The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-10-12
THE WAR IN The EAST.
The Russians Acknowledge the Loss OF
Finy-TwO Thousand Wen up 10 Date
The Russian Grain CrOp Unsniisiac-
tory.


II Russians Acknowledge the Loss OF
Finy-Two Thousand Wen up 10 bate
Ihe Russian Grain Crop Unsaiisfac-
tory.
A Berlin dispatch says that the
Russians officially acknowledge the loss
of fifty.two thousand men up to the
twenty.seventh A. OF September, The same
dispatch says that the Russian grain
harvest is disappointing both in quality
and quantity. The wet weather in Au-
gust is assigned as the cause of the short
yield.
Further particulars of the battle before
Kars make it evident that the Russians
assaulted the Turkish positions along
the whole line, and were repulsed with
heavy loss. The main action was fought
Oh Tuesday. The Turkish line extended
from the Great and Little Yagni to the
fortified hills on the Kurskada plains as
far as Ami, on the Arpachai river, with
the center advanced toward the river
and resting on Kizil-Tepe. The Rus
slams, reinforced by new troops and those
lately employed against the Caucasian
insurgents, began the batUle at %daybreak
on Tuesday by an assault on the Great
Yagni, the extreme outworks of Mukhtar
Pasha's Notifications, twelve miles east
from Kars. The Turks seem to have
been taken by surprise. A single Turk
| ish battalion, defending the Great Yagni,
was cut to pieces or captured with the post
| after two hours obstinate defence, which
gave the Turks an opportunity to prepare
| for the next assault. Up to this point
all accounts agree, but regarding sub
sequent events they are very conflicting
The Turkish Official dispatch says: ga
great battle ensued, lasting thirteen
hours. Repeated Russian attacks were
| repulsed with heavy loss"
A Russian bulletin from Grand Duke
| Nicholas's headquarters at Karajal
dated fourth instant, says: CATER the
capture of Great Yagni it vas found
that Little Yagni was so strongly forti
fed that the attempt to assault was con.
| sidered premature. After thirteen bat
t~alions, sent from the Turks to reinforce
| Muhktar Pasha, had been repulsed, oul
troops fortified themselves in the posi-
tions occupied. Our loss Tuesday was
three thousand and siXty.nine killed anC
wounded. The enemy's loss was moi
less. We captured two hundred men,
The Turkish account as to repeated
| attacks after the capture ofthe first Turk
ish position seems correct, otherwise
there could not have been six thousand
| killed and wounded. The two hundred
captured by the Russians were probably
the remnant Of the garrison OF Great
Yagni. The Russians also attacked the
center, at Kisiltrez, but were repulsed
| simultaneously the Russian force, moving
from the direction of Ami, endeavored tC
turn the Turkish right and get between
Mukhtar Pasha and Kars. This NOV
ment is referred to by a correspondent,
saving: "Hopes are entertained of cutting
| off Mukhtar Pasha from Kars."
Of this affair the Turkish bulletins
say that after five hours fighting the
| Russian torce,o of six battaliOns of ~infantry
and two regiments OF cavalry, was driven
back and pursued to the banks of the
Arpachai.
The Russian bulletin says "a lodge
ment was effected on the Turkish right
| flank, and the Turkish attack on the
next day { Wednesday was brilliantly
| repulsed and the enemy driven as far as
| the outer line of their camp. The Rus
| sian loss here is three hundred killed
and wounded" From these conflicting
statements it is apparent the Judgement
was not ofany importance, the subsequent
assault by the Turks only resulted in
being driven to the outer line of their
camp. Finally the Turkish bulletin
concluded: 1--WE have gained a brilliant
victory and inflicted a loss of over five
thousand on the enemy" The Russian
bulletin concludes: "To-day, Thurs
day, our right flank will withdraw from
the positions occupied by them on Tues
day on account of the difficulty in OBJ
tanning a supply of water"
The Turks estimate the Russian force
engaged against their left at thirty-ive
battalions Or infantry and nine regi-
ments of cavalry. Little Yagni was five
times assaulted, taken and retaken, and
the movement against the Turkish right
flank came so near succeeding That
Mukhtar Pasha's communication with
Kars was one time actually severed.
Eventually, however, the repulse along
the whole line was complete, and the
Turks remained in possession of the field,
which was covered with the Russian
dead. Grand Duke Michael commanded
in person.
A Berlin dispatch says the imperial
ukase sanctions the conversion of the
share-capital OF five of the principal
Russian railways from metallic TO paper
standard, at the same time reducing the
guarantee OF annual receipts to the same
standard measure. This inficts a serious
loss on the shareholders and creates APP
p~rehension. The measure is to be ex-
tended to other lines, and even to
government bonds. 1t is said that the
shares subscribed abroad, and in foreign
gold, will not be exempted from the
operation of the ukase.