New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-25
cry soldier hereafter killed and 81 400 for every
officer killed.
ALLEGED RUSSIAN CRIMES.


ATROCITIES CHARGED AGAINST THE CossACKs AND
BULGARIANs IN THE RECENT RAID SOUTH OF
THE BALKAYs-No MERCY SHOWN
WAsHNGToN Aug. 24.-The Turkish Min
lister Of Foreign Affairs has the following circulars
TO the diplomatic agents OF the Porte abroad: tele-
gram from saeman Pasha describes as follows the
duet OF the Russian Army during the eleven days oc
cuped Esk Saghra The first act OF the Russians on
entering the town to disarm the Mussuman
population. They employed the Mokdars Of the
place, who, deceived as to the real object Of
their mission ordered to fetch the Mussumans ont
OF their houses and the latter appeared they
wero massacred. Eleven hundred Mussulmans were
thus put to death. A telegram from the Kamakaur OF
Lovaz reports that when the Russians entered that town
nIteen women aud children, fleeing from the invaders
were killed by the fire OF the enemys artillery. Others
OF these unfortunate prisoners, in order to escape out
rage DEATH had to abandon everything they had even
their children Every Mussulman house in Lovatz was
paged by the Cosacks and Bugarians. After the re-
capture Of the by the Imperial Army the Russians
carried devastation and carnage into the neighboring
The Russians and Bulgarans drove out all the Mus
sullnan Inhabitants OF the village OF Hcrse, and burnt
removed by the BulgarIans. Only woman
succeeded in escaping. Seventy Mussulmans and
the lnaun OF fuklenl were shut up by the Bulgaians
in barn, 70 which the latter IN CONJUNCTION with tic
Cossacks, set Gre Fory-four other Mussulmans OF inc
same village were also massacred, ana an the Musau
man women outraged. Eight young girls who resisted
were killed, aud two others burnt with the men Tue
greater part OF the o'aet WOneh WIN lher cnIIuch,
taken outside OF the village, where, one after
another with their children at their side, they
slaughtered. Twenty women and children
who escaped the massacre, were rescued by
the Imperial Ottoman troops. The English military
attache himself Witnessed all these h0ir0rs Inc rus
sians entering these parts, disarmed all the Mussu
mans or Esk Saghra, Kazanlik and the neighborlng
villages and distributed the arms seized among the Bull
garans. The latter then drove down 400 Mussulnlns
from the Mughlis, in the District Of kazank, 70 the
bank OF tie River Tundja, and there missacred them
At Es Saghra and its neghbOrhoOd the Bugarans con-
tinue massacre the Mussulmau population.
AlseT ngAt with the enemy, Suciman Pasha entered
Esk Saghra. Several cannon fell into our hands. HE
Russians met with considerable losses. The atrocities
committed by the C0ssacks and Bulgarlans stu
continue. Women and children who had sought
refuge in KMdii Keni were ma sacred. other
families smut uIt granaly were delivered Dy our
troops; among them several women and children VINO
wounded. The Bugarians put 70 fire and the
sword the Mussuman village Of SOfedl, ana several
others, after having carried of the women ana girls
whom they outraged, killed, and mutated horribly.
One woman and her tWO were tho only persons