The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
Foreign.

Inc Forte is preparing winter clothing Tor
the troops and taking other measures in
anticipation of the winter campaign.
Mukhtar Pasha gives the Turkish lossesin
the battle of August 18th at one hundred
and thirty killed and three hundred and
thirty wounded, and the Russian loss at
1900 killed.
A special to the GOlos, reproduced by the
official Russian Agency, admits that the
Russian losses in the two battles before
Plevna were eight to ten thousand men, half
of whom were killed or seriously wounded.
About five thousand are in the hospitals at
Sistova, Simnitza and Turno Magurili. OF
two hundred persons attached to the red
cross ambulances forty were killed vile col
lecting wounded.
A dispatch from Bucharest of August %
says: Eighteen thousand Egyptian troops
are attempting to cut the railway between
Kustendii and Schernova, and the troops
from Silistria are making an attack on Kus-
tendji from the other side.
A dispatch from Shumla says the Turks
assaulted and carried the works of the enemy
at Shipka, taking possession of the village
and pursuing the Russians out of the pass.
The same dispatch says Tirnova is now COL
sidered untenable.
AConstantinople dispatch, dated August
%, evening, contains the following: Tele-
grams received here announce that the
Russians have been defeated and driven
back with great loss in an important battle
near Eski Djuma.
The last Russian official telegram, dated
Gorny Studen, on the 23d of August, says
Our troops in Schipka Pass behaved hero
ically. After they repulsed ten attacks on
August %, the Turks only kept up a desul-
tory fire. Three guns of the Turkish bat
terry were dismounted by one fire, and fell
over the cliffs. The Turkish forces do not
diminish. Our Reinforcement arrived
last night, some having marched forty or
ifty-six versts in one day. Our losses are
comparatively light, but unfortunately we
have many officers hors de combat. The
Turkish losses are enormous. Generals
D~owschinsky and Stojetoff command the
Russians in the pass.
President Baez, of San Domingo, states
that during several months of his admin.
istration 100000 were spent in suppress
ing instructions He petitions the Assem-.
bly, to suspend the constitutional guarantee.
The government intends having 800, OOO
in nickel currency coined in the United
States.
Bulletins from the Russian General com.
handing Schipka Pass show that on August
q the Turks erected two batteries of long
range artillery, and made trenches through
which they approached the Russian pom
toons. The Russian loss on August q was
two hundred, and on the 22d much less. The
latest bulletin ecounts the operations OF
Thursday. 1t says: 1.-THE Turkish fire com
menced at 80 in the morning, and lasted
until noon. Meanwhile the Turks made
several desperate assaults, but were repulsed
Our heroes did not yield a foot. Atnoon the
firing slackened, and the reserves, under
Railetsky, began to arrive. Our losses have
been great. The population of Giurgevc
have been ordered to leave because of the
~cannonade between Rustchuk and the Rus
sian batteries on the northern bank of the
Danube"
Mr.. Fawcett, sent by Layard, the British
Minister, to report upon the condition Of
the fugitives south of the Balkans, and to
distribute relief, writes: Even all that has
been written gives no adequate idea of the
extent of the misery and restitution among
the refugees, or the barbarities perpetrated
on both sides. The British Relief Committee
at Adrianople, after a careful investigation
have ascertained that 1880 fugitive womer
and children need relief. OF these, LOO are
Jews and 5000 Turks"
Mukhtar Pasha telegraphs from Guedikelel
on Saturday, August %, as follows: We
have gained a great victory, having carried
the heights of Kizeliepe during the night
and repulsed three Russian attempts to re-
take them. Two hundred cannons were
brought into action. The engagement was
great, the battle lasting until six O'Clock
Saturday evening. The enemy were routed
along the whole line, with a loss of foul
thousand killed and wounded. We captured
an immense quantity of arms a~ndmunitions
General Tchoutchowassoff, commanding the
Russian cavalry, was killed. We lost one
thousand two hundred killed and wounded
including several officers. My horse wa
wounded. Dervish Pasha, t~elegraphint