The Portland daily press., 1877-08-04

this campaign to be counted as f Citing inteser.
So on this side of the Balkans there remains
but the 9th corps, already roughly handled
once at Metropolis and once at Plevna,-one
division of the 18th corps and the Rustchak
army If the Rustchuk army is marched tn
the west against Plevna then the Turkish
army of Rustchuk is let loose on the Russian
communications at Tirnova. Advance over
the Balkans is seriously compromised. The
Russian strait is SO bad that scattered detach.
ments have been called in fiom out of Rou.
mauia and the Roumanian division command
ed by Gen. Inaun, which crossed day or two
ago at Nikopols, has been called up to the line
of the Osma river. We are falling back on
Bulgarien with all speed, leaving the Bulgar-
ian villages to the tender mercies OF the Turks.
On our left Gen. Skobeloff was very severely
handled, having lost 800 men out OF his single
Infantry battalion.
The Russian Retreat.
The Daily News correspondent with Prince
Schackosky's force, telegraphing from Slmnit-
"a under date of Aug. LIST, gives an account of
the retreat He says the road from Pevedin to
Bulgarien was numbered with broken and re-
treating troops wholly destitute OF order,
officers without soldiers, soldiers without Of
fcers without cohesion and mostly without
arms. At the narrow bridge near Bulgarien
there was wild confusion and complete block
of ambulance wagons provision wagons, Of
ticers' caleches, horses and carts hlled with
wounded, all jammed in indescribable chaos.
There had been wounded all along the road but
the bulk of the wounded began a little way be-
yond Bulgarien and extended in an unbroken
line for seyen miles along the road to Sistova.
They were mostly carried in OK crrts, the sever
er cases in aNbulances, and large numbers
we're tramped on foot Immense numbers of
wounded had tramped the whole way from the
battlefield and were already entering SIstova at
6 O'Clock yesterday morning. They must heve
walked forty miles in twenty -four hours wound
ed as they were: Nearly all those wounded
however, managed to walk ont of the battle.
The bad cases were mostly left where they
fell. The staff officer, with whose estimate L
am inclined to agree, thinks the whole force
lost between 5000 and 1000 men in killed and
wounded. A; brigade Of the SD divis-
terrible loss of men it sacrificed the imperial
banner of one of its regiments. The whole of
the 30th division have been smitten very sorely.
All the brigades of Prince Schackosky's com.
mand are for time in a state of disorganiza-
ton.
Bashi- Bazouks near Sistova.
LONDON, Aug. 3.-The Standards Brela des.
patch says the Bashi-Bazouks have appeared
near Sistova. They are thought to be, howev-
| or, mere detachment not indicating the pres
ence of any Turkish force. Kazanlik is 10 be
abandoned.
Gen. Gourko to be Called Back.
Gen. Gourko is to be recalled and Gen. Mir
| sky is to be summoned hither from Garnbrova.
will in fact be relinquished except the actual
| pass.
| The Imperial Guard Ordered to Bull aria
The Standards Petersburg despatch says that
in addition to the reserves which, since the com.
mencement of the war have been continually
sent southwark, the whole Imperial Guard has
been ordered to prepare to proceed to Bulgaria.
The first detachment will start in few days.
The Dobrudscha Campaign.
The Times correspondent at Varns tele-
| graphs August ID that the operations of the
| Russians in the Dobrudscha have come to a
perfect standstill. While one of their columns
stands on the high road from Medjidje to
| Silistria, the second and main column, which
| had advanced toward Bazardjk, has again
| retired to Medjdjie.
Gen. Zimmerman Threatened.
The Bucharest correspondent of the Times
| telegraphs from the Dobrudscha and says: We
learn that the Egyptian troops are reported to
have advanced to Beimereda and to be threat
| ening General Zmmerman's corps. This move
ment is meant to protect the rear of Mehemet
| Ali, VIII is near Rasgrad.