Ellsworth American., 1877-07-19
THE WAR.
The Turks Preparing for an Attack tpon
the Russian. at kar..

LONDON, July IA despatch from
kars. dated july sth, says that on the ,th
Muhhtar Pasha, with Is field and six
mountain guns, 800 regular aud $500 IT.
/ regular cavalry and - hs'talions OF Iu-
fautry. aISAtC-d to N.auIiILn4iI. eight
miles south OF kArs, aud on the morning
Of the oih Mukhtar Pa,ha rode into kars.
| His forces are entrrnched at WaElrauAail.
sir Arnold kimbail, British military at
tache. also came In aud went over the bat
/ teries on the karadash redoubt. the east
ermost position where the bombardment
has been heaviest. On the 1th there was
very heavy firing on both sides. The
Russian headquarters are at Seaim, eight
/ miles by the Northeast. but their batteries
/ are advanced within 1000 yards east. The
| Turkish loss during the siege was tIifling.
/ That OF the Russians i unknown. Their
| fire was accurate and for some days over
2OO0 shells from - and Is centimeter guns
/ were thrown into the place daily, Mukhtar
| Pasha proposes TO rntrench himself and re-
/ vlctual kars for the winter. Al present it
/ is well supplied with stores aud ammuni-
| ton and prices are cheaper than in Erzero-
um. The appearance OF the troops is ex-
| cellent and their health good. The officers
/ seem well educated. The place is almost
/ impregnable.
TIE TURKS SIDE or TIE STORY.
| Tn dispersion OF $4,000 Turks Tuesday
! bv Terguukasoff at BayaZid, shows that the
! recent apparent withdrawal Of Russian
troops was II part OF a general plan to
d draw the Turks from their eutrenched po-
sltion>. Gen. Melikoff, with the Russian
centre reinforced, i advancing on Mukh-
tar Pasha. who is entrenched near a pass
on the saganlugh mountains instead of
having relieved hars as stated.
The Turks deny that they have been de-
feated at Bayazd, and claim that the bonn
| bardment OF the citadel has begun, the
garrison having refused to surrender.
The Ameer of Afghanistan has promised
the Sultan to assist the Asiastic chiefs
against the Russians.
THE TURKS AT KARs.
London, July l6. correspondent with
the Turks telegraphs upper date, ksrs,
July 18th. as follows:
Mukhtsr Pasha with the main army is in
a strong entrenched position on ridge s
miles south The Russians have com
pletely withdrawn from the seige. | have
visited their batteries which are construct
ed with much skill. but show traces of the
accuracy OF the Turkish fire.
The Turks have very fine force here.
The men are in excellent spirits and con-
fdent. doubt the possibility of the Rus
slams gaining any more successes on this
side this year, unless she is very strongly
reinforced st Alsik and Tiflin. Turkish
supports are steadily flowing in. The Rus
| slams, despite their strength. have sustain
ed "a heavy reverse.
THE BONBARDMENT.
A letter from Zaim. July 18th, saws that
is. 900 bombs were fired at kars at the ex-
pense of |, 10000 roubles. Three Rus
sian officers and l60 soldiers were killed In
the batteries. Siege guns 90 to Alex
andropol. The army is slowly returning.
There is a slight advance by Mahktar
Pasha. His camp moves three versts to-
day ~ the direction OF AlexandrOpOl. Re-
Inducements are supplied.
TURKISH REPORT FROM BAYAzID.
Constantinople, July l6. Ismael Pa
sha telegraphs from Bayazld Saturday
..On Tuesday twelve battalions of Rus
SLAMS endeavorcd TO relieve Bayazd. We
defeated them and drove them to Kara
BOulak with loss of six hundred killed,
quantity of provisions. baggage, wagons
and their entire ambulance train.
THE RUSSIANS CAPTURE NICoPoLIs.
New York. July l6. Kernans st. Pc
tersbnrg dispatch says that telegram
Just received there states thar the Russians
from SistOva made an assault In heavy
force upon and captured Nicopolis this
morning.