, 1876-08-25

army Mt Moatzs, and had reduced the local gar.
raon to the lowest t"'int to strengthen It. II
]Ie should now risk battle mud bt u,,ntn beattn
there j. nothing lift for illn Turks tudohut try
tile osl,cr ch'l of The roatl for while, Mukhtir
Il, by tr a,inliass If alt the hest General the
Turks have had ln Hsnia, and l!s defeat is NV
fattn.!yism Ut which he was tic most efficient
supporter. lie has been nhlc to inspire con.
fldc1re on the part Of the trnops which no other
has enjoyed. The Ottoman prospects, on this
side Arr gloomy ctnugh.
ViENKA, Aug. 7.-Thc blockade Of Mukhtar
Pastla lti TrebigMc dues nut scem 40 complete
Us to prevent NIL communicative, iar there y
news from thence of yesterdays date. Accord
frorn Tie blow /. has received. All idea of tnak
EnE come acspcrntc clInrt to break through III
the direction VI Afostar, n,nl, In case of non.
6ncccss, to retire eventually ou Austrian terri
s,ores coilested At TrcbIgnc, Mukhtar pmha
thinks he ran ut out. Tor weeks II necessary,
until Dervis1 Paslla, WIN llas received orders to
come to his relief, eH.l arrive.
THE TAK1En or krlAzEsATz nr THE TcREs.
VIENNA, Ang. 8.-Aithough no detailed ac-
co.ints lsuvc arrlycd about the taking Of Kn5azc~
vatz by the Turks, there are sufficient data to
furnish tolcrahly clear sketch Of the opera-
tons carried On hitherto. The Seraskicr, Abtluf
Ke,i'u Pasllst LEFT Sofia on the morning oi tl.e
cd ult. fur Nlsll, and passed the night At pirot
or Ihnrkat. 'fhGrc Council Of War was held.
at which, besides the Chief Of thu Stall, Secjib
ltlefIn, Ahmed Ayuub, the commander OF the
hs Ssfs er ss e nsy so, m f N w.s ssoe so pt
ucd. the Seraskirr arriving ln the nftertoo1l.
From the 24.h to Tie 30t1l ult. the troops wess
marched Into their strategic positions frotn Wild
din to Sls',, al9,nE tha Se'yan froHtc1' md the
every credit for tic way lii which they uecosn-
plialictl this. The first forward movement on
ihe 18th ult. from Ak PalafkA aud Plrot, In the
direction Of Bahlna 0layA md Tu,id!rolo. served
fr,tr f.Nt
WIS to ro-cktahllsh tile communication between
tho forces at Wll1slin nntl about Nts|,. The Scr
rians withdrew to their frontier, and the Turkish
arny cunt taEe ut' its positions:
formed Is the WAldcn " Timo's army under
Osslla,l raslln, which, like that OF Nlsll, had
a,ccn more than doubted by the reInforcc1nents
which were sent up on tne Danuhc, .numhes-
two battalons Of lsedlfs,, three regiments of
cavalry regiment Of artillery with eleven bat
tcres, and Two hattattons Of reserve art!ilcry
for the fortress Of Wi!Ilin, anl sosne companies
Of engnccrs,-in all close upon ", 600 regulars,
bcs!les several thousand, Of irrcguluss aud
volunteers on llorse'ark and Oh foot.
Ut this force, some COCO 1nen formed the
extreme right at Begovo AMI Ralsonltzda, on
the Lover TimoE. Tho centre, under 0sn'an,
some 15oo regulars, were IT. t',c eanp at ve1ikl
on tic road to Wtddin; and about .,0oU at Bel.
graIc1ifck on the mountain road across tho
Dnikau to Ntsh. The centre OF the army, under
the colnna,ld Of Ahmed Ayoul, consisting OF
Of urtillcry formed III the valley of thu Olslaya
from Nsh to Ak pnlnnkn and rlrot, With its out
posts o, the right wing. under Suletnan Pashu,
at PanGlrolot and xltl its LETT wing advanced
the ca,nps round N!sh and It's outworke WIS
assembled tt forco OF eighteen battalons,
regiment Of rnyafry and ten batteries of artillc-
r., forming the left wing Of tl,c army, ready for
casc Of need us u reserve to the centre. At The
extreme left, towards prokopolypet OH the left
bank Ut the Moraya, brigade Of six bat,altone
was ccs1clohcl IT, be rculy for nry surprise FROM
tls7t side. Tie servlan Hue Of defenhe, extend
inG aas II did from Alcxsnatz. and Dellgrad, in
tile Aoruya Wiley, md oil along the collrse of
tile 'Ttnsok down 10 It's junction wftl, tic Dun
uhe, was SCARCELY Shorter, 80 tint the SUCCESS VI
tic defense Of this long 1inc depcl.dea mainly
first real attack would bc directed. There
seemed not much danger Of such all attack in
tho MorayA Valley, Whcre the elaborate c1-
trcuchmcnts at Ale1lnatz snl pclfgrad, pre-
ya[sa onE f. pfossan rel ssssa to Ptyss
Tinluk, towards Kulaxcvatx, atld thut on tic
Lower Ti,nok, frotl! Za!tsci.ar to Dcrcovo.
From the !trst fchcrnayctr sccnls to have con-
most tn lie dreaded. The Turks were already
Vellki, Igor, md Bcrgovo:: Tic Timex has be-
cnnac by this tnc for1nldablcalnlostu everywhere,
and .Ncgotin would open out thc roads to BEL
grade, und III the rear Of tsle position Of DELI
grad to the victorious Turkish army. To this
lioint. therefore, as the most likrly to be
tentiou, at the sumo time Strengthening the
TfInox arH,y under Lclclj jnit1.. 30 strongly
seems r 10 lave becl. eunrinvcd that the chief
danger Threatened from TINT atdc, and that the
Turks would never engage themselves seriously
| juzeyatz, tllat cyen when the advance COM
Mcnccd on tho 3oth ult. he seems to have con.
siaercta this us fclnt TO mask the rent atlranrc
Of Osnlau rasha to zattsrllar and Bcrgovo. Had
might hsvt: easily repaired his ntstakc for after
two days. advance. which gaye them possession
OF the hcights Of Tressibab, ~!1!el, separate Tic
two branches of the Upper Tituok, and en-
ah!cL them ia effect the Junction oi the two
columns under Sulcln,an aud liufz pAsl,us, the
Turks pauscA two OF three days In lhctr al.
vAnrc, III that there was sufficient time for
TC1.crnnyen to brlng up tic relnforcc1ncn.s
Ssh ss u1sny ens,qxs n In ta I roasqseF ssRe S on that
On thc 4th tie Turks renewed their attacls,
and OIL the 9Th lIorwatoyits, unable to hold out
| my longer, Withdrew. The servtan line Of de-
fsnsu yrs Groken pr,t y troaE IN tue srs wc
was nov. separated from the positions In the
Moravo Valley, untcnat]c. On tho 9TH 1lassn,l
| paslia With force Of three hattuions und some
| ,sreyulars, went down from the heights
Of the Vrska Czuka Into tile Valley Of
/ the Timols, Il few mitcs to tlle south
! Ut Xatscllar, as,il, utter feeble Resistance
| from tile tr.'ors there, WAS able to tpcupy tia
alclltc of Vratci7iftza md the Village Of GrlIan,
| oil the Timex. Yesterday murunS Osnan Easlla
sent out II reconnaissance In tito direction u
| zaitschAr. On approaching thc lines tho Turks
fouu the place abandoned by the Scrriusls. II,
consequence, tie wl!olo Turkish force passed the
TiInok, unl Osman pasi!a established hls head
| qnartcrs there without firing Il shot.
The SeryaEs arc r.trcatilig nlong the whole
line. Their rcar-snarl occupies tho twD rnasls
lsall,1g from tllt lnuk t.lto tho aforuva Valley.
Whether they nean tY make fta,l thcrc re,
uial,ia to 10 scen. In tlse meantime It sccIt,a
ttat they, are making preparations III e,lso ut
tAcfr 1avins likewise to abandon tho MOraya
Valley. The headquarters have bccu removed
from lnratlln tn Clrr!a, lower ow,s IN the val
lvy, while krasujcyatz atsli ugMsIna, bcyuud the
a[orava Valley, are bctng fortified.
| All this fur,,ls III untlouhtc1 great strategic
sllcrcss. Thu Serlskier is all nged Inuti who was
not credited with 'l,uch ta!cnt lor military con-.
AiIatu,s, u,ld ulucf, ltss With the e1rrgy 1.cccs
aary tn curry tl.etu into ellyct. Dut whether It