Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-29
EUROPE,
Attempt of the Turks to
Take Schipka Pass.
THE RUSSIANS STILL MAINTAIN
THEIR POSITION.
Roumania and Servia Will
Aid Russia.
A Rumor that the Gar Is Anxious
for Peace.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TINE COIN HUI
pA ~ NEws.l
rhe Iireot War In the Eass,

The 0reas War In the East.
GonSY srrDES. August 27.-Sincs yes
terday afternoon anil during to-day thu
Turks have maintained Q feeble FRI
against tho dcfenses In tho shipka Pass,
Tho Russians maintain all their positions
The Turks hold tho neighboring heights
continually relieving each other In fight
ing. They bring up supplies on boasts O.
burden, and where the roads are impssss
BILE for animals compel tho Bulsarisns Il
drag tho loads.
snuMLA. August 2s.-Yesterday sulsi
man pasha mado an assault on the Rus
sian positions Ia the Shipka Pass, at . Ia
the morning. The battle. which was ssn'
culinary, lasted until G In tho evening
The enemy. who were assailed on both
tanks, were unable to resist the attack
and the Turks gained possession OF all tho
esrthworks at the opening OF tho deile.
LONDON, August pa T@e. telegram
from shumla says suleiman Psshs has
CAPTURED nearly all the Russian POSI-.
tions. Tho Russians lost 5000 killed and
wounded.
A Standard dispatch from Shumla says
Il Ia reported the Russians have abandoned
their works and that Sulciman Psshs Is
pursuing them.
TIE RUSSIANS riNIpLy DEFENSIVE.
LONDON, August 2s.-A correspondent
with the headquarters OF the Russian army
before Plevna writes from Poredin,
August IS: This mistake made by the
Russians after the battle OF Plcvna, In
not concentrating their whole army
against Plevna and taking II, IL already
beginning TO produce Its results. The
Turks have been receiving rcinforcements
more rapidly and In gryAtcr numbers than
tho Russians. aud arc beginning to take
tue offensive oil along the line. The cor
respondent then details tho movements
already known against Chipka pass. and
BY Mehemet Ais army. Ho says: IL
seems the former movement was not cal
culated upon or provided against. The
Turks are also keeping the Russians on
the Plevna front ON = continual q"i rire BY
concentrating troops ~ II abont to attack.
Nothing could give o better Idea OF the
critical position Of the Russians than the
fact that correspondents cannot now risk
mentioning tho number Of troops any.
where for fear Of giving information to
the Turks, when q few weeksago no secret
was made OF any movement, Tho i.ns'
sains. from rapid u priiiisnt onen,
siye movements, upon which they acted
before tho battle OF plevna, have fallen
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nsm.a. = .n"sronsiv thro,teneJ ON ali
sis.. nj sn a. from attsekinr pleyps
.n.in ,La,sara for,ifyinp their positions
NJ IN ~ s-.r,pvest manner. and arc EVIL.
dsnt,v detsrminsd 10 make 4 desperate re-
sis,snce n Attached. but. for The present,
A. Lat M, Jre,minr Of taxing the often.
si,s I,sintorccmcnts arc arriving very
IT.. .nS ",,Lor.h i, H. Lpown ,b,i ,brce
siu",y, Anu aI.ns ssva 1891 do
y o. Iour ~ s.,,,s ~ p,.vns T hsxs
DANUBE slnso VIZ " " wh,rs ,hsv
hoI yer peen soic 80 "a InSis.,ion :,
nave gone, NOT a. .rams,.a To- a
,ne russian, .a. ~ no, .Jnn,-
ions .nne. &C. ar I,,,,ia IN
Ing vispr" aaau,,. c.nsa sac,rJ cam.
n.i,n III. Winter will lie p.ssed in Dul.
III. anil ,Le Balkans amidst snow and
ga,ia . ans r. m IN m, los Of hsif The
.rmy hy sictpss,. and Inc expenditure Of
army w 1870 mahi,. ,.siing 4. v.,y
dissatisfied. and the newspapers, while id.
hitting tho courage Of the soldiers, gen.
era,ly SPEAK o"@npa'''' "0 'e"'
,oux,s,, ,,n ,,pv,..
Iox,os. Auru,, os.- Present iudica
,,o,. src that the Roum,nlans will act
nnJer Rns.isn orders. Tbcy have been
s."..i,a ,ho ns.t tsx laws over iLc briJcc
=, Io,.hi. m onerste In tbe rear Of pIeyns.
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