Evening star., 1877-08-21
EVENING STAR.
The Struggle in the East

HON Gan. soU Rso WAS DEFEATED.
The London Mos currcs lonieut, who has
exceptional facilities for Information, gives
The follow ina tien. Gourko'> rias1 OF one
taslons The ght column. consist ing of the
bnlgarian legion, two batteries and three
= !, -, ,,',susS oi SaNaLry, we're 90 march rom
Oourko himself, cons sting OF the ride bri-
esde, regiment Of Co~Ssc Ks aud four bat
tsrie>' marched from ksssnlik; The len ool-
uhh. OF q We bsttalious OF infantry. two bat
tsilt> and some CO>Sacks, marched from
halnko pass, the objective point OF all three
,ptotnn> icing feni saghrs. The result OF
thls division was the destruction OF the Bull
ksrAhs al t>ki Saghra and the rout OF
1ourko, who hsd, however. previously ef-
acc. uni OF Gourko's defeat of July "a shows
That he marched upon Dzuranii. on the road
to hskl Saghrs, ignorant OF the fact that
% %soile Soo Iurss Confronted him, aud
stopped The road leading into the latter
place. The Turkish batteries swept the road
with persistent IRE. Nevertheless Gen.
GouT ko came into action, sending forward
nNe oattallonS - ,utA.try cover, - r.th ar,
Il lery. ~. had a. horses kflled in ona h.f-
cry and I'M another. The Turks made des.
y rate attempts TO turn Gen GOurko's
Hanks, which however were repulsed by the
assistance of Prince luchterherg's cavalry,
Who had cut their way out from ESH
SsEhra. where the Bulgarians were beSet by
q 90 Turks. Gen. Gourko, small a. was his
force, resolved on an attempt 10 SuccOr
them, and I'm the meantime determined To
maintain his pOs ltion But his resolution
qualleJ before the appearance Of two mas
>lNe columns of Turks marching ON his
Hank and rear. and he had 20 leave the Bul-
garisIs To shin for themselves and make
good his own retreat
KoSSUTH REpINTTs
The TbHp' Vienna corresponisnt states
That kCs>Ujh has addressed a proclamation
10 The HUI garians urging Auslru Hungary
10 come 10 an understanding With the Porte
a. 10 Tie extent OF the concessions TO The
Christians which can be made without COM
promising Tie Integrity Of the Turkish en-
pire. He says on tine basis of this arrange
mcnt sn alliance with tine Porte ought % be
conc uded. Russia should then be called
upon To terminate the war
REPORTED RUSSIAN ATROCITIES.
4 CORES pondeut OF the Tunes AT Nenf
SaRhra irlegraph>. under date OF August i6,
a. follows: 4" went with the Turkish army
on The lith instant % Aram BAghaE. At
laneii. two hours and a-halG from the pass,
i saw the bodies Of l2A persons who had been
murdered by CoSsack~ and Bulgarians.
Among ihe victims were two women, one
very beautiful and Young. Sle lad been
KILLED ana thrown naked into "A pool OF water.
] law famll ICES. including children. VINO had
been thrown in well The houses Of these
people and The handsome embroidered
dresses OF Jbe women showed that they had
been rich. IN one house women aud Young
girls had been shut ap aud subjected during
Ten oays 10 OutrsgeS by OOssacks and Buiga-
riaIs. THE Bulgarlans, when they heard OF
The arrival OF the Turkish army az Chain
BoghaN, carried on the Turkish women and
children nom three TO thirty years OF age.
J spoke above We're al cpilec.ed together and
murdered IN succession. Many more were
hutcheTcd, but have not had time 10 20 and
sec them