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ed, and thu ground held by the Turks
when they started forward to fight was
OF course retained by them at the end
Of the toilsome,
sANGUISARY, AND USELESS ENCOUNTER.
The brief Russian version of the combat
Is restricted to the statement that sew
eral assaults were repulsed, but it con-
veys the impression that they extended
from the right to the left. Mehemet
Ali has not yet struck the decisive blow
that was expected from him on the
Jantra. 1t may be, as an accurate and
experienced military critic, an eye
witness Of events in Bulgaria states, that
in his advance he was hampered by the
difficulty of obtaining means of trans
port for his army. This is possibly the
case, but when he was actually within
sight of the Russian camp surely it
could not be want Of transport that
hindered him from successfully de-
liverihg the long-meditated blow. AS
the correspondent at Bucharest Justly
remarks, at is
CERTAINLY A SINGULAR FEATURE
of this campaign that neither side APP
pears to have concentrated upon any
point for the purpose of striking de
cisive blow, and all the severe fighting
has resulted from Intellectual attempts to
carry lmpregnable positions with made
quate forces" From the reproach con
veyed in these last words of this quota
tiQn, Mehemet Ali was hitherto free.
He has, indeed attacked positions which
were, however, not lmpregnable, and,
when he has done so, he has mot com
mitted the startegical error of bringing
inferior forces to bear on decisive
points. In his former operations he has
displayed
THE MOST CoNSUMMATE PRUDENCE,
and has shown himself perfect possessor
Of the caution which IS prOverbally re-
ported to be the better part of valor
But the exercise of this chess-board
strategy and the display of his wonder
FIJI self-pOsscssion requires Il great deal
oftime. 1t is now ten days ago that the
troops of Safvet Pasha fought success
FIJI combat at Sinanboi with the twelfth
Russln army corps. That advantage
has not been followed up.
THE TURKS DRIVEN OUT OF MONTENEGRO.
A correspondent in Montenegro tele-
graphs from Astorg, under date Of Fri
day, announcing that the Duga pass is
cow wholly cleared Of Turks. One car
non and one hundred and fifty prison
ers were taken. The prince Of Montene-
gro and his staff have arrived at Nicsics.
osMAN PASTA REINFORCED.
A Vienna dispatch of the 9th inst,
says that news has been received here
that twenty thousand men under Chcv-
ket PaSha reached Osman Pasha with
fresh supply of ammunition. A dis
patch from Constantinople gives u SINH
lar report.
RENEWAL OF THE ASSAULT on SCHlpKA.
A Russian official bulletin dated
GOrny-Studen, on Saturday saws The
Turks renewed the bombardment Of the
Schipka pass positions ON Friday In
the afternoon they began an assault on
the right flank, butwcrc repulaed. They
then attacked the left and centre and
were likewise repulsed. The lighting
lasted until night. 1t is thought the at
tack will be renewed on Saturday"
EXAGGERATED REPORTS.
\ Vienna correspondent says: The
encounters OF Thursday and Friday
near Biela have been greatly cxaggcr-
ted by the Turks? According to inlor-
nation received here, they were drawn
battles, and the forces engaged were not
large"
FRIDAYS FIGHTING.
\ correspondent who was an eve
witness of Fridays battle between the
czarowitch and Mchemet Ali telegraphs
from Tzercouna rs follows: Five OF
six different attacks were made to-day
10y the Turks, with from one to three
blttalions each. and all unsupported
The attacks failed. The loss to the
Turks is very heavy 4 number of
killed and wounded can be seen lying
ON the open ground over which the
combatants passed. The Russians
maintain their positions. which consist
o series Of formidable trenches.
A SERIOUS MISTAKE.
There has also been some fighting
at kudiclllei by division of Ahmet
Eyoub's corps, and at Nerbatza, by two
battalions detached by Mehemet Ali,
but the Turks were unsuccessful at
these places also. The whole action
has been totally different from what it
should have been. A feint has been
turned into an attack and the real at
tack has not been carried out
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