Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-07-17
EUROPE.
How the Russians Cap
tured NikOpOl,s
sroRMlHa the HEIGHTS IN FACE
OF A MERCIlEsS FIRE.
Alleged Cruelty to Men,
Women and Chill
dren.
rHE CAPTURE AND SUBSEQUENT
EVACUATION OF BAYAzID.
lsrxciAL DisrArrHks II THE GoLp HILL
D,Itr NEws.i
lsrxcrAL D~i-rArrnks TO THE Coin HuI
DNr.r NEws.i
u. are.. E...e,n war.


attempt to cross the Balkans until Rust
chuk has been nearly reduced. With that
fortress tho invader might do what II
would be rash to attempt now. II Is no
answer to this 10 say, a. the telegraph In.
forms us, that swift Coasacks have crossed
tho Balkans and gone as far south As the
railway station between Yanboli aud Adri.
anople. This can only have been done TO
learn tho practical difficulties Of crossing.
aud tho Cossacks may withdraw IS quietly
a. they came. Tho Russians progressive
power can only be measured when they
have bcsieged Rustchuk and fouyhta great
battle for tho possession Of the line TO
varna.
LONDON, July iG.-A Therapia dispatch
says Official kilograms direct from tho
scene Of action. distinctly contradict the
| private kilograms announcing that the
Russians had crossed tho BALKANS, and dc-
clare only q few scouts have CROSSED, and
they were easily driven back. This would
Indicate that tho Turks arc playing tho
same game Of mystifcation and exaggera-
ton here that they tried Ia Armenia early
In June. Then their object was 10 find
out whether IL was possible 10 force Great
Britain to intervene, by representing that
the Russians were masterso i tho Euphrates
valley route 10 India. Their efforts now
arc probably directed both To England and
Austria, the menace In this instance being
that the road to Constontinople Ia " tli"
hands OF the Russians. Certainly no force
OF Russians adequate for serious opera
/ A.. L.. a....I sl. I.Ilan. fIia fNurla
would not let the kilograms come through
II they did not want the impression created
that they are in . critical position.
CONTRADICTORY REPORTS.
ST.. PETERSBURG, July iG.-It isoniclslly
announced that the advance guard OF tho
Russian army passed the Balkan noun.
tains Oh the evening u the 18th without
firing n shot. General Ganrke ON the
afternoon Of tho 18th, surprised 800 Nj
zans. who Hell toward the village 81 la.
mari. Tho russians lost killed and
1--WE wounded. This Is the expedition re-
fcrrcd 10 in the dispatch previously tel
egraphed. Kanari Ii fifteen miles north
west Of Ycni Soghara. al the southern de.
bouchment Of q dinicnlt and unfreluented
rad known a. the TwAidza Pass.
CoSsrASrISoPLr. July i6.-Fifteen mot
slgn'sehp i1usslan oa''Ar"ns uo.su n'
baikA,s' 'hrougn 'he ,na'u',nA" r,'aI,,
from the Chipka Pass.
AphiAsorif' Jn,y io'-lhe hu..IAnH
have not occupied fshi ooghara OF n,xan'
1ik' but arc awaiting frlhior'Tm"h,s o,iore
ADVANCING inr'her' omesA''m'sH' "A''
occnfrei'
Vt. PrrrnsnuRo, July iG.--A large con-
tingent Of the Russian army Is marching
on the Balkans. The news Of the crossing
Of the Balkans las evidently caused great
excitement la Constantinople. 4 ielc-
gram from that city says the Turkish news
papers urge the inhabitants 10 form volnn'
teer corps. ~ the enemy Is at their gatts.
Work on the Notifications Ia leing carried
on with great activity. In Turkish quar-
ters there is a general impression that for
eign powers will intervene.
CoSsrIsrISorLI, July iG.-Raonf Pasha
sendsa dispatch formally confirming tho
rsport that The Russians have been bcatcn
| I'M the Tiryardiyka pass. The advance Of
Tho Russians was exaggerated by the sta.
| tion master at yeni Soghara, who was in
| auenceJ Ly The general panic.
nAYAzIp CAPTURED AyD An,SpoSED.
NEw York. July IA T;~ss special
from London says the correspondent Of
the New York 7,s,ss at TilIs tflegraplIs to-