, 1877-09-05
The Russinns Reoccupv
Sookqoon,-kile in Asia
Minor.
Russian Orders tor Building Bar.
racks for Winter Quarters
in Bulgaria.
Os1nnn l'ns1la Turns Out to Be
. FnvOrite Son Or Ten
nESsce.


tDr Catte 70 TIE Chtraao Tribrn<1
LONDON OFr1cE Of The CHICAGO TRIBUNE,
Il istaRAvr PLACE, S7nAsp. Sept. 5-4 a. m.
The tide Of war has again tnr,,csi. The
tnuse in Russian offensive opcrnsions Ia.
leeu broken. An unexpected attnck hns
hsrn fnndo upon Loftscha. and tl,e Ottoman
garrison, although strongly intrcnpl,cd, hts
been driven from its works anil the rositio,.
occupied by tho Russian l'astalions. Already
Monday there wero r1l1noss In the Russian
camps anil tllo Roumanian Capital thn.
there had hcen some aevore fighting In tie
Vnllcy OF Tho yid thai morning and the pre-.
vious sioy. Il was whispered tho Egyptian
troops Ind
ATTACHED TIE LlNYs
held by the Russian nnl Kolin,aniAn forces,
but iuqnircrs wero assured III high qnnrters
thas no details of tho conflict wern known.
Explicit news could not .bc nbtained within
+" short time. This mystery wonll l'e
taken TINT in any con!!sct tint was being
waged, fortune held the scales al least evcnly
l,alanccsl, for there would be no need to con.
ccnl tho intelligence Of success from co,rc-
sl,ontlsuts Or the whole Ilussinn army or
trople. Monday afternoon victory seoma 10
have declared itEclf.
ON THE hIpE OF THE Muacovr1Es.
During the nlsht staG officers were gnlloriug
n!ong the fifty milesos ront1 that led from tho
mediterranean spur Of tho l'aIkans to Gorncy-
Sttticn, aud soon nftor daybrcak yesterday
brought 10 the Imperial headquarters the
welcome news That
BATTLE HAD uEKH woX,
md the Aag Of Russia wda wavIug over the
hlooJ.atained iutrsuchnents Of Loftscl,a.
Then tho vel: of mystery was withdrawn.
Tae telegraphlo dispatch sant from Stades.
ut 1.alf-paSs 7 yesterday forenoon flashed
through lAu world the Intelligence tLat s,,c-
cess Ind once agaln smiled upon The
soldiers Of the Gear. Popular rnnor was
found TO be partly wrong and partly right.
It WIS right, since t},ess had actually been
lighting. It was wrong, Tor tue fighting,
officially avowsl, hal been. not aa waa
naturally espeossd. towards The pleyna
Valley, but at I.ovatz or Lottcha. on Tho
bank Of tho Upper Osm,n.
scuIrRA.
Zen. Nadetsky reports tia. 6ulslman Pashn
Inns withdrawn from 6chipka Pass, which,
may therefore la considered impregna!,le.
pefnitn information al to tho movement Of
su|eInan is lacking. II1s llght troops had
pushed through tha mountains beyond
hls extreme left, aud wese felt In
some torce the last two days Of August by
tha :ossacks pa.rol1lng tue upper valleys Of
thu Jan.ru. These Indications and the ab.
.encs Of further assault iu the pass nl,,st
have warned tho liussjan staff thu. /. wAs
not impossible that the Pasha
CONTEMPLATED FLAx1 xovkMKhr
10 Ills left. Ii such q movement on the
Part Of Su!eimaa VAS anticipated BY
tho slusccr'.o leaders, they had it,
tie time IL spare. Or tha estl,
Su,eiman Pashs abandoned lho attempt in
Scl:;pka Pass. The following day his army
might begin 10 move, and in eight days rapid
marching his vanguard could, by way Of
Karaul Pass anu the Valley Ut tho Upper
Osma, rearh Lovatz. and join 0sman Pashaia