New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-24
THE BULGARIAN CAMPAIGN.
THE TURKS REFUSED AT TIRNOVA AND sELVI-
STUBBORN FIGHTING ~ TIIE SHIrXA PASS.
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STUBBORN FIGHTING N TIIE SHIPKA PASS.
LONDON Thursday. Aug %, 1877
Fighting continues in Bulgaria The Turks at
tackled Tirnoya yesterday, but were repulsed. Inc
engagement was recommended to-day. Osman
Pasba,s troops made an attack on Selvi with the in
tention of advancing upon Gabroya, but Prince
blirsky repulsed them even before tho arrival of
division which lac asked for a reinforcement.
The battle in the Shigla Pass engrosses attention.
kilograms from the Russian headquarters at Stu
den dated yesterday afternoon state that the battle
was still going on. The Turks had renewed the at
tack many times with fresh troops, but each time
they were repused with heavy loss. According to
other ady;ces the Russians hold very strong posi-
tion and have repulscd successfully ten vigorous
attacks The scene Of battle is at the southern
trance to the pass. The village of Shipka, which
tho Russians abandoned is disconnected with the
conflict being two miles from the Russian defences.
After cvacuating that town, the Russians
fell back behind their redoubts 1t should
be understood that after tho actions at
Jeni Saghra and Eski saghra Gen. Ghourko
retired unmolested, by the Hankoi Pass, while the
Grand Duke Nicholas and Prince Eugene after ez-
tricatIng their force from the Eskl Saghra deie III
the Lower Balkans, retreated by the Shpka Pass,
which has remained guarded by Russian infantry
ard guns established there since the pass was
Pasha, who has not, as was reported, joined his
forces with those OF Mcheuet Ali.
The Russians are preparing to attack several Turk
ish positions.
THE RUSSIANS REINFORCED AT THE shPKA PASS
LONDON, Friday. Aug. "a, 1877.
The latest Russian official telegram, dated STU
deni August %, says: Our troops in the Shpka
Pass have behaved heroically. The Turks only kept
I'D . 4es,,'tory fire. Three guns OF Turkish bat
tr, were a.. amounted by fire and fell over the
,.s- I'll, rL! kTsh forces do not diminish. Oar REIN
forcsnea.- ari,cu a. night, some having marched
twenty-f,. miles and n thirty ive miles III one
day. Our loss ar com -ratively light, hut I'M
fortunately ve have mar, oLicers hors dc combat
The Turkish losses are onOmoos Generals BOWS
chinslxy and Stoljetpn command the Russians IN
the Pass.
STRONG FORCE AT OsMAN BAZAAR.
dispatch from Eski Djuma, dated Tuesday, says
Lieut-Gen. Mehcmet Ali left that morning for Ras-
grad to inspect the camp and defensive works aiter
which he will return to shunla. There are 10000
Ottoman troops at Osman Bazaar, which place IS en-
tirely deserted by the inhabitants.
SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS on THE RUSSIANS
LONDON Friday, Aug a. 1877.
Tele0rams from the seat of war seem to show that
the Turks have at last commenced serious operations
against the Russian positions from three sides stimuli
taneously. Thus a Bucharest telegram states that
Osman Pasha commands in person strong recon
nOtering force near Seyi This reconnaissance may
account for the previous report of attack on Sell
vi. Russian official telegram dated Gorny
Student, August %, evening, says, as well as
attacks in the direction Of Shipka and Selyi, the
Turks have made attempts to break in upon the
Russian outposts the side Of Rustchuk, Rasgrad,
Shumla and Eski Djuma. Mehemet Ali, who com
mands in that section of the country telegraphs to
Constantinople on August %, claiming that his
forces have repulsed six Russian battalons, recap
tured the heights of Seghardi, and also repulsed
the Russians before Rasgrad and achieved other
minor successes"
Tie Standards Constantinople special has the fol-
lowing a telegram from Mehemet Ali claims that
the Turks captured two guns, many prisoners,
great quantity of ammunition and rifles at Eski
Djua.
Reuters COnstantinople dispatch, dated August
90 evening, contains the following: kilograms re-
ceived here announce that the Russians have been
defeated and driven back with great loss, in an i'm
portant battle Eski Djuma [Esli Djuma tsee
map Is about twenty miles west of ShuIna, and
nearly the same distance from Rasgrad.l