NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ON Tuesday Montenegro declared war on Turkey, and fighting at once began on the south-east frontier of Montenegro, i.e., in the direction of Tuzi, a Turkish village not far from the head of Lake Scutari. Tuzi belongs to the Malissori tribe, who are Christians and already in revolt against Turkey. On. Wednesday the fighting proceeded, and on Thursday Detchitch, the high mountain fortress which dominates the Montenegrin frontier on the Turkish side, was bombarded. After an artillery duel lasting several hours the Turkish guns were silenced, and the fort, with the commander, his officers, the majority of the troops, and four guns, was captured. The Montenegrin standard was hoisted on the captured position. The fall of Detchitch leaves the road open into Turkey, but there will have to be a great deal more fighting before the Montenegrins get possession of the town of Scutari, which is their present objective. At the same time that the Montenegrin main force, commanded by the King, made their movement to the south-east, another Montenegrin force crossed the frontier to the north, with the object of capturing Berane, the scene of the recent massacre, which place the Montenegrins claim to have taken, though a Constantinople telegram declares that they " were forced to raise the siege of
erane." First blood has thus been drawn by the Monte-
'7"Inegrins, and counts for something, but it would be a mistake to make too much of their initial success.
