Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

sysgsl tited sail day. Mehmet Ali Pasha
comniandcdthe Turks in person. and
attacked The Russians at thresss ports.
SO far the Turks are successful
81 kuRUKDARA, Aug. 3i.-A Russian
Official dispatch dated yesterday says /
80 hesRussian troops continues Ito ad ]
vance towards Sukum Kaleb. Gen.
AletasoH's column crossed the river
ke9assure.an the 9Th inst HIS ad
vancea guarl occupied Agdeschagoure.
The adlyapeed coldnnio t Gen. Bibh4
isch S force from the river. Marucha
arrived on the-24th inst. at the village
of Zebedinskoi. The Turks having
received acknowledgements are fortitying
Sukum Kqleh and the. neighboring
heights. A detachment of the Euvan
| column, under command Of Col Is
mailoff, at lgdly, was attecked on the
z4thiinst. by a superior Turkish force,
which was, however repulsed. On the
| 23th three Turkish columns made fresh
attack upon our troops front and
flank. notwithstanding their immense
numerical superiority the Turks were
repulsed ofter.a five hours' engage
m6nt, with a less of 400 men. The
Russians losses we're Insignificant
A Russian Bulletin dated Gorpy-
Student, August so, unnounces that
Prince Charles Of Roumania hss as
sumed command of the united Rus
sian and Roumanian forces composing
the western detachment. and accord
ing to an an arrangement. With Grand
Duke Nicholas has appointed Geueral
Statoff to- be lis chief Of staff,
LoNDoN, Sept l., The Times cor~
respondent with the Turkish army tel
egragts the allowing descfldtion Of
Thursdays battle, apparently from
personal observation early this
morning Nedjlb Pash advanced from
Adakenny, near Rasgrad, with three
brigades, two batteries of artillery,
two squadrons Of cavalry aud one
! brigade Of infantry reserve, s''-
"Mehmet Ali and Prince Hassan
took up position With their staff on a
high hill Immediately north of Yenkoi,
which commands an interrupted view
from Rasgarl to beyond Osman Bazaar.
/ The Russians from their batteries be
hind Sadana opened FIRE about nine
o'cloci on the advancing Turks. Ned
| lib steadily advanced, E and entered the
burning village of sadapa by 1l30
CLOCK. -.a-.-.... .et. IS
| The retreating Russians we're hot
| ~ pressed. Thcs retired precipitate-
llv to KarassaD, where they made avig.
orous stand Sabit Pasha GREETED adj
version by attacking Haidornoi, The
Russians had a battcry.of three guns
to their right, near Haidarloi. They
made splendid practice at the advan>
cling Turks and Egyptians, but tn se
cleyerly opened cut and advanced to
right and left # the village IN a really
worksmanklike style. a
"The engagement now became gen
eral and extended over some fifteen
miles. A heavy and continued roll OF
fire of skerm!shers was heard along all
the ridges from Bazisleg to near Sadan.
By four O'clock skarasan was in
flames. te:
"Tbe Russians gradually gave way,
and the Turks redoubled the energy
/ Of their attack. At FIVE O'Clock the enc
my were scampering out Of Hailarkoi,
and horses were trotting cp to take
the guns out of the battry. The Turk
ish battery was making splendid prac-
tics, and fired just as the guns were
taken of. One gun was struck vita
the last shell. 49,.
The Turks cheelol and dashed
through the blazing and away to the
left to Popskoi like yack Of bounds
The Russians camps were hastily out,
two guns covering their retreat and
making excellent practice. But the
Turks ana EgyPlians still scampered
override ground in fine style.
'sTbe Russians were now in full
retreat in every direction, and by
sunset the Turks had proved for the
second time not only capable Of meet
ing the Russiapsin the open, out also
of driving them from their stronly
entrenched positions. In ten days
the Russians have lost the magnificent
double positions Of the Lem and the
/ Kara, LON. What may happen next
no one knows 1t is impossible to tel
what forces the Russians had engaged
nor can their losses, as yet be estima
ted, Probably they were not heavy
except around Karassan, by which
name this engagement will be desig-
mated by the Turks,
Renters Shnmla dispatch SAYS =.
lighting lasted nine hours. Tie p"-,
tions carried by the Turks on the RICH,
bank of the LON are Telibelar Spahi,
lar and Karahassanler 0sman Pasha
telegraphs from Plevna under date Of
August 80: "A Turkish reconnoiter-
ing detachment defeated body Of
Russian cavalry near Ilichad One
hundred Russians were killed"
The Times Bucharest disp Itch says
that the achievements sent to Gen.
Zimmerman on the Dobrulscha have
brought up his corps to an effective
strength Of about $4,000 men.
The illness Vienna dispatch says
'.The fight for the .Shinka Pass is
gradually becoming. developed into
operations on large scale. 1t seems
/ that since the lull in the fighting on
Monday the I'urds have been prepar,
ing turning movament, for besides
the attempts to turn the position on
the Shipka Pass in the direction OF
Gabrova, the Turkish forces have beer
sent within the last few days on some
other lines Of passage across the Balk,
ans to the east and west OF Shipka.
One column was seen in the direction
of the KaIiper river to the northeas
Of Drenoya, having probably made it
way across by The TriayDa Pass"
THE SITUATION IN ASIA.
LoNBoS, August 31.--A recent tele
gram from Erzeroum says: "Tht
Russians have changed their position,
and are now between the Turkisl
army and Alexandropel. They have