Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-07-27

LONDON July 10.
A Tiflis correspondent telegraphs:
" After the first excitement and mutual
congratulations over the victory at Bay
aid, Gen. Tergukassoff found that the
garrison was in fearful condition, be-
ing almost starved, and suffering from
the loathsome diseases incident to camp
life. The Turkish cannon had made sad
havoc with the original force, which CON
sisted of /, 500 men. Many of the dead
were lying unburied in confused and
horrible mass The stencil arising from
the bodies was awful. The dead and
wounded numbered 500, and the remain
der of the garrison WAS in no physical
condition to fignt. They had lived on
horse flesh for long time, vermin had
tormented them, bad water had had its
debilitating effects, and the blazing sun
shine had aided to place them in a pitt
/ nc 'ntrssrdu "'FeT6t3fSsl, and, ipetticiency,
uon. Fresh arrivals of Turkish troops
and the neUosoity of comnletino tbo
movement to join the main -
troops at Zalm, of which the relief at
Bayazid was only an incident, caused
Gen. Tergukassoff to determine to evac-
uate the place and push on. In doing so
NJ hou % ohoi "ANh hht II
emy, who were en- route for Karaboulak,
and lost 200 men aud heavy ambulance
trains. The Turks were Immediately re.
inforced from Alaschguerd, and the Cres-
cent once more floats over Bayazid
Disasters throughout Asia continue
Mukhtar Pasha's brilliant generalship
must be acknowledged. His troops fight
like demons incarnate. All the tribes in
the Caucasus are in armed revolt against
Russia, and have taken all the impor.
tant outposts. Gen. Melikoff is intrench-
ing himself, and the other forces have
been hastily recalled from all the availa.
bic points to Barukdara, where they will
make a stand, and wait for reinforce
ments and a strong position. But
Mukhtar Pasha, flushed with his recent
victories, may be tempted to make an
attack. Should he be successful the
Russians will retreat on this place and
AleXandropol, with the Turks pursuing
them into Russian territory"
The Russians at PhIIIpPopOlis.
LONDON, j July 21.
If to-night's advices from Constantine
pie may be taken unreservedly, the Rus
SLAMS are already at PhilippOpolis in suffi-
cient force to sweep the rag-tag army OF
Suleiman Pasha before them. That
gents stragglers from Montenegro have
not yet arrived, though he himself is on
the ground trying to enforce discipline
IN the large force of volunteers pouring
into Adrianople from the capital.
The Grand Duke aims to cut off the
Montenegrin reinforcements, and may en-
gage them at or near Philippopolis.
Adrianople is connected by rail with
the latter place, and is only 130 miles
from Constantinople. Adrianople has a
population of 80, 900, which is half Turk
ish, the rest Bulgarians and Greeks, who
will Join the insurgents. The old part
of the city is surrounded by walls and
contains citadel, but these are useless
as defenses, and recently more modern
works have been constructed by the
Turks, but these are only of field OF
provisional type. The town is over
looked by heights on every side and can
not be held against artillery.
The Smelling of Kars.
A telegram from Tiflis, dated on July
20, says that during the last twenty days
the bombardment of Kars by the Rus.
slams has been continued. An average
of two thousand shells per day have
been thrown into the town, but many of
them failed to explode, The Turks have
fired eighteen thousand shells during
the same time. They have sufficient
supply of ammunition for one hundred
and twenty-five days, including stock
of shells, which may be expended at the
rate of five hundred for each day.
Mukhtar Pasha is revictualing the garri-
son and laying in additional stores of
ammunition, SO that no force the Rus
SLAMS could possibly bring against it
could reduce Kars in any event in a
shorter period than twelve months.