The most important new element in the military situation is
the advance of the Roumanian army over the Danube by a bridge of their own at Corabia, near Nicopol, which brings them somewhat behind Osman Pasha's position at Plevna. If the Servian army also advances, as seems to be every day more and more probable, the strong position which Osman Pasha occupies at Plevna might very probably become untenable, so that he would have to retreat on the road to Sofia. On the other hand, an ominous item of news is reported in yesterday's evening papers from Bucharest :— " Several cases of cholera have been forwarded from Sistova to this city." If that be the true Asiatic cholera, and not the mere English form of it, the Russians may have to face a new enemy at least as destructive as a Turkish army ; nor will the Turks, ha all probability, evade the same grim foe.
