Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-03
The Eastern War.

Ene Eastern W az.
All tie :eyor,s from the =c=ce q the last
s,1ugeI= b=;8.eo tt: Tark: aod the husslsu=
szree ,ha, it has been disastrous :G ;Ge iai;e:.
As We poted % Saturday, the Ir:s:ao po=riop
tzs becc ccnp1s:ei7 .I1zed an1 f0pnoi sfsn'
donld. Baker Pa:ta, ND e. Wn2n the lnFE'
i:h ca7a.g charge ~zs male, Lad two to!ss=
s;!sd under hin, AID !: n.=:iay, Win Cspsa'o
B.isc7, Eis aid. Baker Pa:ba, pregiou5 70 ns
taking pr1mi1ent Do:i;lon 10 ths lufki=h s:f-
vic=, gas Co!onel 10 tFc British aIhy, "h3
b.ca1le 6ot5rions n z:c1uat o! az assan!t con'
roi.,.d b. hin wbiie tra7eiirg in the SAGE car
b lady. Col. Baker, 'cI this ciieace' vas
dismissed from h. .In7. Before this be bore
= HIN rcou;.,ioa f,f gaiIaotiy. He accepted
2 position 10 tie Turkish service. Loudon dis
MATCHES furnish resume Of the Bulgaria. cam
rairn 70, the past 84sk. which shows that The
Turks have the garrison at Scbipks Pass cou-
pIe,cIT temmed 10; that the Russian post At
Tirooys il open to attack lrou the east b. a
rad from B:broya, On: tha. Mekem=t All,
evan II b. finally cleared Schipka, would have
% Gear ire Ru-sians from papashT!. as II there
ttay co11a threaten It's fl Tx. All vas qai=t
~ the p!e7na irobt cx:ep; for tri6io2 r=eoancl
saoca=. Ga Friday the Turks made rcc2Deol
sapc. aud encountered thirty tb0u=lnd RusslaIE
noste1 f7e mills cs=. Of P:e7ra, TIE IC'kish
sHcj.! repert claim. tat after tIo hours des
n.r.,c fyb,ing tn. eocmy f,i, aod that three
rai3u5ts were carrie tC assault. sod one gus:
man; LJ7:es aud srIs captured. The RUSSIAN
renof. C he same action says the turkish
force vas ,sebc; FIVE thousand, AID after eight
hours Eghtiuy WeIa rcpn!=ed along he. Whole
iioe. TIE E1=.;ao loss vac :iz hundred.
The Ljndoo Daily News correspondent With
the Cza7eEi;ch'= crn?, who was az eye Wit.
nc.= Of Thur days battle irou be Russian SIDE,
;eisgraDhs from GiaZ57o, ten Cersts west o.!
kaIaszn, Whittier th= R1:=iaas reireatei after
kars.aa va: taEeo :-GeCega! Laonot7, Who
c1lnrnacdnd Ct k=rss.n. bad, in all. ab1u. 3, 900
i3iactr7, so cava!1g, Hus:ars AID C5s=:cks,
acd tn 2ucs. General L:oooff tavIo2 bean
ezpossd - cooti5u2! attacks 4 small d=tach
ncc;= 9; Turks, NV Iias pit: bad baeo dug
q opr The s!op: before The village aud small
o..!-:ie: cr.c:ai On e:ter side Of the village,
and p:=rar2tiors were made 20 hold the posi-,
100 81 .iu-! the superior force which vas known
70 tc il d, r!c:oity Of Rasead. | should
i!llc !G.. % i=s: ttao 2O,0J0 Turk: formed
II. adT2oca, aui this is making a 7=ry liberal
.:,iEu,t: Ct their lun5E!s.
|: was The odds CT SIX ID one Tor eight h5uts
L.!3.a We If: tie village. and the hrOg was al
! NOS: cJctiouoa= during the whole day. Alter The
Tur.- lad en;crcd po:t!oo Of the village tie
Rl.:;aa i1tan,ty hsli tb:!r ground Tor TWO
you;s awaiting r.inforceneo,s. A: l=nRth lwo
huDcred came, AID two hours core bot 6riog
ce:n:l, dliog which the Turks were continually
ycias referred By masses of troops.
/: vas ony since certain tbat We must lose
CUR pp:ii5a, cut the retreat did 20! begin fairly
uaii fcuv o'clock, the fighting having cou.
T.: :c:l !. eight 10 tie uoroi0e, when from all
sIoog the i;o4 came sudlocly back the exhaust
81 ira5:Tymeo Not single case OF coWard:cs
! I'D Sc duriDg the whoe dag. The only re.
mark passed 1a= There are too many.
General L:on0ff ard bis staff we're udefall.
gable 10 Their c1artio1s. When the retreat be.
gan it vas z1 ugly CSC. From one little rise to
another re vent, waiting each time 10.
Ill ;hs h.c vas TOO hot fJr u, and at las;, When
| grca, body Of Ci.cassians lowered upon our
riph: faux il the maize f:Ids below, our Cos
sacks and ilu:ssrs we're sent down to meet hem.
| Our postum was foally yielded, and We strug.
g!el back to Gsj5vo. Such Of the wounded as
could iasuage to crawl away, did SO; while the
| Infantry man bore back others 90 their rifles.
We gave op cur horses to the wounded officers,
and Goay gathered a few hundred of Us a! the
foot Of a tlli, along The Winding road which leads
! 20 kara:san. The result Of the loEs Of Karas-
SAD i: not important unless the enemy succeeds
! 10 forcDg The heights ne now hold. The Care.
witct's army is necessarily divided into small
n,a=>cs at different places along the whole llae
Ct the front FROM Giurgevo 10 IlrGoVa. Speedy
c3GceotratioD il impossible, tlrst from Wart OF
troops; second, o. acc1nt Of the great distance
and narrow roads. Our present position Is an
admirable QUE. We stand, Of curse strictly on
the defensive. Tbs correspondent estimates
- LII ol Il AID
in Tie battle.
LONDON, September 3.-Further accounts
frOu Shumla do not confirm the report that
Baker Pasha is miss Jog. ga the contrary. the
Tclegraph's iiassanlar special says be has been
decorated with The order Of the o .mau. I. is
stated that the Grand Dukc Michael, comman.
dcr,ir chief Of the Russian aruy 10 Asia Minor,
has assumed command Of General MeIikof' s
c1r2s, 10 person, that ofioar having been re-
moved for exceeding his orders.
CoSsTANTGNopLE, VIA SYRIA, September g.
The Turks acknowledge the loss of 900 men 10
tie Shipka Pass. Two thousand wounded
reached Adrisnople yesterday.
GORSY STUDEN. September 3.--Ihe follow
iGg olicia statement has beeu issued The
Russian loss on the 3lst OF August was, at ka
dinoi killed and 80 wounded. at Peiisat so
officers and ,O2O soldiers killed and wounded,
The Turkish loss Is enormous. Near the vii
age OF Peiisat alone 800 dead bodies were
couotcl on The 3lst ulf. The cannouads be
tween Rustctuk and Giurgcvo is continued.
No loss or damage on our side is reported.
ADRIANopLE, September 3.-1utelgence re.
cei7rd from the Shipka Pass states that SuIel.
man Pa-na has gained more advantageous
position for bis batteries on the heights sur.
r9uolias Fort Nicholas Russias' reinforce
maats arrived during the night the load 10
Gshro7a beng commanded by Turkish bat
tories.
LONDON, September 3-The Tberapia cor.
respondent OF the Times communicates the
following Hob Pasha writes TO the Le-
want Head declaring utterly fictitious the pub
lishcd details OF TIC alleged fight between the
Turkish iron clad, Petbi BoulsId aud the Rus
siau mcrcbaa. steamer Vesta. The vessels, he
says. were never wtbin two miles OF each other
-, =, ro,o;vod onlu nno rhot