Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-30
News From the Seat OF War.

A thirty.thrcc hours battle between
the Turks and Russians il reported.
1t commenced on the 2lst la Delibaba
Pass, where the Russians, 10000
strong, were intrcnched. The Russ.
ians were finally forced to retreat,
losing heavily. The Turkish loss is
placed at over 1000.
The f'aris Temps says that sing
ular plot has been discovered in Egypt
TO blow up the banks of the Suez Can
al with nitro-glycerine. 80
The Daily TelegrapRs Rustchnk
dispatch reports that on Wednesday
the Russians collected number OF
boats and six small steamers behind
an island hear Pirsoz, and a Turkish
gunboat sent TO rcconnoitre narrowly
escaped II torpedo launch. Consider
able firing ensucd, across the river,
without much damage to the Turks I;
although, as tue Russian boats were
for some time exposed to heavy fire,
it is believed tl.at they stitf red severe
~.
London dispatches from Schnmia
confirm the news of the passage of the
Danube at Galatz and thc advance on
Matchin by 5000 Russian troops. On
Sunday the Ru, sian batteries at Giurg-
cvo and Slabosa opened fire Oh kust.
chuk, and ofthe hottest tillery fights
of the war ensucd. The Russians
showered shot and shell into the
streets of the town at random, moi
even discriminating between hospitals
mosques or consulates. The Turkish
authorities of the town immediatl,
called upon the consults to testify Il
this gross violation of the usages o
civilized warfare. The Turkish bat
teries in Rustchuk replied to the bonn
bardment vigorously. The range wa
about 5000 yards, and rs the sieg
guns are of very heavy calibre the re
turn fire inflicted considerable dam
age. The in ,ignation among the pc
pie of Rustchuk is intense at the wan
tonness of the Russian fire.
RUTsCHUK. June 2G. The lombard
ment Of this place continued yestel
day. English agents report that tn
English Consulate, which had larg
Union jack floating, seems to hay
been singled out for concentrate
fire and was completely destroyed,
LATER.
LONDON, June ~. The Daily Neat
has the following from Rustceuk 0
Monday:
} The entire population are flying il
, to the ncighboring villages. I'll
Governor General has declared thu
lie holds the authorities responsible
for the lives of the fugatlves, who al
mostly Christians.
Twelve shells have fallen upon ii
military hospitals. five upon the civ
hospitals, and two upon the orpha
: asylum. The patients were seize
: with panic and have left their bed
: The Turks, in returning the fire, part
destroyed Giurgcvo, 700 falling thel
, yesterday and 500 to-day. One I
t the Russian batteries was dismounte,
| Tue Russians apparently mediate
8 serious attempt to capture the islal
of Pyrgos.
/ At Rustcuk the coDsulates of Fran,
Italy, Greece, Germany and Belgiu
| have been injured by the Russian fir
CoNsTANTINoPLE, jane 26. 1t
asserted that the English Consul
/. Rustchuk; who also acts for the Uni
| ed States, has unavailingly endeavo
/. ed to avert the Russian fire by hois
: ing the American flag.
LONDON, June &c. The Standard
f ucherest.dispateh confirms the repo
q that the Russians captured Hirso'
r Monday. They had observed til
1 everything was very quiet there.
party OF Cos sacks first crossed q
Danube near Kalarsh, uno pposed, q
vanced cautiously tvwartl Hirsova al
S found it evacuated. In the rear
y the town were several small desert,
y camps which the Cossacks burnt.
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