Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-05

a BsTANTIAL TURKISH AnNA~r.a
GAINED IN ASIA MINOR
Inc London \ uFbiTrfhas the following dis
Patch from Coustantlnople. = ncp IN. i,5n
oi June the Russians have bee n defeated n ~,
I'M = IL - believed hey lost 10 90 men oo
June %. Their wounded rlled m wagons
The garrison OF kars made a sortfe on Suo-
day and rsopcnet communication vim
Mukhtsf PaSha- The siege OF kars must Ia
army must go TO the relief OF the lef, xinss
oiherwiSe the latter viii be destroyed. roe
hnsslsn Officers suffered severely. aud i've
OF high rank were killed"
THk LATEST TURKISH NEWS ABOUT KARs
- thst The bombardment has been material
" slsckened. Advices from Turkish SOURCES
STATE that the Russian left wing 4 petreattus
In disorder IN the direction of BsisTId. FaicS.
Pasha from Van threatens their line OF Ne
treat north ofHaJazid. Mukhtar aud Nous
sa faShas are within twelve miles OF KArs
ENORMOUS RUSSIAN LOSSES.
Inc London It1iseS correspondent al Zewtn
teleersphs that in the battle on the sith ult.
The Russians retired. after enormous losses
The Turks buried .oo3 Russians. The Tark-
ish loss Was beloS JoA.
CONFLICTING DISPATCHES
st. Petersburg dispatches DENY that tbe
siege Of kars has been raised. Tue gpyern-
ment publishes a dispatch from the Russian
camp before ksrs. bearing date OF July "a
etscflblng successful attack on Turkish
battery. Mnkhiar PaSha. however has sent
long series of dispatches To Constan.tnople
describing the victorious advance of his own
ana me iight column. la The last dispatch,
W
ell The day I'M making recOnnoi SSances This
afternoon the Russians abandoned Rsnll
AIMED flying 10 the south OF Ksrs across ih,
ArdoSt heights They were pursued by our
cavalry. The Russian left wing il al most
anuihi lated and fleeing before the TURK sh
night with such precipiiancythat they hurried
or concealed their artillery ani aban Toned
or destroyed immense guam titles az baggage
and Provisions. The rpa 4 from n ltafE IN
karsk ilissa - covered with the dead. Inter-
cepted Russian letters show that the garri
% l. : 4 isa.l as In.
MJKHTAR rANHA AT KARS
ihe London SfdnaHds correspondent az
Sonstanunople telegraph>, under dat, OF
iiy that Mukhtar Pashs's troops will enter
ksrs today"
ALL QUIET ~ THE DANUBE
The London Times Bucharest corresppn-
dtnt says. 'Oi eighteen guuboais and noni-
tors which were on the Danube at the COM
Increment 81 the war. six are IN "A small bay
near Suilna, two have teen DESTROYED fhrss
or four are water bound near Matchfn. two
NJ NilisiTia, one al Tuo,uke. two al Rust
chuk. and one n Nicopolis. The latter is re-
MI on the Danube Will fall into the hands of
The Russians unless destroyed"
RUSSIANS IL sIsToNA.
The Russians are definitely established az
SiStoNa- aud 10 conc, ntratiOn Of Turkish
toIces 10 drive them across the river has
taken place = London Dpgly .N,7rs special
from Sisiova says that after the departure Of
The Turks every Turkish house I'm SlStova
was sacked and utterly wrecked by the Rui-
garian residents. A Turk ish account OF the
crossing of the Danube AT Sisiovs says there
was only one Turkish company al the point
where the Russians landed. aud the latter
had established their positions before a suf-
nclent number of Turks could be coucen-
trated 10 repel them.
THE TAKING OF TIRNoVA.
Inc vienna correspondent of the Lon Ion
Tunes says the taking OF Tirnova, which has
not yet been officially announced. turns out
To be true. This II important. as from Tir-
nova radate several roads across the Bah
kans. The conflicting rumOrs hitherto cur
rent may be reconciled by the suppOSiiion
that the Russian attack on the bridge over
the Jantra al Biela, which was repulsed, Was
merely feint 10 mask the advance on Tir-
nova.