The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
TIE WAR.

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ambulance wagons, provision wa
CONS, officers caleches, led horses,
and carts filled with the wound.
ed, all were jammed in indie
scribable chaos. These had been
wounded all along the road, but
the bulk Of the wounded began a
little way beyond Bulgareni, and
extended in an unbroken line foI
seven miles along the road to
Sistova.
Several cases were carried la
ambalances and larger numbers
tramped on foot. Immense
numbers Of wounded had tramp.
ed the whole way from the bat.
tlcfcld and We're already enter
ing Sistova at six o'clock yes;er
day evening. They must have
walked forty miles in twenty
four hours, wounded as they
Nearly all these wounded, how.
ever, consisted of men who haf
somehow managed to walk ont
of the battle. The bad cases
were mostly left where they fell
A staff officer, with whose esti-
mate | am inclined to agree
thinks the whole force lost was
between six and seven thousand
men in killed and wounded.
A brigade of the Thirty-Second
Division has suffered most heavi-
", besides terrible loss of men.
1t sacrificed the Imperial banner
Of one of its regiments. The
whole of the Thirtieth Division
has been smitten very sorely. Al.
of the three brigades O. Prince
Schackawsky's command are fol-
a time in a state of disorganiza
ton.
A News dispatch from Alex
andria says: II is reported anC
generally believed that six thous
and more Egyptian troops arc
going to Constantinople.
A dispatch to the Daily Tele
graph from Sukumaleh, dated
Augut I'd, says the Turkish frig
ate Mammondich bombarded the
Russian batteries at Tchamtchi
va on the Both ult., and silenceC
every Russian gun. The Nam
mondieh was considerably dam
aged and several of the crew were
killed ana wounded. Near Tch.
amtchiva were 5000 Turks i'll {
critical position, owing to the al.
vance Of the Russian army.
Hobart Pasha embarked his
entire force safely on the S tinst.
under cover Of the guns Of Flat.
This completes the withdrawe.
of the Turkish Military Expedi
ton to the Caucasus. Hobart
Pasha has command Of the entire
Black Sea forces, consisting OF
twenty men-of-war and trans.
ports.
The Vienna correspondent OF
the Times hears, from CONSTANT
nople, that reinforcements are
daily arriving, and being immedi.
ately dispatched to Adriano
pie.
A Bucharest correspondent Of
the Times telegraphs from Dob.
rudscha as follows: We learn
that the Egyptian troops are re.
ported to have advanced to Bier.
amederer, between Bazard.jiki
and Medjidjie, and to be threat
ening Gen. Zimmerman's crops.
This movement is meant to pro.
tect the rear of Mehemet Ali.
who is near Rasgrad.
The Times correspondent al
Vienna telegraphs, under date
of August %, as follows: The op.
eratiens of the Russians in Dob.
rudscha have come to a perfect
standstill. While one Of Their
columns, standing on the high
road from Medjidjie to Silistria.
and the second and main column.
which had advanced towards .Ba
zardiiki, has again retired to
M~edjidjie.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The Daily
News states that the Thames
squadron is ordered South to vi.
90, whittier they will proceed &c
Gibralter and the Mediterranean
and return home, after cruise
1t will depend upon instructions
which are to await its arrival IL
Spain.
The Times Bucharest CORES
pondent, reviewing the situation
thinks the panic in Roumania, is
groundless. The Plevna defear
will certainly be retrieved.
Discussing the Russian chance
o fholding their positions in the
Balkans, if obliged to. retire tC
them, the Times correspondent,
who recently passed through the
Schipka Pass, telegraphs that j
is strongly occupied and fortified
There are already within in it ma
ny trains of provisions and forage
Prince Mirosky and Gen. Ganke
might hold it for a fortnight or
full rations, or longer on shor'
rations.