Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-06-21
CROSS AND CRESCENT.
The Russians Again Repulsed
In an Attack ON Kars.
Sickness Waging a Deadly War
with the Turkish Army.

iho hoiaiu sptcidi correspondent Will
the Turks in Asia Minor telegraphs from Bo.
gastani, a small town on the direct telegraph
route from Erzeronm, situated about ninety
miles southwest of Amasia, that the battle OF
Kars was begun on Saturday last by deter
mined attack of the Russians.
The conflict was renewed at daylight on
| Sunday. The Russians Lave effected lodg-
ment in one of the outer works. On the pre-
vious night the struggle was sanguinary in
the extreme. The Russians are reported to
have held their ground during the whole of
Monday and Monday night.
On Tuesday the Turks began the fight, as
suming the offensive by making the most des-
perate sorties. According to the Heralds
correspondent from Turkish source, this re-
suited on Tuesday in the dislodgement of the
Russians, who had been inefficiently supported.
THE RUSSIANS RRPuLsRD.
The Turks succeeded in surprising the Rus
slams by flank movement, and the slaughter
that followed was very great.
THE RUSSIANS ASKED NO QUARTER
and the Turks offered none. The last action
of the Russian gunners was to spike the few
Turkish fed pieces which they had captured
in the redoubt This was after it became a
hand to hand struggle and the guns were of
no further service.
HKRoIsM OF THE GUNNRRs.
Retreat had meantime became utterly i'm
possible As result nearly every gunners
corpse was found near the gun he had served.
Their enemies speak of the heroism Of the al
tacking Russians. The Turks again assumed
the offensive, and gaining courage and despe-
ration with success, sailed out to attack the
main body of she Russians in the open ground.
THE RUSSIANS HOLD THEIR OWN.
Meanwhile relnforcements were hurrying to
the aid of the Russians from the direction of
Deunek, Ardaban, Gumvy, Ragishman. Sour
iamiche, and soghanba. The sorties of the
Turks were barren of result, and only served
to tire out the men, while the Russians re-
pulsed every attack with apparent ease. La
ter and fuller details are expected momenta-
rily.
BOLD RUSSIAN EXHIBITION.
The Heralds correspondent at Bustchuk
reports that on Wednesday night the Russians
attempted to capture Turkish gunboat oppo-
site Warratin, where the Turks have bate
ry. The Turks opened furious cannonade
from the Waritin battery, and the fight was
kept up almost without intermission during
the whole night. The other was skillfully
planned, and carried out with great boldness
by the Russians, but the fire from the gun
boat and the land battery eventually drove
them off.
ERzKRoUN, June .14-Sickness, especially
typhus, causes greater gaps in the Turkish
ranks than volunteers are able to fill up. Du-
ring the last six months at least 10000 men
have died in the camps.
THE DANUBIAN CAMPAIGN.
RUsrCHuK, June 14-On Tuesday party
of Russians opposite Maretin made an attack
in boats upon Turkish monitor there, but
the latter, with the help of q land battery,
beat them of. Yesterday another attempt
was made to construct battery on the ISL
ands, but the Turks compelled the Russians
to retreat. Both affairs are considered feints
to fiud out the position Of the Turkish bate
ries.
VIENNA, June 14-The Russians and Turks
have constructed strong batteries on opposite
shores of the Danube, at SaturnOn and lskta-
chi, where the Russians crossed in 90. Im-
mense masses of material, which the Russians
are moving toward the Danube, can scarcely
be lodged in the depots on the river before
the first of July. 1t is, therefore, scarcely
probable that any attempt will be made to
cross before that month, and this supposition
is strengthened by the present state of the
Danube. The army will certainly be on the
alert on account of the Cars arrival at head
quarters, and, therefore, instead Of the Czars
arrival, a. thought by some. being an indica-