Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-02
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE GREAT WAR.
The Battle Of Karsan.
VICTORY FOR THE TURKS.
Graphic Description of the Destruc-
ton Of Eski saghra.
MISCELLANEOUS EUROPEAN NEWS.
CoxsraNTryoPLE, August 81.

CoNsTANTISoPLE, August 81.
Mehinet Ali Pssha telexraphed on
Thursday morning as follows: Strong
columns OF our troops from Rosyrad
and Surinassouhler attacked the Rus
slams near the village Of Karahassoula.
The fighting vas desperate. The vii
lage was taken and retaken several
times. but was finally carried by Tn q
Turks. The enemy was defeated, and
retreated in disorder, by our troops.
AT 5 O'Clock in the evening two other
columns from Surinassouhler crossed
and forced the enemy to abandon Hui
darayaz and fall back on Pop. My
headquarters are at Sekara, from
whence l proceed tomorrow to join
Ahmed Eyoub Pasha, who is en-
cam ped at karahassouler. The troops
engaged at karahassouler were til e
Rosgrad and Eski Dejuna divisions.
They captured a cannnn four ammu
milton wagons 20 900 rifles, a large
quantity of uniforms and other militia
~ equipments. Buker Pasha has
greatly distinguished himself. We lost
5000 killed and wounded, and the
Russians lost 1000.
LONDON. August 81.
A Shumla dispatch says: The fight
Ing las ed nine hours. The positions
carried by the Turks on the right bank
of the Lorn are Telebeler, Spahilar and
| karahassouler.
The Times correspondent with the
Turkish army telegraphs as follows:
In ten days the Russians have lost the
magnificent double positions of Lorn
and Kara Lorn, and what may happen
next no one knows. IL il impossible
to tell what forces the Russians had
engaged, nor can their losses yet be es
timated. Probably they were not
heavy, except around karssan, by
which name this engagement is desig-
mated by the Turks.
A telegram from Erzerouma says the
Russians have changed their position
and are now between the Turkish
army and Alexandriople. They have
evacuated their camps at Baldiron and
are Withdrawing from that neighbor-
hood.
A Times Bucharest dispatch says
that the achievements sent TO General
Zimmerman, in the D~obrindscha. have
brought up his corps to an effective
strength OF about $1,000 men.
A Times Vienna dispatch saws the
fight forS chipka Pass is generally be-
coming developed into operations on a
a StofCs - IA NAV ribLC wv
lull in the fighting on Monday, the
Turks have beef preparing for a turn
ing movement, for besides the at
tempts to turn the positions of the
Russians i'm the Schipka Pass in the
direction of Gaorova, Turkish forces
have been sent within the last few
days on some of the lines of passage
across the Balkans to the east and
west of Schipka. One column was
seen in the direction of the Kalifer
river to the northwest of Drenova,
having probably made its way across
by the Trivana Pass, and another is
said to have appeared in the valley OF
the Vidina. and Beunisk, to the south
west of Selvi, having probably made
their way across by Rosalita Pass.
They may be only irregulars or flying
detachments, but it is also possible
that they are different links of a com
bined operation which may gradually
develop itself.
PARIS. Aug. 81.
lie Bien Public that all
the members of the Council General OF
Lyon have bee summoned To appear
before theJudge d'Instruction because
of vehement speeches against the Min
istry at their sittiugs. Gambetta at
| MS tNdiI1i1dtiOD DttDI6 tu6 OuuRt
d~'Instruction to-day SAID he accepted
full responsibility for the publication
of his speech. The examination lasted
twenty. minutes and the greatest court
esy was observed on both sides. On
his arrival at the Palace of Justice.
Gambetta was cheered by a consider.
able crowd.
LONDON, Sept. /.
The Turks are concentrating all
available reinforcements in Bulgaria.
They have gained more strength by
delay than the Russians. Unless the
Russians hope to gain something by
precipitating the Servian army on the
Communications of Osman, their ac.
tivity is uDaccountable, for they are
not relatively so strong now as after
the battle of Plevna. Their situation is
a serious one. They can extricate
themselves only by good luck or by
winning n or more battles of the
most tremendous magnitude. 1t Is be
lieved hat not merely the destiny OF
the Turks but that that OF the Russians
depends en- the next great battle. A
decisive Russian defeat might provoke
revolution in Russia and undermine
the throne of the Empire. The Rus
sian failures have reduced her to 9
third rate power in the estimation OF
Europe.
New YORK, Sept. /.
The Ti1bune's Constantinopls cor.
respondent, describing the destruction
of the city of Eski Sayhra. says: As
theTurkish troops approached the city
MOslem inhabitants began to issue
forth from their hiding places and be
fore the troops were fairly in the place
Moslem citizens began % break 10 the
, doors of all Bulgarian houses. 1t tool
hardly ten minutes to pillage five hun
dred houses. There was a continuous
and rapid fire all ove the city at the
same time. The Turks say the Bull
garians fired from their houses and
churches on the troops. There are M
Bulgarians left to give their side OF the
story. All the Bulgarian men seemed
to be killed at sight as if by ang
ment. The and children were
spared as a general thing, but the hid
eous pillage and firing and shrieks ant
shouts continued all night, and grear
districts of the city were burning. as i
all the other horrors were not enough.
At daylight Suleiman Pasha ordered
all Moslems and Jews, whom thu
Turks nrafacf "a IL tbaxr MAR tbasrn