No news of importance has been received this week from
the seat of war in Europt. The Russian Commander-in-Chief has admitted newspaper correspondents into the Army, but any state- ment as to the routes by which the troops will cross the Danube has evidently been forbidden. The only calculations on the sub- ject come, therefore, from the Turkish side, and they point to a design of crossing at five or six places at once, the most import- ant being near Giurgevo. The Turkish troops, it is said, are in excellent heart and very well armed, some of them carrying American repeating-rifles, but the shells are very bad, many of them. refusing to explode. It is to be noted that the Russian artillery is evidently good, the victory in the artillery war on the Danube resting with them, while all the correspondents are loud in their praise of the cavalry. It is believed, on good authority, that another week must elapse before a serious attempt can be made to cross the great river in force.
