkish ritlemen were in ' position about fifty yards from the shore. He landed bis handful of1 men and bade them lie down in the mud, then opened a Bkirmisliing firo to cover the landing b.ials that followed one by one. These landed their freights, who followed the example of the- first boat load. At length enough had been accumulated. accumu-lated. Among them was GenPral Skobsloff and his son. Gen. Yol-chine Yol-chine bade his men fix bayonets, eland up aud follow their sllicers. Thero was a rush and a cheer. The Turks fired an effective volley, but did not await. Gen. Yolchine's skirmishers followed them some distance dis-tance up the slopo. |