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Per Likelike. August Ia.


Our latest telegraphic news from the seat Of war
in the East, is to August 4th. Since our last pub
lished accounts, very hard fighting has been going
on between the belligerents. The military opera
tons have been almost exclusively confined to the
valley of the Danube and the Balkan passes; there
are no accounts of any engagements of Importance
in Armenia. Dispatches from ErZ-er-room, the
capital of Turkish Armenia, dated August Sd, an
nounce that the Russians have been reinforced on
that battle ground.
The Russian centre had again assumed the often
sive, after having been reinforced by fourteen battal-
ions of infantry, and three field batteries. Kars
still stood the brunt Of the Russian attack I'M
daunted, but there had been continuous fighting on
the advanced lines before the grim old fortress.
General Tergourkassoff was recovering from his
late discontinue, and had been reinforced by FIVE
battalions of infantry, one battery, and q regiment
of dragons. The right wing of the Russians army
in Armenia was advancing on Penek. There is not
a word about the Grand Duke Michael in the latest
Geographic news from Armenia. Important intelli-
gence from the Russian coast Of the Eastern Euxine
is contained in a telegram from the Euxine seaport
of Sookoom-K aleh, dated August I'd. This Russian
seaport, it will be remembered, was taken from the
Russians by the Turkish feet under Hobart Pasha,
soon after the first outbreak of hostilities in Asia,
and has since been held by the Turkish force which
was then landed as q corps d'OccupdtiOn. The
despatch in question states that the Turkish frigate
Mdumddieh bombarded the Russian batteries Of
Tchamtchiva on July 30th, and, after an engage
ment in which the Mdumddieh was considerably
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wounded, the Turkish frigate succeeded in silencing
every Russian gun. In the vicinity of Tchamtchiva,
there was a force of 5000 Turks in a very critical
position, in consequence of the advance of the
Russian army. But Hobart Pasha cleverly en-
barked the whole force on August LIST, under cover
of the guns of the Turkish feet. This exploit re-
bounds to the credit of the gallant British Sc tar
The Caucasus has now been evacuated by the
Turkish troops, and as the people had revolted
against the Russians on the first arrival of the
Turks, it is to be apprehended that they will be
given up to the butchery of the Cossacks without
mercy. Hobart Pasha had command of the entire
Turkish Euxine feet, which consisted of twenty
five men of war, and transports. A Vienna dis
patch of August Sd, forwarded to London a report
from Constantinople to the effect that 20 battalions
of Turkish regulars had been ordered from Batoom
in Turkish Armenia on the Eastern Euxine to Varna
on the opposite side of that sea in Bulgaria, for the
purpose of reinforcing the Turkish army on the
Danube. If this report be correct, 1t would seem
that the Turks did not apprehend any serious danger
from Russian attacks in Armenia.
CHANGING from the eastern to the western shores OF
the Euxine, we are justified in stating that moment
Gus events have taken place on the battle-ground in
European Turkey, since our last published accounts.
A great battle was fought at Plevna, on Tuesday
July 5lst, and two previous days in which the
Russians were totally routed by the Turks. The &C.
count of this brilliant Turkish victory ia related by
a special correspondent attached to the command OF
the Russian General Schaokoskoy, and cannot there
fore be suspected of being prejudiced in favor of
the Turks. We publish the correspondents des-
patch in extenso in another column. From his
statements it appears that the affair at Plevna may
be set down as a downright Russian disaster.
All Europe is in amazement at the Turkish
The New York Times special from Lon
don says "The crushing defeat of the Russians,
in last nights dispatches, is the ~latest,of
in European Turkey, resembling in many respects
the disasters in which the Russian campaign in
Asia Minor terminated" The dispatch adds
1.-THE Gar, who, though always making q great
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overwhelmed with grief at these disasters.' The
battlefield Of Plevna il situated to the south Of the
Danube, In Bulgaria, on the route from Nioopolis, q
fortress on the south bank Of the Danube,
to the Balkan mountains, and is about equidistant
from Grabova on the southeast and Sofia on the
southwest. Beyond Graboya lies the Shipka Pass Of
the balkans on the high road to Adrianople, and, in
our last published accounts, we stated that this was
the route OF the Russian advance upon Constantine
pie. Now, it appears, by our last dispatches, that
the Turkish Commander cut his way right through
the Russian lines Of advance, and beat the Russians
tremendously between the BalkanG and the river
Danube, cutting of their adyance-guard which was
ON for Adrianople and ultimately Constan-
tinople, from their main point d'oPpui on the
Danube. This has been the splendid result of
Osman Pasha's strategy, and it now appears why the
quietly. Furthermore, the Russians were experiencing
fully the difficulties Of bringing on their supplies
from the rear-as we anticipated in our previous
at the outbreak of the war, and IL IL pite-
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koy's routed army on their retreat from Plevna
after their whipping by the gallant General and
able s~trategist, Osman Pasha. A London telegram
Of August Sd, states that another battle took place /
at PleVna on Wednesday august lstl, In which
the Russians were again defeated. But this was a
mere rumor. Another telegram of August Sd re-
ports q decisive victory gained by Suleiman Pasha
after four days hard lighting, south OF the Balkans,
between those mountains and Adrianople. Sulei-
man Pasba is watching the advance of the RUSSIANS
on Adrianople, but the report in question is con-
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the Turkish territory enclosed between the Black
Sea and the Danube Delta and bend north Of Bull
garia proper, the Egyptian contingent was lighting
bravely against Zimmermann's corps and a dis
patch Of August Pad from Varna says that the
operations in the Drobudia had been
brought to a stand-stilL. Another despatch OF Au-
gust Sd states that 1000 more Egyptian troops were
about TO be sent TO Constantinople On the other
band, a 81. Petersburg despatch Of August Sd, re-
ports that the whole Of the Russian Imperial
Guard has been ordered TO proceed TO Bulgaria.
The latest news from Servia of any importance il
in a despatch of August Sd to the eject
that Prince Milan bad ordered 5000 militia to act
as a frontier guard. But, there il no appearance Of
\ rebellion Of the Serviaa chief against bis Suzeraiu
he Padshah at present, From Montenegro there
are no Teports OF any more fighting.
Turning to the Diplomatic situation. Great Brit
ain and all other powers still keep aloof from the
war. The success OF the Turks Ia Armenia and
more recently at Plevna, gave great satisfaction TO
The Turkish party in Great Britain, and strength
ened the hope that it will not be necessary for that
country to interfere in preventing the Gear from
Constantinople, as the Turks seem
both able and willing to stop His Russian Majesty
themselves. Since the Plevna overthrow the Czar