The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-09-07
NEWS Of THE WEEK.
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ihas after the desperate hut ansner.rsfal A..
eimIA ~ the Turks Ii drive the nn~rlAn. .aa,
~ sehipAA pAss the Atsaek MAS n,a issr we'd.
and NJ ~ Tuesday the opposing ferces eansssmsl
themselves 10 outpost ~kinni-hine. The 1ask.
appear 10 have vss'nrcd Possession u some
heights which ihrcaten the Russian ila.ks and
arr lrsond rrach of ihr Rnseian batteries.
lsAsiesyky had been heavily reinforced. and cs.
pected ~ ie able % hold his position, While
the Turks were taking advantage ~ the sus.
IxnSion " actual lighting 10 cnnr,nc. r,rong
carthworks In the valley ~ The Tundja.
telegram frum rera. dated Ang 81, SAYS
The preliminary useless and hlcriy assaults
IN tho front ~ Tho Russian positions have be~n
abandoned, and the investnaent of The Russian,
right hank commenced. The natural obstacles
encountered by the Turks arr of trcm.n.lou.
magnitude. Guns have been dragged by hand
up heights almost impossible BY nnencunhcrcd
footmcn. In tho charges and conntcr-charge.
II tho position gained W tho Turks Oh ths
Russian flank the results were musslcrous
On the slopc In front of tho Turkish gnns de-,
Tending the limo u thu rihe-pits 30 Russian
bodies were left within : space seventy Az,
yards square. Quarter was rarely given O,
taken IN this attack. From tho beginning ii
tho AsrAnit on Hchipka, the lighting In. hccr
often hatd-to-hand, and the dead outnumbeI
the wounded"
| An estimate Of the Losses at the battle oI
Schipka pass places those Of tho l,n.sians al
1900 and thosc Of tho Turks 1t 22,OO0.
| The Russians continue their advance In Asia
Minor. Russian accounts rcport wome fighting
In which they claim 10 have defeated thc Turks
telegram from Erzcroum says tho russian.
have changed their position, and arc now b.
tween tho Ttirkirh army and Alcxandrol,pl.
constAntinoplc dispatches report sever,
battle IN Bulgaria, on the 3Oth ult., between,
the Russians and Mehcnct Ala forces. III,
Turks made An attack In force along tho line ol
the River Lon, and there WAS some hard light
Ing throughout tho entire day, resulting, ac,
cording to Turkish accounts, adyAntageo,sly Ii
their Arnas They admit loss of 1000 In killed
and wounded, and claim that tho Rns.iaa los,
WA much heavier.