Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-24
The Eastern War.

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| Trajectory or conGrmatory of the reports OF The
battle there.
| A Russian official bulletin, dated GorDy Still
| den, SatuIday, says 1.-THE Turks renewed
the bombardneat of Schirka Pass position ca
Friday from fourteen morars. At orc o'clock
in the afternoon they bngan Al assault on The
right flank, but were repn!scd. They then at
tackled the left aud centre, and We're likewise
repuIseI. The lighting lasted until midnight.
It is thought the attack Will be renewed on
Saturday"
a special from Bucharest on Saturday says
that there has teen severe, odeclsiVe tghtlng
| for two days between the Czarewltch and Mehe
met Ali. Tho Russians still hold Blcla.
Another report, which is uoconfrmed, states
that the Russian headquarters has retired to
Sistova. Osmau Pasta attacked the GrlViea
redoubt on Thursday night, bat was repu!sed
with heavy loss.
Further intelligence concerning Mehemet
Ais victory on Saturday states that nc attack
ed the Russian positions beyond the Ba7lca
LON, The Russians were entrcnchcd 10 VII
| lagc dlOD5 luC IIFCI A'O E9'e'i iA0'H
| Mebemct Ali has yet been published.
Mehemet Ali telceraphs yesterday TO the
Porte as follows 1.-The weather prevented
operations until noon 90 September 2lst when
a furious engagement took place. We odvanc
ed to the cnemy's entertainments. Darkness
stopped fighting. The enemys losses were
twice as great as ours.
A telegram from Bucharest says persons ar.
irving there from the Headquarters OF the Care
witch at Dalme Mouastu thpk the Turks will
not renew the attack OF Friday, but will Gu
deavor to cut the route to TIr0oVa.
Chevket Pasba telegraphs from Orchsne,
Septcmbcr 22l, that Hlfsi Pasha, commanding
a convoy Of provisions for Osman Pasha. has
been requested to make a sorte t. establish q
Junction With this force.
A Russian official dispatch admits loss IN
the Schipka Pass Cd September l7th Of II Of
6cers and / 900 men killed and wounded.
A telegram from Vienna says news has been
received that %, 900 men under Chefkct Pasha
have reached Osman Pasha with fresh supply
of ammunition.
4 dispatch from CopstantioopIe makes a
similar report. 1t is hardly probable that
Cbefket Pasha himself has reached Plevoa,
but the convoy uader tlifsi Pasha may have
arrived there.
A Vienna correspondent says Tue encouhter2
on Thursday and Friday near Bleia are said to
have been greatly exaggerated by the Turks.
| According 10 information recalTod here they
were draWn battles and the forces engaged
| were not large.
A correspondent who vas an eye witness OF
fridays battle between the Czarewitch and Me
hemct Ali, tcegrapfs from Tzercorna on Fri.
day az follows Five or six different attacks
were made to day by the Turks with from ooc
to three battaliors each, ard all unsupported.
rhe attacks failed The loss to the Turks vas
very heavy a number Of the killed and
wounded can be seen lying on open ground over
which the combatants passed.
The Russians maintan their positions, which
consist Of series of formidable trenches.
There has also beco some lighting at kudckIa
by division Of Ahmet Liquids corps, and at
Verbatza by two battalions detached by Niche
met Ali, but the Turks were unsuccessful st
| these places also. The whole action has been
totally different from what it should have been.
| A fejot has been turned into IN attack, and the
| real attack has not been carried out.
| The same correspondent tccsraphs on Sat!a
urday that all is still quiet. Each side is APP
| parenty fatigued after yesterdays hard fight
| ing. Doubtless We shall soon be attacked
again. ,,-u
A dispatch from Cousantinople says Tho
Austrian Ambassador at a private interview
with the Sultan, is reported to have spoken
about the probability OF Austrian mediation,
and to have urged the greatest moderation up.
on the Sultan, pointing out the necessity OF
saving Russia's amour proprc because Ger
many would not be indifferent to Russian bu
initiation"
General Iguatieff is suffering from fever. He
passed through Bucharest Friday night to re,
ioin bis family at kietf, where he will remain
until recalled by the Emperor.
A dispatch from London says The pltltul
storie. Of the condition of the Christian popu
lation south Of the Balkans are beginning to
create uneasne5s and Indignation in Europe.
The dispatch of Ahmed VeEk to Adrianoplc.
at the instance of Minister Layard, has not had
the effect of putting stop TO the cxccutlooc.
The Italian Consuls arc sending to their
Government fearful accounts of the dol0g5 OF
the Ottoman officials. Thoy say executions
and transportations are depopnlstlng Roume'
liza. The Italian Consul at Trlpoll states that
two thousand Bulgarans have landed at Trip
oil from Turkish transport, and have been
sent to the borders Of the desert in The int.
rlor. i
A correspondent engaged 90 Que of the relief
agencies at work among the Bulgarians sends a
hideous account of the state OF the province.
He is at present established at CarloVa, on the
southern slope of the Balkans, twenty miles
west of Kaziolik. 10 this place, the population
wbish be estimates must have been nearly
twenty thousand, there is not growu man
alive. For six weeks the place has been at the
mercy OF the irregulars of the Turkish army
There now remain among the rutos or what was
once a beautiful and thriving town but five or
six thousand women and cbildreO. These poor
creatures hide themselves as best they may,
dreading the ou,rages Of which nightly some
of them are victims. They car, hardly be said
to have shelter clothing or food, and have sus
tanned life by furtively gathering roots and
vegetables left 10 their ruioed gardens.
The same correspondent, writing under date
of September about the Geshotfs, says
Their case was fortunately taken up by MIR.
Layard, and also, for the reason which follows,
BY the American Minister, and | believe they
are now as good as saved, though still 10 pris-
90. Some three days before their arrest one
of the two was appointed American Vice Con.
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